I ran my one and only marathon (thus far, anyway) in January 2005. I haven't run farther than 13.1 miles since. So today's scheduled 14-miler was going to be quite an accomplishment...and I'm proud to say that I did it!

14 miles - 2:36:44 - 11:15 min/mile average pace

I broke the run down into 3 laps -- what measured out to be a 7-miler, a 4.6-miler, and an 2.4-miler.

7 miles - 1:18:11 - 11:10 pace
4.6 miles - 51:13 - 11:08 pace
2.4 miles - 27:20 - 11:23 pace

It was nice to be doing progressively shorter laps, and the two breaks allowed me to duck into the house for some water and goo. (I did not include my two ~3:00 water breaks in my total time.) I did my 11/1 run/walk pattern almost the whole way, until the last lap when I walked a bit more on a couple of the more brutal hills. The hills did a number on my knees and they're pretty sore tonight, but overall I'm very happy with the run.

The best part was two hours later though, when I picked Jose up from the airport and welcomed him to my hometown. :)