81km....Quite a big training run :-)

With 6 weeks until Coburg I wanted to get one more extra long run done somewhere. Finding the right time to do it was hard though. I would've liked to have done it in about 2 weeks time but it didn't fit into my calander and this weekend was the only chance I had.
So 81km from Bensville on the Central Coast to Mt Hutton near Newcastle to visit my mum through lots of rain and lots of wind!
The plan was to go out at about what I plan to do at Coburg. The difference with this run is the hills. I had hills at the start then slight rises until the last 7km when the hills started again.
I think I went too fast for the first 30km but after that I think I found the pace that I think I'll try to stick to. I also stopped and walked every hour for 2-4min each time.
The first feeling of fatigue came about 60km in and by the time I finished my legs were aching and aching and aching. I felt I could've kept on going but did I want to? NO! I also ran in my New Balance which are a very minimal shoe without any support. So with the shoes and the hills I was pretty happy with how it all went.
Every hour I walked and ate solid food mainly being museli bars etc but also had gels and hammer perpetuem which was the first time I've tried it. I think I'll be using that in the race as it digested quite well.

Again thank you Sonia for being my taxi for the trip home the next day :-)

Ok my splits are....and see if you can guess where I walked and where there was a big hill (not hard to work out)
6:01
5:46
5:54
5:59
5:42
6:14
6:09
5:44
6:11
5:57
6:34
5:32
5:39
5:54
5:53
6:05
5:45
6:01
6:05
5:45
7:10
5:39
5:38
5:56
5:48
5:49
5:47
5:52
6:01
5:52
6:01
5:52
7:51
6:04
5:52
6:02
6:30
6:13
6:20
6:26
6:08
7:23
6:32
6:11
5:59
6:22
6:06
5:55
5:56
6:20
6:06
8:00
6:40
6:25
6:21
5:59
6:24
6:27
5:54
6:29
7:45
6:42
6:08
5:40
5:51
6:10
6:09
6:17
6:24
7:11
8:24
6:25
6:12
6:27
6:22
6:38
8:07
7:11
6:10
6:16
6:18
6:43
6:30

Then I collapsed on the floor!!!