Push push push

I put in a decent run this Sunday past. A good 28 K in 3 hours flat but the last 2 K were a struggle. I'm almost comfortable now running with a bottle of Gatorade for about 15 K. It is definitely adding a few minutes to my time but there really is no other way. On Race Day too I will carry a bottle as I am certain there won't be any Gatorade along the way which is ridiculous but that's how it is.

The other problem I am facing is looping around any one place after 20 K becomes too taxing. I am sure that if there was an open road I would be hitting 35 K right now. But mentally when I have to loop around a 1.5 K circuit, it is very easy for the mind to give up. I have 4 more long runs left. Two of those have to be 35 K. The climb suddenly got a whole lot steeper. I already know that the last 10 K from no. 32 to 42 are going to be something extraordinary. And the last 5 out of those 10 will be like nothing I've ever experienced. :-)