12 Miler

This morning Dev and Ben joined me for a 12 mile run to the Honolulu tower and back. I had vision's of running the entire distance in the low 8 min/mile pace and during the first half I wasn't too far off. Dev caught me at the turn and we headed back to find Ben running his Maya pace then once he turned around he kick it in and quickly pulled away from us until he was completely out of sight.
I tried to stay hydrated enough but found it to be a very tough challenge.2 -10oz bottles of Accelerate and 2 10z bottles of water was barely enough. More attention to hydration is needed to ensure I can last on these events lasting 2 hours or more.
Overall not too bad I suppose for a long distance run: 12 miles/ 1:49 avg pace 9:07, 1650 calories
1st mile - 8:05, 2nd mile - 8:14, 3rd mile - 8:31, 4th mile - 8:38, 5th mile - 8:45, 6th mile - 8:52, 7th mile - 9:06, 8th mile - 9:07, 9th mile - 9:27, 10th mile -9:40, 11th mile - 9:47, 12th mile 9:40. Next week's run I will work on a negative spilt (running second half faster than the first half).

Next Thursday we are planning on riding around the island (112 miles), I'm already starting to mentally prepare.