running long 6:45:20 [3] 26.61 mi (15:14 / mi) +3082ft 13:44 / mi
Dress rehearsal for the first 26.6 miles of Grand Mesa. i.e. similar elevation profile, similar aid station locations (stops back at my house), same clothes & shoes & gear & food, and same pacing plan. Today had slightly more elevation gain & loss than the real thing, but the real thing will be 5,000' higher. (The start/finish is at 10,700'.) I hit my splits, and was still going well at the end, but it was not nearly as slacker a pace as I had expected. Could I have done another 23.5 miles right after this morning's run/hike? Dunno; I'll find out July 28th.
