A 15 miler

Yesterday I ran 15 miles, which is the farthest I've ever run. I did it without my running group, as the person I usually do long runs with had a race. Basically I ran the 7 mile loop around my neighborhood twice, then threw in an extra mile at the end for good measure. I felt really, really good. I stayed on top of my hydration, taking a salt pill every hour, along with water. I ate a Gu every hour as well, though I think I'm going to push that back to every 45 minutes because I felt myself starting to droop before the hour was up. I ran it at a comfortable 11:08 pace, which is acutally pretty fast for me at that distance. I think I need to stay off the scale until after the marathon. The weight fluctuations are scary. I can lose 3lbs during a long run, and wake up the next day 2lbs heavier than my original weight. And waking up heavier freaks me out, so then I don't want to eat the calories that I need to fuel my runs. Nasty cycle. Time to just let it go and focus on my training and eating as healthy as possible.