Left at 6:45AM Saturday for my last long run of training. Started at bfs place in Brighton and hit the Charles River Cambridge side first Greenboro Blvd. and Memorial Drive, then the Boston side up to Mass Ave. next. The Cambridge side is hell in the heat. Even with the shade it was about 20 degrees warmer than the Boston side. Hit the store to refill the Gatorade and chug a water. Then went along the Fens, up the Riverway, a loop around Jamaica Pond, then back to Washington Street up to Beacon Street/Cleveland Circle, half a loop around Chestnut Hill Reservoir and to the bfs place. It was a bit over 21 miles. You know your a runner when you go for a run and you can calculate how far 21 miles is without even mapping it out ahead of time. Thank God for the shade along the Boston Side of the river and park system in this city. Did have to walk quite a bit due to the heat sadly so my time was awful 3 hours and 45 minutes around, but I'm happy that I got out there in this heat with everyone else that was out and got it done early before it got even worse out there. Now it is time to taper, heal, relax a bit, shorter runs, and bring on the next Marathon on the 23rd.
Above are photos from along the run.
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