6.93 km
The first one that felt long
Three months after the first recorded run, and it stayed the longest one for a year and a half.
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Long distances, stubbornness, and bad planning. Around 500 kilometres so far, almost all of it in the last year. What interests me is what happens to your thinking somewhere past the point you prepared for.
11.14 km
Into double figures
Fourteen runs in that whole stretch and none of them past 8.89 km. Then this, and everything after it changed.
20.31 km
Straight past fifteen
Five weeks after the first ten. The distance had nearly doubled again, and the pace had come down with it.
25.22 km
The furthest before the big one
The fastest of the long ones. This was the ceiling for the next five months.
50.55 km
Exactly twice anything I had done
Started at lunchtime, finished at nine at night. The clock kept running for eight and a half hours, so forty-one of those minutes were spent standing still.
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Somewhere after 42 kilometres, the run changed
I had run 20 kilometres before, so I assumed 50 would be the same thing for longer. It is not the same thing for longer.