Lesson Learned

Don't skip a coached long run while training for a race.  Yesterday I skipped a coached run, and I paid the price.  On coach runs with TNT you get coach support and water stops.  Today I had to run 12 miles on my own (with extremely sore legs).   It was cold and rainy.  And my iRun application on my iPhone that tracks my mileage lost it's signal around mile 6 1/2, so I thought that I was on mile 6 for about 40 minutes.  Not good for your mental state during a long run.  I finished, but it wasn't pretty.  Lesson learned.