18 mile long run

So this morning I awakened myself out of bed at 6:30 0n a sunday morning to run 18 miles. This is the longest distance I have ever run and definitely challenged me both physically and mentally. Despite my day of relaxing saturday, good sleep, solid breakfast, and early morning takeoff to beat the heat I still struggled. My dreams of negative splits to the end started falling away quickly around mile 12. The heat of the day finally came along in combination with a couple tough hill climbs and I was ready to throw in the towel. Thankfully I didn't have someone I could call right away and was forced to march along until I came to the realization that the only way I could get out of the heat was if I started running again. My nutrition plan and hydration went well but could still use some more fine tuning before the big day. 9 Weeks to go and I am feeling confident that I can go the distance. Now I am just focused on increasing my speed and get more comfortable at the distance. God is good and just keeps me going on, I am so blessed!