The Route for the Week 6 Long Run

Long run route, if we were in Iceland
(Courtesy rafael rybczynksi @ Flickr)

Well, this week's workout schedule calls for a bump up in the long run mileage to 7 miles. Not a big deal - we've run this far before and we'll be mixing running and walking together anyway. But still, we will be out on the street a bit longer, perhaps as much as an hour and forty-five minutes. We'll have to start getting creative in designing routes for our long run day, especially as the miles creep up into the teens and beyond. As long as the weather remains warm and humid, the timelapserunner will need access to water as well. We've got a solution to this which we'll reveal in another post later this week, but for now let's see what path we've chosen for this 7-miler.


We'll stick with a tried-and-true route around the LSU Lakes and the campus (see pic below). Inasmuch as we'll have to cross Highland Road twice, we'll have to be wary of traffic and make sure we don't try to argue right-of-way with some car barreling down Highland.

7 mile route takes in the LSU Lakes and some of the campus too

We're looking forward to this run, the last long run before the fall semester starts and the campus becomes a bustling hub of high-energy young men and women - and aging faculty.

TODAY'S WORKOUT: An easy 3 miles around the neighborhood, followed by stretching. Average pace: 15:46 per mile.