FoPa twice, and week summary

RUN: 20.5 miles in 3:20, ave 9:45m/m and 131bpm

This run started out bad. The first 9 miles I felt sick, tired, hot, and just wanted to throw up and get it over with. I couldn’t bring myself to eat or drink. It was probably my breakfast of greek yogurt and fruit? Either way, it was very much like the run at CDA—it seemed as if stomach contents were just seconds from re-appearing and as if something was crawling up the back of my throat. Many times I considered stopping, walking, even quitting until I felt better. But I never did stop, I just kept running. Part of me knew I wouldn’t run later, and part of knew that this is what needs to happen in training so I can handle it in a race!

So I continued, and at 10 miles I made it to the VC (I used Wyd for a few extra miles). I finished off the sport beans and had a caffeinated gel. Some water. A bathroom break. I took my time, maybe 5 minutes? But it was all worth it--I came back “on-line” and had a great next 10 miles!

Lesson learned? I dunno. I showed that I can run aways without needing food or water, but also showed that I can handle a little food and in the end that’s probably what I need.

The run was also a preview of what I see as the Redman Run Boredom Problem. Redman is out-n-back 4 times on the paths along the lake. Four times. Boring! The only salvation I can think of is that I’ll have so much support from friends to look forward to J I can handle the boredom. I’m thinking I’ll have on all or part of the bee outfit after the halfway point, and I can space out while running with ease.

Everything went great for this run, it’s one of the last long ones before Redman!

The week was only supposed to have 15:30 hrs according to the plan, but I came up with just short of 17, and that’s not counting the bike commute times:

SWIM 9000y in 3.5hrs

BIKE 103 miles in 6hrs

RUN 42.6 miles in 6.5hrs

BIKE COMMUTE 28.5 miles time not included in the 16:49hrs

So I gotta be careful next week, I don’t need to be piling miles and hours on the legs unless it’s a beneficial ride, like a cool down or stretch.