RUN 2:50 and just a hair under 15 miles
TV and I both needed a long run, both of us are unsure about the upcoming (in a month!) 50M we're signed up for. Me more worried than him of course. He's more confident about his base, my insecurities come from my injuries and recoveries. So day our goals: me to run 3 hrs, 18 miles if possible; him to run a nice long run with me. I miss my friends :)
Yesterday's ride left my upper back tired and my lower back on the edge of tired. Today was the first run since the rib break in early March with a fully loaded Camelbak. It was fine. I got tired but wouldn't say it hurt or was uncomfortable.
For nutrition I tested Lay's potato chips from the gas station stop. I see them at many aid stations and I can get them for a dollar at the dollar store! Widely available and cheap, sugar-salt-fat, will they work? I had about half the bag halfway into the run, and I think the did!
My energy was good, lately I've been worried about my energy, mental and physical. I seem....flat. Like I don't have a spark. But I do, it just waxes and wanes a lot. Sometimes I think I could never run 3 hours like I did today, then I do it, and it feels good but not as good as it should. Odd and confusing.
Another odd thing was how much water I drank and how little I had to pee! I was sipping extra water because the pollen was starting to irritate the back of my throat. I drained quite a bit of the Camelbak but not once had to "go" on the trail (even after 3 hrs!) and once at the visitor's center still not much urge or need. And for the rest of the day it seemed my body was just a sponge for water, all going in but not coming out. Don't think I started off dehydrated, not for as many times as I had to get up and pee overnight!
Loved talking with TV. Sometimes I'm in a mood, today was a better one. I wasn't negative on myself, sometimes I really get on that track. Nope, today I was cussin' more (TV suggested 'phlox' as an alternative LOL), we talked about the squirrels in his attic, upcoming races, Indian food, my Moroccan hash recipe search, how we were about the only runners out there today, and more and more.
He wanted to burn his quads a bit so bombed a few hills, and did 3 hill repeats on the last big hill up to the Hamburg. At that point my energy was tanking and my back was on edge. Running up the hill was not an option so I walked. My lower back was starting to talk, so add that into everything else fatigued and sore (the back, legs mostly OK) it was time to stop. Once we finished I wished I would have at least walked a little bit while he did his repeats so I could hit an honest 15 miles!
When we got done, I found I had sweat blisters on my arms, due to last week's sunburn.
In the visitor's center (once it opened, we were done at 11:55am and it didn't open until noon, rare to be done so early) we met the docents - nice couple - who chatted with us. He said we had Hitler to thank for the whole Weldon are site! I pointed out Godwin's Law and dubbed his theory Karl's Law. ha! Just little things I want to remember :)
RUN 43 miles
BIKE 25 miles
BIKE COMMUTE 48 miles
Less run miles, well less overall miles! But I didn't tightly plan this weekend of running to hit a goal number.
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