Late for Thursday run

RUN 6 miles in just under 59 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 9.5 miles

I slept kinda poorly again, just kept waking up but not always to pee like I was doing before. And sometime early in the morning my left calf cramped. Ugh. Then the doggie starts her whining at 4:15. She's still used to getting up early, but this is becoming a habit with her! I didn't realize the time when I took her downstairs, and I didn't mean to start eating breakfast so early, but once I got downstairs I got started on kombucha, then a banana, then more, and more, and some zucchini crust from my recipe...  My stomach was already upset and full feeling, so why did I eat more? Dunno. Pre-run habit?

And since I was off schedule and dealing with the stomach upset I didn't get started right away chopping my daily veg, then my stomach took longer than normal to do 'business', and so I ended up late for the run! I pulled into the parking lot at 6:04. CS must have been there, he keeps the group on time :)

So I started out running the 'zoo loop' backwards figuring I'd run into them. I felt great energetic, but a bit stressed from the hurry and the morning. Need to let it go....  At least today I had my Garmin and lights working. I ran the early group at the turn to the extra mileage branch about 2 miles into my run. I turned around with BE, CE, and [can't remember!] and headed back towards the zoo. We thought two more runners were behind us, but it turned out they were ahead! We came up behind CS and EW near the zoo sign.

I stayed with those two, with their slower pace being better for my need to rest. CS had to get going so he peeled off near the soccer fields and EW and I finished the loop, talking about books and running a trail together Saturday.

Since I modified the route, I ended up with the training plan number of 6 miles, instead of the usual 6.6. Funny how that happened! Once done, a Ranger approached me in the parking lot about the doggie being in the truck, two others had pointed out the dog to her. I wasn't in trouble, she was just letting me know. Appreciate everyone's attention to the dog :)  Shoogie and I had a quick walk, it was kinda cold out and her retractable leash was broken, so I didn't want to linger!

Took me some thinking to figure out my stomach upset, I think it was either the 2 serves of zucchini crust from last night (350g worth) along with the green beans and spinach and butternut. Just a veggie overload?