10 miles on Greenrock: mud and blood

RUN 10 miles on Greenrock in about 2:15-2:20

I say "run" but I really walked a lot of it. Maybe 15% walked? I walked an extra half mile afterwards too to round up to 2.5 hours of activity time. That's my plan for building into Dusk2Dawn 6 Hour at the end of June.

Gorgeous day but still a bit cool and windy. I parked in my usual Muckerman lot and started of on Dogwood. I knew I'd be tired by the end and figured I could walk up the hill on Eagle or walk the rocks on Dogwood. Much easier to walk a hill.

By 0.5 miles I was warm enough to shed a layer, guess 2 shirts too much.  My camelbak almost immediately started hurting my neck, and really I'm not sure if the neck already hurt and the camelbak was just an excuse? At 1.7 miles I found a horseshoe, and at 1.86 miles I found a nice spot at the base of a tree to display it. Wonder how long it will be there.

Even though lots of rain lately, the trail was mostly dry. The water pushed leaves into the center of the track, but very little splash and stick from mud. All puddles easily cleared. And the ground was nice n soft :) 

No nutrition on the run except a banana, and I did OK. The fatigue was not nutrition, just lack of training. Felt good to feel that. Didn't get lost, found all my turns, no falls or big trips, very few other runners out. I think Double Chubb was going on, maybe people there?

SO called around 9 miles to report seeing a yellow butterfly, I think a tiger swallowtail!! And he was out biking my way, so I did get to see him after my run. First time in a few weeks!

Met two other trail runner/ironman women at the end of my run near the visitor's center, we talked races and trail heads.

I felt great the rest of the day after this, excepting the drama below. I was able to stop by Walmart and Fields for errands, walked the dog, housework, gardening more. Great run!

I mentioned blood too, here's that story. There's two. I had what might have been a minor headcold for a few days. Some congestion is all, with the usual drainage. Not bad, but for days when I'd blow my nose it was blood tinged. Today the same, all from the right side. When I blew a 'snot rocket' [so unladylike!] [but I'm no lady!] it was bloody. Nice. I thought if I were in a chase scene in a movie I'd be tracked by my bloody mess.

Then later on I stopped at Fields for foods, for some stupid reason decided on coconut and quinoa flours to test. I knew they upset my stomach, and sure enough after eating what was probably too much it all came back. Ugh. Violently.  So bad in fact that I ended up with petechia-type bruising across my face, neck, and upper chest. Along with a subconjuctival hemorrage in my right eye. I immediately felt something in my eye, and over time into Sunday it spread to 90% of the schlera.

Why did I eat that?!?!?