Rocking Greenrock, then rocked out!

RUN 10.1 miles in 2:19. Ave HR 141 bpm, Max 159
   Run cadence high 165-168 ish.

On May 18 I did this loop in 2:35, ave HR 140. On April 20th in 2:43, ave HR 119 (huh, walking!).

So this is pretty good! On these previous runs I walked a lot of the last 1-2 miles. This time I moved more in the last miles and kept a better pace. To me this is improvement.

I woke up not feeling great, but wanting trail. My options were Greenrock or the Mound, I went for the former figuring it would limit me in distance. I didn't need more than the 10 miles specified in the plan. I don't need to be beat up on a tough trail like Greenrock either, but...

Only nutrition was 2 hammer gels left over in my flask from D2D and 1-2 of my newly acquired Powerbars. MUCH better than the candies I was getting before. So like at D2D I ate only a few times instead of nibbling the entire way. I think it's a mental thing.

Usually I'm slow on Dogwood, but this time run it fast and smooth. My energy the first two miles was rock solid. It faded out a bit around 3 miles and any ideas of maybe doing 10+ today faded.

All felt great, no falls, good focus, think I run better without the podcasts in my ear (but my mind doesn't do so well). My coughing came and went but wasn't bad enough to slow me. It was hot but not really HOT, my clothes were wet enough to wring water out! My left hip had discomfort again, the same spot from Wednesday in the upper illiac crest area. Not down in the hip joint.

Stopped at walmart on the way home, a bit limpy! Mouthwash, chips for the dog (ripply instead of wavy, but SO said I need kettle cooked). M'd the yummy chocolate rice cakes with neuf cheese (UGH), shower, and slowly over the next hours started to feel awful. Tired. Wiped. Pained. Coughing. Got a sense that I was overheated and/or dehydrated. I drank liters of water from my bottle, didn't pee much like you'd think I would for all that water, so just kept drinking.

But by 4pm I was suffering. Multiple pained areas, mostly joints. Some in my back. And tired as all fuck. My resting HR was high at bedtime at 77 bpm, and I just crashed out wondering if I have the flu, or more heat-symptoms like I had from that late July Greenrock run in 2016. That was way hotter and way longer, but I'm less fit and still recovering.

Measured my body temp at bedtime at 100.5F. Warm but not feverish.

Garmin reports Friday RHR at 52 before bedtime. Saturday (wore the watch overnight) at mid-70s, dropped to mid-60s around 930pm and stayed there until midnight. Sunday stayed in the 60s until I woke up, then back down to low-50s by the end of the day. Wow!