Sunday, long run planned, and it wasn't raining or snowing after all - hallelujah! Having said that, it was overcast and windy, and we debated running inside to avoid the rain that looked imminent. But in the end we decided to go outside, and I am SO glad. I hate the wind - hate it, hate it, hate it - but it could be windy at the half at the end of this month, and we need the exposure. Plus, running outside meant I could do the hill route a couple of times, plus experience the standard and more minor ups and downs, and overall have a better run.
On the advice of someone from the Running Room forum, I saved the 30 km for next week, when it's on the Hal Higdon training schedule, and went shorter today. Shorter was about 2:15 and 26.5 km. The average of that was fast - and I was supposed to be doing my LSD - but a lot of it was at a much slower pace. I think it took 56 minutes to do the first 10 km. But I couldn't help gaining a little speed on the long downhills, and also picked up the pace for about the last half hour, since I knew it was the last half hour and was feeling good.
Today was my first time wearing a fuel belt, and although initially it was annoying it was actually not that hard to adjust to. I started drinking water at about 10 km and had a few sport beans at the same time, drank some more and ate a few more about an hour later, and generally felt quite good. No debilitating stomach cramps, and no exhaustion in my legs. This gives me hope. Now I just have to be able to do something similar over longer distances.
The awkward thing about the fuel belt was trying to get to the bottles and the pouch while wearing a shirt, and a jacket, and gloves. But as it gets warmer, the layers come off, and the routine gets more familiar, that should all improve. I still resent having to worry about this stuff - wish the human body (or at least mine) was designed to go longer without water and food - but it's not, and at least solutions like the fuel belts are available.
My hip is feeling a little touchy, but more "worked" than "pain". I iced it a bit and will put heat on before bed, maybe take an anti-imflammatory. Tomorrow's plan is for just 8 km, and then the next run on Wednesday. Wednesday night is also an ART session and that should feel good.
The forecast for overnight and tomorrow is "periods of rain". Sigh. Guess I'll plan on being inside tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed for Wednesday.
The Boston Marathon is tomorrow and the conditions for that are forecast to be miserable - rain and headwinds. Yuck. The web site has a long warning about how to avoid hypothermia. What a shame for those people running, especially those for whom it's a "first time" or "only time" experience. Right about now I am very glad that I didn't come up with this Boston qualifying goal last spring...!
On the advice of someone from the Running Room forum, I saved the 30 km for next week, when it's on the Hal Higdon training schedule, and went shorter today. Shorter was about 2:15 and 26.5 km. The average of that was fast - and I was supposed to be doing my LSD - but a lot of it was at a much slower pace. I think it took 56 minutes to do the first 10 km. But I couldn't help gaining a little speed on the long downhills, and also picked up the pace for about the last half hour, since I knew it was the last half hour and was feeling good.
Today was my first time wearing a fuel belt, and although initially it was annoying it was actually not that hard to adjust to. I started drinking water at about 10 km and had a few sport beans at the same time, drank some more and ate a few more about an hour later, and generally felt quite good. No debilitating stomach cramps, and no exhaustion in my legs. This gives me hope. Now I just have to be able to do something similar over longer distances.
The awkward thing about the fuel belt was trying to get to the bottles and the pouch while wearing a shirt, and a jacket, and gloves. But as it gets warmer, the layers come off, and the routine gets more familiar, that should all improve. I still resent having to worry about this stuff - wish the human body (or at least mine) was designed to go longer without water and food - but it's not, and at least solutions like the fuel belts are available.
My hip is feeling a little touchy, but more "worked" than "pain". I iced it a bit and will put heat on before bed, maybe take an anti-imflammatory. Tomorrow's plan is for just 8 km, and then the next run on Wednesday. Wednesday night is also an ART session and that should feel good.
The forecast for overnight and tomorrow is "periods of rain". Sigh. Guess I'll plan on being inside tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed for Wednesday.
The Boston Marathon is tomorrow and the conditions for that are forecast to be miserable - rain and headwinds. Yuck. The web site has a long warning about how to avoid hypothermia. What a shame for those people running, especially those for whom it's a "first time" or "only time" experience. Right about now I am very glad that I didn't come up with this Boston qualifying goal last spring...!
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