Start time: 4:15am
Finish time: 8:20am
Starting temp: 82deg Feels like was 87
Finish temp: 87deg Feels like was 93
19 miles
9 water stops
3 gels
1 potty break around mile 10
10 min to change shoes and socks after mile 8
4 hours and 5 min total time out there including all of that. Not a bad day at the office. Havent plugged in the Garmin for the pace, but if I had to guess it was around 10:40ish which is perfect. I had a really good day today...a couple of miles were around 10:20ish and I had to reel it in when I would look at the watch and see 10:08. Would slow it down till it got back down to 10:30. I keep it on lap pace not real time so that way I know to slow down or speed up. Works much better for me that way. Real time is sketchy depending on buildings, trees etc.
I had to play a bit of game with myself this morning...altered the route. Ran a few miles there around base, ran to Crestwood and up Blossom and then headed towards Rice. Ran to the water stop at Hermann, then because I know that mentally and physically in the past that the Hermann loop can do a number on me, I turned at that time and headed back. Ran the long way around Rice to make up 1 mile lost and then added on another mile at the end. Sometimes when you know you are headed back to base its better...you think wow, I am already heading towards home! Adding on the 2 extra miles here and there seem much easier to run than just running around a loop that traditionally has drained me in the past. Worked out well!!!
I had bought 2 bags of ice last night and before I left this morning I went ahead and filled up the tub so the water would be nice and cold already when I got home. I get into the tub before adding the ice. Easier that way!
Now its time to rest a bit before heading to the hospital. Hopefully sleeping in a chair tonight wont make tomorrow too uncomfortable for a short recovery run (3 miles)...
Woo to the hoo! 2 more long runs and its taper time for Chicago!!!
4 comments:
Okay...As my mileage goes up the need for a full on ice bath does too, so now I know the trick-buy the ice the day before and fill the tub before I leave.
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and i would HIGHLY recommend getting in the tub with the bags of ice next to it and adding it AFTER you are submerged. I just get in with my shorts on and everything!
Just a thought JB... I personally dislike some routes because they are personally tough mentally for whatever reason. I do not avoid them for just that reason. Mental exercises are just as important as the physical. I realize you made up the mileage elsewhere but if I make myself do something I hate, I feel like it'll give me the mental strength I need when the going gets tough during a race.
It's just my approach and I don't expect you to change what works for you, I just thought I could add a different perspective. There is no right or wrong here, only different.
Keep up the good work and keep it fun!
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Eddie: agreed. however in the conditions we are running, at least for me, I knew to make it not a horrible run, I had to do what I did. Had the conditions been better, I would have done it I am sure of that.
I feel like mentally I won having done as well as I did in the heat/humidity. enough mental toughness there to last me a lifetime!
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