Oh boy this hurt. I did a lot of things wrong. I didn't eat before the run, I only drank a little bit of water and ran at 11 am when it was HOT HOT HOT. Sure enough by 2 1/2 miles I was very thirsty. I stuck it out though and finished the 6 miles, a new personal distance best.
I was off and running good, hitting the 1/2 mile mark at a decent time. I hit mile 1 around 10:00 which is good since its a little off. Mile 2 1/2 was at 26:30 which I don't think is too shabby. Looking for the 3 mile mark I only had visions of water. I saw 2 signs approaching, one of which is where Drew told me the 3 mile mark is. I decided to run to a point in between the two since I wasn't sure which was the one. I found out later it was the first one, dang it!. That put me at 32:00. I stopped the watch for about 30 seconds in the shape to regroup and turned back around. And I was off. I kept thinking to myself, "Hey, already 1/2 way done!". I felt like a dog on rabies as my mouth was sticky,dry, blech! As I passed some motor homes I thought of asking one for some water but they were smoking and I wanted to get away from that smell. My main goal on the way back was to stay focused and have good rhythm. I think I did a good job at that. The finish seemed so far away though! Finally I reached the 5 mile mark and was just thought to myself that I only had a tad over 10 mins left of running. I was cursing that I wasn't hydrated enough and had no food. With a 1/2 mile to go, it happened. The dryheaving. I had nothing to throw up but it sure wanted to come out anyway. YUCK!. That last 1/2 mile was a decent run but I wanted water. I felt like I was in the desert crawling in the sad going "water? water? WATER!?!?!?". I finally reached the 6 mile finish at 62:40. That means I came back in 30:40. The average of 62:40, puts me running 10:27 miles for the entire race, but the back 3 miles at 10:13 pace.
Well I ran 6 miles. I never thought I would, but I did. And yes, I know soon that will be nothing compared to what I plan on doing.
Side note - bottom of my foot is sore. Its the inner part of the foot close to the side in the middle. I'm not sure if its sore from not stretching it well enough or the shoes. But ouch it hurts.
Weight - 184 after run. Lets weigh in tomorrrow morning too!
Weight - 183
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Nice job congrats!!!! Not sure what the sore foot thing is but it may well have soemthing to do with the new shoes.
By the way not sure about lunch tomorrow. I am starting fom home so that makes the LB about 100 miles into the ride. I am thinking I will be there about 1 to 2 PM and I will still have a good 50+ to go before night fall. I'll call you.
Good job, swimmer boy. Not bad for a swim geek. Watch that foot...plantar can be nasty and derail you for a long time. Stretch and roll it on a golf ball. I need your home address. Please get my email from the guernseyman.
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