Long run this week

[legalmoose]

03/07/19 a.m. 2:10:35 run in RCP (~>10 mi). Wow. Did the entire ten miles, no walking this time. It went well, if slowly, and I just kept plowing along. Took gel/goo at the turnaround (1:02:35) and at 1:45:00, which did well, no loss of energy. The only weak spot seemed to be my knees and the balls of my feet, both of which were sore toward the end. Difference from earlier runs was that, despite what every training manual says, I ate nothing before I went out and ran. Did have water, and had a touch of sport drink, but no solids, which seemed to help tremendously. I used my water judiciously, in smaller more frequent doses so my system didn't have as much to process at once (except, of course, when I took the gel/goo stuff). That seemed to work much, much better, with no stomach pains and no real loss of energy before the turnaround, which I had experienced on earlier long runs when I'd eaten first and then gone running an hour or two later. So the trick seems to be to get up, get hydrated, get running, then eat once I'm back and cooled down.

Comments

[ironmanjt.livejournal.com]

I can't eat much before I run either. Key for me is to hydrate super well the first 30-40 minutes.

Congrats!