Today's long run went much better than I thought it was going to. Even though I took yesterday completely as a rest day, my legs were feeling a little bit tighter than usual this morning, and that had me a bit weary. Nonetheless, after last weeks long run and not hydrating properly, I think I've finally learned my lesson, so I made sure that I was well hydrated before, as well as during, this weeks run. Unfortunately since I can only carry so much liquid with me (a 24 oz bottle of gatorade only gets u so far...), this means I have to stop at least once to replenish my sources. While this obviously adds to my overall time and slows me down, I think I've finally come to realize that the benefits far outweigh the negatives. I also brought along 2 energy "shots" as well, which I used at miles 10 and 16, and I think having the new shoes also definitely helped make a difference also.
I met up with Fred and Katie for this run also, which is always nice to have some company. We decided we wanted to stick to a mainly flat route, as we've already been running on the course quite a bit anyway, and we're definitely going to be running along it more in the coming weeks as well. Since it was a pretty sunny day (albeit windy), we decided to head to the river and run around that. The longest loop around the river measures 17.1 miles, going from the Galen st bridge in Watertown center, all the way up to the Museum of Science bridge. Leaving from my apartment, we headed down to the BU bridge to start the loop there. We faced a strong headwind as we made our way along the river down to the Watertown center bridge, but as soon as we turned the corner, we had the wind working with us all the way back to the Museum of Science. I felt pretty good for the majority of the run, and didn't really start to notice much fatigue until around mile 17. Overall I finished the run feeling pretty strong, and even though my legs were definitely getting tired, I think if I had to, I could have pushed on for another 4 miles. Which definitely eases my mind for marathon day, especially given the fact that we had run into a pretty strong headwind for a significant portion of the distance.
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Dude so glad you finally started bringing energy packs, they are clutch when i am training for triathlons. 22.22 is incredible, sounded like a windy day to add to an already long run, impressive! Keep it up, gonna pass the blog on to some other running buddies, they might not post comments but would love to look at something like this...
Oh my gosh, Nicole speaks about this all the time, we all read it but i didnt know how to post something, blog is really cool, we all love it, keep up the good work like Mark said ok! We're rooting for you!
Gooooooooo DTrain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am training for the Marathon in St. Louis actually this spring, my fiance is supportive with my rigorous training schedule, i put him onto ur blog about a month ago to kind of put into works what i am going thru, he likes it a lot, so thank you, good luck, u have a large following rooting for you!
You rock, D! I'm so glad you're taking the time to properly hydrate and energize - never forget that trains can't run without fuel!
Yayayayayyayayayayaayaayay!!!!
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