I was not looking forward to this run. Today was a "fuel" run. A long training run with no food. I am hoping to learn a bit more about how I feel at the Bonk stage and how to deal with it. I skipped breakfast and headed out the hotel towards the beach. It was hard to start a long run starving and knowing that all I could get was water. By mile 10 I could feel the effects. I ran from Balboa beach up to Newport and a bit farther north.
I felt exhausted from about mile 13 on but I knew it was more from the need for energy than being tired so I hung on to it and it actually got easier by mile 18. Kind of a cool training run and one I'm going to have to try again. Average 7:03 pace
Lifted at the Denver gym 45 minutes between flights in the evening. | 