This morning ran the Crossroads of America 30K. Didn't do so well. I was taking a chance with not being able to train properly for the past 2 weeks and didn't feel all that great today. Legs felt really good (after 4 miles), but had severe GI problems. Knew things were going to be rough when the legs were burning and struggling to hit 6:10 on the first mile. Had to make an emergency bathroom pitstop just before 9 miles to deal with GI problem. After that, I felt jittery, nauseus, and hands and face started tingling if I tried to dip back down to 6:15 pace... Pretty disgusted as I lost 5 spots in the last 3 miles. Two bad races in a row dealing with a long cold and sleep deprivation from work the past 2+ weeks. I was so disgusted afterward, I walked back to my car and left. Going to have to regroup and see if I have any Fall racing left in me. Splits: 1) 6:06 2) 12:07 (6:01) 3) 18:19 (6:12) Wondering why 6:12 pace feels so rough today. Dumped the shirt. It's only 58 degrees and I'm burning up.
4) 24:27 (6:08)
5) 30:45 (6:18) Finally by myself, 20 seconds out of 3rd place
6) 37:03 (6:18) Still struggling but OK with current pace
7) 43:19 (6:16) Feeling pretty decent, just maintaining the 20 second "string" on the next guys back
8) 49:32 (6:13) Heading downhill trying to chip away at this guy. Stomach and GI is really really getting out of hand.
9) 55:51 (6:19) Still holding position, starting to wonder about the bathrooms
10) 1:03:14 (7:23) See a port-a-pot right after 9 mile marker, bail the course. Stopped for 90 seconds according to the Garmin, lost 2 spots, ran 5:57 pace to reclaim my two spots
11) 1:09:55 (6:41) Getting nauseus and jittery after the bathroom stop
12) 1:16:23 (6:28) Getting a little concerned about how I feel.
13) 1:23:00 (6:37) 3rd place guy is pulling away
14) 1:29:34 (6:34) Monster hills to deal with
15) 1:36:32 (6:58) Heading downhill, trying to take advantage of it, down at 5:40 pace, but once again, dizziness, had to slow down and "jog"
16) 1:43:19 (6:47) (Lost another spot)
17) 1:50:53 (7:34) Dropped down to 6:15 pace to challenge another person passing me, sure enough, only 20 seconds in and I'm getting nauseus. Stop and walk for a minute, wondering if I was even going to finish. Getting cold chills at this point.
18) 1:57:46 (6:53) Lose 2 more spots and fall to 8th place.
18.78) 2:03:04 (5:20)
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