suckiest run EVER! AND, my browser shut down mid blogging and I lost all of my GREAT whiny details :p I'll see if I can squeeze a bit more wine out of me ;D
This was supposed to be a 7 mile run with a 5 mile tempo in the middle. Well, when the warm up was bad, I should have guessed that this was not going to fly. Mile one of the tempo, 10:05, not what I wanted, but all that there was in my tanks. Mile 2, 10:01, better, maybe this would be ok. Maybe I can do this tempo and the world will be right :) Did I mention the rain??? Light rain and breezy. Mile three, I am struggling to get this mile to a 10. Stupid shoe comes untied. I can't get the pace back. At the mid way, .5 of mile three, we turn around to come back, STRAIGHT INTO A STIFF HEAD WIND! It just plain knocks the guts out of me. I can't run a 10 to save my life, let alone with this bugger of a head wind. The worst part was that I couldn't run it even with a stiff tail wind, that had to have been there! So this really does a number on my head. I actually yell out, "You've got to be kidding me!!!" The farmers, if they were DUMB enough to be out in this weather, would have called the mental hospital! I am ticked. Well, we head east now, the wind is at our side. They said the storm/winds would be coming from the South. Not out there. North wind :p So nearly to mile 4 I hit a wall that was the size of Texas. I have hit the wall only a few time. this was more like a semi. I had to walk. It was like someone just popped my running balloon and I was a deflated soggy piece of rubber on the road. I told Kim to go, but she wouldn't. We walked/jogged home, all soggy and down trodden. Kim didn't mind too much, becasue she had more miles to go for the day. I am still ticked about this run and want some revenge. I'll get it on Saturday. Brady wants me to do at least 10. I'll do them at 10:30 to practice for the 1/2 next weekend.
Here is what the problem was....I think. I woke up at 7, shouted at my family to CLEAN THE HOUSE! We did for 2 hours until Kim came for me at 9. I forgot to eat breakfast :( I always eat 2 hours before a tempo. I always drink. I did nothing. I had a little water at 7 and then cleaned and vacuumed my house like a mad woman. I did not realize this until about mile 2. So I think my lesson is learned. I could have gu'd if it had dawned on me that I did not eat at all. I was going to modify my running to make sure I was doing ok and not get more chest pain for the 1/2, but Brady wants me to train like normal to see if I flare up again. We'll see :)
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