This morning I headed out for a really long run. My aim was to run from Bend to Mt. Bachelor to the summit and back thinking this would be around 36 miles. However, I did not map out the actual mileage, so this was just an estimate that I soon realized was way off way off when I started seeing road signed indicating that Mt. Bachelor was 20 miles away. Consequently, I figured I would not be running to summit, but set my sights on making it up to the Sunrise Lodge.
With the exception of a few short downhills, it was all up hill. After 20.6 miles of almost a continuous uphill run, I arrived at the Sunrise Lodge to find it was all closed up. Since I needed to refill on water, a jogged another mile around the mountain to The West Village Lodge which thankfully was open for business. I made sure to get a couple of waters and a Gatorade before starting my long descent back in to Bend. Prior to starting out, I looked up at the top of Mt. Bachelor which is roughly a 5k straight up and thought to myself, "maybe next year." The first 12 miles of my downhill run went well I was able to get both of the short uphill sections out of the way. Then the things started to unravel. First it was my left knee locking up a bit, then my back was twitching out a little bit, then I started to feel extremely empty and my stomach could not even bear the thought of downing a GU. I was in trouble. I staggered to the 7th Mountain Resort before being done. I was just a downhill 10k from Bend, that is, I ran the Big Foot 10k last year which starts at the the 7th Mountain Resort and ends in Bend, so I knew it was all downhill. However, I was depleted (my Garmin said I burned over 5,000 calories in 5:32:17 and this was on no breakfast) and I could not go any further; 37.15 miles (second longest run for me ever) was as far as I would make it. The forty-mile run will have to wait. Luckily, my father came and picked me up and I spent the rest of the day refueling, trying to regain my body heat, and resting. It was one heck of a workout and I want to finish it one of these days.
Before taking off in the morning on my adventurous run, I was able to get in 300 sit-ups.
Five-Minute Plank Challenge: 30 second plank and side planks
Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Challenge: a mango smoothie
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