Last night I worked from 11pm till 3:30am so I didn't know what my running schedule would be like, if any at all today. I did manage to pull myself out of bed at 11am, and get out the door by 12pm. I didn't eat anything before my run, and the last time I ate was about 7:20 last night, but I didn't want to eat before the run because I never usually do. I carry a 8oz water with me because the temperature was 83 degrees already, and I also felt kind of felt dehydrated and dead on my feet. I weighted myself before the run and I was at 137, and after I was 133, because of the heat even though I drank all the water. I started out slow on the run (8:07, 7:38, 7:29, 7:46, 7:02) then my legs came alive but I just wanted this run to be an aerobic easy run and nothing else. I wanted to see how my dead/tired body would handle running up my standard Satterfield hill loop with hardly any energy and fuel in my body. I did better than expect even though I was tired and was dreading going up the hill. In fact I didn't even want to go up the hill :-). I guess this is a good test of using fat as energy vs glycogen.
Totals 13.25 miles at an over 7:11 pace in 1:35. I wasn't happy with the pace and wish it was slower, but on some of the downhill miles it adjusted my pace (of course). I didn't take the three downhill miles hard at all. The fastest mile was 6:50. (Saucony Tangent #3 - 312 miles)
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