Today was a real messed up day. I took vacation till 11am so that I could do my long run today, like I've mentioned in the beginning Saturday's and Sunday's long run days don't work for my families schedule right now. I've got too much stuff going (soccer) .
When I woke up this morning at 7am I had the worst headache and stomach ache. I actually woke up soaked in sweat on my head and body. My wife had something similar yesterday like this. I couldn't even start running until 9:40am, and I still had a nasty headache, but my stomach ache wasn't as bad as when I woke up. I was planning on making this more of an endurance run but it really didn't turn out that way, because I needed to be at work, and didn't want to make up too much time being there late. I decided I can do this so I sucked it up motivated myself and told my wife not to worry. My fuel belt holes money so I took 50 cents with me in case I needed to call my wife if I started crawling on the road, or bonking.
The first few miles were very tough with the headache, but I did get in some sort of consistency, but it wasn't my best 20 miler. I didn't feel totally fresh through the whole run. I chose a incredibility difficult course. I don't know why I like to put my body in a torture chamber especially when not feeling well. This course was very hilly, and challenging. I mixed in 5 marathon pace miles in this run, just to feel some speed and get done sooner( in a row 6:19, 6:27, 6:31, 6:29, 6:33, 6:43) . I got too hot in this run because the weather warmed up fast and I was in two layers. I'm sure I shredded a lot of pounds in this run. The course had a lot of rolling hills and what was frustrating is the last 9 miles of the course I had a horrible wind in my face. The amount of clothes I had on fatigued me a bit, but I wasn't trying to go all out either, or I would have overheated. I ran 20.46 miles at a 6:51 pace in 2:20. I feel really good about this because I wasn't in the best condition to do this run with a headache and stomach pains. I did have a lot left at the end, but I was a little sore after the run. I don't feel to bad now. I will definitely take an ice bath after my recovery run tomorrow. Well no more 20 milers until Boston, next week probably 16 miles.
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