27 September 2008

Drippy Run

I slept at my grandparents' place last night so Gran wouldn't be there by herself. This morning she said she'd slept a lot better knowing Granddad was being taken care of. I didn't sleep all that well, though. They live on a busy-ish road, and the road noise was intrusive. I should've taken my pillow with me, too. It looks like I'm going to be there for the next 2 to 3 nights, so tonight I'll go with pillow and fan (for white noise) in tow.

Workout

September 25
8:18 a.m. CT
Warm up: .45 mile walk
Distance: 5.93 miles
Duration: 1:04:13
Out: 32:24 [10:55]
Back: 31:49 [10:43]
Pace ave: 10:49
HR ave 156, max 181
Cool down: .45 mile walk
@start: 59, 79%, sunny, NNE@2
@end: 69, 64%, sunny, NNE@6

This was a very sweaty, drippy run. Hit the exact same average pace as I did on Thursday's run with nearly identical average HR info, too. I suppose I should have held back a little more since this was supposed to be an easy run. It just felt pretty good to go, so I did, even with the big ass hill. I sure feel a lot better post-run than I did beforehand!

Tomorrow is another long run. I'd intended to get to Evansville during the week to pick up some Gu or Clif Shots and didn't, so now I don't know what to take with me to eat on the run. I'm definitely taking Gatorade instead of plain water, but I'll need to take a couple hundred calories of something else. Dried fruit, I guess. I'm also going to try to get my normal fruit and almonds breakfast in me about an hour before I go out which might mean I won't need much of the dried fruit, but I'll take it along anyway. Maybe if I eat a few sunflower seeds or nuts early in the run it'll help out some toward the end.

I've mapped out a 14.29 mile run from my place up to my aunt's via Union. There are a few really (really!) big hills between here & there, but I think the "adventure" of it will make it easier (psychologically) to run than were I to repeat last week's run with a little extra tacked on. Sure which it'd rain, but there's none of that in the forecast for the next 10 days.

Food

Pre-Run: 8:05 a.m. a few green grapes.
Breakfast: 10:20 a.m. green grapes, nectarine, apple, 1/2 oz almonds.
Lunch: 1:00 p.m. bean soup, Kashi crackers, green grapes, Diet Coke.
Afternoon Snack: 3:20 p.m. Diet Coke, 1/2 of a 3 Musketeers Mint.
Supper: 6:00 p.m. big salad - mixed baby greens, red bell pepper, cauliflower, carrot, radishes, avocado, 1/2 oz sunflower seeds, feta cheese, fat-free Italian dressing.
Evening Snack: probably pie & ice cream at Gran's.

Morning Stats

weight: 145.8, post run 144.2
bf: 29%, post-run 28%
pulse: n/a
bp: n/a
bg: n/a

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