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November 11, 2007
fall comes to west central florida
M: 9mi (8:49)
T: AM 12mi incl 3xmile (6:18, 14, 08); PM 3.5mi (9:09)
W: AM 9mi (8:31); PM 5mi (8:31)
R: 12mi (7:57) incl miles 8-11 6:56, 54, 53, 46
F: 8mi (8:47)
Sa: 6.25mi (9:17), dehydrated from just 1 drink Fri night, wtf
Su: 19.8mi (7:48), long bridge run again - 10xhill repeats, everything hurt, bleh
total: 84.5 miles
This morning on the bridge was almost comedy. Just about everything that could have gone wrong did. I've been fighting a cold all week and I was very tired this morning despite having fallen asleep before 8:30 last night. During today's run, every muscle in both legs (and feet!) hurt at one time or another. I ate 2 gels and got sick - not from the gels but from last night's dinner. By 14 miles I was feeling great from the neck up (thanks to the sugar in the gels) but awful from the waist down. In my head I was saying "ok, let's do it, let's go on and finish, c'mon, push, pick it up, get up get up get up" and other too-happy type stuff. And I'd pick up the pace for 15 seconds and then my calf (or shin, or TFL, or hamstring, or ITB, or the ball of my friggin' foot fer godsakes) would force me to slow down again. The average pace wasn't terrible, but after last Sunday's exhilarating run, this was kind of a letdown. The fast woman from my club was having a great day, and there was no question of keeping up with her today. But it was inspiring to see someone else running strong.
Posted by joe positive at November 11, 2007 3:03 PM
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