Remember that 3 mile brick run I did on Saturday after my excessively steep 100 mile bike ride? After 1 lap what I was really thinking was...I'm dead meat. No way I'm ready for an ironman, no way! I felt like absolute hell. I couldn't even imagine walking a marathon at that point let alone run one. Granted, the IMLOO bike course will be 5000 less vertical feet of climbing and NONE of their hills are stand-up-and-mash-your-pedals-with-all-your-might-or-you'll-fall-over hard. But emotions are rarely rational, especially when the body goes in survival mode.
Sunday I did some electrical work in my kitchen and "recovered" best I could before my long run. I started an 18 mile run at 7:30pm and finished at 11pm, with no walking, but hardly running fast. My hip flexors felt much better this week, though my left side did started acting up late in the run. I ran with 2 water bottles both filled with Gatorade Endurance mix. I ate a Gu at miles 6 and 12. 2 bottles wasn't enough liquids for a 3:30 effort. At mile 14 (about 10:15pm) I passed the Rumson, NJ post office who was watering their trees with hose and a trickle nozzle at each tree. I slammed a whole bottle's worth of water and then refilled both before running on. Just a few minutes later I started to feel awesome. I sped up my pace quite a bit for the final 4 miles. I suspect my body couldn't assimilate the Gu's I ate because I wasn't drinking enough water with them, and slamming a full bottle pumped it through.
Today I was a shell of man, just like last Monday. My left hip flexor is sore from the run (overuse) but I can get around. One more monster block weekend coming up and I'm done with all I can do for now. My weight is down to 155-157 and I'll probably go crazy with my diet the last 2 weeks before race day to get as close as I can to 150. I'm wondering if my planned 20 mile run next Sunday is wise if it takes almost 4 hours. Long runs shouldn't usually go over 3 hours-ish, you start to cause too much muscle damage to recover. No, I can't run it faster, not the day after ridiculous centuries. The last 4 miles of my run last night gave me lots of hope though, I sure hope I get an amazing feeling like that on race day. Rock on. Out!
Monday, August 9, 2010
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Sounds like you're doing it like you do it, homeboy. Always inspiring.
Why don't you try to do the long run BEFORE the long ride? I've always found that riding after the long run kind of helps flush out all the nastiness from the run, and the run is easier on fresher legs...
But then again, I surely don't know what it;s like to run a brick after a hunge. Maniac.
Keep it up. Well done.
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