Rootbeer2000's Running Blog

AP 9:50

Ugh! Not my best run today. Ran with the Birmingham Track Club during their Long Run Social.  These are great events and I love doing them but this one was rough for me. We had a pace leader and everything was fine for the first 1/2 of the run but things turned sour for me.

 I had some GI issues around 5-1/2 miles that forced me to start walking and I was desperate to find the facilities. I had no GU or any kind of electrolytes to drink in this stifling heat and humidity and I suspect I wasn't hydrated well enough before hand. My energy sank away rapidly during the second half and mentally I was through at mile 7. I pushed on but faded fast and walked the last 1/2 mile..... The only bright spots were meeting some really cool people and actually winning a free entry into the Vulcan Run 10k in the Fall.

AP 8:48  Tempo Run. slow warm up and the tempo at 8:15. Cut this short. This was a mental battle today. Legs felt pretty good but I have a sore left calf that's been nagging me all week.  

AP 9:14  Warm up mile at 9:30 ran the 2nd on the 5k course and up the hill in 8:40, slower in the third (9:35) and kicked the last 3/4 at 6:47 pace

OMHS AP 9:17 

Nothing special. Just an average run in the morning. 

Long run Sunday. AP 9:44 Ran Jemison Trail in Mtn. Brook, skipped the Overbrook loop and ran to Old Leeds Road for the steeper hill by Mountain Brook Country Club, along Montevallo Road and ran into some other runners (6 marathoners) and paced with them to Crestline Village and onto Dexter Ave. We ran the same loop there, but took different routes and passed each other half-way through.

Stopped for a water fill up at the Shell and chugged on up Euclid to do the loop to the hills on Montclair. Walked a bit in miles 9 and 11 but still managed to keep to my intended pace. Mile 12 was a cool down mile. Had some food with me this morning too so that helped a lot. Must get some Gu :)