Yesterday I chose to sleep in instead of getting up to meet the team for our 10 mile run. At the time it seemed like a great idea, and ultimately, I think my body needed a little extra sleep for healing. This 2nd month of Insanity videos have been a bit rough. They are about an hour long each. Well, I hadn't finished my videos for the week, so I thought it would be a GREAT idea to do the one scheduled BEFORE my run (I knew there was no way I'd do it after my run). So I popped in the video, worked up a sweat and then headed out on my 10 mile "easy" run (it was supposed to be a recovery run but there was nothing easy about it). I'm out of sports drink mix, so I found some old Emergen-C (sp?) and threw that in one of my bottles, which turned out to be a bit of a blunder later.
I should have known the run was going to be rough. Emotionally I wasn't feeling up to the task, I was tired, and it was crappy weather. Fortunately, I only got misted on (the clouds looked threatening but they never down-poured on me). I ran from my house on N Skidmore and Kerby, south to Broadway, over the Broadway bridge to Naito/Front and then did 2 loops around the waterfront. At about mile 2, which was just about at the end of the Broadway bridge, I decided I should drink some of the liquid I was carrying (I have a sports fanny pack that holds 2 water bottles and other such items I might need, like food, house keys, cell phone, etc.). I pulled out the one w/ the Emergen-C and took a swig. I put the bottle back, continued running only to notice minutes later that my back was all wet. The dumb bottle was leaking the drink everywhere. I stopped, grabbed the bottle and thought holding it would help. That just caused my hands to become super sticky. I then tried drinking a ton of it, thinking if the liquid level was lower it wouldn't splash everywhere. Eventually I got the liquid level down to where it wasn't splashing, but I had sticky hands the rest of the run, which was driving me crazy.
I had to work to get myself out of the obsessive mindset of focusing on my sticky hands and how crappy the run was going because I still had 8 more miles to go. Eventually, while running on the waterfront, my attitude shifted. There were so many people out, even in crappy weather. And there are always great people watching opportunities by the Saturday Market, so eventually I finished my loop and was about to start heading back home.
By about mile 6-7, my feet were hurting, which means I need new shoes OR it means that the plyometric workout in Insanity is a BAD idea to do before a long run (too much pounding w/ all of the jumping exercises). My only thought was that it is probably good training for Ironman because my feet/legs will be tired when I start the marathon at the end but I'll still need to push through.
Eventually, I hobbled home. I walked a good portion of the last 1-2 miles of the 10 mile run. It was fine, but not the best run I've been on in awhile. I kept trying to remind myself that crappy runs just help me to appreciate the GREAT runs all the more!
Today I have another Insanity video to do but thankfully no running today. I also have to work, which is a bummer because it's so beautiful outside. Oh well...
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