Ok, maybe that is too much, but it is how I felt today. I am starting to get into long mileage for my upcoming marathon; today I ran 16 miles. At 13.1 miles, I felt great; at 15 miles, I felt like the legs were falling off.
Few notes:
1) I need a better nutrition strategy for runs. I did not eat enough DURING the run, what I ate did not sit well, and I what I ended up eating post-run made me sick. . .
2) I need a portable powder solution. Spent about a mile of the run figuring out how to word this and have no idea. . . So let me just say this: There are things about long runs that runners who never run over 5-6 miles have to deal with. I need pit-stops, the pit stop removes much of the powder I put in for chafing, and I got "monkey butt." I need an "in-run" replacement system for use with pit stops. . .
3) I need to continue the work on motivation. There is a great article in the recent "Runner's World" that I started with yesterday. I need to work on building up a resource of memorized quotes and images that I can pull from in the late miles of a run and race to keep my mind focused on something OTHER than how my legs are feeling.
Hopefully, more thoughts will come to me after a nap. . .
Carpe Viam!
1 comment:
Nice job with the 16 miler. Keep experimenting with nutrition on these long runs; gels, bars, drinks, food, etc. There are lots of options.
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