Today was my first attempt at over 8m since my boink on a 10m run in early September. I admit that it took me quite a while to get going and try the run; I was pretty anxious. First 9 miles went well. I managed my pace well until about 8.8 and then turned in a five minute segment about 30 to 40 seconds fast. That turned out to be my "last glory." The last half mile was slow and struggling. I was near boink again. I had a Hammer recovery powder and my new "mixer bottle" and that helped. But I did spend quite a few minutes in the locker room with a towel over my hung head both before and after a shower.
I am feeling much better about 4 hours later, but my legs are letting me know I stressed them.
I have been reading in the Hanson Marathon Method book about cumulative exhaustion; today I felt it with a 7 mile on Thursday, 4 on Friday and Saturday leading up to this run. One thing, in hindsight, I realize is that my delays in hitting the track combined with a mediocre breakfast probably contributed to this. I did have a GU before the run and a second at 3 miles, but that was too late.
Even though I near boinked, I think I went a way towards both learning about it, spotting warning signs, learning I can recover quickly, and lowering my fear factor. Hopefully I can turn this into better and longer runs in the future.
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