Week 5
Not a particularly bad week, not a particularly good week.
Tuesday had a good 4 miles with Fartlek. I was supposed to run 4 - 5 miles with hills but my long runs are all hills and there just aren't any to speak of where I run during the week so I just did Fartlek instead.
Wednesday and Thursday were 3 and 4 miles, nothing to speak of although they were both tougher than I would have expected. I've been eating a lot of left over Halloween candy and I've felt for a long time that an over abundance of sugar weighs me down somehow. Maybe I'm just in a slump.
Short 3 miles on Saturday, once again feeling rather pooped. We went out to my sister's house on Saturday afternoon and had a very nice time. My other sister and her husband were down from Washington so that was nice.
Today, Sunday, was supposed to be 12 miles. I found an excellent course, out to Cele, make a right and go in a big loop. I got up around 7 and ate, sat around for a while then took off around 9:45. My wife went along on her bicycle to carry some extra water.
November in Texas is like box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. The past few weekends the weather had been perfect, nice and cool. It has been warming up for the past few days and when I stepped outside this morning, it was probably already in the high 70s and humid as hell. It wasn't too bad when I started because the sun was behind the clouds but about half way thru, the clouds cleared off and the sun started doing it's thing. I started really feeling it about 7 - 8 miles along, I was really struggling. I have to say that this is a pretty rough course with lots of hills. I had carried along three Clif Shot Bloks and ate those. I had to really slow my pace down to rest for a while but the Bloks kicked in and I was feeling pretty good for a bit. That didn't last long and by mile 10, I was going on sheer willpower alone. I felt like I was barely moving and the road stretched out forever. It doesn't help that the last two miles is mostly up hill either.
Somehow I persevered. I just plodded along and finally, it was over. I had actually run 12 miles, the longest of my life. When I stopped running, I had to lean against a tree for a few minues just to get some energy back, I was completely done in. I always stop about a half mile from the house and walk back to cool down. By the time I got home, I was feeling a little better so the wife brought me some fresh water and I walked on a bit. The muscles between my shoulder blades were really tight and I bent over to try and stretch them out. When I did a wave of dizziness crashed over me. I was on the sidewalk so just fell over into the neighbors grass and rolled over on my back instead of eating sidewalk. My wife was with me and almost freaked out when I collapsed. I ended up making it back to the house but then laid on the floor for about 15 minutes till I had enough energy to get up and walk around.
I should be excited about the 12 mile run but I'm still too washed out and exhausted. I did it so that's something, hopefully it will be a little cooler next week.
Tuesday had a good 4 miles with Fartlek. I was supposed to run 4 - 5 miles with hills but my long runs are all hills and there just aren't any to speak of where I run during the week so I just did Fartlek instead.
Wednesday and Thursday were 3 and 4 miles, nothing to speak of although they were both tougher than I would have expected. I've been eating a lot of left over Halloween candy and I've felt for a long time that an over abundance of sugar weighs me down somehow. Maybe I'm just in a slump.
Short 3 miles on Saturday, once again feeling rather pooped. We went out to my sister's house on Saturday afternoon and had a very nice time. My other sister and her husband were down from Washington so that was nice.
Today, Sunday, was supposed to be 12 miles. I found an excellent course, out to Cele, make a right and go in a big loop. I got up around 7 and ate, sat around for a while then took off around 9:45. My wife went along on her bicycle to carry some extra water.
November in Texas is like box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. The past few weekends the weather had been perfect, nice and cool. It has been warming up for the past few days and when I stepped outside this morning, it was probably already in the high 70s and humid as hell. It wasn't too bad when I started because the sun was behind the clouds but about half way thru, the clouds cleared off and the sun started doing it's thing. I started really feeling it about 7 - 8 miles along, I was really struggling. I have to say that this is a pretty rough course with lots of hills. I had carried along three Clif Shot Bloks and ate those. I had to really slow my pace down to rest for a while but the Bloks kicked in and I was feeling pretty good for a bit. That didn't last long and by mile 10, I was going on sheer willpower alone. I felt like I was barely moving and the road stretched out forever. It doesn't help that the last two miles is mostly up hill either.
Somehow I persevered. I just plodded along and finally, it was over. I had actually run 12 miles, the longest of my life. When I stopped running, I had to lean against a tree for a few minues just to get some energy back, I was completely done in. I always stop about a half mile from the house and walk back to cool down. By the time I got home, I was feeling a little better so the wife brought me some fresh water and I walked on a bit. The muscles between my shoulder blades were really tight and I bent over to try and stretch them out. When I did a wave of dizziness crashed over me. I was on the sidewalk so just fell over into the neighbors grass and rolled over on my back instead of eating sidewalk. My wife was with me and almost freaked out when I collapsed. I ended up making it back to the house but then laid on the floor for about 15 minutes till I had enough energy to get up and walk around.
I should be excited about the 12 mile run but I'm still too washed out and exhausted. I did it so that's something, hopefully it will be a little cooler next week.
posted by Big Ed at 2:04 PM
1 Comments:
I had drank about 48 ozs of water during the run so I don't think it was dehydration. I ate breakfast a few hours before and had some shot bloks while running.
I think I have exercise enduced asthma. My chest and throat have been pretty constricted for a few weeks after my long runs. I'm going to the Dr this morning to check it out.
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