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Saturday May 25, 2019 #
6 AM
Running - trail (Specific endurance) 4:00:34 [3] 25.46 mi (9:27 / mi) +2604ft 8:37 / mi
slept:6.0 shoes: Hoka Challenger ATR 5
Long run on causeway coastal trails.
Early start for this one so I wasn’t taking up half the day whilst away with the family. Drizzly and windy but warm enough to run in a tshirt. First the ankle. Not good unfortunately. As this route is a pure out and back course, I was monitoring it on the way out to decide if I should turn back early. I could feel it from the outset but it was just a mild discomfort and not really troubling so thought it was fine to run on. This was the case for the first 3 hours but for the last hour it got quite painful, maybe up to 3 out of 5. At this point I had no choice but to keep running until I got back to the car. It was manageable but not pleasant and I was worried about doing more damage. The soreness appears to be the joint itself which would perhaps explain why I sometimes feel it in different places. I will have to get booked in to see someone about it asap.
Ankle aside, this was probably the best I have felt on this run. I was comfortable throughout and fuelled well and felt I had plenty left in the tank at the end. Looking back it was about 10 mins quicker than when I did this route last year prior to the causeway ultra, in spite of having to take the downhills very easy to protect the ankle. I also felt pretty busted at the end of those runs whereas this time I would have been fine to run on.
Fuelling. Took a bladder with approx 1.75 litres of water mixed with two sachets of tailwind (which felt fairly heavy on my back for the first while) along with gels every 20/30 mins after the first hour. Didn’t feel like eating for the first hour as my breakfast consisted of an energy bar and coffee in the car on the drive round to Portballintrae.
Early start for this one so I wasn’t taking up half the day whilst away with the family. Drizzly and windy but warm enough to run in a tshirt. First the ankle. Not good unfortunately. As this route is a pure out and back course, I was monitoring it on the way out to decide if I should turn back early. I could feel it from the outset but it was just a mild discomfort and not really troubling so thought it was fine to run on. This was the case for the first 3 hours but for the last hour it got quite painful, maybe up to 3 out of 5. At this point I had no choice but to keep running until I got back to the car. It was manageable but not pleasant and I was worried about doing more damage. The soreness appears to be the joint itself which would perhaps explain why I sometimes feel it in different places. I will have to get booked in to see someone about it asap.
Ankle aside, this was probably the best I have felt on this run. I was comfortable throughout and fuelled well and felt I had plenty left in the tank at the end. Looking back it was about 10 mins quicker than when I did this route last year prior to the causeway ultra, in spite of having to take the downhills very easy to protect the ankle. I also felt pretty busted at the end of those runs whereas this time I would have been fine to run on.
Fuelling. Took a bladder with approx 1.75 litres of water mixed with two sachets of tailwind (which felt fairly heavy on my back for the first while) along with gels every 20/30 mins after the first hour. Didn’t feel like eating for the first hour as my breakfast consisted of an energy bar and coffee in the car on the drive round to Portballintrae.