Training Log Archive: runonthefly

Event: Five Hours for Dogs & Cats
 

Ran 3 hours of the 5 hours for Cats & Dogs event at Lake Mingo. I was doing pretty well at a very conservative pace. Legs felt good to run and walk. Felt hydrated even with the heat. At about 2:45 in, I started to feel a bit drained. I forgot all my energy gels and bars, which I should have been taking all along. I felt hungry and extremely fatigued all the sudden. Severe bonk. I got back to the start line and felt I had nothing left. The next day, I wasn't sore at all, which validates that my failure was in nutrition and not CV/muscular fitness. Lesson learned. I was even going to go barefoot the 2nd loop with Nordic poles.

Did a good workout with Stuart at work with my 10 and 45 pound kettlebells and 25 pound medicine ball. I did strain a bit on the snatch and ended up hurting left shoulder. I could barely lift anything for two days. But, running may have freed it up because I felt great after my run on Saturday. I'm a bit sore today in my shoulder (the next Monday), but nothing terrible (maybe at 90% health).

Ran new area just West of I-57 on Olympia Drive. New sub-division has white concrete roads, sidewalks, and trails around ponds. Its going to be a great place to do intervals and tempos for some time and really close to work.

Walked with 20# weight vest and 7# dumbbells at a 10% incline. Really pumped hard. My arms and shoulders got tired, but we're essentially numb. I could do whatever I wanted and not feel any more pain than I was in. Of course, finished with Metallica's Some Kind of Monster, so the last 9 minutes were intense.

Did lots of partial Sq w/ 315; feared to go too deep; decent w/o.