Third milestone: TWENTY KILOMETERS!
In reverence to today's "kilometerstone," this post has been metricated.
It was rough going today but I hit the 20K mark! Man it was hot! When I got to the high school at 7:10 this morning, the temperature was already 25°C (77°F). As planned, I decided to try running the entire distance without stopping - big mistake, especially in this weather. My 5/1's (5 minutes run, 1 minute walk) started becoming 4/2's at about kilometer 15.5 (mile 9.5). As you may recall, I decided to try running non-stop because I felt my muscles were tightening up when I started back running again. Today, I realized muscle tightness is preferable to muscle depletion: working muscles loosen, but they don't re-energize.
It looks like 13-14.5 km (8-9 miles) is about as far as I can run before having to rest, so this will be my M.O. going forward as I fine-tune my routine. I also realized the trail isn't as shady as I thought, and all my drinks got warm; next week, I'm going to freeze them the night before. Time: 2:22:23. Pace: 7:07/km (11:27/mi.).
I finally got my electrolyte pills today. I took some as soon as I bought them and they helped my light-headedness. My skin felt gritty and dusty later on and I discovered that it was the salt my sweat left behind after it evaporated! I'll have plenty of electrolyte pills with me on next week's 13K'er (eight-miler) to be sure.
As for the rest of today, I'm content to spend it with the A/C blasting at 22°C (72°F).
It was rough going today but I hit the 20K mark! Man it was hot! When I got to the high school at 7:10 this morning, the temperature was already 25°C (77°F). As planned, I decided to try running the entire distance without stopping - big mistake, especially in this weather. My 5/1's (5 minutes run, 1 minute walk) started becoming 4/2's at about kilometer 15.5 (mile 9.5). As you may recall, I decided to try running non-stop because I felt my muscles were tightening up when I started back running again. Today, I realized muscle tightness is preferable to muscle depletion: working muscles loosen, but they don't re-energize.
It looks like 13-14.5 km (8-9 miles) is about as far as I can run before having to rest, so this will be my M.O. going forward as I fine-tune my routine. I also realized the trail isn't as shady as I thought, and all my drinks got warm; next week, I'm going to freeze them the night before. Time: 2:22:23. Pace: 7:07/km (11:27/mi.).
I finally got my electrolyte pills today. I took some as soon as I bought them and they helped my light-headedness. My skin felt gritty and dusty later on and I discovered that it was the salt my sweat left behind after it evaporated! I'll have plenty of electrolyte pills with me on next week's 13K'er (eight-miler) to be sure.
As for the rest of today, I'm content to spend it with the A/C blasting at 22°C (72°F).
posted by Tony Le at
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