sunday morning was a 10-11 mile run on the road...some on the trail...not a whole lot of people and just a few doing the distance..and they were in the fast kids group...so i hung with liz and elizabeth for a few miles (i think exactly three) where they got to turn around and i kept going...not even catching a glimpse of the fast kids...from town lake we ran exposition...to 35th to jefferson...to enfield back to exposition...then a three mile loop on the trail...totally memories of the marathon running by the elementary school on exposition...and across the bridge on mopac...completed this part of the run with very little difficulty...only had to ask for directions once... :)then i was back on the trail...
and so was everyone and their mom and baby stoller@! but anyway i kept my pace and was passing folks so that felt good and just when i started to think about dragging....i heard a "Jess!!!" turned to see IronLeah with her hubby!!! so i gave her a really sweaty hug (i'm sure she loved it) congratulated her on her event...so happy to do that in person...she told me to press on...and i did...finished really totally soaking wet and my white tank was covered in red trail dust...mixed the recovery drink in the car and chugged it on the way home...good solid run overall...~1h40m...just under my normal time to take a gel...but i am thinking that i hit that slump...just after an hour and my have benefited from a carboom... does one burn more calories when it is hot and humid thus needing a gel sooner than doing the nice cool non-humid weather of marathon season?
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I LOVED the sweaty hug! Thank you very much. I can't wait to return it after your Ironman.
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