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Sunday Long Run - Almost back!

Well today the aim was to do about 10m having decided that I was in no state of fitness to complete Helsby. I could do 13.1m but it would have taken a lot out of me and my goal is London so sensible head took control.

The alarm went off at 7.30 and I dragged myself out of bed! Got dressed and downed 250ml of Locozade and 2 handfulls of dry shreddies as breakfast and pre-run fodder. Not ideal I know but I have enough blubber to burn! Having reviewed the icey paths outside I donned hat and gloves and long top and with a pocket full of energy gels and tissues I left.

2m later I realised that the "I've forgotten feeling" that I had was not my missing marbles it was my water! a slight amount of panic hit in, how would I manage? should I turn round? should I cut the run short, pop home then out again? Naturally I automatically went into "I'm soooo thirsty" mode just because I didn't have any water!

7m later I walked the last 1/2m in as a cool down (excluded from run stats) and all I could think of was "water I need water"!!

Anyway here are my stats:
Distance1m2m3m4m5m6m7m8m 9m
Split13.3713.4413.1613.4413.4413.0912.5813.5913.44
Time13.3727.2240.3854.231.08.081.21.171.34.151.48.142.01.59
Av HR164171173177172173177174176


So I am still about 1 min per mile slower than pre lurgy but HR is similar to pre-lurgy now. The good thing is now that although I am still slow and I haven't got the small amount of speed back that I had, my endurance is almost back!

Maybe there is hope for me! Especially as Brian from club has decided that he will be my "Harvey" from "celebrity fit club" and will push me hard!! He even thinks I will get to doing 2 lots of 2hrs club runs!! Wibble!!

Anyway son is calling!!

One final word is for Fraggle ... take care, thinking of you.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Slow and steady they say...

Ive to head out for my 8 miles now...best remember the water :-)
3:41 PM, January 23, 2005
beanz said…
Looks like you had a good one there, Pix.

Well done!
8:40 PM, January 23, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
True benz it does show that my water is my security blanket as such but I did feel really uncomfortable with a "clammy" mouth! (the ice on the puddles and canal alomost started to look inviting!)
I did the sucide without water which took 88 mins but I also knew I collapsed in v-raps arms after! I have been getting bette with water and taking just my 250ml runners aid bottle, which is just enough when using dextrose tablets (they need water), today I had the squeezy jelly sweets which seemed to work well but I could see them getting borring after another hour!! So maybe interchange with SIS gels? Something to play with!
next week is 12-14m depending on how I feel and where I can find to run as I am trying to stay on the trails (much nicer). I'm happy to plod at 13mm if needed for now and re-gain some speed at club. slower means I can do further (or so they say) HR was good at 173 but that's still 79% of max! (I'm sure my max HR s higher than 206!)

Also went swimming with Oliver and spent 1hr in the pool doing a bit of swimming and some stretches/toning to take advantage of the water!
11:14 PM, January 23, 2005
beanz said…
I was thinking about this water business, and once I started carrying my bottle in a bottle belt rather than in my hand I realised I don't drink as much.
I think it partly stems from beginning plodding in summer '03 and reading warnings about dehydration (as if, on a 20 minute run-walk!. It then became habit forming.
Trouble is once you realise you don't have any water you start to feel dry mouthed.
Now I don't take a drink on anything up to an hour.
10:19 AM, January 24, 2005
Evil Pixie said…
Beanz that is soooooo right! My bottle is my comfort blanket! Mind you when we do intervals at club it also helps me breath as I over breath (almost panic breathing) and stopping for a drink slows my breathing down!

I was taking a bottle in my belt (500ml) and swapped to the runneraid bottle (250ml) and found that regardless of the size of the bottle I still return with it half full!

I can now do shorter slower runs without water but didn't feel comfortable yesterday.

We'll see!
2:03 PM, January 24, 2005
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