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July 19, 2006
bonked like landis
You know that wall they talk about. The one you hit at mile 20 of a marathon. Well I hit it today at 2.5 miles. BAM like I'd been running for 3 hours.
What is wrong with me?
I ran to the gym (2miles) did a upper body workout then attempted to run home (2 miles).
I had plenty of sleep, lots of water in the past 24 hours, it's hot but pleasant out, much nicer than it has been. So while I was struggling just walking I thought about what I've really done in the last couple of days.
It's been incredibly hot, especially at night for sleeping, so while I think I've had lots of sleep I probably haven't had enough. I didn't have any carbs last night at dinner, I had salmon and salad. I drank about a litre of water between 7 and 11pm ... but then nothing til 8.30 am, when I had about 200ml of gatorade before heading out the door. This morning I didn't have anything to eat before my run.
Although it didn't seem like that tough a workout, 2 mile run, upper body weights, 2 miles home. Maybe I needed more fuel to do it?
Have the rest of the day of to refuel and recover. Going to see Pirates this afternoon.
Posted by Ali at July 19, 2006 11:08 AM
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my kid and two other nieces and i tried to see Pirates on Sat. but all shows that we could make were sold out. maybe on sunday we'll try again.
it could be just one of those sluggish days combined with heat. pms knocks me out like that sometimes.
Posted by: deene at July 19, 2006 1:59 PM
I had a pretty bad experience on Saturday which I blame mostly on the heat. But I think I could probably give some of credit to not fueling properly the day before as well.
Great job on your new masthead!!!
Posted by: Heath at July 19, 2006 2:23 PM
Heat will kill you. Or maybe you sucked up all the carbs doing the upper body stuff. I've never done a back to back like that before, but maybe that has something to do with it.
Hope you enjoyed Pirates. I think I have to wait for the DVD. :(
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at July 20, 2006 6:44 PM