Archive for July 10th, 2008

What a dumb morning! I messed up my clock when I was setting it, so it went off at 6 (or so it showed), but it was really only 5am. I got up anyway; another night with 4 hours and change. I have a voiceover job at 10am so I had to fit in a 10 miler, a shower and some time to veg before leaving the house.

Because of the lack of sleep, I expected today’s run to be bordering on miserable…it was anything but! It was just 73 degrees when I left the house, so that was a help.

I averaged 8:57 miles (my normal pace when it’s 60 degrees) so this is a happy thing. It was also, unintentionally, a progression run. I might have to owe it to my latest taste-testing treat, Powergel Strawberry/Banana (very sweet, but ok…I could do that one again), which I took 54 minutes in. I swear it made a difference and I’m not talking mental!

I was starting to lag before the half-way point, took the gel and voila…last few miles are 8:40s. Powergels have electrolytes so I wouldn’t have to deal with S-caps, which is cool. I’m happy to find my stomach is not as sensitive as I thought from my gel-cramping experience last year. As long as I drink enough water with it, I’m thinking I can probably deal with any of them.

As an addition to a comment from dear Pokey in the last post, I was thinking about the “need” to do at least one 22 mile run before the big day. It’s not a need, per se, but would be great for confidence, and besides, it’s only 2 more miles than a 20, so I’ve got one planned.

What cracks me up though, is that in Europe where they use Kilometers, most plans have the long run peak at 30K, which is only 18.5 miles! I always thought peaking anywhere less than 20 would be like rolling the dice, but them crazy foreigners do it all the time. Which tells you how much of this stuff is in our heads.

OK, gotta go and make some moolah. It’s a Comcast radio spot, I do those somewhat regularly lately. Have a fab day, folks and some great runs!!