Thursday, April 15, 2010

Virtual Race!

Learned It the Hard Way.  Never underestimate the power of a good pre-run snack! NEVER. 

Today's Run.  Know why I dispensed that wisdom about a pre-run snack? I didn't have one today (I had lunch at about noon, and ran at 5:15 p.m., without a snack).  Today's run was not sooo hot. I didn't go as far as I would like - which was to complete Aneta's virual race of 7.some random number miles - and it took me quite a while.  Girls, I was sooo not feeling it. I ran by Keith's office to use the restroom and I almost begged him to drive me home because I really didn't want to run back. Pride overtook the wimp out of me.  I sucked the suckiness up and ran home - one foot in front of the other. Tomorrow, I will run the remaining 1.something something mile to finish up the virtual race.  Maybe I will redo one on Saturday when I fuel up and hydrate myself properly. I know I can do better than this. 

O0ps.  I had some O0ps moments today too. All in all, 2 bugs flew into my eyes (one left on my way out, and one right, on my way back). Keith offered me some soda for my bottle, which I accepted, because that was some nice cold soda instead of my lukewarm Powerade.  When I took the first sip of the soda, I got sprayed in the face by the carbonation and got sprinkled some Diet Coke. Not a good idea for soda in the bottle. And O0ps, I cheated on Buttercup again today. 

Crunching the Numbers.
11:23.08
11:51.75
12:06.30
12:12.72
12.16.42
12.20.85
See ... so not feeling it eh? But on a positive note, I finished 6 miles instead of 3.

Lesson learned. Will eat before run. Will freeze some fluids in my bottle before my run so the fluids will stay cool.  

3 comments:

  1. awwww. thats too bad about the soda. ya not a good idea of running with a carbonated drink. oh well. we all go thru funny things when we run!

    and thnx for participating. ur close to being done! great job!

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  2. hey, so what is ur time for the 7.64? choose ur best one and let me know. I wanna put it up on my score board for my next post. thnx :)

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  3. I made a mistake of not checking the time at exactly 7.64 miles. But it's ok. The time for 8 miles is 1 hr 38 minutes.

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