- 6.52 miles, 80' 35" minutes, 12' 21" min/mile average pace, 167 BPM average heart rate
- Splits:
- mile 1 - 11' 07" min/mile
- mile 2 - 11' 31" min/mile
- mile 3 - 11' 20" min/mile
- mile 4 - 11' 42" min/mile
- mile 5 - 12' 49" min/mile
- mile 6 - 16' 09" min/mile
I woke up this morning at 5:30. The summer heat is in full swing so I figured that if I woke up early enough I would be able to beat the heat ... most of it anyway. After I woke up, I made my breakfast of yogurt and granola. My sister always asks me if I get bored with eating the same thing every morning. My response to her is no because while I always eat yogurt and granola the flavors are never the same. I also feel like I have loads of energy in the morning after I eat my breakfast. After eating my breakfast, I started getting ready for my run but I hit a bit of a snag. Since my boyfriend was still sleeping, I didn't want to turn any lights on in the bedroom. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the outfit I wanted. I must have spent 20 minutes rooting through my clothes looking (or rather feeling) for the clothes I wanted to wear. My day didn't start off on the right foot. Finally, I found the clothes I had been searching for. I quickly changed, finished getting ready, and my first serving of Clif Shot Bloks. I know that my schedule only called for 4 miles but I decided that I should make up the long run I missed last week. I figured that trying to run 8 miles next week would be much easier if I ran the 6.5 miles today. My runs this week went really well. I know they were on a treadmill but I stll felt really good about my run today.
The first two miles were actually great. I went a different route on my running trail. The route brought me throught a residential neighborhood, which had nice scenery and wonderfully shaded sidewalks. Once I made the loop throught the neighborhood, I ended up back on my normal route, which does not have shaded sidewalks at all. This was at about 7:45, which means that the sun was already well on its way to being high in the sky. From that point on, I felt labored and extremely uncomfortable. I started counting the minutes until I was supposed to eat my energy gel. I also continued to guzzle my water. At the halfway point (3.25 miles in), I ate my Clif Shot energy gel in hopes that it might help me power through to the end of my run. I am still experimenting with my nutrition during my run so I decided to try the Clif Shot energy gel today. I tried the vanilla flavored one and while it was delicious it was also sickly sweet. After finishing my energy gel, I continued running hoping that I would have some crazy jolt of energy but it never came. I also must have been dehydrated because I couldn't get enough water. By the end of mile 4, I had finished 22 oz. of water and heading stright for the water fountain. During mile 6, I actually stopped running and walked most of it. I did run the last half mile of my run, which felt good.
Even though I completed the distance, I don't feel like it was a really good run. After my run, I sat down and tried to figure out what went wrong so that I can make the proper adjustments for my run next week. I looked at my food diary and realized that I more than likely didn't eat enough carbs last night. Next Friday, I will have to make sure that I am eating more carbs and protein so that I have enough stored energy for my body to perform the way that it should. I also only had 8 cups of water, which was obviously not enough. I am going to have to really drink more water next Friday and try and get at least 12 cups in me efore I go to sleep. Hopefully, my 8 mile run next week will go much better.
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