My session yesterday went like this:
The weather called for early snow switching to freezing rain so I wanted to beat the rain ...
I executed my plan for a change and was out of the house by ten after nine. ... snow flurries but nothing terrible and I paced nicely for the first three miles. I had to watch my feet and run more in the street then usual because I didn't want to wipe out on any ice. From mile 3 1/2 to mile 5 1/2 were pretty bad - I ran into a headwind and was getting my face blasted with the blowing snow. Kept telling myself I turn almost 90 degrees - and the wind would no longer be at my face - that is the good and the bad part of doing the same long runs - you know every mile mark. Felt good to get the snow out of my face and I continued fine until the 8 mile mark.
At this point I had to turn back south and into the blowing snow. I took an eGel and 10 ounces of water as I waited for a passing train. Got a bunch of weird looks from people in cars as snow was actively sticking to me at this point. Next 1 3/4 miles was directly into the snow which was fine as the wind had slowed a little and over heating was not an issue at all.
When I left the house I had geared up with my 4 bottles on the fuel belt, 2 waters and 2 eFuel. I also took two efuel gels and one Gu gel with caffeine. By mile twn as I approached my mom's house I was down to one bottle of eFuel and still had an efuel gel and the Gu. The bag that I had my son place on the bench in my moms back yard with my second half nutrition was missing !!!
I looked in every other hiding place on the back porch and back yard - nothing. Could my mom have brought my bag inside? I find her hide a key (the plan was to NOT go inside this time - so much for that) and I check the fridge - nothing! Grabbed a banana off her counter and ate that while I fumed - and then I saw my bag on her couch - with my now warm stuff in it - ugh. I drank my Zico - refilled my bottles - 2 with water and 1 with efuel and set off.
The next mile was good - and I figured I could go another 4 before my pace would falter but then the sky opened up and I got poured on for 20 minutes solid. In hindsight a cotton sweatshirt was a REALLY bad option at this point but I had planned to beat the rain and now I had a good 6 miles to suffer through it. I trudged on and I could feel my strength and will sapping with each puddle I crashed through and each rain drop that hit my face. But the real kicker was when I ran down by the water between miles 14 and 15 - I had a headwind and I was cold - and I actually walked being mad at myself the whole time. Forward motion - almost done - in my marathon I will walk through water stops in the second half - none of this made me feel good so I tried to run on - and I did.
The rain slowed considerably from mile 16 to the end - more of a mist with spritzing but I was already soaked and carrying a ton of water weight in my sweatshirt (at least it felt like that) and I near sprinted the final 3/4 of a mile just desperate to be done.
Now over 24 hours since my run my quad and glutes are sore - but otherwise I am no worse for wear - tomorrow is a swim and bike so another "run recovery day" hopefully my wheels will be ready to hit the pavement again come Thursday.
Splits:
1 - 9:04
2 - 8:58
3 - 9:13
4 - 9:17
5 - 9:17
6 - 8:57
7 - 8:53
8 - 9:07
9 - 9:11
10 - 9:35
(stopped 9 minutes at Mom's)
11 - 9:11
12 - 9:39
13 - 9:46
14 - 9:57
15 - 10:04
16 - 9:45
17 - 9:48
18 - 10:17
Was at a 7:12 pace the final 3/4 mile ...
Spent 2:38 in my heart zone out of 2:57 running ... 18.76 total miles, 4003 calories burned, total run 9:27 average.
Did the good husband thing and stripped just inside the front door and dumped all my clothes into a laundry basket I had left for myself. Was cold and drenched - drank a zico and heated up some hot cocoa. My legs were super stiff so I took 2 advils and took a warm shower for way longer than I usually do.
Very rough run with the weather but I have to be ready for any conditions - who knows what weather the marathon will be like less than a month away in New England.
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