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5/13-5/19

We had such a crazy stupid busy week. It was really hard to get in any running during the week and KB was even less of an option. I was really worried that it was going to affect my long run on Saturday. I’m not really sure if it did or if it was just a coincidence but my IT bands were so tight that it was causing knee pain.  I really should have stretched better, and rolled my IT bands on my foam roller before I ran, but I was in such a hurry to get out the door and get it done, that I didn’t.

I did squeeze in an appointment with the nutritionist at Max Muscle again, so we could talk about fueling pre race and during long runs/races. He gave me some ideas of things to try during, and we are going to meet again next week to discuss the how to of carb-loading before the race.

For the long run on Saturday, Caleb and Kyndall came with me on bikes and would ride ahead, and wait for me or turn back until they found me again. The creek was so full that the underpasses where the bike trail went under the main roads were all flooded out so we had to cross the main streets to keep going. It was so frustrating. I picked an out and back course that would take us by several parks so we would have plenty of access to bathrooms and water fountains. It was a pretty warm day, and I had 12 miles planned. When we turned around at mile 6 I had 2 miles to decide if I was going to push through it and finish 12, or take another trail and cut it short at 10. By mile 8, my knees were still hurting. IT stretches weren’t helping, longer strides weren’t helping, and walking it out wasn’t helping. Past knee pain experience has shown me that pushing too much caused me to be in pain for days after, and I really didn’t want that either, so I decided to cut it short. All I wanted to do was get home and roll on my foam roller. I also knew that my mom’s training schedule only had her doing 9 miles, so I figured that 10 was still plenty and I would just call this the start of my tapering instead of my last long run.

Aside from the physical training (running), and mental training, I’ve also been practicing / testing out water and race fuel on my long runs. I’ve been working on figuring out how much is enough or too much, when to consume, how to run with water bottles, and consumption without stopping, when possible. It’s been easier than I expected, but it’s definitely different than running without all that stuff!

Measurement update – I had Jerry measure me again this week. We haven’t measured since late February, so I got some big numbers! Since I’ve started measuring in November (2012) I have lost a huge total of 22.4 lbs, and I’ve lost 21.2 inches.

Weekly totals:

10 Miles ran, 3 lbs lost