WTF Man!!

I set out for 10mi. And all was good. The weather was cool. The skies were blue with cotton ball looking clouds. I had my bootleg trail mix (peanuts and raisins) and my water bottle. I told myself to start out slow. I was aiming for around 11:00/mi in the beginning. That way I know I definitely wouldn't use up too much too soon. When I got to mile 3, I wanted to speed up but tried to keep it slow. I've never attempted such a distance before. And it's not about beating a specific time. It's about getting through it and enjoying it (not wanting to die). And I was enjoying it, especially when I hit mile 4. That's when I decided I was gonna do this thing. And I started to get this weird but good feeling. I'm thinking it was a runner's high. Okay, then it starts going downhill. Somewhere in mile 5 I start to feel some chafing. I never chafe. I've run 8mi in a running skirt and never had an issue. But today, all the sudden I have this issue. So mile 6 rolls around and I'm reminded that I may need to replace my shoes. The right head of fibula thingy started to bother me. Yes, you can tell by positive splits after that. So in mile 7, I had to stop for a few seconds and walk out the pain. Then I decided to finish running in the grass. It helped, but what I really needed to do was to stop all together. Somewhere in mile 8, I stopped and walked again. It felt better. Then I finished up 9mi instead of 10. I decided to walk a mile for my cool down. So yeah, you can say I was outside for 10mi. Because dammit, I was gonna do 10mi one way or another. I'm not too sure how I'm going to handle next weekend's run, if I will even run at all. I have a half marathon distance on schedule. I don't see that happening. Maybe I'll just do 10mi, fibula willing. But yeah, I don't have that much mileage on my sneakers but I guess the way that I run I need to replace them sooner than average. Maybe I'll stop off at Moorestown Running Company this weekend and check some shoes out. I'm thinking I'll buy two pairs and alternate between them. We'll see. Well, the good thing about today is that I still felt kinda high during the cool down. And I still went further than I did before. And I ran faster than I thought I would considering the injury flaring up. The first time I ran 8mi, it took 1:33:44. Today, 9mi with a jacked up fibula head took me 1:33:22. And I burned 1017 calories. I think deserve a big drink with lots of alcohol. And I should have big greasy burgers (veggie) with onion rings. I think I should treat myself. Well, I'm off to figure out how I can best ruin my calorie deficit. Have a good weekend, all! Music: Sujinho by Jackson Conti I've had this album on my mp3 player for a while now. I figured I'd play something new. I didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. Sounds like some type of South American jazz. And I did hear a chick singing in what sounded like Portuguese. Then I checked Amazon.com to see that it is categorized as Brazilian jazz. So I wasn't far off. It's a good listen, mostly instrumental though. But check it out. Activity Route: Park Road Elev. Avg: 30 ft Location: Willingboro, NJ Elev. Gain: -10 ft Date: 09/20/08 Up/Downhill: [+272/-282] Time: 10:53 AM Difficulty: 2.6 / 5.0 Weather: Mostly Cloudy 67 F temp; 56% humidity 67 F heat index; winds Vrbl 3 Performance Distance: 9.00 miles Time: 1:33:22 Speed: 5.8 mph Pace: 10' 22 /mi Heart Rate: 173 bpm (Avg) Calories: 1017 187 bpm (Peak) Notes Cool Down = 1mi Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone 1 93 - 111 0h 00m 0% 0.01 mi 2 111 - 130 0h 00m 0% 0.03 mi 3 130 - 148 0h 01m 1% 0.11 mi 4 148 - 167 0h 26m 28% 2.43 mi 5 167 - 185 1h 09m 74% 6.71 mi (none) out of range 0h 01m 1% 0.10 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 10' 49 +0' 27 5.5 -0.3 150 -10 ft 2 10' 44 +0' 22 5.6 -0.2 161 0 ft 3 10' 30 +0' 08 5.7 -0.1 169 +4 ft 4 10' 16 -0' 06 5.8 +0.0 172 +10 ft 5 9' 59 -0' 23 6.0 +0.2 177 +16 ft 6 9' 58 -0' 24 6.0 +0.2 180 -10 ft 7 10' 01 -0' 21 6.0 +0.2 181 -20 ft 8 10' 19 -0' 03 5.8 +0.0 182 -4 ft 9 10' 41 +0' 19 5.6 -0.2 178 +7 ft Versus average of 10' 22 min/mile

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