As mentioned in my last post, my next run was supposed to be a nice, organized 11.25 mile run with L Street Running Club on Sunday morning. Although I was well prepared for the run, I didn't quite end up making it! After my moonlighting shift on Saturday, I had planned on coming home, eating and heading to bed early to get ready for the big run. Instead, Renee and I decided to go out and "meet our friends from London who happened to be in town for the weekend". Instead of walking into a bar to meet the Swifts for a drink, I ended up walking into a room filled with about 30 friends for a surprise 30th Bday party. Needless to say, after the drinks got going ... I wasn't able to wake up for an 11 mile run at 7am the next day.
Since long runs appear to be the key in training for races (at least this is what I have been told), I decided that I would get my long run in on Monday once I had recovered from the party. Monday started out well and I was actually able to get out of work on the earlier side ... at about 2:30pm. This is always a bonus because it means that my run will be in the light of day rather than in the dark. The bad part was right when I got home I got some bad stomach cramps and some pretty bad nausea. I got really scared that I had caught another GI bug since all of my friends had recently had it. Despite the stomach issues, I decided to head out for the run with the thought that even if I got 4 or 5 miles in, it was better than nothing.
The run started out well. It was sunny, no wind and temps were in the 30-35 range. Its actually pretty surprising to me because I always thought that the biggest barrier to me training for a spring race would be the weather. Ever since I got my new running jacket for christmas, I have never once felt cold even if it was windy out. Anyway, back to the run. It started out well and I was able to get into a good pace early. I actually didn't use the Garmin watch for this run since Renee was doing her long run that day as well. I went down my normal route starting on East Broadway, running to the end of W Broadway, back down W 1st, past the convention center, down to South Station and back through the Seaport. I don't know if it was the fact that it was sunny out or what, but the run went great. I was about 6 miles in and hadn't even thought about walking. To add some extra distance, I decided to run around Castle Island when I got back to South Boston. Unfortunately, this was a bad idea. I had thought that the walking path around the Island would have been plowed ... unfortunately it wasn't. This totally screwed up my rhythm since I couldn't get in a good pace as I had to stop and walk over huge portions of iced up sidewalk. Although I was able to finish my run with a total distance of 10 miles, I think my time could have been a lot better if I could have kept my rhythm around Castle Island.
Overall, I was pretty pumped with the run. Its my first run in my training where I hit double digit mileage. Also ... now that I think about it ... This was one of my first "short term" goals that I set out to accomplish when I first started this blog back in early December. My next short term goal is start to optimize my weekly workouts. As of yet, I haven't included Yoga in the training like I had hoped. I am starting to get some stiffness in the hips and knees and think its likely due to just poor flexibility ... so this week ... Yoga it is.
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