Woot! I ran for 42 minutes last night! My longest continuous run yet.
It sucked!
From the first footfall, it was just... blech. My legs felt heavy. My feet weren't comfortable. I had no energy. WTH?
I was also coming off a 5k Saturday that had a really slow time for me. I'm not racing to beat anyone, so it's no big deal to have a slow run, but I still didn't love the feeling of moving backwards. While slogging through last night's crappy run, I found myself analyzing all the factors that made these two runs really rough. I found a few similarities:
1. Shoes. For both runs, I was wearing my waterproof running shoes. They're a little stiffer than my regular shoes, and a tad heavier.
2. I ate garbage on Friday and Sunday.
3. My weight has crept up by about 5 pounds. It doesn't sound like all that much, and I truthfully think it's mostly water, because I have been eating a lot of sodium-laden treats, but the bottom line is, I'm carrying extra weight.
There were a couple variant factors in each run. Saturday's course was a lot of uphill slogging. Last night, I didn't have my usual pre-run banana. But I think those three are the big ones, particularly numbers 2 and 3. Just goes to show that it DOES matter what you eat!
On the upside, it's more meaningful to me to know that I felt like crap but lengthened my run time last night anyway. If I were having a great run, it might not have felt like such an accomplishment.
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You know you might also account for weight with muscle. My weight has increased slightly but my pants are loose. I can only account for this based on my fat turning to muscle.
Girlie! You were ahead of me for a lot of it! You're kicking ass - you've built back up to 30+ minute runs beautifully!
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