20 miles- bad diet, poor sleep pattern, lots of time to self deprecate.
This was one of my worst runs this year. I don't know how I survived. I was making great time in the beginning but then got gued out and had terrible nausea, above average perfuse perspiration and excessive guilt. Thoughts running through my mind after mile 10 when I started to take walk breaks include but are not limited to "why am I such a massochist, I am a lush, why don't I ever make the right decision and leave a party at 9pm for once in my life, how can I make it stop hurtingg, I can never run a full in under 4 hours. I should give up now"
The wheles fell off.
After walking up the most intense hill from the Stanisslauss River in mile 14 I realized I was being rediculous. I put my big kid pants on, wiped my eyes and started to run again. Everything hurt. I was tired. I was sore. I survived. In order to continue I had to completely ignore my times. It was aweful. It's so hard to let go of time when you work so hard for each second.
Average time 11:35- Yikes. That time would put me across the finish line at 5hrs and 1 min. Only an hour behind!!!!!!
Maybe next week will be better.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
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