16 miler
February 15, 2010
I almost forgot to post about my 16 mile run yesterday in which I ran from my front door to Don the Beachcombers restaurant near Sunset Beach.
It wasn’t a bad run. I started off slow to try and conserve energy but then decided that I was going too slow and didn’t want to run all day so I picked it up from a 12 minute pace. The night before I ate pizza and cookies for dinner at Karl’s and went to bed around 12 and then woke up at 5:30 to do my run. I ate a banana before I left because it was way too freaking early to eat a real meal like oatmeal which i know is what i really should’ve eaten.
The first half went smoothly. My shins were a little sore, but nothing too serious. I ran on the road shoulder and came across a decapitated hawk which was pretty gross. After the turn around I ate a gu because I figured I’d start feeling hunger pangs and was feeling pretty good until I hit about mile 14. then my body crapped out, i was starving, and my feet wouldn’t move. This is not unusual though. Normally my wall hits the last far mileage I ran, which guess what, happened to be 14 miles. I pushed through though and made it in at 3:04:25, with under 12 minute miles, so I was pretty proud of myself.
The only real issue with the run came in the after math. I am way sorer and tireder than I ever have ever been after a long run. Yesterday’s soreness was pretty equitable to after the 14 miler, but I’m pretty sure I wasn’t this sore the next day. Maybe its just the long distance that wiped me out and my body needs longer to recover. I just hope that it doesn’t take too long…
