From this week on until the
Flying Pig Marathon once a week I will be running a new distance that I have
NEVER ran before!
Here's how my week went:
Monday-
4mi/40:56
Wednesday-
6mi/59:48
Friday-
4mi/41:20 (Ugghh a dreadmill run)
Sunday-
14mi/2:25:52
As you can see I have been slow this week, however most of the runs this week have been
GREAT! Monday was a holiday for me so I decided to go to the park, I wasn't sure if I was going to make two loops around the park or go from the park into town. After getting there I decided to just do a couple of loops around the park so I was near a bathroom just in case. The park is tough and very hilly and it was once again very windy, I struggled a little with the second loop and ended up walking a little. Wednesday was an
AWESOME run, although it was a bit lonely I really felt good the entire run. When I first started I wasn't feeling it then I gave myself the mental pep talk on how I needed to be doing this if I want to become a marathoner I mean how cool will it be to say
"ya I DID THAT!!!" Then I started having a perfect run, again not the fastest but perfect. Friday morning we had terrible high winds ( I think like 59mph) leftover from the storm the night before, I was in hopes it would go away by the end of the day but wasn't sure so I took both sets of running clothes inside and outside just in case. The wind did go away but I already told the hubs I would just go on to the gym with him and it was yucky cold and gloomy out so I hopped on the ole' dreaded 'mill. I've been slow all week so I took this run the same slow and steady.
And then came Sunday, the day I would run a distance I have NEVER run before~OMG!
We knew there was a chance of rain Sunday afternoon so we decided to head out about 9am. At 8:50am on my way to meet Sheri and this is what it looked like from my windshield
GREAT I am going to have to run my first 14mi ever in my life in the
RAIN!UGGHH! But we waited about 10 minutes and what do ya know it stopped raining:)
HOORAY!! I decided this was a good time to break out the fuel belt and give it a try, if I didn't like it I could drop it off and pick it up on my way through, which I ended up doing with my jacket:) I actually enjoyed wearing the fuel belt, mine has 2 bottles I put water in one and some
Orange GU Electrolyte Brew (the powder kind not the new tablets) in the other. I also knew that this was going to be the day I
HAD to start taking and experimenting with taking more than on
GU. I have been worried cause I usually end up with a belly ache and have to go right now, however as bad as I hate to admit it I have had to stop in the bushes more than once so I am kinda getting used to it and it doesn't bother me as horrible as it used to. I have and am learning as a "Runner" when ya gotta go ya gotta go! So off we went I decided I was going to stop around 3 - 3.5 mi to take my first
Pineapple Roctane GU which we ended up stopping at 3.5 and I thought that was perfect timing. Sheri also dropped us water at the 7mi mark so that was
Pineapple Roctane GU #2. The first 7mi of this run was absolutely perfect, I felt great legs felt great weather was perfect. Our training place of choice is
NOT an easy one there is several hills of
ALL sizes I will try to take pics next week. Therefore I was happy at how good I felt, both of us felt just great. We stopped again at 10.5 to take
GU#3 (yep pineapple roctane for me:) and so far my belly is okay also but I am starting to notice something in my left foot, I tried to ignore it and just move on. But I was getting slower and slower. When we reached mile 13 I had to stop and pick up my jacket to take back and my foot was really killing me. I truly felt like I wanted to quit but knew there was
NO WAY I was going to I mean there is only one more mile left. Again I was slow but I was doing it. Overall I am
EXTREMELY HAPPY with us in the fact that we just completed our first
EVER 14 miles in our lives!!! I am still having trouble except now it is my right foot/leg and my heals???
WHY? I will talk more about it in next weeks training post cause it doesn't seem to be going away soon:( I am so hoping I just need new shoes and am planning on getting some in the next couple of weeks.
How do you know if its an "Injury" or just an "ache & normal Pain" that comes with training? When do you decide its time to head somewhere to check it out ( regular doctor or who)??