Run for February, week of 1/31-2/6/10

[OakLeaf]

At my pace, it DID take forever. Three and a half hours, just about exactly. Seven more miles, and three and a half months. I want to train the full 26.2 (scared not to), and I should have enough time to do it.

I've been taking water every 20 minutes and gel plus water at 40 minutes. I've been thinking about cutting that to every 30 minutes though. Ten miles is pretty much my limit without carrying fuel, too - I carry water anything over an hour, sometimes shorter if it's really hot.

I like HEED in my bottles on the bike, but I just can't bear to put it in my hydration pack. Mold is growing in my drink tube just thinking about it. I tried HEED mixed really strong in my gel flask two weeks ago, and it seemed okay, but it was hard to mix in the flask to the strength I wanted. So, it's been water plus "gel" (rice syrup, molasses and salt) - I'm going to give commercial gels another try and see if I notice any difference.

Kat, the other thing I thought is maybe a slightly more substantial breakfast might help - something with a little more protein and fat. I usually toss a handful of nuts into cold cereal, a dollop of PB into hot cereal.

So today I did another six-tenths of a mile barefoot. So far, so good...
No wait, I did a whole kilometer! That sounds so much better.