Coach Shelby, dressed as if it were 80 degrees instead of 40.
The big test today was if, after my recent success with my IT band, I could complete the full 80 minute run without stopping due to pain.
The good news is that I did complete the full 80 minute run. I didn't do it pain free, however, and really struggled the last few minutes. I'm beginning to think part of my problem might be mental - I start to feel the pain in my knee at the end of my run whether it is a 30, 40 or today's 80 minute run. You'd think that if the pain really was triggered by duration of use, it would start to hurt after the same amount of time each run. It doesn't. It kicks in as I near the end of my run regardless of the duration.
Telling a Mission Moment about a young girl and her family struggling with cancer. The girl is going in for a bone marrow transplant on the 14th.
It could be in my head. It could also be that I'm relaxing my form as I get to the end of the allotted time, even though I think I'm actually paying more attention to form as I run longer and longer.
Either way, I got to about 70 minutes and my right knee started to seize up. I toughed it out, slowed down and kept running. The last 5 minutes or so were pretty tough, but I kept going and finished the 80 minutes running instead of walking.
Chocolate gu, droooool.
There was a Power Bar rep there to hand out samples of their nutrition and recovery snack options. Our coaches have been talking about the need to eat something to replenish your electrolytes and glucose every 45 minutes during long runs. I tried out some chocolate flavored "gu," which was actually pretty tasty. The energy bar I tried was not bad, although it was hard and tough. I'm not sure it would be very easy to eat while running.
Thanks to a lot of very generous people, my fundraising is going really well. I've met my minimum for my race and am now aiming higher. Other people have come up with a wide variety of fundraising ideas, like the cookies above. If I do this again, I will be lifting some of those ideas.
Run Stats: 1:19:54 min. | 7.63 miles | 10:28/mile average pace
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