Run 49, 2008
by Administrator ~ May 29th, 2008. Filed under: Training Notes, Training Runs.Anyway, I didn’t get out of bed until late morning and it was high noon before I got started. Our driveway is shaded by trees on both sides for the first 50 feet and so I stood in that shady tunnel looking out onto the smoking hot prairie. It was a blistering 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees F for you ‘mericans). I thought I would die from the heat. I just stood there for 5 minutes staring at that horizon, thinking how far away it looked, and thinking I didn’t want to do this. Yet no , matter where I go, there I am, so I did eventually venture forth.
The first 2.5 km was run at just about a 6:30/km pace, then I crashed like a ton of bricks. I ended up walking the whole remainder of the 8 km route. If I had of remembered to bring my cell phone with me I would have bailed out. I did nothing different about eating or drinking. I should have had lots of carbs and sugar in me and my blood stream but my blood felt more like the Alberta tar sands you all no doubt have heard about.
I had a lot of time to think during that run turned into a walk. Every sinister and evil “I should give it all up” kind of thought passed through my head. I considered asking for a refund for my marathon registration. I considered never running again. I considered a lot of “lie down and die” kind of thoughts.
This “run” truly sucked big time. Yet, in all my years of training I have only bailed out two or three times. Sunday I am due for a 22 km run. I can hardly wait. Oh, wait, that’s not right. I mean I can wait for that one…right now it’s licking wounds time…
