"Today" was a lot of fun - full of the outdoors, full of activity, full of tasty food, and full of people! The morning started off by turning off my alarm instead of hitting snooze. Oops! But as you guys know, I've been reaaaally tired lately, so I think it was actually a good thing that I got some extra sleep. However, sleeping in = running later in the day. Hot hot hot. I felt so bad that our late start meant Alyssa couldn't run with us. :( But thankfully Anna still did and she even mapped a route for us too! Anna was our running saint!
Around 10am we headed out for our 9 miles. Anna's route was challenging... I think we ran up every hill in Rochester! But it was a good challenge because I am not a fan of hills and I really should do them more. Around 3 miles my legs were already getting tired, which made me very nervous... I still had a long way to go. I asked if we could stop for a little "stretch" break, and that was very helpful. We ended up stopping two more times to refill our water bottles. It was so hot, I was drinking pretty fast! Thank you to Tim Horton's and Subway for letting us come in for water!! Seriously though - I felt like those stops really really helped. It gave us a second to let go of the tension in our upper bodies. We talked about it during our run... I think we've decided we will not run the marathon straight through without stopping. Instead we will probably walk through each water stop - I'm already feeling more confident about the race now. :)
Anna posed a great question once we finished. She asked me to rate my run - what would I do differently/what went well. So here's my little list:
What would I do differently: 1) Force myself to stick to my pace in the beginning even if it feels slow (eventually it won't feel slow), 2) Take smaller steps when going up hills, 3) Eat a better breakfast - since we were running out the door and I haven't had a chance to grocery shop yet, Andy and I split a granola bar and I had a couple of pieces of cut fruit.
What went well: 1) I kept hydrated and ate my sports beans earlier than I felt like I needed to... and never felt bad or dizzy so it must have worked, 2) Double knotting my shoelaces meant I didn't have to stop to tie them - that happened last week, 3) stopping for a bit every 3 miles or so for a quick break helped me feel more refreshed once we started up again... and we really didn't lose that much time by doing so.
And what went well that I didn't realize until later in the day.... I felt totally fine. My body was never like, "Whoa you ran 9 miles this morning." I could have gone for another run at night. I think that is a good sign that I'm getting in better shape (even though my appearance doesn't reflect it). Next week our long run jumps back down to 7 so I'm feeling excited for the week ahead. Now that I've finished 9 successfully, I know 7 won't be an issue!
Ok, sorry to write so much about my run, but that is the main purpose of this blog after all. Now quickly onto the rest of my day. Post-run I had a glass of chocolate milk because I've read about 1,000 times that it is the perfect recovery drink. Maybe that's why I didn't feel fatigued later in the day! Then Andy and I were off to Buffalo to celebrate his Dad's birthday with the whole family. After dinner we all headed to the driving range and then played 9 holes of golf. This was my second time golfing ever - I think my first time golfing was for his dad's birthday last year. I actually really like it (although I think I'd be good playing 6 holes and calling it a day, haha). Being outside is great, the courses are pretty, you get to walk a lot, and of course the actual golfing part is fun - probably because I have NO clue what I'm doing so I don't get wrapped up in typical-golfer-frustrations. :) Andy is a pretty good golfer though. He did a great job!
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Total Miles Run: 54.71
Total Weight Change: -3.3
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