Home Alone Long Run

With the family in CT, I had no excuses to go for a long run
Feb 20, 8.03 mi slow avg. pace 12:25

I filled up my running vest with the two water bottles and a head lamp and set off to see how far I could run. I had hoped to keep the pace around 11mins, but that wasn't the case. Somewhere around an hour or 5 mi, I was hungry. From that point I did walk a bit and a lot more after 6mi.

This was the first run in over a week after my cold, which I don't think that I am 100% back from. I had hoped that I would feel good enough to do something crazy like 12 miles, that did not happen. 8 miles feels good. When I got home I downed a glass of chocolate milk, yum. Around that time about 10 mins I was suddenly really cold. I checked the temperature in the house and it was normal. I'm not sure what the cause is for this. Dehydration, hunger? I drank both my water bottles. It could be that as I said, I'm not 100%. I cranked up the heat and took a long shower. Drank more water and ate some food. I wasn't particularly hungry so I forced my self to eat.

Throughout the day I had a low grade headache, I'm not sure if that means I'm still sick or what. One day later my body feels fine physically, which is great.

A couple of updates. I did sign up for the triple threat. Now I need how to best train for the 17 mi race. One thought is to train for a full marathon and to alter it in a way that makes sense. I have a bit of time to figure that out. Also, I'm considering running a full marathon sometime before the end of the year. Perhaps October or November.

First "long run"

6.22 mile avg pace 11:04. Cadence 153, Impact 10.  Having just finished listening to 80/20 running, whose philosophy is that you should spend 80% of your training at low intensity. You typical recreational runner runs primarily at the moderate rate. And by following the 80/20 you can improve endurance and pace. Another interesting argument that is made in the book is that you are wasting your time of you try to adopt a better running form. In terms of heel strike vs. mid or fore foot and optimal cadence of 180. The argue that these recommendations for optimal form are not for everyone. By running as you would normally run you body will adapt in its own way to make it as economical as possible. This is counter to what I had been thinking. With the moov, I had hoped to improve my running by increasing my cadence and lowering my impact. I'm not sure what to do with that information.

With that in mind I went on my first long run of the year in the Altras. I had moov tracking the run just to see what my cadence and impact was when I wasn't thinking about it. The shoes felt great, I'm surprised that I really haven't notice much of a difference in the new shoes.

By the end of the run I felt like I could have kept doing and perhaps even done another 6 miles. Unfortunately I came down with a cold the next day.