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.