MT W2;R1

• 4.68mi
  Distance (?)
 
• 45:38
   Moving Time
 
• 9:45/mi
  Pace
 
• 95
  Relative Effort

I missed both training runs in the first week a farklet run and a long run. I was feeling pretty down about the situation, not off to a good start. Perhaps I'm going to be over my head with the race in August and September.  Talking to a friend perhaps a trail marathon will be too much. I have no idea how long it will take to finish. Will I be able to fuel enough during the race? Should I try to do the 15 mi option instead?

I've done a bit of reading about fueling before/during/after a run. The trick is finding something that will work when I start running first thing in the morning. I'm going to try Rice Krispies tomorrow morning when I attempt a 2 hour run. I want to see if I can handle maple syrup mid run instead of using gel of some kind. I did a bit of reading on UCAN generation which is a "super starch" (whatever that means). Turns out that you can make your own, which I may also try tomorrow. I'll try to wake up a little early and work on hydrating. My suspicion is that I'm too dehydrated first thing in the morning to handle anything in my tum tum.

As for today's run, it was a normal midday longish loop around the Charles. A mile or so in my right knee had some slight pain that went away before too long. 3 miles in I was feeling a bit hungry. Normally I run a bit earlier so I should have had something else. I think ideally I'd like to get back closer to a 9:00/mi pace. I think I'm just more out of shape than I think I should be. I'm not sure what to think about the Relative Effort of 95. In fact I'm not sure what that means. I think it means that for running a nearly 10:00/mi pace I am out of shape for the effort to be so high.

At least I ran today. We'll see how I feel tomorrow.