Today was my second practice with the team. So of course once again, it was humid. And warm. Just like my mom always describes New York City summers. There was a delicious breeze while we were running, but this time the dehydration stayed with me all day. I need to learn the balance between good hydration and sloshing stomach. I tend to err on the side of too little when it comes to eating and drinking before a run. I'm the kid that the half hour rule was invented for; in fact for me it's more like an hour. But obviously I do need to fuel my body properly if I'm going to ask it to do crazy things.
On the plus side, we ran into a nice gentleman who has also never run a marathon before, and he ran with us for most of our 4-mile loop. I felt a particular rush when near the end of the loop I pulled ahead briefly to stretch my legs a bit (my quads were hurting and the roomie has shorter legs than I do). I stretched my stride and picked up the pace and it felt amazing, though soon my heart rate slowed me back down. I slowly jogged back to them, and the guy says "and now we hate you." I kind of loved that coming from a guy who I would have assumed was much more fit than I am, and who is taller than both of us (and therefore I figured he was going way slow just to hang out with us).
We had the choice of doing 4 or 5 miles this morning and I have to say I think I could have done at least 4.5, although I elected 4. In a way it was probably a good idea given my reaction to the heat. On the other hand, because the trains were weekend-wonky going to the park and we took some detours on the way home, we were on foot for over 7 miles. Not a bad start to the day.
Oh and thanks to MK for this evening's donation :)
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