Things I've Never Done While Running
i don't feel like posting this but maybe i'll forget everything by tomorrow. i ran 6.3 miles tonight. kind of stupid of me, i know. after i hit 6 miles, weird things started happening.
first, i was busy running along thinking about nothing and all of a sudden i thought to myself DUDE I'M SO FREAKIN' HUNGRY RIGHT NOW! i also felt kind of thirsty (i discuss this line of thinking later).
second, things started hurting. my knees hurt a little, my right arch or just my foot in general started to hurt a little. my shins hurt a little. i drove home from the gym and then took the stairs up 3 flights to my apartment. with each step i was thinking to myself, "OWW. SON OF A MOTHER, OWW my legs!!" so i'm taking tomorrow off for sure. i'll do some lifting. its not my calf or my thighs its more like my shin area or the area near the calf but by the bone. whatever i'm no doctor, i don't know how to describe it. i'm sure it will go away with a little rest.
i kept the pace exactly the same for the whole run as a test, to see how the HR would respond to the steady, consistent mileage. i pulled off 11 minute miles for the first 5 miles (30 seconds faster per mile than my previous 5 miler), and my average HR was 148. During my previous 5 mile run, the HR average was 154. An improvement? If it weren't for the HR monitor i'd be grumbling about how much i suck. the HR gradually went up for the whole run though so still plenty of room for improvement.
I did the last 1.3 miles at 5.5 also but I was interrupted by the treadmill which forced me into some sort of cool down, shoving me back down to 4.6mph. i don't know what that was all about. i had to push the emergency stop button and restart the run back up.
2 things i've never done while running: 1) drink any fluid, 2) eat anything. i've just never done either. when do you need to do that stuff? after 2 miles? 3? 10?
i'm sleeping like a baby tonight kids! except i'm kinda stinky. maybe i should take a shower first. total mileage for this week was about 17.5.
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first, i was busy running along thinking about nothing and all of a sudden i thought to myself DUDE I'M SO FREAKIN' HUNGRY RIGHT NOW! i also felt kind of thirsty (i discuss this line of thinking later).
second, things started hurting. my knees hurt a little, my right arch or just my foot in general started to hurt a little. my shins hurt a little. i drove home from the gym and then took the stairs up 3 flights to my apartment. with each step i was thinking to myself, "OWW. SON OF A MOTHER, OWW my legs!!" so i'm taking tomorrow off for sure. i'll do some lifting. its not my calf or my thighs its more like my shin area or the area near the calf but by the bone. whatever i'm no doctor, i don't know how to describe it. i'm sure it will go away with a little rest.
i kept the pace exactly the same for the whole run as a test, to see how the HR would respond to the steady, consistent mileage. i pulled off 11 minute miles for the first 5 miles (30 seconds faster per mile than my previous 5 miler), and my average HR was 148. During my previous 5 mile run, the HR average was 154. An improvement? If it weren't for the HR monitor i'd be grumbling about how much i suck. the HR gradually went up for the whole run though so still plenty of room for improvement.
I did the last 1.3 miles at 5.5 also but I was interrupted by the treadmill which forced me into some sort of cool down, shoving me back down to 4.6mph. i don't know what that was all about. i had to push the emergency stop button and restart the run back up.
2 things i've never done while running: 1) drink any fluid, 2) eat anything. i've just never done either. when do you need to do that stuff? after 2 miles? 3? 10?
i'm sleeping like a baby tonight kids! except i'm kinda stinky. maybe i should take a shower first. total mileage for this week was about 17.5.
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posted by brent at
11:39 PM
2 Comments:
on runs shorter than 8 miles, i rarely refuel during the run. well, sometimes a couple sips of water. on longer runs, i have a routine that i use. i'll carry a fuel belt or water bottle belt, drink two small mouthfulls of sports drink per mile (about 3oz - usually cytomax), and take a GU at 6 miles and then every 4 miles after that.
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Unknown, at 9:17 AM
I agree with Jeff-- the important thing is making sure that you're not dehydrated in general, so in the day before and the hours before you run, you should make sure you get enough water, and after your run, you should get enough water.
Be careful with the leg thing-- it sounds like shin splints. Those can happen as a result of drastically increasing your mileage in a single run, running too fast, bad shoes, bad biomechanics, etc. Definitely rest up and monitor them to see if they come back again.
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Rachel, at 11:03 AM
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