After my happy 4.7 miles yesterday I did my first long run in... um... 2 weeks? What can I say I had a wedding! Today I ran 9 miles from my dad's place on Coronado. Hands down, Coronado is pretty damn perfect conditions. Beautiful weather, beautiful scenery, a gentle breeze... hard to get better than that.
The run went very well. I averaged 9:50 mile pace. I took a friend's advice and tried doing 1 min walking breaks every 10 min of running. For the most part (until the last mile) I was averaging 9:20-30 min miles during the running, and about 13 min miles in the walking segments. Breaking up the repetition of the running really helped my body.
I took a Hammer Gel chocolate after 6.5 miles or so. My body has no negative reaction and the fuel definitely gave my body a little kick. I'm actually thinking of trying to find a way to split the gel over two segments (spacing out the nutrition), during the race. I also need to find a way to add a bit of sodium and/or sugar to my water so that my body will recognize that it needs to move the fluid through my system. Esp in the colder temps, I had some stomach sloshing in the beginning of my run. But on the whole, I'm really pleased with how my attempts to eat and run are going. No negative effects yet. I also finished with a nuun tablet in my water once I got home. I like nuun and I think I'm going to keep using it after my long runs.
Today I had NPRs Pop culture Happy Hour in my ears with a few ending songs from Nicki Minaj.
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