That’s it, I need a vacation, like now. My brain is seriously catatonic, I kid you not. It’s like it’s in a perpetual daze, I’m constantly forgetting things, important things, like for instance in less than a 24 hour period, I forgot to test my blood sugars before going to bed last night which I always do to ensure there won’t be any un-welcomed overnight surprises and then tonight after my run, I forgot to test my blood sugars and set a post-run temporary basal. Seriously, I need a vacation! Good thing I’m going on one starting Friday! Woohoo 😀
TONIGHT’S RUN:
- 6 p.m. BG before: 6.5
- Temp basal: -50 per cent
- Distance: 7 km
- Average pace: 6:15 min/km
- Average heart rate: 168 bpm
- Time: 43:48
- 8 p.m. BG (1 hour) after: 4.1
I joined my favourite running chick and Little Miss Speedy Gonzalez for a good-clip tempo run tonight. Miss Speedy Gonzalez informed us that she thought maybe she might be coming down with something (I may have instantly inched away from her as though she had the ebola) and to run ahead if she fell behind. Now, I used to chase run with Miss Speedy Gonzalez back in the day, but it’s been a good year and a half I think since that last time we really ran together, and let me just say, I had forgotten the chase.
It was an out and back route and my favourite running chick and I were leading the way for a good portion, and at one point Miss Speedy Gonzalez had fallen back. So we’re chatting away, huffing and puffing, when all of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I spot Miss Speedy Gonzalez directly across the street from us, her form was perfect, she wasn’t huffing and puffing, wasn’t struggling, was just running, perfectly running. What the heck? I thought she was under the weather, I thought she was supposed to be sick? Where the hell did this second gear come from? And she was not content to keep pace with us, oh no, those super toned legs of hers would not be defeated. My favourite running chick and I both looked at our Garmins, we were going a 5:25 pace, how fast she was going, I have no idea, but she was a good two car lengths ahead of us. I tried to break her on the hill, oh did I ever, I was giving her up that sucker, she was going to falter, I knew she would, she had to, she couldn’t possibly keep pushing that distance, at some point it would have to break. It didn’t. As her legs speed cycled one after the other it was as though they were laughing at my efforts. And I swear I even heard them say, “Not tonight, my friend, not tonight!”
She was so fast, I couldn’t even get her in focus!
So, I have a bit of decision to make and I’m looking for any possible advice that may come my way. As you know I’m training for a full marathon which is on May 29, but in two Sundays from now I will also be racing the Toronto half marathon. Theoretically this is only supposed to be a training run, but knowing me, I will likely race it if I’m feeling good (and maybe even if I’m not). So, where does that leave me for this week’s long run. I don’t want to kill my mileage for the full marathon, and while I am leaning towards doing the scheduled 32 km, I’m not sure if maybe I’d be overdoing it. But like I said, I don’t want to kill my mileage.
How many kilometres would you run?
I stocked up on gels tonight, and going against everything I believe in, I strayed from my typical choice of GU (I don’t like change) and picked some Hammer Gels and eLoad gels. I’ve never tried either, but I’m thinking my belly is in need of something new as I think it’s starting to rebel against the GU, which is never a good thing. Let’s just hope these ones don’t have adverse effects.
Do you take gels? Which ones do you use?