Sunday long run was a thing today. I’ve been trying to run 10 miles on a Sunday for like two months now without success. Heat just unbearable until this last week. The humidity dropped a little I guess. Also, I’ve increased mileage in the past few weeks, running more slowly and focusing on form. I don’t really ever worry about pace anymore, but if I don’t pay attention, I will gradually run faster and faster, maybe to get it over with I guess. This happens during after-work runs. And the next morning I wake up and my legs hurt, then I walk 12-13 miles. I don’t like that. My form gets out of whack doing that, as well. So focusing on form and basically just doing zone 2, with a little tempo thrown in when I feel like it. I’m not trying overdo it at this point. I’m feeling my age now. Saving what I got left you know. I still would like to do another 100, which is a realization I’ve come to after learning of the Tampa 100. But that got me thinking about like, I don’t have to do that one. There are so many out there. It would be cool to do that one however, because it covers this whole area, and I’ve done the PTC so I could claim both of those, being a “local.” Sad to say I am a local.
But the run though. 10 miles out and back on the Pinellas Trail. I wore Saucony Triumphs. I had Maurten 160 in my bottle. I took and ate a whole pack of Skratch Labs Sour Cherry. Peed at mile 3.75. Sweating was profuse from mile 4 to 8. Pace was let’s say 10. Had a good time. I started using LMNT during work and have seen my sneaky debilitating cramps go away. So I use that for recovery. And I had a coffee later. Ate pisto for dinner, in honor of the Vuelta, same as last night. There was so much. We finished it. It’s gone. I am gone too, I am tired.
I should not make any promises about how often I will write here, because I cannot keep them. I can say that I will try. Wedding is soon. Bachelor trip sooner. Good night.
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