“I prefer to use smooth rocks over leaves.” That was my response to Phil asking me about
what I do after I go to the bathroom on a run.
It isn’t ideal but it is my reality.
I was waiting for the run where my GI issues would reappear and well
Saturday it was. Phil and I headed off
for a 26.5 mile run after I got off of work.
I was pumped and was feeling pretty good! It was pretty hot (78) with only a little
breeze. I packed lots of food and wore
my backpack for the second time so I could carry enough fluids.
All the fluids and food pre run.
Excited for my first marathon of this training block.
We stopped at mile 14 to refill fluids and I still felt
strong. That was until mile 18. The stomach hit hard and I had to find my
first bush. I’m not sure if it was the
heat, what I ate prior, too many sugary shot blocks, or not enough
liquids. It was hard to recover and
although I wanted to push through Phil was fading also. I told him we had to push through our walls
and could stop at mile 21. He started
doing his walk/run which although I know is really beneficial and can be even
faster it still mentally defeats me. It
just hurts too bad to start running after walking. We made it to mile 21 and walked around a
little bit looking for a water spout. I
thought for sure I would finish the remainder of the miles running: wrong. I called it at mile 22.5 and said lets just
walk. The next 4 miles sucked flat
out. Made it 1.5 ‘walking fast’ and then
ended up just walking and by the end was doing a
walk/stop/stretch/poop/complain rotation over and over. Looking back I wasn’t fading as much as I
thought based on time. Average at the
‘why did I give in and give up point’ was 9.18/mile. Overall finished was a little over 10min/mile
pace.
Went old school (MS 50 days) and made a sign before the run to make sure I finished.
Death afterwards. GI troubles all afternoon/evening.
Lesson learned: Will not wear the backpack again without
wearing a shirt.
It burned so bad when I
got in the shower.
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