I must admit that the best long runs for me are often unplanned. Indeed, I had planned for this run to be in the long-ish category but had no plans of doing my longest run ever on this particular day.
However, according to my training plan it was high time to crack out a 20, and since I hope to not end up disgraced at my first Marathon I knew it had to happen.
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| And happen it DID! |
I headed out for a run late Thursday afternoon with the plan to run several towns over to my BFF's house! Running directly there would have been just a hair over 13 miles, over a mountain (as you can see) and then into the relatively flat area several towns over. I pretty much ran thru my town, skipped into Harrison, sprinted into Otisfield, put a toe into Norway, Saw the other side of Otisfield and finally made it to the booming metropolis of Oxford. Where I discovered that I still had daylight and was feeling oddly, weirdly GREAT casually tapped out a few bonus miles to make it an even 2-0.
And if prancing in a leisurely fashion across the 20 mile mark isn't straight up obnoxious that I don't know what is?
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| I do not have twenty fingers so BFF helped out!
Nothing says friendship like being handed a HUGE glass of room temp water as soon as I crossed the threshold to her house. (totally serious here. lukewarm water and I are besties.) I felt pretty damn good, which is also obnoxious... She gave me a ride home (yay!) and I'm sure at that point I should have taken an ice bath, put on compression socks, refueled with chocolate milk, foamrolled, stretched and sung a n 80's power ballad. I did none of those things... I double fisted a beer and a Gatorade. I had a taco. And jumped into the shower because I was freezing and disgusting. Also, I felt fine the next day proving that recovering in a legit was is overrated..
Must admit, I'm feeling a little proud over here.
Also- little blog housekeeping note. "anonymous" users can now comment... Don't be an anonymous d-bag, OK?? :-) I know that some friends/fam want to comment though without the hassle of an account and now you can!
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good job on your 20
ReplyDeleteRoom temperature water is so much better than cold water after exercising. Cold water is hard to drink.
ReplyDeleteAwesome job! I know your area fairly well for I use to teach/ski patrol at good old Shawnee Peak back in my younger days. Those "hills" are no joke so congrats on your multi-town adventure! And, I totally believe beer is a fabulous recovery drink!
ReplyDeleteSweet!! I know when I try and actually "sleep" the night before a race I oddly do better when I'm half awake. You are clearly meant to be a kick ass runner, so go forth and run! I am just happy I can limp through a 5k.
ReplyDeleteAnd damn, a beer and a taco sound super good.
i hate having ice in my water (although im still a firm believer in ice baths, go figure.... apparently my insides do not like ice baths). and youre awesome. that is all.
ReplyDeleteLove the way you recovered!
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