Up to the big 9-er today

Really, my phone is starting to piss me off--well, the alarm part of it anyways.  Set it for 5:30 to get some snackage in and digested before the run, and NO. It didn't go off and I woke up AT 7, when I already wanted to be out the door. Ate it anyways, and just left at 8:30-ish instead.

For once I felt totally confident about my long run today.  Even yesterday, all day, I was like, "Yeah, I got this."

Another mini-carbo load last evening--not the best choice I'm sure--PIZZA! But so friggin' delicious.  Pineapple and Canadian Bacon...The crust on the pizza makes me feel better about it, it's huge, so I was like--well..the more carbs the better! Throw some garlic salt on that puppy--so key.  I only got to three slices before I had to call it quits--which was a little weird, because I didn't eat all that much throughout the day. I remember the days when I could put down like 5-6 pieces, and then go back for a cold piece later on the same night!

 Oh, well.

So, besides my late wake-up, I felt pretty good and busted a move.  I didn't look at anything besides the temperature before I left, so imagine my surprise when I realized I would be attempting to swim 9 miles this morning. HAH. But seriously--at the time I had no idea, but it was 90-fucking-4 % humidity. No joke.  I thought my dripping sweat after the first mile was a little unusual.

Lots of hills today, and a lot more traffic to dodge at a few cross streets and at the RIDICULOUS amount of garage sales this morning.  Besides my left hamstring feeling tight midway through today again, I felt pretty good--a few of these hills I attempted just a couple months ago I had to stop and walk up them--today I cruised, albeit with a waterfall pouring from my brow, up them.

A slower pace, as intended, but still the best pace I've had on a long run 11:36 min /mile today--so I feel pretty good about that.

I got back, took off my sneaks, stretched a minute and ran though the back door and proceeded to jump into my FREEZING pool in my skivvies.  I hope the neighbors enjoyed that sight.  So worth it---man, that shit was refreshing.  I got out and did it one more time :)

Chocolate milk with a little added protein powder, bath, and my husband made me WAFFLES--what a guy.  MY favvie!  Like I've said, I'm never really all that hungry after my runs, so I could only manage getting through half of it--but I'll tell you, I could eat the other half NO PROBLEMO right now.

Yesterday I had booked us both massages--my husband hadn't had a day off of work in a month (yeah, a month straight) and my legs had been feeling tight in the last week, so off we went.  I let my therapist know what I was concerned about and she took care of biznazz.  A little back action, but really worked my legs and even added some stretches and ROM exercises that really stretched out my hips--which, I didn't think were bothering me, but wowzers, it opened them up and felt so much better.

And, so here I am right now, sitting at my kitchen counter.  Runger setting in hard.  Thai food sounds so good right now...

My friend, Melody (who is also doing Pile on The Miles, btw) who I have known since middle school (what's that now, just about 14 years-crazy) and I had been texting back and forth about the idea of heading to Florida in February to run the Disney Half-Marathon.  I'd been toying with the idea for a while, was a little hesitant because of all the cost that would be involved--so I'm not sure if it was the lack of running and feeling a little crazy yesterday, or my immense urge for wearing a tiara and a tutu for 13 miles, but I got home from work, sat down and signed up.  Yes, I have a half-marathon in January, but you know, the way I've been training and the fact that I started so early apparently gave me the balls to go ahead and sign up.

Thankfully, Melody followed suit today--so I'm totally psyched, it sounds like a ton of fun from what I've been reading.  Dude, running through amusement parks--I'm not sure I can imagine anything cooler (I LOVE me some amusement parks--thanks, dad!).


I just made a little haul on Amazon (I don't know why I don't just have my checks deposited right to them, honestly)--I got myself a Headsweats Hat--because after today's ridiculous humidity and the gallon of sweat that came out of my forehead, I figured this was something I should look into.






Adding to sweat talk--I purchased Nuun tablets for my water bottle.  Even without humidity, my DNA apparently has a gene that causes me to sweat like a hooker in church.  Water just ain't cutting it by itself on the long runs anymore, I know I need the sodium and potassium to help me out and allow me more room to improve.  I've heard great things (rUnladylike.com) about them, so I'm stoked to try them out.   Lastly, I snagged me up some Honey Stinger Waffles (vanilla). 

Once again, Jesica over at rUnladylike.com has had a lot of praise for them, so I was intrigued.  A lot of people seem to say they are light enough to eat closer to run times--and with my alarm being stupid lately, I thought this might be a good thing to have on hand.   I'll let ya know how those pan out.

Speaking of on-the-run nutrition, as you know, I'm hugely all about my Swedish Fish--they really do it for me.  But a while back I bought a ton of "official" carb/running fuels, one of them being Gu, which I completely wrote off after I tried two of the fruit flavors. BLECH.  I had a chocolate one lying around in my running cabinet, so I decided to pack it in my water bottle pouch to give it a whirl.  Dude, Gu needs to just stop with the fruit and keep on with the creamy flavors, because Chocolate Outrage was like icing.  Delicious.  So, if you, too, had written them off as completely and utterly disgusting, try the Chocolate--what a difference.  I had that Gu about 45ish minutes in, and I only needed a few Swedish Fish to finish the run this time around.






November Pile on the Miles Mileage to Date: 14.13, 85.87 miles to goal!


Alright, kids, have a great rest of your weekends and...



Go Fork Yourselves,

Krissy


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