I just ground my quads to hamburger on a 10 miler.
Between the heat, skipping my off day and running primarily on pavement today, my legs are pretty sore. On the upside I finally tried a gel while running. I took it at 7 miles into the 10. I am not sure it did anything, but that wasn’t really why I tried it. I mostly tried to make sure I wouldn’t…have to use the restroom…right after downing it. And while that part worked out in my favor, and the taste wasn’t as bad as I made out in my head, it was still gross. 7 miles of hot sweaty running, the last thing I want is a pouch of hot vanilla frosting sliding across my tongue. Not to mention I had only brought Gatorade along for the run, so washing it down with more sickening sweetness sucked.
I had to go way slow, I was feeling pretty ugly and beat up by the end.
Oh well, tomorrow is an off day. Then the plan takes it a little easier than I have been, and I plan to follow it. Only 16 more miles in the rest of the week.
Some stats:
Distance: 10 miles
Time: 1:53:02
Pace: 11:17
Avg HR: 155 bpm
Calories Burned: 1414
Good start buddy… Much needed rest day today (for both of us).
Hypocrite! You *claim* to be a vegetarian and yet you turned your legs into hhhhhamburger?