Yesterday, I went for my longest training run yet, 13 miles! It was kind of a weird experience to leave my house, knowing that I would be gone for the next couple of hours, doing nothing but running. My planned jogging route was one that would take me all over the South Hill of Spokane, from east to west and then back. Loaded up with my camel back on and music player fully juiced, I set out on my journey. It was amazing how many people I knew and recognized on my trip! I passed Matt, the wine steward at the Rocket Bakery (thanks for the wave!), Mike Conway, a fellow winemaker, and at one point, my wife who had gotten off from work early!
During my journey, I had many a thought. Some of the more important ones were in regards to what music I put on my mp3 player in the future. Some songs that one would think would be great for running are not while other lessor songs actually help pull you through the tough miles. I also thought a lot about food. Pre, during and post eating is definitely something I am working on figuring out. So far my list of bad items to eat before running include, nachos, a piece of beef jerky and nothing else, and forgetting to eat all together. During my long runs, I have learned that 12 oz of water will not get you through 11 miles, GU is good, and that energy drinks need to be watered way down. Everything seems to taste 100% more sweet when dying of thirst then when resting. So that energy drink at mile 7 ends up tasting like a mouth full of sugar and is not refreshing in any way. For post race, nothing beats Chocolate milk, Whey protein chocolate milk, or Muscle Chocolate milk. Jalapeno corndog...not to good.
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