The title say’s it all about my run this weekend. I am exactly 12 weeks away from my 9th
marathon and for the first time in years I have time goals. Training is starting to ramp up and I am
focusing a great deal on my runs, especially my long runs. Saturday was a day off from training and I
managed to get food poisoning from leftovers.
I spent Saturday afternoon throwing up and dry heaving, Saturday night
curled up on the couch with my club soda and Ritz crackers.
Unfortunately my diet of club soda and Ritz crackers is not
exactly ideal the night before an 8 mile run.
Which means I had some decisions to make. 1. Was it a good plan to go running on Sunday
after throwing up on Saturday? 2. Did I have enough reserves to get through the
8 mile run? And if I didn’t and was
really bottoming out while running would I be able to make the tough call to
scrap the rest? I decided before going
to bed if I didn’t throw up again and had no other GI issues after 2 A.M. I
would get up planning for my run. When I
woke up I was no longer nauseas which was a good sign and as far as I was
concerned this meant the run was a go. I
took down a granola bar with some water and gave it about 30 minutes to see how
my stomach handled it. All seemed well
so I got my water bottles ready and time to head out the door. For my last few runs I have been filling my
first water bottle with water and then at the halfway point my loop brings me
by the house and I switch out for the water bottle filled with Gatorade. Today I decided to fill both bottles with
Gatorade so I could help make up for the lack of caloric intake on Saturday.
Overall this run went very well. I was able to keep my scheduled pace of 11:10
min/mi without an issue. The last mile
was a struggle for me, however this was more of a mental issue than a physical
one. This is the first marathon where I
do not run with anyone – ever. I was
bored and had to work hard to get over my mental block of just wanting to stop. Above all else when it comes time for the
marathon, my mental strength should be stronger than ever.
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