I ran the Lake Washington 7 mile run today, or at least tried. \u00a0My intent was to try and run it twice but it was clear after the 4th mile it was not going to happen. \u00a0At mile 4 my toes cramped mildly and it progressed to my foot, then calf. \u00a0At mile 5 it was in full cramp. \u00a0I had to walk. \u00a0I changed my strategy to run walk but my legs kept cramping.<\/p>\n
A lot of factors led to my failure, the most obvious is they 2 week layoff and trying to get back in it. \u00a0The trip to Hawaii where not only I was limited due to time when I worked out, but I ate bad stuff. \u00a0Finally, they food poisoning I had this past Wednesday, yes it emptied my stomach, but would I have been so dehydrated for this run if I weren’t sick?<\/p>\n
I will need to pace myself for success. \u00a0There are 4 more weekends left to run. \u00a0I will try a 4 plus tomorrow.<\/p>\n
If you took the time at face value, I completed it in 1 hour 35 minutes even with walking, it is not bad, I probably stand a good chance at beating 3 hours. \u00a0But I want to beat last years time.<\/p>\n
The scale was interesting today too… quite happy with it.<\/p>\n
Weight: 250.8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I ran the Lake Washington 7 mile run today, or at least tried. \u00a0My intent was to try and run it twice but it was clear after the 4th mile it was not going to happen. \u00a0At mile 4 my … Continue reading