It was beautiful outside. Absolutely blue and sunny. How could I justify heading into the gym for today's run? Well I couldn't, so I tied on the shoes, turned on the ipod and headed out the door for a late morning meditation session with the pavement. Only one problem, I wasn't hydrated enough to take on the heat and humidity today. Ooops.
It didn't take too long for my body to let me know I screwed this one up. By halfway through the run I could really feel the lack of fluids in my legs (or was that the fact that I was pushing out a pace too fast for my lack of hydration?). All I know is that I was wilting...super fast. I even took a short break in the middle of the run to try to stop my head from spinning, which sort of worked.
It's too bad I wasn't smarter. Overall the run was good. Aside from my hamstrings, the general weight of dehydration and the head spinning, my body felt okay and I was able to keep a decent pace up. Had I prepared better for this run and taken in the right fluids in advance, I may have been able to hang in there for another five miles....however, I may have needed a second shirt because you could have totally wrung a ton of sweat out of the one I was wearing.
Lesson learned? We'll see. Happy trails!!!
Stats -
Miles: 5.21
Time: 43:39 (average pace of 8:22 per mile)
Location: Bay Head to Log Inn
Feeling: clearly not spectacular, but the pace was strong
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