Recap of weekend:
Stu/Kat, Spenis and I met up for a jog on Friday then packed up the Rodeo, poured some road sodas and high-tailed it to Tulsa for an abbreviated stay. Upon arrival, burgers were consumed and some quality ball tossing with Marley filled out the evening. I was pretty bushed, with some residual soreness from Thursday's tempo run with Billy, but the legs felt capable of some pacing duties for Stu's assault of the K9K. I didn't sleep great, but woke to good spirits from the crew and the laying down of a gauntlet between Mike and Stu about who could finish their respective races in less time (Mike ended up finishing his 5k in ~27:XX, so we owe him beer next time). Stu and I felt decent and slipped through 5k in 16:45 after having to run through the fun runners with kids and dogs (a little kid and another runner collided further back, marking yet another instance of ill-advised course direction). Carrot-top was a pleasant addition to the chase group for a while, before fading a bit to run 17:03. Stu and I definitely picked it up for the last 4k but I'm dubious of the accuracy of the course. In any case Stu never ceases to impress as he hasn't been doing any workouts, just some long runs with Kat, who also ran very well to garner 1st in the ladies division. Kyle King, in arm warmers and fresh from temporary retirement?, slaughtered everyone to take home $100.
On Sunday, I got up way too early to head up to the city to run on the marathon course and hopefully take a good whack at 20 miles. Unfortunately, I never caught up with Jerry who rolled out at the start. It was dark for the first half of the run and I could never even tell if he was in front of me. I also managed to run off course and miss water stops until ~16miles in which was bad because I had some stomach issues and was needing the fluids. I had to make a couple pit stops, slow down and regroup before being able to cruise in at a decent pace. I actually tried some pretzels at the one aid station i did find and surprisingly they went down pretty well. I was in one of those moods where the sugary sweet GUs tasted horrible and I think the sodium along with water was all I really needed. I'm not sure what I ran but I think it ended up being around 20 miles and despite having stomach issues, I persevered and felt better coming in to the finish. My body really didn't feel horrible afterwards, I was just dead from the lack of sleep over the past few days. It's hard to translate what a hard 20 would have felt like but I think I can at least cover the distance without causing myself serious harm so maybe I will go for a 26.2 mile tour of OKC in 5 weeks.
Stu/Kat, Spenis and I met up for a jog on Friday then packed up the Rodeo, poured some road sodas and high-tailed it to Tulsa for an abbreviated stay. Upon arrival, burgers were consumed and some quality ball tossing with Marley filled out the evening. I was pretty bushed, with some residual soreness from Thursday's tempo run with Billy, but the legs felt capable of some pacing duties for Stu's assault of the K9K. I didn't sleep great, but woke to good spirits from the crew and the laying down of a gauntlet between Mike and Stu about who could finish their respective races in less time (Mike ended up finishing his 5k in ~27:XX, so we owe him beer next time). Stu and I felt decent and slipped through 5k in 16:45 after having to run through the fun runners with kids and dogs (a little kid and another runner collided further back, marking yet another instance of ill-advised course direction). Carrot-top was a pleasant addition to the chase group for a while, before fading a bit to run 17:03. Stu and I definitely picked it up for the last 4k but I'm dubious of the accuracy of the course. In any case Stu never ceases to impress as he hasn't been doing any workouts, just some long runs with Kat, who also ran very well to garner 1st in the ladies division. Kyle King, in arm warmers and fresh from temporary retirement?, slaughtered everyone to take home $100.
On Sunday, I got up way too early to head up to the city to run on the marathon course and hopefully take a good whack at 20 miles. Unfortunately, I never caught up with Jerry who rolled out at the start. It was dark for the first half of the run and I could never even tell if he was in front of me. I also managed to run off course and miss water stops until ~16miles in which was bad because I had some stomach issues and was needing the fluids. I had to make a couple pit stops, slow down and regroup before being able to cruise in at a decent pace. I actually tried some pretzels at the one aid station i did find and surprisingly they went down pretty well. I was in one of those moods where the sugary sweet GUs tasted horrible and I think the sodium along with water was all I really needed. I'm not sure what I ran but I think it ended up being around 20 miles and despite having stomach issues, I persevered and felt better coming in to the finish. My body really didn't feel horrible afterwards, I was just dead from the lack of sleep over the past few days. It's hard to translate what a hard 20 would have felt like but I think I can at least cover the distance without causing myself serious harm so maybe I will go for a 26.2 mile tour of OKC in 5 weeks.
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