Aug 16 2009
Ouch!
The goal today was a two hour run. 90 minutes steady and smooth, 30 minutes at tempo. I don’t know the area well enough by foot to know any good routes, so I just went exploring.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11328323
It made for some inconsistent pacing, as I was stopping at lights, turning around, getting lost, etc. But I am more familiar with the assortment of parks within running distance of my place and more familiar with OSU’s campus. I’ll call that a success.
The tempo part was harder then I had hoped. Yesterday, I was running 6:55 off of the bike like it was nothing. Today, 6:30s seemed awfully difficult after 90 minutes on my feet. I was attacked by a bush 18 minutes into the effort and I took that as an omen to call it quits.
Ok so maybe “attacked by a bush” is really “ran into the bush because I wasn’t paying attention”. Regardless, I have to get use to plant life with teeth again. Not to mention the poisonous varieties that I noticed while taking a piss at the side of the road yesterday.
Yesterday I mentioned that I might be capable of running the marathon at 7:10 pace at IM Louisville. Today I’m thinking 7:30 is more realistic. It doesn’t really matter. I probably won’t make up my mind until I’m running out of T2 on the 30th.
Ouch! Put some neosporin on it!
Wait, you actually stopped to pee…since when?
You could’ve easily made up a story about how you ran into a bear on your run and how it clawed your leg and you “bearly” escaped, but I guess the bush story is kinda funny too.
at least you didn’t run into a bush and get your leg cut up.