Marathon Training: Day 13

Distance: 11 miles

Super Run-day. Ok I thought about that while on my run. I woke up Sunday morning to about an inch of snow on the ground. I knew I would be consuming a gratuitous amount of food at a super bowl party, so I had to run. I decided with temps in the 20's and fresh snow on the ground I would wear my trail runners, long underwear (tops and bottoms) with my regular clothes on top, gloves and my head band. I looked AWESOME yet again. I had similar preparation to last week, except instead of a protein bar before my run I ate a gel, and I took another gel at just over the 5 mile mark. My energy level seemed fine, but the weather really killed me mentally. At 5 miles I turned to make the loop 10+ instead of shooting home and wrapping it up at 6. I wasn't really cold, but I was getting wet and just sick of running. I didn't wear my knee bands and I think this was a bad idea, I will plan on wearing them for all future long runs. Again I didn't take a watch or HRM for the long run, but will probably start doing that in the future. The trail runners were great in the snow and I didn't feel like the weather really messed up my pace, just my morale. After the run I laid around and prepared to eat and drink. I believe I consumed enough food to break even for the day, a feat in and of itself, and fun was had by all. I'm very much looking forward to a day of rest, stretching, and a little time on the bike trainer.

...as for an update with the meat mass, he has purchased shoes (yes that was an excuse for a while) and will be running shortly.