Week 4

3, 5, 3, 8.
I completed the planned distances although at a slower than normal pace because the average weather when I was running at 7am was 73 and humid. That makes it harder to stay cool and run longer. The long run once again just drained me. I only took 16oz of Gatoraid and 16oz of water with me. Despite that I ran out of energy around mile 5 and the fluid just wasn't perking me up enough. When I got home I realized I had used "Low Calorie" gatoraid which I'm sure was fine for the fluid replenishment portion but I also needed the extra energy from it. Thus I ended up walking the last 3 miles at a 16min/mile pace. That really isn't too bad and if needed I could do that for the entire marathon and still come in below the time cutoff.

As for the Iron Girl Sprint Triathlon I was going to do tomorrow. Due to a variety of reasons, I am choosing not to participate. I'll just be on the 10% of registrants that never show up. Most races actually count on there being about that many who do not attend.

Next Week
3, 5, 3, 10.
The second 3 mile run of the week I will be away on business travel, but hopefully they'll either have a treadmill I can use or some safe roads near by.