I probably could have predicted this would happen. I woke up super early this morning without my alarm, raring to go on my 20 miler. I started out nice and easy, knowing it was going to be a while and not wanting to burn too many matches at once. By mile 4 I knew I was going to be making a pit stop at home. Hello GI distress, it's been a while...
At mile 4.5 I took care of business at home and headed back out. By mile 7 I knew I was in trouble again. Really?? My legs felt great! I wore my new Bombas socks! I was mentally prepared and my playlist was ready. I think my legs and stomach have a secret agreement that at least once per training cycle they sabotage a long run. It happened week 12 training for my first marathon (here,) it happened week 15 training for my second marathon (here) and it happened week 7 training for my third marathon (here.) This is week 9. Now I'm done with it!
I'm not sure what triggered today's problem. I've eliminated any sugar alcohols (Xylitol, Sorbitol, etc.) I ate my normal 2 pieces of pizza last night for dinner - no large amounts of meat or veggies. I was hydrated. Again, I think it's just a little conspiracy that my legs and stomach have going on!
I ended up only running (and I use that term quite loosely) 9 miles. I was home for a little while and didn't want to throw in the towel completely, so I decided to finish my 20 miles on my bike. No, it's not the same as running 20 miles, but I thought it would be better than nothing! I don't have GI problems when I'm on the bike - running is more jarring to my system. I noticed that I was also starting to feel dehydrated while I was out riding, which makes sense because when my stomach is sloshing around on a run the last thing I want to do is put more liquid in it!
Sunday - Rest Day
Result: Rode 12.39 miles in 1:03:01, 11.8 mph
The one thing I miss when I'm training for a marathon is being able to
ride my bike a little longer and harder. Since last Saturday's long run
was only 10 miles that I ended up doing very slowly, I rode a little longer and hillier route here.
Monday - 4 miles easy (10:35 pace)
Result: Rested
Tuesday - Intervals - 8-9 miles
Result: Rained out, so I rested again.
Wednesday - 3 miles easy (10:35 pace)
Result: Ran 9.82 miles in 1:44:36, 10:39 pace
This was my interval workout.
Thursday - 4 miles easy (10:35 pace)
Result: Rode 9.43 miles in 59:17, 9.5 mph
This was a trail ride. Because of the rain we received earlier in the week the trail was perfect. Only a couple of puddles, but not dry and dusty like it has been. Les rode with me and he only had one hour between meetings. I pushed hard to keep up with him and ended up having my best time on the 6.8 mile segment that is the actual part. This was good enough for 8th woman overall on the Strava leaderboard!
Friday - Rest day
Result: Rode 10.42 miles in 52:39, 11.9 mph
My usual Friday easy spin. I like keeping my legs, heart and lungs moving without the actual pounding of running the day before my long run.
Saturday - LSD 18-20 miles (10:35-10:50 pace)
Result: Ran 9 miles in 1:49:44, 12:12 pace and
Rode 11.51 miles in 1:09:52, 9.9 mph
Total 20.51 miles in 2:59:36. The right distance, a little less time than it would have taken if I was running my planned pace. My cycling miles were really high this week, but that's going to
change. We'll be in Hawaii for the next few weeks so I won't ride at
all.
Total planned miles 40
Actual
Running 18.82
Cycling 43.75
Total 62.57
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