Chris 89 Days out

Sunday July 29, 2007
89 days to the MCM
6.5 hrs sleep overnight

Training:
~12 Mile Long Run. 1:58:11 (9:50 pace). Airline Trail South from Hebron with Ray. 7:00 am warm and brutally humid.
First run on this great crusher fines trail. It is an old rail bed so any slopes are flattened out. That said it does slope gently down for the entire first 5 miles. The 6th mile was uphill (and a bit more sharply) to the turn around at the 6 mile post. That profile makes the return downhill for a mile then 100% steady uphill for the entire last 5 miles. Very tough. The trail has exact mile markers on the whole length and we walked about 400 yards to the first mile post so the distance on the run is exact. That 400 yards was also a great warm down at the end. I suffered some blistering on the arch of my right and on and behind the outside toes of my left foot (probably due to the humidity, I had to ring out my socks). Not too bad though and all in all a really GREAT run. We went out in 54 minutes (remember that was mostly downhill) and we felt great. The return was a lot tougher and by the last 2 miles I was a bit in survival mode, but not too bad. I brought recovery drink for us on ice in the truck and Ray is now as much of a believer in Endurox as the rest of us. It is amazing how in just seconds you can feel the Endurox start to begin your body's recovery. I drove home and went strait into an ice bath and after some more replenishing fluids and a good brunch I think that I have no ill effects or unexpected "pains". DAD & Hez - You must come out for a run on that trail, you would LOVE it!!! and MOM you would too, 100% shade.

Nutrition:
Pre run at 5:30 am - Toast (should have put a bit of peanut butter on it)
Brunch - eggs and sausage and waffles (not too much, but enough)
Dinner - TBD