Made it out today

I made it out today, hoping to get a good long run in. The route I was going to run, I have ridden over a hundred times on my bike. Some sections always have a little wind, but if it is windy day, this route is always nasty. Not until I got out there did the wind really start to pick up. It was such a stiff wind, it was slowing me down by two minutes per mile for a few miles. Then, it rained. Then, it hailed! Then it got sunny and I sweated my ass off, then rain and wind. It was interesting weather.

I was feeling extremely well at 10 miles. My body was loose, my legs were still full of energy and my stride was great. I stopped to fill up my water bottles, dry off my my hat and hair to stop the sweat running in to my eyes. Then I sat and cussed at the hail. After getting my butt going again, my legs were no longer fresh, my hamstrings tight and my stride was off. I made it a mile or so, then my back had a spasm that caused me to stop running. I walked for a few minutes and started running again to start warming back up. My back was tight, stopping my arm swing and it seemed to mess with my stride. Shortly after running again I was starting to get hit with a very heavy right to left wind, which forced me to lean to the right and at times blew me left quite a bit.

At thirteen miles, where my hamstring and glute locked up and started shooting pain. I walked, stretched and walked some more. Nothing would stop the pain while I ran. It was sharp pain, but nothing crazy. However, I was not going to be dumb and push through it. I ended up walking for another 2.5 miles. Or, should I say I did some mixture of walk and hobble, while cussing under my breath and leaning in to the wind.

I learned one key thing today, do not diddly dally while refilling water bottles and get tight. I tighten up much quicker running than I did on the bike, and I have to be aware of this.

This week I am making an appointment with Christi, my masseuse, to get a massage. She is great at giving a deep massage to work out my muscles. In addition, I am going to my Osteopathic Physician to get any spine/hip issues worked out that I may have.

I am not that disappointed about today actually. I still got a good run in, I learned something, I learned more about my fueling plan and I think I made one error which caused me the problem which I am hoping to avoid next time.