Today's six miler (the first in my training cycle for the Rock 'n' Roll Half) did not include snow or near-vomiting. THANK GOODNESS. It also didn't involve *fear* because this time the distance is not scary to me. :) Been there, done that!! That being said, my first run of the year in 80 degree heat was a bit of a challenge. Like a good little runner, I went to bed early-ish last night after putting on my running clothes (obv) and laying out all of my things...
...including the new pair of Brooks Ghost running shoes I bought yesterday! My Nike Vomeros still have about 200 miles left in 'em, but I've been wanting to try a new pair that's a little lighter. Mrs. Mentor Teacher moonlights as a fabulously knowledgeable salesperson at her local running store, so I trekked out there yesterday with my mom and tried a bunch of shoes before settling on these Brooks.
This morning the fabulous Girls on the Run Coach Melinda was running in her second ever 8K race, so I dedicated my run to her. :) It was a gorgeous sunny day, but a little warmer than I expected, and leaving my water/gatorade in the car was a mistake. I definitely wish I had brought my hand-held water bottle, because by the time I passed my car after 4 miles I was parched! I took a quick break and GULPED down water/gatorade and saw that I had a text from Coach Melinda that she had PRed in her race! YAY!
Coach Melinda shares my affinity for compression gear and the color pink. How amazingly vibrant are her sleeves?! |
What I Learned: It's better to bring too much water than not enough! I definitely was wishing I had another entire bottle of water for after my run, not to mention the fact that I could have used my hand-held bottle throughout...It is now officially WARM OUT, and (duh) I need to be bringing water on long runs. Period.
PS: A big hug and shout out to Coach Lauren who had a rough race this weekend but is still a superstar (cue sparkle fingers)
awesome! so glad you finished strong...I totally learned the important of hydration this weekend as well...especially now that it is getting warmer!
ReplyDeletehave a good week :)
Congratulations on an awesome run and thanks for the sparkle fingers. :)
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I can't get enough water on my runs lately either. I think it's going to take a few weeks of conditioning before we get used to it again. Great run!
ReplyDeletegreat job coach lauren!!
ReplyDeleteand thank YOU for your texts after my race!!
yes, it was super hot out yesterday...i drank an entire bottle of water in .25 seconds after my race...hot hot hot.
*silent cheer*
Congrats on your PR. Love the cute pink calf compression sleeves. how do you like them?
ReplyDeleteNo matter what the weather is, as soon as I'm running over an hour I'm bringing water.
ReplyDeleteI love Brooks too, I tried Asics but was quickly back at my Brooks.
And I always lay out my running clothes (and my clothes for work) the evening before. Don't want to think about that in the morning.