Notes
Sunny, hot in the sun, cool in the woods. Plan was to run the West Side trail again. Felt good right from the start. Tried to keep up a fairly good pace. At about a mile and half I started getting crampy, I knew I would have to stop at the portapotty at the beach. I got to the parking lot and crossed the road. Ran up to the top of the hill to make it just about 2 miles. Came back down and hit the the outhouse. Not a big amount of diarrhea, might have gone a little too soon. Hadn’t been 5 minutes down the trail and started getting crampy again. This time worse. Picked some oak leaves and started looking for a spot. Caught my right toe on a root and started to stumble. Couldn’t save it and down I went. Banged my knee pretty good and scraped my upper right arm. Got back up and started walking. It took all I had not to sht myself, it was T minus one to launch. Finally got to the same place as before and let it rip, a lot this time. Kept going but felt tired and hot so slower, then started feeling crampy again. Had to stop and walk and let it subside. Is was ok after that. When I got back up to the road I was short of 4 miles so I looped up by the gate and back to get there. Good 1st half of the run and a rough way back. Everything felt good except my lower GI. Hot when I finished.
Gear: shorts, NB tank, headband, handheld water pack.