Notes
Nice mid week long run with Frank. I was thinking of going a little farther than 11 today and I wanted to run with Frank and he was already planning to do 13 so it worked out perfectly. I wanted to do a bit more because I'm going skiing at the end of this week, so I'm not too sure I'll be able to fit in a long run.
We were planning to run in the morning before work, meeting at Kingston at the start of the tow path at 6:25. I set my alarm for 5:55 which is the earliest I have woken up for a training run! Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate. It was a nice temp of mid 40s but it just started raining at the beginning of our run. Luckily it was pretty light and then stopped all together so it wasn't much of a factor. I got to use my head lamp for the first time and it worked out great for the first 20 minutes or so when it was still pretty dark on the path.
Everything was going fine and the pace was perfect. Started out in the 8:40s in got a bit quicker to the low 8s by the end. But then with a few miles left, I started to feel like I made a bad choice this morning. I was contemplating not eating anything when I woke up, but I felt so hungry I figured I'd have a Lara bar. I love these things because they are only 2 or 3 ingredients. Unfortunately one of these was the wrong ingredient. I'm thinking it was the dates. I really had to go to the bathroom bad and it wasn't something I could quickly do. I was really hurting and couldn't wait to be done which was a shame because other than that the run was going great. I luckily made it and got back home quick. A trip to the bathroom and a shower later and I'm good as new. My take away from this experience was no lara bars for my ultra and running when you have to poop sucks.