Notes
The best laid plans of mice and men tend to fail. I went out to do a nice slow 8 mile run to make up for the day off I took yesterday. Unfortunately I had a couple of things work against the slow part in the beginning. My HR monitor wasn't functioning properly and then my left foot went numb because I laced up the shoe to tight. By the time I got everything together I was at an 12 minute mile. So to make up for that I sped up a little. I wanted to incorporate the P-Loop into this run but it was getting dark fast so by the time I got there if I didn't do some kind of pick up on the P-loop I wasn't going to make it out before it got to dark to see. I decided to do a pick up while on the p-loop. Which explains an 8:31 2nd mile. I then decided this had become a tempo long run. Something i'm not ready for but we'll get to that in a minute. I did the next 3 miles with a 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 minute fartleks with equal recovery. I got to the 6 mile mark feeling great and ready to do the next 2 miles at 10 minute pace. As I got towards the end of mile 6 I started feeling woozy..I was sick to my stomach and no matter how slow I went couldn't bring my HR under 175 and it seemed the slower I went the higher my HR went which really started to scare me. Then by mile 7 I was in total panic mode. I was getting light headed and still over a mile from home. I could barely keep walking. (NOTE: Again, I went on this run without drinking anything all day except for a diet coke at lunch at 12 - No hydration with me on the run and no food since then - THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!!). I got myself so panicked that I had to break down and call my Mom to come pick me up as I didn't want to pass out on the side of the road which I felt was a real possibility at the time (Panic attacks suck!). My mom picked me up with a water and I drank it down quickly. When I got home I just told Heather I wasn't feeling right and had to take some time to myself. It took over an hour but now I'm feeling better after 2 granola bars and an apple along with plenty of water and gatorade. I will not go out for anymore runs over 45 minutes without properly hydrating before i leave the house from now on. I can't feel like this again. Scary stuff.