Notes
Interesting run today. I felt absolutely amazing. Which is weird because just yesterday I had concluded that the high mileage was starting to catch up to me. Well, today proved that theory wrong as I felt bulletproof during the whole run and this morning's shakeout. Because I felt so good I just rolled with it and ended up running an average pace of 6:30, with some mile splits much faster than that. I am starting to wonder if It was a carbohydrate deficiency again and I just compensated yesterday when I ate Thai food with Helen and later buttermilk biscuits with jam. All those simple carbs might've given me a boost for today's run. My "Racing Weight" book says I should be getting atleast 570g of carbs a day (8g per klg of body weight). I thought I was getting near that number with the 2-3 bowls of oatmeal I was eating a day, but perhaps not. Its just weird that I had a complete 180 on how I felt from yesterday's run to today's run. The food part is the only thing I did differently throughout the week. Interesting experiment.
Weather was gorgeous again. Clear blue skies and perfect temps. Doesn't seem like a typical winter here in Oregon.