Restless Body Syndrome

I ran 23 miles yesterday! That was my longest run ever. It was painful. I took an ice bath afterwards. That was also painful-ly cold. But well worth it. I am sore today, but not limping around like I would be otherwise.

I was starving hungry and exhausted the rest of the day. I went to bed at 9pm, yet I had trouble sleeping. I tossed and turned all night long. It was like I had Restless Body Syndrome. Do they make a pill for that? LOL!

I finally drifted off to sleep, only to wake up at 3 am for more tossing and turning. I was starving hungry, too, so I drank the bottle of Boost that I keep on my nightstand. That took the edge off my hunger. I tossed and turned some more and finally fell back to sleep. When my alarm clock went off at 6:30am, I didn’t want to get up. I hit the snooze until about 7am.

My legs are sore today, but not too bad all things considered. My torso, shoulders and arms are also very sore. I was focusing on maintaining solid running form – including good posture – the entire 23 miles, and that really took it’s toll on my entire body.

Now it’s taper time! I am so glad the hard work is done.

Here is what I wrote in my BT log…oh, and the B2B run course is 26.2 miles with 761 feet of climbing.  So my training runs are alot hillier (don’t have much choice living in Chapel Hill!)

	1h 32m 23s 9.26 Mi 09m 59s/Mi	Min HR: 90 Avg HR: 137 Max HR: 160
10:19 AM Piney Mountain Long Run (Route Hx) Climb: 902 feet First lap. Felt great! [Lap data] [ HR data]

	1h 33m 44s 9.26 Mi 10m 07s/Mi	Min HR: 95 Avg HR: 134 Max HR: 152
12:00 PM Piney Mountain Long Run (Route Hx) Climb: 902 feet Second lap was a Sufferfest. Some of the middle miles were slow. I dug deep and said to msyelf “Ok Carol, this is where you decide are you going to just finish an ironman, or are you going to beat your goal”. Got back on track after that 🙂 [Lap data] [ HR data]

	45m 46s 4.41 Mi 10m 23s/Mi	Min HR: 100 Avg HR: 142 Max HR: 153
1:41 PM Kenmore, alt hillier fini (Route Hx) Climb: 587 feet 3rd lap: More Suffering. Put the hammer down best I could here. Was doing 9:30 on the flat part, then it got super hilly. Chose this route to simulate the last stretch over the two badass bridges. Imagined my compeitors on my tail and I had to go fast. (pace is good for the hilliness of this route) Going to be a tough finish. [Lap data] [ HR data]

Almost 23 miles today. Was very tough. Hid a big jug of water and a cooler of food items in the woods and stocked up between laps. Tried to be as quick as possible here. I know wasted time at aid stations on the course can easily kill my goal.