I got up bright and early on Sunday for a long run with friends! I downed the standard breakfast of toast with PB and banana and a cup of coffee before heading out.
Kelly, Michelle, and I met at the trail. I love company for these runs :)
Michelle wanted to do 20 miles, so she completed 8 before we got there.
I wanted to do 12 miles (I'm still hovering between a full and half marathon training plan since I still haven't decided whether I'm doing a full or not).
Kelly was doing 18 miles, so she met up with us for the first 12, then did 6 more miles on her own after.
I started out a little cold as the weather was hovering right around 50 degrees, but quickly warmed up once we got going. I actually felt best around mile 5-6. I carried a small Gatorade bottle with 1/2 water, 1/2 Gatorade mixed, and some Pom Luna Moons in my pocket for fuel.
I felt crappier around mile 8 or so, but trudged on with my buddies' encouragement.
At mile 9, I came across a portion of pavement where a root was under grown and the pavement was sticking up and broken, and proceeded to wipe out like any good klutz would.
I kind of landed on my water bottle/hand/knees.
I kind of landed on my water bottle/hand/knees.
Here is a very accurate illustration capturing the event:
Notice my orange/red Gatorade splashing from the bottom of the bottle. My bottle sprang a leak and I was forced to gulp down what was left or run with the container leaking all over.
I was a little shaken up after the fall, but my knees held up surprisingly well. I also had a small gash on the palm of my hand, but nothing major. I'd give this fall about a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10.
No where near Olympic quality fall, but still respectable. ;)
No where near Olympic quality fall, but still respectable. ;)
My biggest fear upon falling, aside from damaging my knees (like I need anymore issues with knees), was that I had torn holes in my new expensive Lulu pants. Luckily, not only were they not torn, but I believe they protected my knees from being skinned. Win!
Anyhoo, I completed all 12 miles as planned, and felt remarkably good after.
Here was the breakdown:
Mile 1: 10:06
Mile 2: 10:14
Mile 3: 10:15
Mile 4: 10:24
Mile 5: 10:22
Mile 6: 10:39
Mile 7: 10:35
Mile 8: 10:35
Mile 9: 10:35
Mile 10: 10:46
Mile 11: 10:45
Mile 12: 10:43
For more pictures/recap, check out Kelly's post.
Here was the breakdown:
Mile 1: 10:06
Mile 2: 10:14
Mile 3: 10:15
Mile 4: 10:24
Mile 5: 10:22
Mile 6: 10:39
Mile 7: 10:35
Mile 8: 10:35
Mile 9: 10:35
Mile 10: 10:46
Mile 11: 10:45
Mile 12: 10:43
For more pictures/recap, check out Kelly's post.
Post run, I headed home and had a late brunchy meal with Greg. I made us Cinnamon Raisin French Toast.
I took another lovely warm jetted tub swirl, which I'm convinced is doing great things for my tired legs after these long runs :)
Greg and I ran some important errands: We picked out pumpkins and looked for some items to complete his Halloween costume. You'll have to stay tuned to see what we dress as next weekend.
For dinner I made us Eggplant lasagna inspired by Lizzy at Food to Run.
I followed her basic instructions on the eggplant "noodles" (loved this idea), dredging it in egg/milk and breadcrumbs (I added some ground flax to mine) and baking.
I also changed up the ingredients making it vegetarian by using layers of spinach, mushroom, sauteed onion and pepper.
While it baked I opened this bottle of wine for us...
Finished product.