Someone told me to take a few jelly babies with me when I go for a long run - they will boost my sugar levels and give me a little bit more umpfh... so, with 5 jelly babies safely tucked in my shorts pocket I set off for my 10 mile run
Firstly, the weather was lovely. Not too warm with a very cool gentle breeze and for the first half of the run I didn't see a single soul - very peaceful.
I had given this run a lot of consideration - I wanted to do my 8.2 run and was trying to think of the best way to add on to it to bring it up to the required 10. I added on a loop first which gave me an extra one and half miles so I was only looking for an extra half mile somewhere along the way. I decided that when I got to the rowing lake, that if I felt ok I would take a detour to include it in the my run - I thought this would take me over the 10 miles but if I would see how I felt when I got there.
Things were going really well, I felt good and on looking at my watch I had been running for 62 minutes and I was so surprised - not long ago I would have been dragging my heels willing myself to make it home... maybe those jelly babies were working? So, I carry on and finally get to the rowing lake - crunch time! I decide to go for it - it would probably add on another 15 minutes which would be about one and half miles which I felt pleased about. it would mean that I didn't need to add anything on at the end - which I always find difficult.
I had run out of water by the time I got to the bottom end of the lake and popped into the Rowing Club to top up- I definitely needed that extra top-up - the sun had come out in full force by now and I was very hot - I think I used most of it poured over my head!
So, onwards home - my left knee was beginning to niggle and I could definitely feel the mileage in my hips. One more jelly baby to see me through to the end.
I will certainly be taking those babies out with me again - I don't know if it was eating them that make the run feel easy (I use the term loosely- it was far from easy but not as hard as some past runs have been), lol. All I know is I have just run 11 miles - yahoo!
Time: 1:47:58
Distance 11 miles
Show all the statistics for this week's runs
| Day | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Saturday |
| Date | 4th September 2006 | 5th September 2006 | 6th September 2006 | 7th September 2006 | 9th September 2006 |
| Time | 06:30 | 07:00 | 06:30 | 17:00 | 08:30 |
| Route | Lake, TC, WSC | Swimming | Lake, Weir, | Railway line, river, Alwalton | FM, Castor, Rowing Lake, Weir |
| Temperature | - | warm | - | hot | warm |
| Distance | 5 miles | - miles | 5+ miles | 4 miles | 11 miles |
| Time taken | 46:38 | 30:00 | 50:01 | 37:53 | 1:47:58 |
| How enjoyable was it? | 8/10 | 8/10 | 6/10 | 8/10 | 8/10 |
3 comments:
Great job! You clocked a very impressive time for your 11 miles. Way to go! :)
I remember once taking a packet of jelly babies for a run and promising myself one every two miles. It went fine initially, but eventually I just felt like I had a lump of sugar in my stomach, and ended up with a still half-full bag when I got back home.
Running 11 miles during training is great, well done. Once you manage that, you are definitely able to finish a half marathon. The adrenaline alone will keep you going until the finish.
The jelly babies seemed to work for me - or was it all in the mind? I only had about 4, possibly 5, Thomas, so I didn't feel they were too heavy in the stomach. Mind you, they did make me a bit thirsty....
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