mwz: Day 119

Traditionally, I rest on Sunday. Today, I ran 7 miles in 1:24. Here's what I can tell you about running 7 miles, it chafes.

I wear two pairs of shorts to run, one to protect from chafing and the other so that people don't think I'm weird running in skin tight shorts. My anti-chafing shorts chose today to split a seam. So my fat legs hurt most of the run.

Other than that, the run went pretty well. I felt good for most of it. I was running a 2 mile course and at the end of each 2 miles, I would stop for a second to grab a drink of water and then take off.

At the end of six miles I stopped for a bathroom break. I would have just kept running but I had to go since 4.5 miles and I couldn't stand the thought of another mile without going. Besides, I'm likely to have to take a potty break over the course of a 3 hour race. I think it would have been fine but the warmth of the house really did something to my legs. The last mile was tough.

I still felt relatively good for about 20 minutes after the run, but then I started to feel "sick". I was weak and queasy. Arial's mom suggested that I take a nap. I thought that was silly. But a little bit later, I found myself laying on my bed. After about an hour and a half nap, I felt mostly better. My muscles are still tired but I don't feel like I have the flu.

Oh, and I have a bunch of blisters on my feet and I'm still chafed.

mwz