Half Disaster.

Had a sort of setback on my long run on Sunday, and haven't come back to write about it since then half out of shame, half out of avoidance. I got out there by 5am, still dark out which was great because it was nice and cool, everything was going well, then shortly after the 3-mile mark, I started to feel very faint. My extremities were feeling shaky and I started seeing white before my eyes. I stepped to the side and waited. No change. What was going on? I carbo-loaded the night before with pasta alfredo, before my run I ate a banana and an apple, and loads of water. I decided to go home, eat something else, and see how I felt. Of course, time was slipping away because after 6.30am it gets unbearably hot outside. I tried doing the rest on the treadmill, but the whiteness before my eyes came back.

I ended up just going back to bed. After I finally got up, I felt awful. I totally failed on my scheduled long run for the first time. Stuart mentioned to me that I probably over-did it by going to a really hard yoga session on Saturday, and also not getting enough sleep. He's probably right, but I just felt like I failed and couldn't face writing my blog for the last couple days.

 I decided to take a full rest day on Monday and then do the 11 miles today on the treadmill.

So, here we are. 11 miles on the treadmill will take awhile for me, but luckily I have all day. I know stuff like this is probably inevitable and I just have to keep going. Not everything is going to go exactly as planned and I just have to make up the miles, end of story. Back on it!

You can do it Krystal.

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Completed the 11 miles! Took me longer than it should have because I got a bad little stitch in the back of my left knee, but the point is I completed it. I don't have the exact stats because every time I stopped for a couple minutes, my stupid treadmill reset itself, but I made 11 miles anyway.

Exercise:
11-mile "Long Run" on treadmill, over 2 hours.

Food:
10am - smoothie with mixed berries, avocado, mango, almonds, macadamia nuts, chia seeds, brown rice protein powder, almond milk, ground flaxseed, greek yogurt, maple syrup
2 cups coffee
Throughout day - peanut butter, blueberries, couple pieces of white garlic sourbread toast w/ butter, oj, chocolate chips
8pm - leftover homemade chicken fettucini alfredo w/ spinach, mushrooms, onions, with spaghetti noodles.
11pm - 2 cups coffee