Workout: 6.55 miles

Time: 59:36

So….day 2, ultra training.  How’s it different from day 1?  Ummm…it was about a minute slower?  That’s pretty much about it.  When I went to leave for my run, I found that my Garmin was dying, so I had to go old school with a watch.  Wow, what a difference…much lighter, and I’m not checking pace every few minutes.  Headed out the door into the same temperature as Tuesday, just much dryer.  I ran the same course, mainly because I didn’t have my Garmin and it’s the only 6.5 mile course I know without having to chart it out.  Everything went smoothly, carried a nice steady pace, and no real aches or pains.  Overall a good run.

So I got a talking to by my fiance because after my run on Tuesday all I had for dinner was a bowl of peas.  Can I help it I live alone, am lazy about cooking, and don’t have much food here because I haven’t gone grocery shopping?  Nope, not my fault at all.  Ha.  So, I tried to do better this time.  Tonight, I had one of those vegetable steamer things with potatoes, peppers, and pea pods.  But, not surprisingly, I was still hungry.  So I rummaged around, and I found some morningstar farms “chik”en patties that my friend’s wife had left in the freezer a while back.  So, I figured, why not.  I heated them up, through some hot sauce on them, and tried them out.  Not horrible…not really great either.  But I at least got some protein, right?

So this weekend is the first of many many many double long runs.  This weekend is 14 on Saturday, 10 on Sunday.  Fun fun stuff.  I’m sure as long as I keep it slow and easy, it’ll be fine.  I’ll definitely be paying attention to my body and heeding it’s warnings.

So until then, run on friends!