Thursday morning at the butt-early hour of 4:30 AM I ran the HEB loop with Dino and Stephanie. Man, its a lot more fun to run with friends than to run alone!
Saturday AM, I ran the runtex2rogue 20 miler. It was a good run and I think I learned something. I noticed that the pace I could keep at a given pulse gradually eroded. I think it comes down to hydration.
Today, I ran 7 miles, weighing myself before and after. I lost about 2 lbs in the 70 minutes I ran. Since a gallon of water weighs about 8 lbs, I figure I lost a quart of water in about an hour! I'm definitely not drinking enough during my runs to compensate. That's even on a relatively cool morning. Imagine what I need to do on a hot day!
New plan is to try drinking a lot more water, even carrying my water with me in bottles to help measure my intake. I'm going to start with the 20K trail run I'm doing this Saturday. Since it will take me about 2 hours, I'll run with two quart bottles of water and make sure I'm on pace to drink one per hour. A good measurement of success will be if I'm able to maintain a more consistent pace for a given pulse rate. I'll try the same thing one week from Saturday which will be my last long long run before Big Sur.
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