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<\/a>YEAH!!!!! I was sooo happy that it came early. I filled one water bottle with water and the other with Gatorade. I packed 2 GUs in the pack. I drank 3\/4 of my Atkins shake as my pre-run breakfast.<\/p>\nTime: 1:25 Calories Burned: 900 <\/strong><\/p>\n Distance: 7 Miles <\/strong><\/p>\n What a great run though! I’m happy with today’s run (despite the walking and the ankle pains). I ate my banana after my shower and Michael and I made lunch. On the menu: black bean burritos.<\/p>\n<\/a>So this morning, I excitedly put it on for my long run. It fit great and while the water bottles were a tad on the heavy side, I am happy to report that my run went great with them. They didn’t slosh around, or jump around when I ran. They weren’t too heavy to be annoying either.<\/p>\n<\/a>I ran half a mile down to the track and saw that there was a kid’s football practice or try-outs going on. The place was packed.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>They weren’t using the track though, so I figured it was okay. No one seemed to mind either.<\/p>\n<\/a>The first 3 miles were not memorable because my legs seemed fine and I didn’t feel tired at all. I just ran and ran and felt awesome.<\/p>\n<\/a>At about Mile 3<\/strong><\/span>, I had some GU and water. I didn’t feel like I needed either honestly, but I didn’t want to regret not hydrating before it was too late. I kept going.The temperature was cool and pleasant. Since they banned earphones for Hood to Coast this year, I didn’t bring my headphones with me while I ran today. I turned on Pandora and clipped my iPhone to the fuel belt. I could sometimes hear the music but when the stadium of parents cheered for their kids, I couldn’t hear my music. I don’t usually run with my ipod arm band because it doesn’t fit right and if I tighten it so it does fit–I lose circulation in my arm. But I think for Hood to Coast I have to suck it up and wear the arm band so I can hear my music!<\/p>\n<\/a>About half way through Mile 4<\/strong><\/span>, my ankles started to both me a little bit. I decided to walk for a bit to see what was going on. I had no pain when walking, so that was good. I probably walked for 30-45 seconds and then started running again. Just walking for a moment, I had renewed energy and ran another mile with no problems.<\/p>\n<\/a>Toward the end of Mile 5<\/strong><\/span>, my legs were starting to tighten up. I’ve never really had to deal with that before–that I remember anyway. I’m sure being excited and nervous about Hood to Coast has me overly sensitive to every little ache and pain in my body. I walked another 30-45 seconds and then continued to run. I pondered the idea that maybe I’ve been over-training<\/a> lately…Still not sure about that.<\/p>\n<\/a>Half way through Mile 6 <\/strong><\/span>I decided to call it a day and run home. I ran\/walked the half mile home and stretched forever. I used my foam roller and my new calf stretcher! It felt pretty awesome to stretch for so long. Fat Kitty supervised the stretching:<\/p>\n<\/a>Today’s Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>After running 7 miles, I was FAMISHED. As in, Hungry Monster That Eats Everything In Sight!<\/strong><\/span> Nom Nom Nom…After one bean burrito, Michael made half a quesadilla for us to split. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n