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Long And Winding Road
One of my favorite Beatles/Paul McCartney songs is Long and Winding Road and that is what I felt like I was on with my long run this morning. I decided on more of a figure 8 course instead of my usual out and back. I traveled along a rolling rural road passing 2 golf courses and 2 farms bringing me around to beautiful water views ending through various neighborhoods. So much to see and experience today.
- 18 miles
- 2:52:49
- 9:36 pace
- 619 ft elevation gain
5:30 am wake up call to scurry downstairs for a quick bite to eat of Ezekiel 4:9 toast topped with honey almond butter and half banana but did not make it out the door until right before 7 am. Typically I eat a bowl of oatmeal with half banana, but after today I am a toast convert.
I would love to say that after this effort I was full of energy and ready for more but I was more like this….
After a quick shower I was ready to eat!
Van’s Flax Waffle topped with Laughing Cow Cheese, blueberries and walnuts and a side of Green Monster Smoothie powered up with Vega Shake and Go Protein powder.
Today I also took along Cliff Shot Bloks. The first time I tried them was at the Key Bank Vermont City Marathon as a product in the goodie bag. When I reviewed the ingredient lists of the most popular gels I found that Cliff has the cleanest ingredients. Yesterday, I tried finding them at the only local sports store in my area with no luck but then I discovered them at Target of all places! How exciting! I really enjoyed the strawberry flavor but more than that I loved the effect it had on my run.
The best part of the run today was around mile 13 when I approached an elderly man coming in the opposite direction. I noticed he wanted to say something to me so I stopped, removed my ear phones just in time to hear him say, “If you were heading in my direction I’d race ya.” How cute was he!
Filed under: Eat Clean Diet, Green monster smoothies, Pups, Running · Tags: Cliff Shots Bloks, Ezekiel 4:9 Bread, Key Bank Vermont City Marathon, Laughing Cow Cheese, Van's Natural Foods, Vega Shake & Go Smoothie
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Awesome run! It’s always a gift when you feel really good after such a long run. I’m trying to figure out what works for me fuel/hydration wise..gu chomps didn’t work well on my sat long run. How do you carry your liquids? Gotta love that old guy!
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Bekah Reply:
August 31st, 2010 at 10:12 am
Shelly,
It still makes me smile to think of him, so cute!
Sorry that the GU did not work, was it that it upset your stomach or did you just did not feel the benefits?
I carry a fuel belt with 4 bottles. For the 18 miles I used two 8oz and two 10 oz, one of each size filled with water and the other with Vega Sports Optimizer . I used the water when chomping on a Cliff Blok and the Vega for the in between.
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Shelly Reply:
August 31st, 2010 at 10:50 pm
I think it was the combination of me drinking too much water and the chomps. I need to figure out something that keeps me going strong but that may mean a few runs of not feeling good
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That old man’s comment would have made my day! So cute
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