6:55 am - 15.2 miles - Ouch! What else can I say? Out and back route, Collierville to Germantown (Kimbrough), which is 7.6 miles from my house. Also did a loop down into Cameron Brown Park on the way back to get a drink from the water fountain, so probably added another .2 mile, which I didn't count in the mileage total.
Summary - Felt good on the way out, and also starting back - stretched IT band and hamstrings at the turnaound point for about a minute or two. At about 8th mile, ran down into C.B. Park for water and took a gel and two e-caps. Still felt pretty good until mile 11, when I started to feel really thirsty and planned to stop at Walgreens for a drink but it wasn't open yet. Left quad started to cramp. By mile 12, I felt extremely thirsty and was looking for an opportunity to get water from somewhere along the route. By mile 13, I started to feel dazed and a little dizzy, then felt like I would throw up. It was also getting pretty warm, and I was running in the sun. When I finally came to some trees, I stopped in the shade for about 2-3 minutes to try to clear up the dazed and dizzy feeling. Started running again and was fortunate enough to stop at a church, where the greeters directed me to the water fountain. That seemed to get rid of the dazed/dizzy feeling, and continued the last 2 miles pretty slowly. Stopped in the shade at mile 15 and rested a few minutes before running the last .2 down my street. Stretched and soaked in a cool bath afterward, drank gatorade and took 2 more e-caps, then for the next hour or so, my feet cramped on and off so badly it was hard to walk. On the next long run (next Sunday), I plan to put 2 bottles of gatorade along the couse so I don't get dehydrated so badly again. Kind of disappointed that I had such a hard time with this distance. | 