So today I learned the valuable lesson of dehydration and chest pains. I was really sick last night and I had to give myself an injection which knocks me out, good thing is I get a GOOD rest, bad thing is that the next day I am like a slug very groggy and lethargic oh not to mention the injection dehydrates me.
Anyways I headed out for my run and had intentions of only doing 6 miles then doing 4 later in the evening because I am "just" getting back to it and I do not want to burn myself out.. ok where was I . Oh I was headed out for 6 miles and at the end of mile 3 I was feeling good so I thought "ok lets do 8 miles instead of just 6 then you only have to do 2 miles later"
Well I failed to be prepared and I was only ready for 6 miles at mile 3.5 I was out of fluids which was not a horrible thing because I usually do not really drink all that much...... until I started to feel sick and I dry heaved for a few minutes and barfed what little fluids I had left.
So I walked because I was 4.5 miles from home and I was really unsure what I was going to do. I walked slow and my body started to ache and hurt. Well THANK GOODNESS these wonderful bike trails I run on our city owned and I remember that at the baseball diamonds I remember there were bathrooms. Fingers crossed (that they were open) I walked a little quicker thinking I could always drink out of the puddles if I needed to and the baseball diamonds were only another mile and a half away I was SO dehydrated I EVEN STOPPED SWEATING!!!
**Note to self valuable lesson #1 when re hydrating ones self YOU NEED TO DO IT SLOWLY or you are going to BARF your face off**
So yeah the bathrooms were open and I downed LOTS of water only to immediately vomit it back up. Some friendly bikers stopped to see if I was ok and I just laughed and said I swallowed a big bug (seeing how I could have chose to use the bathroom to barf I did it outside to avoid whatever grossness was in the toilet from splashing back up at me. I sat and stretched for about 5- 10 minutes while SLOWLY drinking some water and then headed back out to finish up.
The last mile was hell I am not sure if its because I knew it was only another mile before I could stretch and sit and shower or because my body had just given up.
BUT WEEHOOOO my longest distance yet even though I walked most of it
2 miles with the dog tonight.
Oh and I started having chest pains about every mile which I think was just a mix of anxiety and the rest of the medication wearing off which I was even surprised I was able to get up and get going. Only really worried me about 2 times because I was winded but it I listened to my body and they wore off so I kept going. Not as fast as usual but I DID it!!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
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Call me a perv but reading this post made me a tad bit excited about marathon day when I will be holding your hair back while you dry heave since you will have nothing left to get rid of at the finish line. YOU ARE GOING TO BE SO AWESOME AND SO PROUD OF YOURSELF at the end of the race. All of the work you are doing now is what is going to get you to that finish line! Keep up the GREAT work! I am proud!
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