I completed my final long run on Tuesday. It was 17.3 miles. I was happy with it overall. I tried a few different things like using a
and salt intermittently. I found the GU gel not to leave me so thirsty like the Clif shot I tried on a long run a few weeks ago. I continue to use the Clif shot bloks and Luna Moons which are small and easy to carry. I’m still not exactly sure how many I need for the race, so I’m going to guesstimate that one and hopefully not crash towards the end of the race. The good thing about this final run was that I still felt energetic and capable to push myself faster. It’s a good psych booster if anything else. A few interesting things on my run: some guy I saw (luckily clothed) was lying on his side by the side of the road. It looked like he might be staring at something. I kind of gave a wave and then continued on. It was just a strange scene.
The other which was a much better scene was watching these blackbirds take off into the sky. As I approached them, they suddenly flew into the air. There must have been 50 or more of them. It was all so fast. It was like a National Geographic moment. Okay, maybe not quite, but it really would have made a beautiful picture.
I also saw a vulture eating a dead possum. That one isn’t unusual, but this vulture let me get pretty close. One day, I hope to capture a photo of this. Although it is kind of gross, I prefer to think it’s more the beauty of how nature cycles.
The rest of my runs will be fairly short, sprinkled with a few fast runs. Today, I’ll be trying out my new Mizunos which came in yesterday. I’m hoping these shoes are doable, because mine are much more worn than I expected. I’ll report back what I think of the shoes.
