Holy Crappy Crap Run... yeah, one of those. I think I just over did it yesterday, was dehydrated, and didn't get any sleep. I worked from sun up to sun down yesterday and probably got 20 minutes off my feet. Most of it outside, it was a beautiful day, but the sun can drain you! Add to that a touch of soreness from the Canyon run yesterday...yeah, it wasn't pretty. I'd decided to run from my house up to where the closed part of Mtn View Corridor starts (avoid the BIG hill) and then work on those rollers out and back, then come home. I thought it would only be 12 miles, but at the turn around I was at 7. Figured I'd get out of the last mile or so and have to have hubby pick me up on the way to soccer, I was good with that :) To be honest when I started out I felt slow and sluggish, but figured it would fade. I did have my hand held water bottle which saved me! I passed some people cleaning up a yard where someone had run over 2 trees and a light pole...that road is infamous for those kind of things happening. A wide and major road through the neighborhoods, but only 25mph...people rarely go that slow. I didn't stop to ask, because I didn't realize exactly what had happened until I passed the car on the tow truck and ran over the sand soaking up the gasoline. It was crazy! The light pole was obliterated...AND 2 big-ish trees. Wow...anyway, I digress. When I got to the corridor I saw 2 ladies with dogs in front of me. When I passed them I said "good morning ladies" one of them nearly died of a heart attack! I guess I've got soft foot falls :) The miles home were sluggish and slow and I kept waiting for the downhill to come. I'd get little bursts of it, but the grade really never seemed to relent...I was tired, but as I kept looking at my garmin, I kept doing the math and realizing I had MORE than enough time to get home...no free ride today. I need a good pick up song on the ipod...nothin'. With just 1.5 left I had 10 min to still get home before my 2 hours that I'd budgeted for 12 miles, crap. I was easily going to make it...even at a 9mm pace. So, I begrudgingly finished the run, I felt like crap and I still do. I'm glad tomorrow is a rest day. AP: 8:49 splits: 8:51, 9:03, 9:10, 7:50, 8:19, 8:46, 8:41, 8:39, 8:38, 9:19, 9:38, 8:33, 8:47, 9:04 After I got home I looked at the elevation profile and realized that I reach the high point in this run just 3 miles into the run. Those rollers on the corridor that I was positive were rolling up....nope. DOWNHILL rollers on the way out (South). This totally blows my mind! No wonder I felt sluggish on the way home, what I thought was downhill is the uphill part. How the crap does that work? Man, rollers really screw with your mind! So, I've decided to make this a regular run. PERIOD. I will conquer these rollers, because they remind me of SGM. It is downhill, but every time you go down all you see is another UP. Mark my words...I will beat this road...oh yes, I will! If anyone ever wants to join me on this run it really is a good SGM trainer :)
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