For my last long, slow run I decided to visit my brother and his wife at their new home in Arlington. As luck would have it, their new house is just blocks off the W&OD trail which also runs through Herndon. Checking on Google Maps I found it's almost exactly 20 miles door-to-door. So I set out to run 20 miles and I wanted to run it exactly as I would prepare for race-day. I documented everything I ate since yesterday morning and tried to load up on the carbs. However I must not have loaded enough as I 'bonked' after 15 miles (as the chart shows).
The first 15 miles were good though, and the first 6 were especially enjoyable as the weather was beautiful and it was almost all downhill. All-in-all, the weather was wonderful and the path wasn't too crowded and the runners were all friendly. There were many groups out on training runs, no doubt for the MCM in two weeks. I noticed a lot of Team In Training t-shirts and water stops all along the 20 miles.
My diet from yesterday and today...
4:45 ClifBar + Decaf Coffee
7:00 Egg (2) on bagel caffeine coffee
10:30 Oatmeal (w/ raisins and walnuts)
12:00 Pasta Bolognese
12:30 Greek Yogurt (non-fat w/ honey)
2:15 Potato Wedges w/ ketchup and salt
4:30 Mashed sweet potato
6:30 Shredded chicken, whole wheat roll-up w/ tomato
7:00 ClifBar
4:45 ClifBar + Coffee (real)
7:00 Sports Drink
8:00 Mango Juice
During the run I had two bottles of Costco sports drink (in 4 Nathans belt bottles). I had one GU at mile 10 and another at mile 15. Maybe I should have had more GUs and had them earlier? Also maybe more of a breakfast before the run? If anyone has any feedback please feel free to provide it.
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