Day One Hundred and Ten

I ran today for an hour and 50 minutes.  It was terrible.  It is so difficult to run at altitude.  It was an out and back run.  On the out I felt good.  I fell three times, but that is no surprise.  The run was on a beautiful single track trail.  It made me feel like a real runner.  On the way back I struggled, struggled is a kind way of stating how I felt.  The way back started with an incline.  I almost hyperventilated. I just could not catch my breath.  I even stopped to try to get deep breath, but it was impossible to completely fill my lungs.  I had to stop a number of times on the way back, almost started crying at one point because I felt so out of shape.  I felt terrible because I know I am in better shape than this run let me feel, but I still felt terrible and I cannot get over that.  I was exhausted when I finished.  I was covered in salt and just wanted to lay down, lay down not even just sit down that would be too much work to keep my body upright.  I was beat.  Ryan was happy to see me defeated since he thinks that I am always too happy with my training.

The afternoon consisted of sitting in an inner tube and floating down the river for a few hours.  Nice way to make up for a disaster of a run.

Day One Hundred and Nine

Today I should run 150, but since we are recovering from the long car ride I am taking my rest day today and will run on Monday my scheduled rest day.