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.
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Hey Kim, give yourself a huge pat on the back for finishing that run! Slogging through a tough run is great practice for Barb's Race - just think how easy those 13.1 miles will be in comparison to running at altitude!
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