Such nice weather today. A little humid at the start but as the temperature went up we lost some of it. Was having a bit of a problem breathing when it was super humid.
Today was 10 miles - the Williams Creek loop plus a 2 mile out and back on the Monon. Pam Brewer was ahead of me for a while and then behind me, but then when I knew she was doing the Williams Creek loop too we settled in together. The loop is nice, but has some rolling hills so it is a tougher run than the Monon. This is good for me. We run from Broad Ripple to 86th Street on the Monon, then head west on 86th Street. A lot of the trees need to be trimmed because they overhang the sidewalk too much. Turn left at Pennsylvania and then the hills begin. One tough one that I didn't used to be able to run. I can run it now, but it really stresses my breathing. Takes a while to recover once the road flattens back out. Downhill is fun!
Probably didn't handle nutrition as well as I should have. Did water and 3 Gatorade blocks at 86th and the same at Arden. Started to feel it by the time I was back at the deck and still had two miles to run, but I powered through. Need to be more careful as we amp up the mileage.
Felt pretty good after. Went to Einstein and had chocolate milk, a banana, and some green tea with the Indy Runners crew then walked to the Broad Ripple Farmers Market with Kay Schuetter.
I'm a planner. And a dork. And I wrote a lot of Vision 2020 plans around 2000 so now that it is 2020 everything feels weird. Ok, that's out of my system. Let's talk about 2020. I've already done a self-assessment of last year and met with coach to plan 2020. Everything is focused on Ironman Wisconsin on September 13.The milestones have been set, but there will be some infill along the way. Milestone 1: Carmel Marathon - I did a spring marathon (also Carmel) in 2018 ahead of Louisville and it seemed like a good idea to do that again. So for the 10th Carmel Marathon I am running the full. Spring marathons feel undertrained compared to fall because the time between recovering from fall and getting ramped up to multiple 20 mile training runs is not there. I take the spring effort as a see what happens sort of race. Must finish to keep the streak alive, but I will see how everything else unfolds. Milestone 2: TourdeLou - not so much of a race as a supported event ride ...
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