We started at 7am sharp and had a manned pit stop at mile 3 and our cars at mile 6. This is pretty close to what it's going to be on race day so it was great practice. The manned pit stop was STOCKED with food!! Peanut M&M's, boiled potatoes, teddy grahams, fig newtons, defizzed coke, Ensure, Red Bull, water, marshmallows, hamburgers, and I'm sure there was more that I'm forgetting. Worried about my stomach, I decided to stick with what has been working so I ate 50 calorie portions of pop tart, 100 calorie portions of peanut butter on bread, and sips of Ensure. To get some extra calories, I alternated water with an energy drink called Perpetuem on each 6 mile lap. Towards the end of the run I did try a boiled potato and let me tell you...it was delicious! Nice and salty, it was the perfect little treat. I also tried some of the defizzed coke on the last lap and it tasted SO good. I don't even like soda and it was hard to take little sips and only drink a little. I wanted to chug it! I'm really happy to report that everything I did today seemed to work with my stomach. I had no issues and aside from not being in the mood to eat right now, my stomach still feels fine. I did hit a point during the run where I did NOT want to eat so on those laps I opted for a few sips of Ensure rather than solid food.
The whole shebang, including pit stops, took just under 6 hours. The best part when it was all said and done, is that I could have kept going. My legs were tired but my body felt great. The toughest part for me was transitioning back into running after a short walk break. But once I got moving again, everything was fine.
Here's a pic of us after the run with our crew member, Susan. Dana brought medals for all of us!!
So now, I'm relaxing, wearing my new compression socks sent by Recovery Socks (I'll let you know how they work out). Check out these sexy socks!! I'm also sporting my Brooks Run Happy t-shirt...thought it was appropriate after such a great run today. Please ignore the hair...I just ran an Ultra! And the pose...I'm a runner, not a model.
50 comments:
Socks..cool. Hair...not too bad. But who the heck calls a boiled potato a "treat"???
Good job! You'll do great at the Ultra!
Congrats!!! sounds like a great experience. I knew you would do great your training has been inspirational!
You're gonna earn another medal in about a month.
Great job.
DAMN!!!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!!! Your happiness shines through my laptop screen in this post; what an AWESOME day for you! I am so very proud of you and I'm sending a huge virtual high-five your way!!! Great job!!! :)
Good job with the run today! I love my recovery socks but they need to get more colors! I ran my first half marathon today with a time of 1:47:29. I was very happy with my time.
OMG!!! YOU ARE AWESOME! I'm so proud of you -- sounds like you did and are doing everything right. Congrats!! I'm so happy your stomach seemed better today, you were probably so right about the gels/beans, etc. Recover well and ♥ the socks!
All I can say is W-O-W!
Ahhhh! Congratulations!!!! You're amazing!
You failed to mention the 5 star dining tha you'll be enjoyng tonight... But I'm proud of you!
W.o.w. That is amazing! Congratulations! Love the socks.
wow, congrats on a great run ! impressive :)
Great Job!!!!! That is so awesome that you've worked to the point that you're able to go out and run over 30 miles!
And thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving that nice comment...sorry if I brought tears to your eyes :)
Ronnie
Great job! That is awesome, totally impressed.
you are amazing! great job! i can't wait for you to do that 50 miler, so incredible. it sounds like you will really be ready!
Dang, you are my hero
;)
is it totally wrong to be jealous of you?! I'm going to recover and come run with you, seriously!
Welcome to the Dark Side!
That is so awesome!! You are so awesome!! I would say awesome-er...but that isn't word.
PS- I would rather be an Ultra-runner, than a model :) You look great! Keep up the fantastic work!
That is AWESOME FANTASTIC!!!
Woohoo!! So freakin' awesome!!!!
But as tempting & fun as you make it, I think I'll stick with the 26.2 max ;)
Glad your belly behaved, & enjoy your recovery socks!
Way to go!
You are totally going to conquer the Kelly Drive loop next month.
Awesome! You are going to do great in your race!
Yay!! I'm glad you had such an awesome run. You're definitely going to be all set when next month rolls around!
Congrats! That's so awesome. And I love the pic of you rockin those socks :D
Awesome job! To feel that great during and afterward is just really cool!
what an awesome accomplishment - and what awesome socks! congratulations - you will rock your ultra!
(ps thanks for stopping by my blog after bobbi's readers challenge... i've been so negligent with my comments!)
You did it!!! Congratulations! And how awesome that you are feeling so good.
Cute pic - I'm amazed that you were able to stand up after that run!
I totally thought about you this weekend. "This is NOTHING compared to the 30 miles Denise is doing!" :o)
Congrats on a HUGE accomplisment!
GREAT work!! I need a pair of those socks, AWESOME!!
Holy greatness. That's amazing! Great job and I'm glad you feel so great after and ready for your 50 miler! Good thing it boosted your confidence. :) Hooray for a 50k! :)
ps i love boiled potatoes. BOMB.
You're too awesome!!! What a great run. BTW i heart Perpetuem!!
holy crap you're a stud! way to go! :)
SO AWESOME!! That's an amazing feat!!! I'm in awe. And I'm lovin' the pink compression socks (especially since I just posted about some too!) :)
Nice work! That's great that you felt so good afterwards too. Love my recovery socks!
Congrats!!! Fantastic job on the run! And I'm glad to hear nothing upset your stomach.
I have the exact same shirt and pink recovery socks. I absolutely love both!
Great job! I have the same socks, let us know what you think. Looks like you have a great group of support there!
Yay! Congrats on breaking the 30 mile mark.
Wow great job and impressive that you felt so good afterward...
so freaking awesome girl!!!! you are going to do AMAZING in your race!
AWESOME!!! what a great accomplishment! i can't wait to hear about the recovery socks, I've heard a lot of buzz about them...
OH and I wanted to let you know I am about to order the amphipod handheld, thanks for the tip! do you have the normal one or the mini one? I'm afraid the 20 oz might be too big...
Way to start your 1st ultra, congrats and well done. Here's to many more!
I'm totally late but AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!! Great job!!!
Love the socks :-)
Thanks Denise! that's what I was worried about...seemed somewhat pointless to carry around 8 oz of water. I will order the larger one. Thanks again!
uber-congrats! :)
I met another runner with compression socks just like yours the other day; however, she only had one on and thought it didn't look good. They were pink too so I said she should probably just wear white ones. Have her friends sign it for extra coolness.
This is incredible!!! Congrats :) I love the sock picture!! And now i want to run one just for the food - but I won't! EVER.
Just catching up on my reading and saw your good news. You are amazing! That is so awesome!
I've been wearing leg sleeves and love them. They've helped me a lot. I'm interested to see how they are for you considering how much you run.
I love the Brooks Run Happy campaign. I was eyeing that shirt you're wearing and also heard they had made running hats, too (but now you have to be lucky and win one).
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