Survived Another Long Run

This weekend, despite having foot problems all week, I went out for a long run. I pampered the foot all week long - ice and lots of Advil and very little running and I think all those things helped. I'm still not sure what happened exactly. I'm still leaning towards a bruise on the bone. I think maybe I had my shoes tied too tight when I ran that 12.4 on the treadmill last Saturday. It was painful but rest and ice helped. This weeks long run schedule was for 14 miles. Gulp. Next weekend, it's 10 so when I decided to give the foot a try, I was thinking I'd flip flop the weekends and attempt 10 this weekend. If I made it to 10, great, if not, no biggie. I headed outside on Sunday (I know - outside! How exciting is that?!) prepared for the worst but hoping for the best. I took it nice and slow and managed to get all 14 miles in! Yay!! My foot held up, it was a little sore. But my hips and my hamstrings - holy crap! By mile 12, my hips were really aching and my hamstrings were starting to scream. I slowed way down and finished but I'm thinking I've got to find something I can do to strengthen those areas.

Something smart I did for yesterday's run: purchased a book from iTunes and listened to that instead of music for a nice change. Something I did that was pretty stupid: I didn't bring water with me. I drank some water when I got home then took a shower and started some laundry then started to feel really bad. Horrible stomach issues and then I started feeling very nauseous. It didn't take long for me to realize what was happening. I was dehydrated! Stupid, stupid, stupid!! I lay on the couch and forced myself to keep drinking and after about 2 hours, started to feel better. I have no idea what I was thinking but I wont make that mistake again, I can tell you that!

Other random stuff: Has anyone heard of or tried these:

It's called a Buff and this one is from the 'original' buff maker, Planet Buff. It's a fleece piece of material with no seams that is like a tube and you can wear it as a neck warmer, pull it up over your mouth and ears or even wear it on your head. Yesterday, my neck and ears were pretty cold and I think it would have been pretty cool to have something like this that I could pull up or just keep it around my neck. Yet another reason why I wish I could sew though....how difficult can it be to make a tube of fleece?

I also found a new site over the weekend (via Andrea Vincent of SeeMommyRun) that I'm playing around with call Just Finish. Their tag line is, "Motivating and encouraging ALL runners, walkers, cyclists and multi-sport athletes through the FINISH." It's a very friendly site and so far, I'm really enjoying it. Go check it out!