{"id":316,"date":"2010-05-31T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-31T15:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/?p=316"},"modified":"2010-05-31T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T15:22:57","slug":"done-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/2010\/05\/31\/done-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Done In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was done in today after running nearly 1.5 miles.<br \/>\n<iframe width='465' height='548' frameborder='0' src='http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/35196967'><\/iframe><br \/>\nI wasn&#8217;t expecting this.  But very suddenly, my legs told me they couldn&#8217;t support this run today and I should stop.  I wasn&#8217;t in a mood to disagree with them.  I stopped, then walked all the way back to the subway along 5th Ave.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not exactly sure why I couldn&#8217;t go for 8+ miles today, which is what I set out to do.  Here are a few theories:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Running 20 miles in 2 days is too much for my legs right now.<\/strong>  I did 14 miles Saturday and 6+ miles Sunday.  I thought I&#8217;d be fine today.  My lower legs weren&#8217;t.  My lower right leg, medial side, hurt the most.  I didn&#8217;t notice it when walking&#8211;only when doing my bouncing as I prep for my run.  I tore off fine, but suddenly, near where I stopped, I could tell my legs weren&#8217;t liking this one bit.  I feared I was approaching some kind of injury zone that if I didn&#8217;t pay attention to, I would definitely regret it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; It was about 84 degrees and very bright.<\/strong>  I didn&#8217;t make it around to the CNN Tower to see what the temperature was, but it was 81 degrees when I left and 85 when I got back, so I suspect somewhere around 84 degrees.  It was only about 40% humidity so it didn&#8217;t feel excessive, but the sun was pretty powerful, so the heat was unrelenting when I wasn&#8217;t in the shade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; My heart rate monitor diminishes my performance.<\/strong>  I&#8217;m still tweaking the band that is supposed to go around my ribcage to get it to the most comfortable circumference.  However, it still seems to restrict my breathing a bit.  A bit here can mean a ton overall, so I&#8217;m wondering if its negative effects are felt more in hot situations.  It didn&#8217;t <em>feel<\/em> too restrictive, but I&#8217;m unsure if it might have been hindering me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; I worked out my legs too much at the gym yesterday, not giving them enough recovery time.<\/strong>  I suppose that&#8217;s also a possibility.  I just might not be in the shape needed to do as much as I did.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; I had a bag of microwave popcorn before bed.<\/strong>  I wanted to experiment with the effect of salt on my body for runs.  In particular, I wanted to see if I&#8217;d feel more hydrated.  I&#8217;m unsure after this brief trial, though I wonder if its use influenced my inability to endure in today&#8217;s heat.<\/p>\n<p>I did have ArginMax and quercetin today on an empty stomach&#8211;no PowerGel.  I doubt the lack of food had an effect, but maybe that&#8217;s possible.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, my lower legs did not feel rested.  I&#8217;m going to take the day off today and see if I can get in a late run tomorrow, since I think I&#8217;ll be available to.  Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>My fear is that I&#8217;m developing some kind of tibial stress fracture, though pain seems generally to be mirrored on both of my legs.  I also want to get new running shoes since I think I&#8217;ve nearly maxed out the mileage on my Mizuno Wave Rider 13s, especially since they&#8217;ve started to break down a bit.  I think I&#8217;m moving to some Wave Precision 10s I&#8217;ve had for some time but haven&#8217;t used yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: I&#8217;m titling my runs but the approximate temperature as a means for analyzing my pace.  The only time I don&#8217;t plan on doing this is on race days, when I&#8217;ll name the runs after my races.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was done in today after running nearly 1.5 miles. I wasn&#8217;t expecting this. But very suddenly, my legs told me they couldn&#8217;t support this run today and I should stop. I wasn&#8217;t in a mood to disagree with them. I stopped, then walked all the way back to the subway along 5th Ave. I&#8217;m &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/2010\/05\/31\/done-in\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Done In<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-runs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benhauck.com\/running\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}