Friday, January 22 2010

woke at 4:20
BIKE:  60 minutes
RUN: 3:30

comments:  I had a great, easy hour bike ride (I did a 30km loop)
the transition to the run was smooth and I ran well … until 2:15 into the run when I stopped to pee and suddenly, I completely died…
the last hour and 15 minutes was mostly a power walk, run, jog, slow walk … always in the order.  I was running on the same road I rode my bike yesterday, so its a road in the middle of the desert between dubai and abu dhabi.

 … the last 30 minutes I felt like Chevy Chase in the movie “Vacation.”  The scene where he is in the desert, lost and without water and became so dehydrated he started to see things and ended up taking all his cloths off… i started to see things ….  I took off my shirt, my pirates buff, even my sun glasses and struggled the last 15 minutes back to the car.
I was clearly dehydrated – a common problem I have, but I dont know how to manage the water when I run because I dont like carrying a 1.5 liter of water, its is too uncomfortable for me.

now i feel great — but damn … the last 15 minutes was hell.
Unfortunately, I am not in as good of run shape as I was in Oct/Nov.  I had trained a lot for a 100 mile run in early to mid summer so I think Iwas in much better shape on the run, however, I am probably stronger on the bike now ….