Ow.

0, 16mi, aidsmarathon

Start time: 09/10/06, 7:00am
Location: Downtown Washington DC
Distance: 16 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 5:1
Average pace: 10:00min/mile

Today was our 16-miler, which means that starting at this point our “long runs” are slowed down to help prevent injury. For the 16- and 18-milers, this means that I’m supposed to run them at a 10:30 instead of a 9:30min/mile. Well… um… oops! We were just zipping along, and it was around mile 10 that I looked down at my GPS and said, “Um… Sorry about that.” (That one was a 9:17.) We had a really good set of splits though. (12:16, 9:28, 10:20, 10:35, 9:53, 10:18, 9:23, 9:51, 9:47, 9:17, 10:18, 10:38, 10:29, 10:17, 9:53, and… um… 9:01.) Ok, I can explain that last one. Chris had decided to run a little less so he cut across the mall to head directly back. As we were heading back the full route ourselves, we saw Chris about a quarter mile ahead of us. We were definitely gaining on him, but he was still about a tenth of a mile ahead of us when he crossed M Street and so… um… I decided to try and catch him. Ok, I know! Very stupid! Bad Greg! (And I didn’t even catch him. That’ll learn me.) I’m not supposed to do that sort of behavior.

Oh, the “Ow” of the subject line? Well… er… guess what I discovered on the front of my shirt 2.5 miles from the end of the course?

Ack! I put on Bodyglide and everything. (Chris took a picture of me with my cell phone camera but I was in a slight daze and didn’t realize I had to hit “save” on the picture of me with my bloody-nipple-stained shirt. Oh well.) Guess from now on, 16 miles is not only the time when the slowdown hits but when I need to switch from Bodyglide to NipGuards.

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10 thoughts on “Ow.”

      1. We should go for a shortish ride at some point. Of course, scheduling around both of our endurance training schedules will be complicated.

        My other big excitement is that I ran 3 mi @ 12 min mile pace today. The day after the 60 mile ride. 🙂 I’m at the beginning of prepping for one of two March marathons, and it’s looking possible.

    1. Fortunately I’ve got no real love life to speak of so I don’t have to worry about any inappropriateness going on with poor rightie. 🙂

      1. The cheaper bandages are better because they have weaker adhesive, but then again, they aren’t as sweat resistant. I would rather have pain from the bandage over raw nips… any day of the week!

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