Training Log Archive: cmorse

Hot. And humid. And FDFs. And probably my longest since last August. Felt pretty good, good company. Some started an hour earlier, some ran another hour after, but this was just enough, thigh cramped with about 1/4 mile to go. Problems started when I tried to leave 45 minutes later. Leg seized up trying to get into truck, both legs, various muscle groups. No way to drive stick in that condition, so I hung out and continued to eat & drink & walk off the cramps. Eventually got home.

Consumed 100oz of fluid on run, but only first 20oz bottle had electrolytes. So pretty sure the issues were electrolyte related. Not the first time, certainly not the last, I sweat much more than your average bozo in the woods. Consumed another 60oz post run - water, iced tea, Coke, gatorade, 2 Ensure. And plenty snacks..

(Starting weight - post run weight) + consumed fluids = 14.5# lost over 14.2 miles. About a pound (pint) per mile. Hard to keep up with that kind of water loss.

Spent three hours this AM hauling supplies and installing some new bog bridges on a stretch of the Nipmuck Trail north of Westford Hill Rd. Shenipsit Strider workparty, with CFPA management & oversight... A sweat fest to be sure...

Legs achy and felt like lead. So just to the end of the dirt road and back. That was enough for today.

Had planned on going to Bolton, but the skies were pouring here in Tolland when I was getting ready, and a line of t-storms looked to be rolling up 384 toward Bolton. So opted not to drive to Bolton tonight. Legs weren't feeling very energetic anyway..

{edit} Bolton was cancelled. Saved myself a wasted trip.

Hot one tonight, 4 reps of the dirt section. Definitely feeling the last one..