The Real Fatman
Bluelighter
4.5 mile run
^that's pretty much the exact figure. 7:30/mi is about as slow as i go for a long run.
what really does me in on runs like that is more the fluid loss than the aerobic/muscular effort. at a certain point of effort/dehydration, my digestive system essentially shuts off and it often takes a few hours of sipping lukewarm salt water to get it to accept anything else. i acclimate eventually (or give in and wear my camelbak), but recovery is tricky when you can't take fluids or calories.
7 mi in insane heat/humidity yesterday. coming off a 14 hour drunk the day before. gross.
this morning was 5 mi pretty quick (feeling much better). scheming on a track workout a little later today.
strange, after about two months off, and a lot of drinking and eating, i hit the pec deck, bench and tri pulldown machines and i haven't lost strength.
now i can come to one of two conclusions
1) i am a superhero/alien/robot/martian with super strength maintaining muskles (unliekly); or
2) i am not lifting to my capacity
*sigh*
i remember when i realised the capacity thing before, and i thought i was when i began to really make faces as i lift/push, but i guess that aint enough....
any thoughts?