Too much food + too much booze + not enough sleep = Poor pace + difficult run!
Drove up to Philadelphia last night to catch the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and visited Monk's (think great selection of Belgian beers) and then Amado's Tapas Restaurant (think great food and good Sangria). Only had one wit beer at Monk's and one glass of white Sangria (good stuff and they make it the authentic way with brandy which the Commonwealth of Virginia in their infinite wisdom forbids) as far as the booze went. And shared mussels with Joe at Monk's and had a reasonable dinner, albeit with dessert, at Amado's. Had a decaf cup of coffee and I think that must have interfered with my sleep. Plus I felt stuffed! Let all of that be a reminder to me to do EVERYTHING IN MODERATION from now until Marathon Day! Well, probably everthing in less than moderation because I would consider Friday "moderation!"
Got up this morning around 7:45 AM and had my usual bran cereal for breakfast -- the hotel restaurant actually had a mini-box of All-Bran -- I've never seen that before. And a bunch of fruit and a cup and a half of coffee. Headed out on my run around 9:30 AM from City Hall up past the Museum of Art into Fairmont Park. Wound around the park and up along the river. Nice watching the crew teams on the river. Weather was supposed to be rainy but turned out a little overcast and no rain. Delightful in that respect. But what a difficult run. No real aches or pains but never really settled into "my groove" so to speak. Ran 9.4 miles at an 11:33 pace (slow for me on a run like this, especially since a lot of it was basically flat), 958 kcals, 143 Avg HR. I think my monitor went haywire under some electric transmission lines because it says my max heart rate was a crazy 223! I'll see if it's the same (don't know why it wouldn't be) once I actually upload the info to my PC.
Only one more "long" run (8 miles next week) until Marathon Day! Physically I'm doing well and remain injury free. Need to focus on hydration, good nutrition and lots of rest/sleep for the next 15 days. Beginning to get both excited and a bit anxious. 26.2 miles seems like a really long way at times and other times it seems like it's perfectly manageable -- as in "I did 9 miles today and it's only doing that 2 more times!"
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