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Originally Posted by SteelBlue
We went out and did our 14 today but left way too late. We hit the trail at about 9:45 and an hour in I knew I was in trouble. Temps were around 90 degrees at that point and we had been trying to average an 8:30/mile pace. I'm fairly certain we were faster than that for much of that hour. Anyway, we took our first water break (I was stupid and didn't carry any) at about mile 8. I felt fine up to that point but after the water break started feeling a little sluggish. We got to mile 10 and I told goose that I was going to run back to my truck and since he was smart enough to carry water I didn't want to slow him down. He took off and finished strong. What ensued for me was 4 miles of dehydrated misery and some run/walk/run as I found myself in the baking sun. It's officially time to start carrying water and eating on these long runs. I'm blaming goose's torrid pace more than the sun though.
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I was completely wiped out from that run. That heat was a good 20 degrees warmer than anything I've run in this year, and the run was the furthest I've gone since January. I can't believe that you went as long as you did without H20. I had already finished off almost 20 oz before you got a drop.
And just in case you guys think I'm a total jerk, yes I did offer to let him use one of the water bottles I was carrying. He politely declined, for some reason.
Plus I had to go coach my 5 year old's soccer game right afterward. It was a well deserved nap after the football game.