A Taste of Sparkle

Hi everyone! Sorry for the brief hiatus! My family came up to spend some time with me at school, so I’ve been with them this weekend. We had a lot of fun: we went on a hike, ate at my favorite restaurant, and saw Harry Potter again!

Today was pretty eventful. First up was my eight mile long run, a new record distance!

Running Stats

Distance: 8.00 miles

Time: 1:24:12

Pace: 10:31

I followed pretty much the same routine as last week: I did the run in two loops, stopping to get water and some sport moons in between. However, I think I ate my pre-run breakfast a little too close to actually setting out on my run, because I could feel it in my stomach for the first few miles. Something to remember next time, I guess!

Also something to remember for future long runs/my race day is that at the very end of mile 8, so close to the end that I could see the door of my house, I got a muscle cramp in my calf – ouch! Those hurt! I can still feel it a bit even though I stretched it out. I’m thinking that either I was pushing myself a bit too hard on the last loop (I ended up with a negative split, where my second 4 miles was quite a bit faster than my first.) or that my electrolytes, especially potassium, became slightly unbalanced toward the end. If it happens again, I’ll need to think about adding some Gatorade or other electrolyte mix into my mid-run refueling.

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Next, something sad happened: my favorite Sigg water bottle started leaking, all inside my bag! My phone, my wallet, my notebook: everything got wet, unfortunately. Luckily, almost everything is dry and fine by now, except for my phone which now “purrs” when I turn it on, lol. Hopefully it will dry soon.

The culprit:

This was the only water bottle I had, and since I’m away from my room going to classes for a good five hours out of the day, I really need something to carry some water! So on my way to the grocery store tonight, I stopped by EMS and bought a new bottle:

Excuse the silly hair!

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Well, I’m off to study some genetics, but I will be back tomorrow to give a review on more of my new protein bars that I’m trying, specifically these:

Yes, I bought them again! And that’s always a good thing

P.S. This site is taking up way too much of my free time: Passive Aggressive Notes

See you tomorrow!