Time: 4.2 hours
Distance: 11+kms
Hell on wheels I am pooped! I didn’t know how I was going to be after two days off, and two days full of food and early celebrations in lieu of my birthday tomorrow. My ankle also played up, getting quite stiff and even a little swollen on Friday night. So even though I had high hopes for today I didn’t think it would go as planned.
Woke up, ankle was right as rain. Got on the treadmill and before I knew it two hours had gone by. Last week I would usually get off the treadmill at about 1 1/2 hours but I got to two hours today and hit that mental wall, and was fine to hop off and have some lunch and get back on again. My legs had no problem handling it- I even went up from 2.6 to 2.7kmph. I know it’s not a big jump but it adds up over the hours.
Two issues I’m figuring out how to resolve:
1. Chafing. I wear a good pair of shorts but chafing still happens. I’m going to try some barrier cream tomorrow before I start up to see if it helps.
2. Headaches. I think I underestimated how much water I need. I did 1 litre first couple of hours, but then felt a bit off so downed another 1 lt. Then this arvo I had a slight headache so I refilled the bottle and made sure I got in another 1lt. The headache is there even after a couple of panadol, so I don’t know if maybe it’s just my body adjusting. It could also be not enough food/not the right food.
It could be that I walked a really long way over a long period of time and my body has never done that and it’s still getting used to this dramatic change. Yeah, could be that.
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