This past Friday, our girls Varsity and boys Varsity both took home 2nd place team trophies! We were such proud coaches! They were such proud runners!
Girls places: 3, 5, 10, 12, 18
Boys places: 7, 12, 17, 24, 26
Our freshman boy, C, ran another PR (Personal Record) of 17:22! He is currently ranked the 2nd fastest freshman in the state of Colorado. AND HE’S ON MY TEAM! It’s truly amazing the potential he has. I think he’s oblivious of what he’s capable.
Last week, at one of the state’s fastest courses, our Senior girl, T, broke the school record by running a 19:16!
On the homefront, E and I decided to train or our half marathon (coming up in 8 weeks) by running during the week with the high schoolers and getting our long runs in on the weekends. As E was out of town this past weekend, I ran a 10 mile solo on Sunday morning. It was unexpectedly windy and there were huge hills in miles 3-5, but I maintained an 8:48 pace, and negative split, despite all of this.
10 miles; 1:27:55; 8:48 pace
Mile 1: 8:54
Mile 2: 8:56
Mile 3: 8:58
Mile 4: 9:32
Mile 5: 9:31
Mile 6: 8:40
Mile 7: 8:17
Mile 8: 8:28
Mile 9: 8:25
Mile 10: 8:09
I tried Citrus Fruit Nuun, the electrolyte-enhanced sports drink tablets, for the first time. I usually drink Cytomax on my long runs, but had heard so many positives about Nuun, that I thought I’d give it a shot. The night before a long run, I always prep my fuel belt. Two of my bottles are filled with water, two are filled with an energy drink. One to three gels, depending on my distance, and perhaps a few Shot Bloks or something. I filled a bottle with 16oz of water, dropped the Nuun tablet in, and let it do its fizzy thing. After it “unfizzified”, I decided to go ahead and take a sip, so I knew what to expect the next morning. At first taste, I was immediately reminded of Emergen-C, the Vitamin C super energy booster that’s in the form of a fizzy drink mix. Or, I like to think of it as Vitamin C Alka-Seltzer. I refuse to take Emergen-C because I can’t stomach the flavors or smells. Nuun has that same “sharp” flavor to it that makes my nose scrunch. I wasn’t sure I was going to like this on my long run.
I typically don’t drink anything until 3-4 miles into my long run. At around the 4 mile mark, I tried the Nuun. It still had that “sharp,” Emergen-C flavor to it, but I did appreciate that it wasn’t overly sweet as some of the Cytomax flavors tend to be. At mile 5, I took my Powerbar Chocolate gel with water. Then, sipped on the Nuun off and on for the trip back.
I can’t say I’m overly impressed with the Nuun. Maybe it’ll just take me some getting used to. Perhaps I should try a different flavor. Who likes Nuun? Why? What flavors?
My next “try”: salt tablets.
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