Back in the Thick

Well well well. How much to update? How about quickly using bullets.

• We ran last week on Wednesday what was supposed to be 14 miles. I ended at 5 with a very sore hamstring.
  
• I didn't run at all for about 5 days.
  
• We did walk around and stand at Lollapalooza for 3 days straight however, which I am going to call cross training.
  
• On saturday I turned into Leah circa 2002
• I yelled a lot at my Dad and Jason
• I cried on the phone with my mom
• We only slept 4-5 hours a night for about a week and didn't eat or drink much of anything, due to an assignment Jason was working on (it's a secret).
  
• On Tuesday I decided to test my leg on a simple 5 mile run. The good news is the leg felt great, but I couldn't get my heart under control. It was about a billion degrees out and I was worried I was going to have a stroke, I ran 2 miles and then walk/ran home...mostly walking by the end.
  
• The next day we sat in our non-airconditioned apartment and cleaned and sweated and cleaned some more and then tried to go out for a run. We made it about a half mile before I bagged the run again because my heart was beating so fucking fast.
  
• I realized later that day that I was severely dehydrated. I went pee at about 6am on Wednesday morning, and then not again until 10pm that night. That could have been a major problem with those two recent runs.
  
• We worked at the Indiana State Fair on Thursday...long story. But I made sure to keep up on the water intake.
  
• Friday we went for a run...about 6 and a quarter miles along the lake front. It was still tough because the weather was again in the 90s...but we made it through without any drama.
• Today we did a nice easy 3 mile recovery.
  
• And NO hamstring pain whatsoever.
  
• Tomorrow is the Chicago Distance Classic half marathon.
  
• My goal is to do as many of the miles at Marathon Race pace as I can. It's going to be about 75 degrees at the start....so it's going to be a nice hot run to say the least.
  

Alright, that's all from this camp. Feeling better every day and hoping to have a nice run tomorrow.