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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

1/2 hour makes all the difference

On Monday, I ran 3 miles in 27:58 at 5 am. Today, I ran 3 miles in 29:56 at 4:30 am. I wonder why running a 1/2 hour later would help me run faster. I know I am more awake at 5am but it seemed like I was running fast... except when I had two miles over 10 minutes.

I was running along one street in my 'hood and I passed a guy walking his tiny dog wearing head phones... seriously headphones at 4:30 AM? Then as I ran past one house where the street light was out, a deer scared me to death. Seriously, I ran so fast to get away from it. The deer was eating some flowers and when I approached, it took off towards me and then darted away. I was prepared for the next deer though.

On an interesting note: Bob challenged me to see how much fluid I lose during a run. He asked me to weigh myself without clothes before I set off, not to drink water, and then towel off and undress and see how much less I weighed. During my 3 mile run this morning, I lost 1 lb. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? The reason he wanted to know this was so I can determine how much fluids I should be consuming on my runs.
Have you tried it?

9 comments:

RunningFromCancer said... 1

Yup - I get the erratic deer scaring me to death every once in a while also. Seriously - it just isn't something you are expecting at that time in the morning.

I have been biking a lot lately and can drop 2-3 lb's during my rides and I am drinking during the ride. Same thing with my run - this morning I weighed myself before and after (although I did drink during my run) and I had lost almost 1 lb.

These hot humid temp's take a lot out of you.

Stay cool . . . if that is possible. ;-)

Anonymous said... 2

I usually try to do that, except wearing clothes since I weigh and run at a gym (the scale is in the locker room, but I'm not one to just walk around naked weighing myself). It's really not a bad idea- anything that I lose, I try to drink THAT MUCH extra water to rehydrate after the run. It's kinda nice to be a pound thinner, but not cool to be dehydrated so yeah.

Amy Lauren

Pam @ herbieontherun.com said... 3

Oooh yeah. I lost almost two pounds during Saturday morning's 6 miles. Makes ya think about it! I'm ready for fall.

Marlene said... 4

Good job on those morning runs! I find it so hard to speed up that early. The legs are still sleeping!

I have never actually weighed myself before & after a run... would be good to know! I don't think I could run 3 miles without drinking, though! (not in this weather)

Catey said... 5

I never thought much about water loss on runs, just kind of based it on the fact that if I was running 7 or more I knew I'd need water with me.

Having continued running during this pregnancy opened up a whole new world with this though, my running mentor (who runs till the day she delivers) stressed the hydration aspect and making sure to pay close attention to this. I was shocked to see that even at just 4mo pregnant I was losing 2+lbs on a 4mile run-I was shocked! As the temps have increased along with my waistline, it has become a game for me to see how even I can keep my weight from the pre-run weigh in to the post-run weigh in. It will be an interesting thing to keep in mind and readjust after baby arrives....

misszippy said... 6

I have never tried that, but would love to know...I think I was down a few lbs. after this morning. As to your pace differences--so many things can affect it. But I'll say that today felt that much more humid even than earlier in the week, so that may have slowed you.

Felice Devine said... 7

Deer always scare me!
Interesting about the fluid loss.

teacherwoman said... 8

I have tried the water/weight test on my long runs when I was training for a half marathon....and that was with the water/juice I would drink while running. Very interesting indeed. Helps us realize that we definitely need to replenish the water we lose!

Lindsay said... 9

I have heard about doing that but haven't tried it myself yet. I can definitely see the importance of knowing how much to drink, especially in these warm months.