Vancouver Long Run, West End to West Van
I set out this afternoon with a goal of 2.5 to 3 hours on the legs. Again, I have had to miss the Dirty Duo training run due to work commitments so set out from my apartment at around 4pm. I knew I would leave in the day and return at night, so I packed my head lamp in my pack as I wanted to run off road as much as possible. I tried my hand at taking a video while on the move so the first part if this report will come from this clip:
This run actually felt really really good, I felt strong throughout and really enjoyed the different terrain of the wide trails in the park, some trails and sea wall around West Vancouver and even did some beach whacking for variety. I think the key to feeling good on this run was that I was spot on with my hydration and nutrition.
I took my pack with 2L bladder of water, with nuun tablets. At around 50 minutes, I downed a pack of Sharkies, 1:15 took a gel, 1:30 took on Cliff Shot blocks, 2 hours, I took a salt tablet and at 2:15 another gel and at 2:30 1/2 a pack of sports beans. Definitely a lot of food, but I need to be good with this for Chuckanut coming up as I will be on my feet for over 5 hours. I may even need to experiment with more substantial food than simple sugars on a few long runs in preparation.
In any case, I never felt fatigued today, felt strong on the hard flats and felt rhythmic on the climbs. You can see how I’m feeling at 2:30 in the video below:
Great to read and watch your blog mate, would of loved to be out running with you. You are going to be rearing to go for Dirty Duo & Chuckanut and I will be following your progress closely.
By: Campbell on February 3, 2009
at 3:05 am
Cool. I would personally prefer cycling, but I’m impressed by your workout!
By: skyfire on February 13, 2009
at 7:11 am
Nice Chris. That’s a lot to eat in 2.5 hours – but good to try it all out. I hear they have some salted potatoes at one of the Chuckanut stops, yummmm
By: Ray Barrett on February 13, 2009
at 9:10 pm