Good--not so good 20 miler. When I got up I was wishing I'd registered for the TOU Half Marathon. Did a bunch of stuff around the house, and then went out in the afternoon for my 20.
At the start I felt great. Pretty hot out but felt good. At 5 1/2 mile I grabbed a 32 oz poweraid I placed, and drank down about half of it. I was thirsty. I drank the rest on-and-off up to the 10 mile turn around at the campground in Smithfield Canyon. When I got to the campground, my stomach wasn't feeling good. There is a manual water pump you at the campground that you have to push a bar up and down to get water out of a spring. I filled up the 32 Oz water bottle and spent a few minutes drinking it...very thirsty. Threw the bottle away in a trash can and I took off. After a mile my lower stomach started feeling not so good, so I slowed down a bit. It got worse and worse until I got to the 15 mile mark at Mac Park. I grabbed another 32 Oz Water bottle I placed at mile 15, drank it and tried to use the restroom at the park. Then took off again. Got down to mile 17 1/2 and my stomach wasn't feeling good at all. Felt so bad I had to shuffle (super slow jog) the rest of the way home - walked a little too.
Both Conner, Claire, and my wife had similar issues with their workouts. At the first they felt great, but about 3/4 into it their stomachs acted up as well. We must have eaten something that didn't set well the night before. Overall, I still went 20 :-).
Afterwards, went on my bike and pace Claire on her 8 mile run.
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