2 hours plus in the greenbelt

By rafael ~ June 10th, 2006. Filed under: Uncategorized.

OK, so yesterday, I went back out to the greenbelt. I started from the Zilker park pool thinking that when I was done I’d be able to get a swim in at the pool. From Zilker, the trail takes off through some new terrain for me and goes all the way out to the hill of life. The entire course from Zilker to the hill is a loop of about 15 miles. All fun and games. Had I had some food with me, I would’ve gone out that way and done the entire loop, but, unfortunately I had no food with me.

The terrain is a mix between nice soft dirt and hard rocky patches and there was even a part where some climbing was in order. It was a blast. I thoroughly enjoyed myself out there, and had it not been for all the bikers, it would’ve been a totally care free run. I almost got run over 3 times by bikers, and to top it off, they were rude too. I don’t think I’ll be running on this side of the trail very much because of the bikers, but it was still a good run.

Since I didn’t have any food with me, I bonked out hard, but to a certain degree that’s what I was looking for. I wanted to run through the wall and make myself run hungry, guess I’m a bit of a masochist like that. All in all, I’m happy with my run and with the effort. There were lots of cute girls out there running the trail too, so I may reconsider not coming out this way again. Whenever I was feeling really, really tired a good looking girl would come from the other direction. Of course, being that I’m a guy who’s currently single, I immediately bucked up and ran like nothing was wrong, until they were out of sight. As soon as they were out of sight, I deflated again until the next girl came about. Yeah, I’m a doofus like that.

I was out on trail for 2 and a half hours. I thought that I went 12 miles, but looking at the map today, it looks like I only ended up doing 10. Maybe with the elevation gains and whatnot it comes out to 12, but prolly not.

Oh yeah, before I forget, Zilker pool, is no longer free at 8 PM. They now charge until 9 PM, so no swim at Zilker for me. I did manage to get a swim in the lukewarm pool at my apartment complex before heading out to the party at DBD and Tuckit’s house. I sat most of my time at the party cuz my legs were super sore, and I only had 4 beers the whole night. Very light drinking for me, but I was just really tired and just wanted to get to bed.

Next sunday, is the 30k race. Given how I felt yesterday, I’m rethinking whether I want to do that race and just take some more time to train for the next available race. Hmmm, things to ponder.

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