Today was long run day and since my half-marathon is in two weeks, I decided on an 11 mile run this morning. In the past 2 months I have had a grand total of ZERO long runs outside--they've all been on the treadmill to better entertain me! Obviously today I needed to get my butt into gear and run outside. I did what any candy loving girl would do and filled up the pouch of my hand-held water bottle with jellybeans to fuel me for the run: I loved this! Because they're so small I ate one or two every half mile, and it was honestly like I was running for jellybeans. Whenever I got tired I would tell myself, "half a mile longer and you get a jellybean." Genius. I managed to head out early enough (8am) that it was a nice temperature and not sunny, but after an hour or so the sun was out and I could really feel myself working harder to maintain the pace. Here's the breakdown of the 11 miles: If you ignore the last half mile (I finished the run and started walki...
Ultrarunning in Kalamazoo on a ketogenic diet