The last three days have just been massively long work days. So this morning, I slept in, and it turns out that that was the start of a rather productive day.
I hit 80 reps with a 10-pound weight on both my situps and squats today (holding the weight with outstretched arms on the squats), with 20 more unweighted ones. The big accomplishment for the day was my long run; 18.24 kilometers, carrying my running vest which weighed in at 2.5 kg. I drank a couple tablespoons of honey an hour in advance, and was carrying a variety of snacks. The only one I ended up eating was a mixture of cashews and dried cranberries about a half hour after I stopped. I rode the commuter rail back to the grocery store, bought groceries for the week, came home, filled my water jug, took a nice long shower, washed my running shoes, and did laundry.
At one point during the run, I stopped for about ten seconds to take a piece of grit out of my shoe that was bothering me; I ended up stepping in a puddle with some road salt in it, but brushed my sock off and kept going. It didn't end up bothering me at all during the rest of the run, but it did convince me to take a second pair of running socks if I ever go on a truly long run. I also had good results with taking clothes; I took my wind pants and packable wind jacket, which made life much better for the entire trip home (particularly the wait at the train station). I think the "always have enough clothes along that you can stop at any point and be fine for 20 minutes" rule is pretty solid. If anything, the time is too short.
I do need to get more diligent about doing foot exercises if I want to transition to shoes with a lower drop. I also need to get new running shoes; my existing ones are pretty beat up.
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