MS Tour 50 miles 2012

Good ride - I had a good time and a good ride - no problems no pain - the ride was well supported and the route was nice most roads in good shape - lots of volunteers - it did get pretty hot - I ate half and orange at each rest stop except lunch where I had an burger patty with fixens and American cheese stuff - it was really a nice event - I had wanted to ride the century but the more intelligent part of me decided to ride the 50 and it was the right distance for me at this time -

MS Tour 50 miles 2012 Saturday by ashby

Thursday Lunch Walk

Good walk - felt pretty good today was hot but not too humid - no problems no pains -ursday Lunch Walk by ashby

ISO Wine Run

Good run and a really nice group of ladies to run with - I know the paces was pretty slow for them but I did appreciate the company - I am still a little concerned about running alone - I ran pretty well - we did walk part of two of the hills and I asked for a couple of extra walk breaks but it is a little bit of and improvement and I am pleased with the progress - I know I keep complaining about how slow and weak I am - I am trying not to complain about it - all of my friends have been so supportive -  I had no problems or pain everything seems to be fine except I do not seem to be able to go as fast as was able to -

ISO Wine Run by ashby

Run Raleigh 8K

Good race but also a challenge for me - My friend Meri invited me to sweep the race with her and I did want to run the race - I did OK for the first mile, but began to slow down the next mile by the beginning of the third I was only walking I could walk at a pretty good pace but I did not feel I could run - at 3.1 miles I got a ride back to the start - My first DNF - I knew when I decided to do this race I might DNF - I felt I could finish walking but I would have just cause the race to stay open longer than they hopped to keep the course open - Running the first mile in 16s and the second in the 17s was still a victory  - if I had gone out a bit slower I may have run farther but who knows - before this race I tested myself and found I was in Moderate Ketosis  - I have been eating a very low carbohydrate diet to do this so I could start losing weight again and it was working, however I also have begun to believe that this diet is also slowing and staling my recovery - during this race I tried eating one packet of Cherry Sports Beans - total of 25 grams of carbohydrates it did seem to help me run - after the run I ate one half of an orange and had a bite of banana also a little cheese - I tested myself again and I was mostly out of Ketosis - now I will see how long it will the me to get back to Moderate Ketosis because I am going to put training for OBX and the Goofy before my weight lose -

Run Raleigh 8K by ashby

Monday about 24 hours after the run I again tested myself after going right back to my extra low carb diet and I was right back into Moderate Ketosis which is so great - it means I can use some Carbs for longer training runs without completely derailing my weight lose goals.

Raleigh Galloway Training Run # 16

Good run but challenging for me - I tried so hard to run the correct pace for the first two miles while I was leading the whole Tapirs group but I was just not fast enough and I really put myself in a hole doing this - once we spite off the Late start group I continued to try to keep the pace but switched to 1 minute run two minute walk and this did help me recover - I did walk up Lassiter Mill hill - even walking this was a challenge for me at this point in the run - I told the group I needed to walk it but if they wanted to run it to go ahead and everyone did - I was proud of them - I finished my first 4 mile run standing, not dizzy or light headed but very very tired - I needed to sit down as soon as I was able - I am beginning to believe the extremely low carbohydrate diet I am I have been following for the last two months is hampering my ability to train - I am not really sure what to do about this - the diet does seem to have started my weight loss but if my training does not start to improve I am concerned about being able to prepare for City of Oaks, OBX challenge and the Goofy - I am thinking about figuring out how many grams of carbohydrates are in a Sports Bean and consuming say 5 grams of carbohydrates in Sports Beans when I seem to be fading durning the 8K Meri and I are sweeping tomorrow - I am sure it will kick me out of Ketosis but it will also let me know if part of my performance problem is the carbohydrate restrictions I have placed on myself -  except for fatigue no problems no pains - it was very hot and extremely humid today a couple of our runners had heat problems -

Raleigh Galloway Training Run # 16 by ashby