9.99+ miles, 1:24:33
I bonked! Whee! For the first time in recent memory I just completely ran out of gas. I didn’t eat too well the night before or on the day. German cheese Spatzel and beer for dinner, left overs for lunch. I managed to stagger back to my car where fortunately I had a Luna bar stashed. Then I walked over to the Jamba Juice on 9th Ave. and got a citrus squeeze. The guy behind the counter offered me some water while I waited. I guess I looked as bad as I felt. After consuming the juice I finally felt normal.
It was otherwise a very pleasant run. I followed the north side of the park down to Ocean Beach, then along the beach out towards the Fort, and then back up the south side of the park. Running portions in the sand was fun but, the park is deceptive when traversing from west to east in that it is a very gradual but exhausting upgrade. I’m going to have to take Jen’s advice and start planting water bottles in the woods. Either that or actually eat properly.
After running for around 6 minutes I realized the GPS had not yet found a satellite thus the 9+ miles. Unfortunately, I’ve managed to pick up a cold so I probably won’t be running this week.