After a week off from a scare from being out longer I seemed to have picked up from where I left off from training . After the NYC marathon was canceled I figured I'd run Soldiers Marathon the week after to not waste any of my hard training but a 20 mile long run in Central city Park that Sunday morning did me in . I started out that morning with a tight feeling in my achilles but figured it would go away but stupid me decided to push through it and it cost me a week off . Thought I'd be out longer cause the next day I could hardly walk on it . Cant seem to put my finger on how I started out with an injury cause I was in middle of tapering and hadn't done any hard running plus how I healed from it quickly .
After a week of easing into it and an interval workout I wanted to run an 18 miler and try out this new product my wife has came across . I read up on it and saw nothing but great reviews . Its Advocare's O2 Gold . Its suppose to give you a third lung during exercise especially anything endurance . I finished yesterday's 18 with a 6:14 pace . Hitting some miles at 6:05 pace feeling relaxed . I believed I might have pushed the pace just alittle but felt great and relaxed . I usually run this long run @ 6:35 pace but this stuff is great but wanna run a couple more runs and workouts to see if stuff is legit , there is some other products I'm gonna try that Julie has ordered for me to go in conjunction with O2 Gold . Some Pre and Post workout drinks from advocare . If anyone wants to more info or wanna try this stuff out just get in touch with me and I'll post the other Advocare products as soon as I try them out .I have a race Thursday in Dublin in which I'm gonna try to break the age group state record (35-39) that hasn't been broken ever since 1991 in the 12k . Like to knock that out of the way . Plus on Dec 8th I'll be traveling with the ATC team to Lexington Kentucky for the USA Club Cross Country National Championships 10K . I'm gonna use my race as a measuring stick against the masters for next years following race .
