party

Tonight was the party at school. No running. I spent all last night working on portraits for the kids. Needless to say the house is a wreck. I spent Sunday putting together the treadmill. I also didn't mention that night I had another meeting with the porcelain sink. I decided to have a smoothie after my insane treadmill run. Needless to say I didn't enjoy it as much on the way out. I started feeling sick about a half hour after I drank 2 or 3 small smoothies, then I layed down. The worst part was I had 8 portraits that I had planned to work on at that time. It didn't happen I still felt bad afterward and ended up going to sleep 2 hours early.

I'm not sure, but the last time I ran a long run like that (15.56 this summer) the exact same thing happened. It could be from strawberries, but I think it was a combo of things. 1. an unplanned run later, since I had wanted to get it in the morning. 2. Stress from drawing portraits over my head. 3. Too little time between dinner and running- I usually give three hours at least, this was less than two. 4. Much more sweating than usual since it has been colder. 5. Kept a faster pace than I should have, but really it didn't feel too fast, more just antsy to get off.

All told 5 pretty major things that all attributed to a bad experience. I feel like I'm training my body to do this after a longer run and I don't like that. I will have to make sure the next one is planned better to avoid this at all cost. I really don't want to make my body think it's a routine thing for long runs.

The portraits went over really well. A few parents got really emotional. Everyone was thankful, but also wondering why I was a TA. Not sure how to answer that, but I am here and that's all that really matters. The party was great. It made the day incredibly stressful though and I am so looking forward to a break. Legs were sore today from the long run, but the recovery run from yesterday wasn't slow enough to really be considered a recovery. Plus since I was sick I didn't stretch, and last night was portraits. I'll make sure to get that done tonight.