fuzziness

Great 7 mile run this morning with Shan and Mark at Townlake in 1:15!!  Very happy with that time considering my lack of running miles this year and especially last month.  Our pace seemed really under control from the start which really means I felt like I was holding them back like usual.  We got thru about 5ish miles and I was getting pretty gassed and asked for a 1 minute walk break which thankfully turned into 2 minutes.  We continued on with my pace slowing dramatically in the final mile from what had already seemed like slow to very slow.  I somehow held on to the end and was pretty darn proud of myself for making it with the one walk break.

This morning I arrived in the Y parking lot with 15 minutes to spare so I took the time to get in some easy stretching before our run.  As I'm doing this I tell myself to take the time to get in a good post run stretch instead of getting to work 30 minutes early like I normally do.  Shan and I are stretching and talking and I move down into a catchers squat and I come up out of the squat too quickly and came very close to passing out.  I stood there for a few seconds and couldn't even finish the sentence I had started.  After 15-20 seconds of fuzziness I regained my composure and Shan suggested I eat the banana I had and she also gave me an extra coconut water she had.  After a couple of minutes I felt completely normal again.  I'm very sure this episode had to do with my really hard effort and the high humidity.  I'm sure glad I carried a water bottle with electrolyte for the first time in quite a while!!