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Ridgeline/"Hunting Loop" x3

February 25, 2011 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Worked til 11, then drove my car to 39th and Hilyard to do 3x the Ridgeline "Hunting" (Tuesday night ultra) loop. Very cold for Eugene: maybe 36F? I forgot my pants at home so it was shorts and a LS + jacket.

The plan was x3 of those "9 mile loops", and that's what I did. Here's what I ran and how I fueled:

PRE-RUN: Clif bar, banana
Lap 1: :59, 1 bottle w/Nuun, banana + Clif shot
Lap 2: 1:02, 1 bottle w/Nuun, Clif bar
Lap 3: 1:01

I only had two bottles of liquid for the whole run: I did not refill until the end of the 2nd lap, stopping at Safeway on 40th because the cemetary faucets were off due to the weather.

The course was INCREDIBLE: just regular "cold Eugene" at the bottom (500'), but by the time I got up to Fox Hollow TH, it was wintry -- snow and a bit of ice. Once I climbed up to the base of Spencer, it was LEGIT WINTER: snow covering all the trees and ferns, and iced-over trails. So cool! The only bad part was the descent down Spencer -- dangerously icy.

Overall I felt really good, but CLEARLY not enough water/salt: I had a headache for the rest of the day, into Saturday.