Today's walk

[nwhiker]

They're getting longer, LOL.

We parked in Redmond with the intention of taking the 520 trail, since it's a steep hill and we wanted to train on a few of those. The idea was to go for a while, then double back a bit to catch the new light rail like from somewhere in Bellevue back to Microsoft, where we'd catch a bus back to dt Redmond and our car.

Then we decided just to walk from dt Redmond all the way to dt Bellevue. Called our walk at 8 miles, as planned, just at the REI there. We went in and bought a waist pack for dh to carry crap in. Went to Trader Joe's, and then we had to walk an additional 1/2 mile or so to get to the dt Bellevue light rail stop.

It was long, but we did it. Feeling good.

I still need to work on eating. I now know I can do 8 miles on no food, but after we stopped, I got a bit dizzy, and dh said I'd been slowing down for the last mile, so maybe I should eat.

I think I may just end up being gummi bears or Swedish fish and eating those. Pure sugar, yes, but I haven't had luck with a lot of other things.

Next week, dh is at trains for two days, and then Sunday is Head of the Lake and both Perry and Anne-Chloe will be racing. So the plan is to do our -gulp- 9 miler on Wednesday evening after work. May have dh take the bus in to meet me, then we can walk across the 520 floating bridge.

Comments

[camelsamba]

Too late for you, but the advice I've always read (for running, but likely applies to long walks as well) is that if you are going longer than 45 minutes you should start fueling at 30 minutes and fuel every 30. There's a certain amount of carbs you're advised to consume but I forget what it is - my go to was one of the Trader Joe's fruit gel candies, and maybe some sunflower kernels along the way to get some salt/electrolytes.

[nwhiker]

David always had sunflower seeds with him too! I didn't know about the 30 minutes thing; that's something I'll keep in mind. I've got a much better feel for eating while cycling, tbh. Stop every 25 miles to eat, drink, use the porta potties, and 125 miles just becomes a series of 25-mile rides. But walking is very different, and I still don't feel like I had a total handle on things. I usually don't ever eat before I exercise, or during if I can avoid it, and it's bitten me in the butt a few times.

[camelsamba]

yeah, i also don't eat before morning exercise. The only time I eat while running is when I'm doing long runs training for my half marathons! (A weekend long run outside of a training cycle, I usually don't remember to take anything)