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Nov. 29th, 2024 08:38 amTurkey Day passed quietly and uneventfully here - since Fox and I don't go visit family we had nothing to fight about. Oh noes :D We also don't have mountains of leftovers because I didn't cook a massive spread for just us. We do have a lot of smoked turkey, some of which is going into the freezer pretty shortly.
Today is mostly getting prepped for the trip to Cocoa. Since we're staying one night, we don't need to pack much. After the race, I may just change back into Saturday's travel clothes, but bring a clean pair of my warmer sweatpants, since it will be cold here when we get home. More important is running gear. Yesterday I washed both of our Osprey vests. Fox doesn't typically care, but I don't like to smell myself, and my vest smelled gross.
I have a couple of Bumkins snack bags that I can carry in my vest. Each one will hold about 2000 calories worth of homemade energy bar crumbles. It doesn't stay in nice bars once I'm running, but when it breaks up, it forms one- or two-bite nuggets, which works out just fine for me. Two bags = around 4k cal. Hydration pack with homemade Tailwind (Gatorade, sugar, and electrolyte powder) is another 1800 cal. Plain water is on the course. This is way more than what Garmin says I burn running a marathon, but I'm not trying to lose weight, I'm trying to avoid bonking. So eat up. I'll also be carrying extra vaseline for chafing, some GU for concentrated carbs though GU is on the course, and my phone for tunes.
Aside from that I don't have a ton to do today. Rather than try to stay "busy" to feel productive, I may simply conserve energy and nap, play video games, etc. I did some writing on Lora this morning and I'm about 2500 words in.
I don't have any "Black Friday" shopping to do and I'm generally avoiding the promotional emails and just deleting everything each morning. It would be different if there were big purchases I needed to make, but I don't really need/want anything. I'm considering buying myself a collected edition of Saga from bookshop.org but that's about it.
Today is mostly getting prepped for the trip to Cocoa. Since we're staying one night, we don't need to pack much. After the race, I may just change back into Saturday's travel clothes, but bring a clean pair of my warmer sweatpants, since it will be cold here when we get home. More important is running gear. Yesterday I washed both of our Osprey vests. Fox doesn't typically care, but I don't like to smell myself, and my vest smelled gross.
I have a couple of Bumkins snack bags that I can carry in my vest. Each one will hold about 2000 calories worth of homemade energy bar crumbles. It doesn't stay in nice bars once I'm running, but when it breaks up, it forms one- or two-bite nuggets, which works out just fine for me. Two bags = around 4k cal. Hydration pack with homemade Tailwind (Gatorade, sugar, and electrolyte powder) is another 1800 cal. Plain water is on the course. This is way more than what Garmin says I burn running a marathon, but I'm not trying to lose weight, I'm trying to avoid bonking. So eat up. I'll also be carrying extra vaseline for chafing, some GU for concentrated carbs though GU is on the course, and my phone for tunes.
Aside from that I don't have a ton to do today. Rather than try to stay "busy" to feel productive, I may simply conserve energy and nap, play video games, etc. I did some writing on Lora this morning and I'm about 2500 words in.
I don't have any "Black Friday" shopping to do and I'm generally avoiding the promotional emails and just deleting everything each morning. It would be different if there were big purchases I needed to make, but I don't really need/want anything. I'm considering buying myself a collected edition of Saga from bookshop.org but that's about it.
