Run/Swim

Well yesterday was a travel day from NM back to here. I flew delta airlines and I'm not very happy with them. I fly the airlines a lot getting around this country and delta has left me stranded way to many times in the last few months. Yesterday we sat on the plane for 3 hours before departing for Atlanta. The captain said that they had a leak in the left engine so a mechanic checked it out and fixed the leak. That took about 1.5 hours. We then pushed back from the gate, started engines and then returned to the gate because it had gotten hotter and the plane was to heavy for conditions. After about 20 people volunteered to get off we thought we might get going but taking off there luggage took another hour. Then the computer in the plane when down and we had to wait for that to be rebooted. We finally left but when we got to Atlanta we taxied and were held up at different gates so long that we missed our 2nd potential connection of the day. Finally after leaving Roswell, NM at 4am, driving to El Paso for our flight, I arrived back at home around 2am today. Thanks Delta airlines!!

So today I did a long run this morning in sea shore state park. I ended up running 1:27:24 and covered 11.36 miles. That comes out to 7:42 per mile. I'm very happy about that! I didn't take any nutrition on the run and I paid for it later in the day. I just felt like something wasn't right all day. I then when to the Fleet Rec 50m pool for some laps. I did about 1600 total but I had 3 bad cramps during my swim. I had a foot cramp, a calf cramp and then a hamstring cramp. The hamstring put me out of the pool and sent me looking for a good electrolyte replacement drink. I'm feeling much better now and I'm loaded up with electrolytes.

Have a great day!