Burger King to the rescue

Today's run was a shortened Runtex to Rogue (14miles).  The PP group joined Team Rogue who did 22 miles plus an all out mile at mile 1 or so.  I suspect that influenced the problems I had at the water stops.  Saw Steve on Balcones - he tried to egg me on by yelling "they're right behind you".  Steve got to the first water stop shortly before I got there.  That was the only water stop ready by the time I got there.  At 35th and Jefferson - no water - I had water courtesy of Burger King.  After accidently turning on Windsor instead of Enfield, I got to waterstop #3 - no water that I could see.  At this point, one guy from Team Rogue had passed me - hadn't seen anyone else.  I knew that this would happen so I had brought my IPod.  Wasn't sure where the guys from PP were but suspected they had stopped to watch the torture on the track.  It was cool out so the lack of water was not a problem.  Ran the final 4 miles back to Rogue through downtown - completely uneventful.

Ran pretty consistant pace with an increase of effort in the last 2 miles.  Averaged 8:30 - right where I should be.  Tried the new Gu Roctane gu.  I have not tolerated gu's in the past but am getting sick of carrying all the shot bloks with me.  The Orange Cream flavor was good - went down easy, not to sweet and didn't upset my stomach.  Thanks Sadie for the tip.  Should be easy to carry 2 or 3 of those in a marathon.

I had left a bag and recovery drink at Rogue yesterday so I had dry clothes and drinks when I got back - then I had a bowl of oatmeal from Progress.  Chris, Jason and David had finished by that point and after they stretched we drove back up to Gateway.  Now I had 2+ hours to burn so I grabbed a few things at Whole Foods and sat outside with a magazine and fruit for an hour.  Perfect day for that.  Took a nap in my car after that and then got to Performance Wellness and they got me in early.

I live on the Longhorn Half Ironman course and there were tons of people biking and running on the course as I drove home.

Saw a sign on 183 telling people not to drive to Houston due to shortages of gas.  It's interesting that while there is some coverage about IKE, it's nothing like Katrina.

Overall a good day - now it's time for a nap.