Feb. 14

AM: 13 miles easy/moderate

Got in a mid-week long-ish run up Connecticut Ave, through Chevy Chase and down Western Ave, and through Rock Creek Park. Some decent hills and sections of faster clips.

I felt tired and sluggish today, still suffering from the same G.I. issues as last night. I was planning on running 14, but I had to stop--again--to take care of said issues. Fortunately, it hit me the worst about an hour in, so I was able to use one of the bathrooms along Beach Drive. I'm probably a little dehydrated from all of last night's issues.

I'm frustrated as I don't like stopping during runs, but I wasn't convinced I was going to make it back. My lower left hamstring or IT band was also uncharacteristically tight, most likely from some abrupt stopping and starting last night.

Everyone has bad days, I guess--even moose occasionally have bad days like the rest of us.