Although I woke up a little bit late I had to do what I had to do and run 14-15k. I wore my compression stocks and took for the first time a bottle of water in my hand and a small pack of nuts in my pocket.
After 3 k entered downtown Cairo and as usual was ecstatic gazing at the buildings while listening to music.
I needed to finish at least 8k inside downtown to head back home for another 3k, I followed more or less a random route guided by the random pedestrian’s green traffic lights and it went fine.
Every one kilometer I took a small sip of water and at 5 and 10 k I ate my nuts bar. Eating and drinking during running went just fine and I guess its better in recovery.
The last 4 k were really difficult, heart rate kept in oscillating to zone 5 although I took notice and kept my pace much slower.
Finally, I finished my first 14.5k at my home.
Classically you shouldn’t add more than 10% of mileage per week, I have to admit I really did overdo it in the last couple of weeks to enter the half marathon held in El Gouna next February, well don’t do this to yourself. This run was tough and afterward I felt “I don’t recommend J”.