It was a day of learning for me today and it is always fun to share the experience with someone else!!!

First lesson of the day is EGGS BENEDICT IS NOT PRE-LONG RUN FOOD!!!

I felt good for the first 20 km but then breakfast started to kick back pretty hard!!  Luckily, we were across the street from DQ.  With the wise advise from Lisa, I made a quick pit stop.

That seemed to address the problems with my "lower intestinal tract", but is wasnt long before I was focused and highly in tune with my "UPPER intestinal tract".  At this point, my nutrition plan was more of damage control plan!!!

I reduced my Gatorade/water consumption and kept my usually reliable dates tucked firmly in my pack. Lisa seemed to be compelled to discuss my poorly chosen breakfast once again.  As we passed downwind of some greasy restaurant near kilometer 26, I warned her that if the topic wasnt changed, she just might SEE the breakfast which was causing our blistering pace to slowly fade.

At the water stache, I dumped my Gatorade/water and replace it with pure water, then continued north, apearing somewhat refreshed....at least for the moment.

Near kilometer 28, Lisa seemed humored that I chose to run UPWIND of the sewer station rather than the slightly shorter downwind route.   Apparently, she failed to understand the level of severity in my "upper intestinal tract" discomfort!!!

As we were cooling down after the final marker at kilometer 29, we asked an aproaching gentleman to take picture of us so we could avoid the proverbial "selfie".  During the photo shoot, Lisa cheerily commented "We feel better than we look"......I had to take a selfie....just to see how BAD I looked!!!  😎