Seriously sore from my track workout... impeding all fast running... lessons learned

Tuesday I decided to do something new, a track workout with a few of my running buddies.  It consisted of doing 2 laps on the track, suicide drills 4x, followed by the dirty dozen (down and dirty) and the abs workout.  I have never felt this sore in my life... even when doing the Insanity program for 2 months.  Ok, maybe it's close to that. 

So a weird thing happened to me that day.  I went to Starbucks and got a huge free drink for my birthday.  Then, didn't eat a whole lot except Piada (one of my favorites) for lunch, giant coffee, and a few donuts.  And some cereal/banana for breakfast.  So I didn't really have a lot of food in my system.  I felt nauseous a little bit during the workout.  I think most of that was because it was hot and I wasn't used to doing this type of long workout in the heat.  Then I thought, shower when I get home and sleep. 

Well, the sleep part eluded me.  I was supposed to get up the next day (Weds) and do my 6am run for 6 miles.  This was part of my marathon training.  I really didn't want to miss it.  However, the day was supposed to be oppressively hot and humid again.  I couldn't sleep and it was 2:50am so I went ahead and jumped on the treadmill, watched the 90s movie "Office Space" and got my 6 miles in.

I hate the treadmill with a passion, but I knew that there was pretty much no way I was getting to sleep except to thoroughly exhaust myself.  And it worked . I just ended up going into work later and sleeping the next morning.  Not the plan, but I got it in.

So my lessons are... never take a Trenta size (30 oz) coffee from Starbucks, even if it is your birthday and it's free.  It's deceiving how much caffeine is really in there.  I drank it at 3-4 pm and I think I really did have caffeine overdose from this.  I looked up the symptoms.  This body just can't drink that much caffeine anymore!  Then again, I've always been a lightweight.

Second lesson: If I have to, I can run on the treadmill.  It's not pretty and not pleasant, but it's doable. I've been avoiding it successfully for quite some time because I feel like a hamster on a wheel.  But it's really ok.

Third lesson: DOMS is real.  Especially with this kind of workout.  But it made me stronger.  And I wanted to try something new.  I would like to try it again but not sure about next Tuesday.  I feel like it puts a lot of burden on my family because the training place is 20 minutes away.  It pretty much burns up an evening.  Wish I lived closer to my buddies. 

Today the 3 miles hurt.  My body just wasn't used to that kind of workout.  But I believe it will subside.  And I might even try it again.  Maybe I'll do this week's workout virtually with the group?  It's a thought...