First Long, Hot Run 6/16

i was a little worried about this run since i have been doing most of my runs on a treadmill lately inside with the help of a fan. this run was gonna be 10 miles on the roan in the sun. when i started i was trying to keep a slower pace since i knew it would be a long and hot run. for the majority of the run i was in the shade and for the first 2 miles there was at least a slight breeze. my splits were exactly where i wanted up until mile 2 which is the first really big hill. i got over it and still felt pretty good. at miles 3 and 4 i was still feeling pretty good. mile 5 was a very long hill and i could tell i was weakening. but i knew from mile 5 to 6 would be back downhill. my pace was getting very slow at this point. at finally made it to the top of the hill for mile 5 turned around and at mile 5.5 i slowed to walk to get some water and a few chews. then back to my slow running. just before mile 7 is the biggest steepest hill and i had to walk about 1/2 way up it. after that the run was basically downhill but i was drained. just before i reached mile 9 i ran out of water. i tried carrying water instead of gatorade this time since i am on a new diet that gatorade doesn't fit in. won't do that again, i just don't like the water as much and several times i would end up swishing the water in my mouth and spitting it out. i finished much slower than i had hoped, but i did finish. my time was 1:57.21 a pace of 11:44. i ended up losing 5 pounds during the run even after drinking 2 pounds of water. my last long run of 8 miles i think was about a 10:30 pace, but it was on a treadmill and definitely no hills like on the road. i think 3 things could have made this run better, 1) a little more carb loading a couple of days before (more on this in a minute) 2) taking gatorade to drink 3) doing more of my runs during the week on the road. eventhough i have been setting the treadmill to .5% incline on all my runs and have even been doing a hill workout on the treadmill, it isn't the same. thought of the day: i saw that jeff posted about the adkins diet not being good for running, well i started a diet last week that is very similiar to the adkins diet with a few more twists i think. i have lost 5 pounds during the week, and i am sure being in a negative enrgey balance before the run didn't help. i did have a coke about an hour before the run to get some quick carbs and ate 5 chews during the run to get some more, i think form now on i will diet monday through thursday and on fridays start getting a few carbs to help out on my long saturday runs. i will see how it works and keep you updated.