Running AHHHHHHHH!!

Okay, so I actually planned on writing this weekend. I was working in Raleigh promoting Vault! So, Friday I didn't work out at all. I think I was too tense about the weekend. I was so sad to be leaving my bike at home... Anyway, the stretching thing I was talking about last time. Well, needless to say, or write. I have not been any better about stretching this past weekend... However, in the past week I did try the P90X X stretch DVD. It is an hour long. Each stretch he has you do lasts anywhere from two minutes on down.. I felt like a different person after doing it. I am promising to do it at least three times this week. Since, I'm writing this down I will, I hope ;)
So, Saturday I had planned on running 10 miles then work or possible 5 miles before work and 5 miles after. I wound up running 6 miles before work. Then barely making it to work on time and when I got done it was raining. I figured that was a sign for me not to run and that I should be studying instead. I slept like such crap this past weekend. Last night, finally in my own bed I slept like I hadn't slept in a week. I feel great, with the exception of my neck. I have a pretty good muscle knot on the left side and I'm debating on chiropractor, massage, or both. I had really wanted to get a 50+ mile ride in today. Just thinking if I should cut that one down and try again once my neck is not feeling so rough... Here is what I think I did..
Yesterday was a short day at work so..since it was raining when I got up. I decided I would run 12 miles after work. The humidity was extremely high and I have not been running high mileage in awhile so this is where I screwed up. It was about 2:30 ish when I started. I forgot to put sunblock on because my brain wasn't functioning right from not sleeping. 1st mistake, I usually always put sunblock on my exposed areas.... I had not had enough water that day and I was pretty hyped up on Vault that I drank earlier. I started out kinda slow. I was working out all the kinks. For some reason the last two days my IT band was totally killing me. I never did figure out why. This was the main reason I was taking it easy when I started. On the first three miles I felt kinda crappy. Then you know how it goes, you get a good song on your ipod and its on. This was the second mistake..I did stop several times and stretch my It band. I got to the point where I was semi-sprinting and then walking and so on. I was sweating pretty good and really needing water. I got back to the house and my dad was working on his pergola with my mom. I went inside had another Hammer Gel, I had a raspberry one before I started, this time I grabbed a banana flavored one. I ate a MoJo Mountain bar by Clif! These are awesome. I drank 20 ounces of water. It was then that I noticed my body temperature was having a hard time re regulating. I had really bad chills. I just assumed it was do to me being inside the house. I decided I could run 6 more miles. So, I headed out. I started out kinda fast. I kept that pace for almost 3 miles when I hit a hill in the neighborhood, of which there were many.. I got a really dizzy light headed feeling. I figured it was me running a little too hard. I walked for a bit and I tried again. Then this feeling hit me a second time. I realized the heat had gotten to me and I should have popped some Endurolytes by Hammer Nutrition before I started. I have been on the bike so much lately I had forgotten how my body acted in the heat....!! I am more of a cold weather runner.. At this point my neck was already locking up probably because I was not running relaxed and realizing the current situation I had just put myself in.. At that point I walked the rest of the way. There were a few times when I tried to run, my neck was killing, so I just hung it up... However, my IT band was gone! I got back to the house I was so delirious I went straight to the shower did not stretch and did not drink any water... I did not drink water until we got to the restaurant. By this point I was trying to figure out if I could stomach anything at all. My stomach still feels like crap today... I will never, ever go with out Perpetuem or Sustained Energy by Hammer Nutrition again.... especially, in the heat!!!