So while you sit back and wonder why I got this fucking thorn in my side Oh my Good, it's a mirage I'm tellin' y'all it's a sabotage
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Sabotage
Monday, September 7, 2015
10x10 #2
RUN 10 miles in 1:32, with the JCC 5k at the end.
"...that if you want to do something that sounds crazy to other people that [you] can do it. And not to listen to other people. Listen to what you want to do and follow that. And if it's really difficult, all the better". Chuck S after finishing the 2015 Potawatomi 200 miler, Episode 4.
This run started by following the JCC 10K course, then joining up with LC's wedding shower group :), then we did the 5K course together. TH and LC podiumed!! :)
The 5K is famously hilly. And, it's the same 5K I ran waaaaaaaay back in 2003 or 2004. The 2nd 5K I ever ran, and my legs were so trashed by the end that they didn't wait a day or two to hurt -- they hurt on the way home!
"...that if you want to do something that sounds crazy to other people that [you] can do it. And not to listen to other people. Listen to what you want to do and follow that. And if it's really difficult, all the better". Chuck S after finishing the 2015 Potawatomi 200 miler, Episode 4.
This run started by following the JCC 10K course, then joining up with LC's wedding shower group :), then we did the 5K course together. TH and LC podiumed!! :)
The 5K is famously hilly. And, it's the same 5K I ran waaaaaaaay back in 2003 or 2004. The 2nd 5K I ever ran, and my legs were so trashed by the end that they didn't wait a day or two to hurt -- they hurt on the way home!
Sunday, September 6, 2015
10x10 #1
RUN 10 miles in 1:34
"What I really like about ultra running is the process, of being scared, doing something that's really hard, being in that dark place and then overcoming all that". Scottie Episode 3
So begins my TJM inspired 10 days of 10 miles. I'll pick a quote from each podcast for each run.
This run was from home, simple up the road, out-n-back by the school, over the big hill until turn around time, then back again. My math was awful, I kept making it harder than it needed to be!
Tried Necco wafers that Mom had. They were Meh. Then I read the ingredients: gums!! DAMMIT.
My stomach was heavy, gassy, unhappy. Too much butternut squash yesterday :(
"What I really like about ultra running is the process, of being scared, doing something that's really hard, being in that dark place and then overcoming all that". Scottie Episode 3
So begins my TJM inspired 10 days of 10 miles. I'll pick a quote from each podcast for each run.
This run was from home, simple up the road, out-n-back by the school, over the big hill until turn around time, then back again. My math was awful, I kept making it harder than it needed to be!
Tried Necco wafers that Mom had. They were Meh. Then I read the ingredients: gums!! DAMMIT.
My stomach was heavy, gassy, unhappy. Too much butternut squash yesterday :(
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Friday and Saturday rest
Nothing!
Drove home after an errand-filled Friday morning -- vet, boarding, attorney, work, recycling, ... no bank...then to the house to pack and leave!
Saturday I was anxious and stressy. Ate terribly and set my stomach off on a wild ride. Not bad symptoms, but long lasting and a painful reminder of how it would be should I keep slipping.
Drove home after an errand-filled Friday morning -- vet, boarding, attorney, work, recycling, ... no bank...then to the house to pack and leave!
Saturday I was anxious and stressy. Ate terribly and set my stomach off on a wild ride. Not bad symptoms, but long lasting and a painful reminder of how it would be should I keep slipping.
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Warm Thursday run
RUN 7.1 miles in 60 mins, with a finish line fartlek with CS
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4 miles
Writing this on Tuesday of the following week, I've been busy!
This was a great run, remember being sticky and wet from sweat when finished. That finish run with CS felt amazing, didn't think I could do it but it felt wonderful.
Oh, and my upper left quads on the outside of my leg/hip hurt after the run. But not since.
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4 miles
Writing this on Tuesday of the following week, I've been busy!
This was a great run, remember being sticky and wet from sweat when finished. That finish run with CS felt amazing, didn't think I could do it but it felt wonderful.
Oh, and my upper left quads on the outside of my leg/hip hurt after the run. But not since.
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
You can do it with the right approach and mindset
RUN 10 miles in 1:37, I think about a 9:37m/m
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4 miles
This is a rest week, I'm supposed to be resting. So in that spirit I'm not run commuting to work today. It would have messed my schedule up anyway. Had to drop the doggie at the vet, and have to pick her up again later today. Running in and back, in the 94F heat, on top of everything else...not restful.
After a silly brekkie of eggs, banana, peanut butter omelette (more like a soggy roll) I walked said doggie, then took off for "only" 10 miles. Lately I've been doing 14 or 16 on Wednesdays, so this is 'resting'?
My brain was churning after some wild ass dreams so I took the phone for some podcasting. I decided on TJM Episode 1, sort of an into to my upcoming 10 days x 10 miles stretch that starts this Sunday. The guest said the title quote -- that with the right approach and mindset you can do anything. I'm taking that into my 10 x 10 stretch. I'm somewhat apprehensive about the lack of rest in a 10 day series. Gotta be sure to mix it up, plan ahead, and don't let it get mental.
Keep debating an email to TJM, tell then what I'm doing and how I plan to run it to the podcasts. But I'm too private of a person I guess. Don't want to hear about it in one of their episodes, don't want to load it to Strava, etc. Same reason I'm not doing the WashU MoveIt challenge, don't want my stuff analyzed or tracked I guess.
Well anyway. Back to the run. It was my usual out-n-back to TGP with a MoBot loop for distance. Seemed to take a long time, just didn't have the spark to go any faster. Very distracted with things maybe? Mom's surgery, doggie to the vet, upcoming trip home, on top of the house and Disney goings-ons. That and I always seem more tired in a rest week?! Like I'm mentally living out the "your're tired" part of the training plan?
And I think I've convinced myself to skip the 4 miles extra I'd need to run to hit the training plan goal of 36 miles. How crazy is that?! If I run 7 as per usual tomorrow, skip Friday and Saturday, then run the 1st 10 x 10 Sunday, I'll go into the stretch on a great rest. Running 4 miles on Saturday won't make a hoot of a difference come race day!
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4 miles
This is a rest week, I'm supposed to be resting. So in that spirit I'm not run commuting to work today. It would have messed my schedule up anyway. Had to drop the doggie at the vet, and have to pick her up again later today. Running in and back, in the 94F heat, on top of everything else...not restful.
After a silly brekkie of eggs, banana, peanut butter omelette (more like a soggy roll) I walked said doggie, then took off for "only" 10 miles. Lately I've been doing 14 or 16 on Wednesdays, so this is 'resting'?
My brain was churning after some wild ass dreams so I took the phone for some podcasting. I decided on TJM Episode 1, sort of an into to my upcoming 10 days x 10 miles stretch that starts this Sunday. The guest said the title quote -- that with the right approach and mindset you can do anything. I'm taking that into my 10 x 10 stretch. I'm somewhat apprehensive about the lack of rest in a 10 day series. Gotta be sure to mix it up, plan ahead, and don't let it get mental.
Keep debating an email to TJM, tell then what I'm doing and how I plan to run it to the podcasts. But I'm too private of a person I guess. Don't want to hear about it in one of their episodes, don't want to load it to Strava, etc. Same reason I'm not doing the WashU MoveIt challenge, don't want my stuff analyzed or tracked I guess.
Well anyway. Back to the run. It was my usual out-n-back to TGP with a MoBot loop for distance. Seemed to take a long time, just didn't have the spark to go any faster. Very distracted with things maybe? Mom's surgery, doggie to the vet, upcoming trip home, on top of the house and Disney goings-ons. That and I always seem more tired in a rest week?! Like I'm mentally living out the "your're tired" part of the training plan?
And I think I've convinced myself to skip the 4 miles extra I'd need to run to hit the training plan goal of 36 miles. How crazy is that?! If I run 7 as per usual tomorrow, skip Friday and Saturday, then run the 1st 10 x 10 Sunday, I'll go into the stretch on a great rest. Running 4 miles on Saturday won't make a hoot of a difference come race day!
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Sun coming up later, fall around the corner
RUN 5 miles in 47:30
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4 miles
Used to be just a few weeks ago leaving the house at 6am meant some sunlight. Not so these days, now it's darker out and will only be getting darker! Boo!
Good run, flat energy and not a lot of spark. A reminder to take rest week seriously this week.
Noticing a few things lately besides the flat energy. My skin is dry and I seem to be losing more hair in the shower? So subjective, but keep an eye on it.
BIKE COMMUTE 6.4 miles
Used to be just a few weeks ago leaving the house at 6am meant some sunlight. Not so these days, now it's darker out and will only be getting darker! Boo!
Good run, flat energy and not a lot of spark. A reminder to take rest week seriously this week.
Noticing a few things lately besides the flat energy. My skin is dry and I seem to be losing more hair in the shower? So subjective, but keep an eye on it.
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