This Week...
This last week was crazy...
I ran on Monday, out of sheer emotional necessity... gotta love those endorphins. But, I was so tired that all I could manage was my little 1.6 mile loop. And then the week got away from me, it made the great escape and spun off into the wild oblivion of lost time (perhaps I carried that metaphor a little far). Pretty much what happened was that I locked myself out of my apartment Tuesday night which prevented me from running that day, from being on top of my school work, and led to a great degree of anxiety which didn't help anything.
So, by Friday I had not managed another run. I had planned on running 15 miles this week, and since my planner goes Monday - Sunday, I've decided to construe my week that way. As a result, when I took stock of the situation Friday morning I had to average three 4.5 mile runs to get my total up from 1.6 to 15. The amazing thing is that despite the fact that none of my runs previous to this week were even 4.5 miles... somehow I managed to achieve my goal.
On Friday, I ran down Briarcliff -> Johnson to Lenox Rd. and back and then ran around the neighborhood a bit to get Friday up to 45 minutes or approx. 4.5 miles. Ideally I would have run longer on Friday to increase my chances of success but I really wanted to run before I got my haircut so I would be able to enjoy my freshly styled hair for the rest of the day, and 45 minutes was all I could manage to squeeze in before my hair appointment.
Saturday, Su and I went to Piedmont park and ran for thirty five minutes. We circled the park several times and saw a few cute runner boys and a lot of cute dogs. I couldn't decide which species I wanted to take home with me more :-) I think the dogs won the day... especially since we discovered the dog park. I want a dog that I can take to the dog park and that I can take on runs... Anyway, I digress. Su was feeling a little injured and cramped up so she only went for thirty minutes, I managed an extra five so that I would have a little less mileage left for Sunday. After our run we went to the Flying Biscuit and gorged ourselves on french toast, biscuits and home fries. Yum. The beauty of running is a little guiltless gorging is always in order.
Today I managed to run for sixty minutes or approximately six miles. I'm not sure how much things are going to hurt tomorrow and I can't say that today's run was a good run necessarily. For much of the run I felt like I was fighting a losing battle. My right shin was bothering me a little, but not enough to compell me to stop. I felt slow and sluggish, and had trouble facing the many, many hills. I also didn't have a clearly thought out route, which might have helped. I almost called it quits around the forty minute mark. In fact I circled my apartment complex a few times before I decided that I did have it in me to do my two mile loop. After my run I sat by the pool and stretched and then submerged my right leg in the icy dirty pool water to thoroughly numb it in the hopes that I can avoid actually getting full blown shin splints. Right now I just feel twinges.... and some discomfort.
So, Tuesday is the kickoff meeting for Team in Training. Unfortunately I can't attend because I'll be teaching at Kaplan. But I should get my packet in the mail by Thursday and our first group training session is on Saturday. I'm kind of excited and sort of scared that it will be starting for real. My goal for this coming week is 17 miles, a little more evenly spread throughout the week. However, I think tomorrow needs to be a rest day :-)
I'm really proud of myself that I managed to eek out those last twenty minutes today. Sometimes the whole mind over body thing really works. Unfortunately, my body isn't quite used to this type of caloric expenditure. I feel like I've been eating all day, but I'm definitely quite hungry right now, as in my stomach is growling... and it is 12:30 at night!
Last week in summary:
Monday - 1.6 miles
Tuesday - Rest
Wednesday - Rest
Thursday - Rest
Friday - 4.5 miles
Saturday - 3.5 miles
Sunday - 6 miles
Total: 15.6 miles
Anyway, till next week (or perhaps sooner)
I ran on Monday, out of sheer emotional necessity... gotta love those endorphins. But, I was so tired that all I could manage was my little 1.6 mile loop. And then the week got away from me, it made the great escape and spun off into the wild oblivion of lost time (perhaps I carried that metaphor a little far). Pretty much what happened was that I locked myself out of my apartment Tuesday night which prevented me from running that day, from being on top of my school work, and led to a great degree of anxiety which didn't help anything.
So, by Friday I had not managed another run. I had planned on running 15 miles this week, and since my planner goes Monday - Sunday, I've decided to construe my week that way. As a result, when I took stock of the situation Friday morning I had to average three 4.5 mile runs to get my total up from 1.6 to 15. The amazing thing is that despite the fact that none of my runs previous to this week were even 4.5 miles... somehow I managed to achieve my goal.
On Friday, I ran down Briarcliff -> Johnson to Lenox Rd. and back and then ran around the neighborhood a bit to get Friday up to 45 minutes or approx. 4.5 miles. Ideally I would have run longer on Friday to increase my chances of success but I really wanted to run before I got my haircut so I would be able to enjoy my freshly styled hair for the rest of the day, and 45 minutes was all I could manage to squeeze in before my hair appointment.
Saturday, Su and I went to Piedmont park and ran for thirty five minutes. We circled the park several times and saw a few cute runner boys and a lot of cute dogs. I couldn't decide which species I wanted to take home with me more :-) I think the dogs won the day... especially since we discovered the dog park. I want a dog that I can take to the dog park and that I can take on runs... Anyway, I digress. Su was feeling a little injured and cramped up so she only went for thirty minutes, I managed an extra five so that I would have a little less mileage left for Sunday. After our run we went to the Flying Biscuit and gorged ourselves on french toast, biscuits and home fries. Yum. The beauty of running is a little guiltless gorging is always in order.
Today I managed to run for sixty minutes or approximately six miles. I'm not sure how much things are going to hurt tomorrow and I can't say that today's run was a good run necessarily. For much of the run I felt like I was fighting a losing battle. My right shin was bothering me a little, but not enough to compell me to stop. I felt slow and sluggish, and had trouble facing the many, many hills. I also didn't have a clearly thought out route, which might have helped. I almost called it quits around the forty minute mark. In fact I circled my apartment complex a few times before I decided that I did have it in me to do my two mile loop. After my run I sat by the pool and stretched and then submerged my right leg in the icy dirty pool water to thoroughly numb it in the hopes that I can avoid actually getting full blown shin splints. Right now I just feel twinges.... and some discomfort.
So, Tuesday is the kickoff meeting for Team in Training. Unfortunately I can't attend because I'll be teaching at Kaplan. But I should get my packet in the mail by Thursday and our first group training session is on Saturday. I'm kind of excited and sort of scared that it will be starting for real. My goal for this coming week is 17 miles, a little more evenly spread throughout the week. However, I think tomorrow needs to be a rest day :-)
I'm really proud of myself that I managed to eek out those last twenty minutes today. Sometimes the whole mind over body thing really works. Unfortunately, my body isn't quite used to this type of caloric expenditure. I feel like I've been eating all day, but I'm definitely quite hungry right now, as in my stomach is growling... and it is 12:30 at night!
Last week in summary:
Monday - 1.6 miles
Tuesday - Rest
Wednesday - Rest
Thursday - Rest
Friday - 4.5 miles
Saturday - 3.5 miles
Sunday - 6 miles
Total: 15.6 miles
Anyway, till next week (or perhaps sooner)
posted by Lynn at 12:17 AM
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