Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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A 5K Running/Walking Training Plan | Active.com
A 5K Running/Walking Training Plan | Active.com
I myself fall under the "Susan" character...just something to think about....
I myself fall under the "Susan" character...just something to think about....
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Hitting the Wall
It is a daily struggle. For instance, today was a disappointment. I wanted to run well over 5 miles and didn't run quite as far as I had planned. I kept getting stitched in the side. I decided to sleep-in for a change. Excuses excuses excuses...
Remaining at status quo doesn't mean you're losing anything. All it means is that you must get out of the house by 5:45 and no later during the work week in order to work up to your goal. This wall is as temporary as the change in the weather...hmmm...I wish we could keep this nice fall weather...
One rough point - deciding what to wear in the morning, now that there's a chill in the air - tricky and time consuming business. Answer: choose the night before.
Remaining at status quo doesn't mean you're losing anything. All it means is that you must get out of the house by 5:45 and no later during the work week in order to work up to your goal. This wall is as temporary as the change in the weather...hmmm...I wish we could keep this nice fall weather...
One rough point - deciding what to wear in the morning, now that there's a chill in the air - tricky and time consuming business. Answer: choose the night before.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
half a loaf is better than none
It was a crazy week and a half of torrential rain. I allowed it to set me back a bit. I only ran 2.5 miles for 3 days straight. Not up to my usual standards but I suppose half a loaf is better than none. The problem is this - wet clothes are actually very heavy. Water is very heavy. Watery shoes are very heavy.
You can get only so drenched before it shouldn't matter anymore. Although I must admit, stepping knee deep into a puddle of water trumps the worst kind of drenching. Of course frustration is something that never dampens especially when each drop of rain causes your iTouch to turn on and off, on and off, on and off....
I'm whining again. In short, doing 5 miles now is a bit of a stretch but at least 4 miles is a start back. I need to get back to the Sea Girt Light House each and every day. and then across the town border into Spring Lake for 10k....that's the future....we'll see where we go from there....as it is....baby steps....
You can get only so drenched before it shouldn't matter anymore. Although I must admit, stepping knee deep into a puddle of water trumps the worst kind of drenching. Of course frustration is something that never dampens especially when each drop of rain causes your iTouch to turn on and off, on and off, on and off....
I'm whining again. In short, doing 5 miles now is a bit of a stretch but at least 4 miles is a start back. I need to get back to the Sea Girt Light House each and every day. and then across the town border into Spring Lake for 10k....that's the future....we'll see where we go from there....as it is....baby steps....
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Happy New Year.
I've heard it said that the new year starts for each person on the day he or she is born. I'm not entirely sure I believe this but if it's true, my new year opened, quite unremarkably, this past weekend. I like to think good things and the fulfillment of dreams are on their way whether it be now or on January 1st.
It has been over nine months since I began this road. It is one of the dreams fulfilled. It makes me happy to know that I am getting faster and stronger. There are so many things that take precedent for so many people: children, spouses, career, families... A person should not lose sight of herself in the midst of everything that happens in her life. That sounds most self serving and perhaps it is - you must take care of yourself before you can take care of anyone else.
Whoa, that's enough of waxing philosophical again. My luck has not been running very well this week, between rain and humidity it has been a very difficult week considering it is Autumn and we should be enjoying cooler weather. As for the rain, I was 1/2 way through my run on Monday when the sky completely opened up as if a huge bucket of water had been turned over. I love the rain. My iPod Touch does not. It kept turning on and off as if each raindrop was a finger pressing down on it - very frustrating. Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" kept turning off and on every 10 seconds....(insert frustrated growl here). Needless to say I could only manage 2 miles and change but as my mother likes to say, "a half a loaf is better than none."
It's alright. To quote Dory in Finding Nemo, "just keep swimming...." And there is my "New Year"'s resolution....just keep swimming....
It has been over nine months since I began this road. It is one of the dreams fulfilled. It makes me happy to know that I am getting faster and stronger. There are so many things that take precedent for so many people: children, spouses, career, families... A person should not lose sight of herself in the midst of everything that happens in her life. That sounds most self serving and perhaps it is - you must take care of yourself before you can take care of anyone else.
Whoa, that's enough of waxing philosophical again. My luck has not been running very well this week, between rain and humidity it has been a very difficult week considering it is Autumn and we should be enjoying cooler weather. As for the rain, I was 1/2 way through my run on Monday when the sky completely opened up as if a huge bucket of water had been turned over. I love the rain. My iPod Touch does not. It kept turning on and off as if each raindrop was a finger pressing down on it - very frustrating. Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" kept turning off and on every 10 seconds....(insert frustrated growl here). Needless to say I could only manage 2 miles and change but as my mother likes to say, "a half a loaf is better than none."
It's alright. To quote Dory in Finding Nemo, "just keep swimming...." And there is my "New Year"'s resolution....just keep swimming....
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Nike nuts
So I have been pulled into the world of Nike+ - the wireless sensor gadget that hooks into your iTouch player and gives you your running data: 5.19 miles 705 calories 56:39minutes 11:23 average pace. All sorts of nuttiness in this wold of technology. The ipod touch can be very tempermental, but all in all a fun gadget.
I have never been a competitive person. It was never my thing. Being the youngest, the smallest, the slowest, there never seemed to be a point; however there is always one person you can stay in healthy competition with - yourself. There's no harm in outdoing yourself. In fact, you might do yourself some good. One of my goals: 210 miles in 2010. I'm at 106.
Oh and by the way, totals: 60 lbs, 3 pant sizes and 5 mile runs without passing out. Remember it could happen to you....
I have never been a competitive person. It was never my thing. Being the youngest, the smallest, the slowest, there never seemed to be a point; however there is always one person you can stay in healthy competition with - yourself. There's no harm in outdoing yourself. In fact, you might do yourself some good. One of my goals: 210 miles in 2010. I'm at 106.
Oh and by the way, totals: 60 lbs, 3 pant sizes and 5 mile runs without passing out. Remember it could happen to you....
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Time flies when you're on the beach in Maui....
And I am happy to say it didn't stop me from getting my run in each day. That's the thing, you see. What do you do when your routine is blasted out from under you - rain, snow, humidity so bad you can hardly breathe? The answer is this: you plug along as well as you can with what you have. Your body might be surprisingly open to the change.
Mine certainly was. Those hills of Maui are no joke, not San Francisco grade but enough to make your hamstrings talk back. By the third day those wonderful tree-lined hills overlooking the Pacific were old friends. Lesson learned: it doesn't hurt to push. A little bonus prize I received back at July's doctor visit: down 50lbs and 2 & 1/2 dress sizes.
Mine certainly was. Those hills of Maui are no joke, not San Francisco grade but enough to make your hamstrings talk back. By the third day those wonderful tree-lined hills overlooking the Pacific were old friends. Lesson learned: it doesn't hurt to push. A little bonus prize I received back at July's doctor visit: down 50lbs and 2 & 1/2 dress sizes.
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