okay! i'm back.
today i ran 5 miles. it wasn't the best run i've had, i had a hard time getting started. i felt crappy, my ankle hurt a bit. as i was running up 7th i stopped and walked for 2 blocks. thought about what i was doing. thinking about the FIVE MILES. so i broke it down into pieces. run to knott. okay that wasn't bad, now run to irving park. i'm there, so keep going to fremont. done. a bunch of tiny, achievable goals. listened to my nano, mike doughty haughty melodic. btw - who needs an armband or a lanyard? MY nano fits inside my sportsbra, perfectly flat against my sternum between my nonexistent boobs! you know, where my cleavage would be... if i had any. just one more reason to love my little bitties!! maybe i should start calling them iBoobs.
the sun beamed a few times, in fact, i wished i'd had my sunglasses. i got hot. hotter than i've been. i don't like feeling overheated, and while i didn't get there today, i will at some point if i continue running into the summer. and spokane in may could be warm as well...as i topped the hill at 33rd and fremont, the sun was as its peak and my face felt HOT. am thinking next time of reversing the route and running up 33rd to fremont - the hill looks a little longer... a little more of a challenge...
i did notice something about running five miles. i'm slow. so it takes a long time. and to be honest, i get a little bored and impatient. i want to be DONE! i'm sure i won't have this problem during the race, because i'll be jacked up about doing it. but something to keep in mind for neighborhood runs in the future.
time to get a little more serious about this i think. be a little more "kenny" about my regimen from now until the day of the race. i feel like i've plateaued a little bit, and i need to push myself up and over...
hoping my brother's workload is lightening up and allowing him some sanity through sweat...
3 comments:
way to go heather!! Are you going to run the 10k with your brother at OSU?
thanks jason!
i think i am. talked to someone (a marathon runner) at work about it and she wasn't sure it was the wisest thing to do a 10K the weekend before the 12K, so i was thinking about doing the 5K instead... still pondering...
Fartlek, baby. Go easy when not feeling so great. Go hard when it feels right. Just go.
Right on track, sister.
FWIW, the 2005 Men's Health Training Guide 10k training plan for beginners lists a 6 mile volume run the Sunday before the race. 10k being 6.2 miles, I think you're OK. Volume run meaning don't run hard, just log the miles. Up to you, though. Whatever feels good. Fartlek.
May be inappropriate for me to say but...Gotta love the iBoob.
I slacked on my training. Work followed by a bout with what I believe to be an odd hay fever incident. Only 3 runs in 12 days. Hopefully back on track.
The lack of training had me psyched out, so at Shanna's urging we traced out 7.5 miles by car on Sunday, and I ran it. 61:18. My goal is an hour. It's looking promising.
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