SO I ran on Tuesday, during the day, hot, crappy run. But I got it in. The rest of the week was exetremely difficult trying to pul myself out of bed for 0545 runs. As in: they did not happen.
Fast forward to today. Legs were like lead, and I had to stop way too much towards the end. I'm thinking about next weekend doing some speed work, or a shorter distance to try to get off this. I'm making the distances but I'm not seeing the progress I was hoping for if I'm going to break 4 hours in the race.
Sorry, too delirious for funny this week.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Week in Review: Why won't the boy let me sleep?
Last weekend did not happen, but I think at the end of the day that was a good thing. I had cigars and scotch Friday night which has some unfortunate side effects for running, mainly a nasty hangover Saturday that I needed to sleep in Sunday to fully recover from. But, the 9.5/ 10 mile run was not good. Too hot, lots of walking, slow pace. A weekend off was probably better in the long run.
This week I am having serious issues getting out of bed. Those issues have a name: Charlie. He is waking up a lot. Eileen is awesome and tends to him, but I don't think I'm getting the kind of straight sleep I need.
The run Tuesday around base was because of lack of sleep. It was also slow and HOT. As I left for the run, my paralegal told me there were "Black Flag Warnings" IE- only an idiot with a death wish would run. I went anyway. About 4.5-5 miles, I tried to go hard on the last half mile, but it just wasn't there.
Thursday was WAY better. Yes it is a shorter run, but I felt goo through it and it was a decent feeling pace (I don't time myself). I felt so good that I went to take my dog for a 1/2 mile run. I dragged her the whole way. I guess dogs get out of shape too.
Which brings me to this weekend. Originally I planned on running 14 miles Saturday morning. Charlie woke up about every hour to 2 hours. Ridiculous. I thought that ended after 6 months old? Anyway, I was exhausted when I woke up. There was no way I could do a long run. So I took it easy yesterday and tried again tonight. Charlie woke up twice earlier, but I got a good stretch of sleep in. Then he woke up at 445. One hour before I am supposed to get up for my run. Ugh. Well, I hit snooze a few times and got out around 645. During the first mile or so it flet like a warm up. I took a different route than I've ever taken before so that had goo parts and bad parts. Good part is it looked WAY better than my normal route. Sure, still a lot of empty fields but this route had some water front running, right by the ocean and the first part with the fields was mostly while the sun was still coming up. I did have some stiffness in my knees I had to stretch out,plus some walking at the very end, but otherwise, I was happy with the run. Longest yet, I finished it, and I kept an easy plodding pace the whole time.
I also renewed my contempt for bikers. Really don't care the situation: if you weigh over 200 pounds, are not taller than 6 foot, and most of that mass is flab, don't wear spandex. Just don't. If you are over 60, don't wear spandex. Let me break it down for everybody: don't wear spandex. I also don't need to see giant 50+ year old asses trying to pump across a long flat bridge. Just get away from me. I'm runnin here.
This week I am having serious issues getting out of bed. Those issues have a name: Charlie. He is waking up a lot. Eileen is awesome and tends to him, but I don't think I'm getting the kind of straight sleep I need.
The run Tuesday around base was because of lack of sleep. It was also slow and HOT. As I left for the run, my paralegal told me there were "Black Flag Warnings" IE- only an idiot with a death wish would run. I went anyway. About 4.5-5 miles, I tried to go hard on the last half mile, but it just wasn't there.
Thursday was WAY better. Yes it is a shorter run, but I felt goo through it and it was a decent feeling pace (I don't time myself). I felt so good that I went to take my dog for a 1/2 mile run. I dragged her the whole way. I guess dogs get out of shape too.
Which brings me to this weekend. Originally I planned on running 14 miles Saturday morning. Charlie woke up about every hour to 2 hours. Ridiculous. I thought that ended after 6 months old? Anyway, I was exhausted when I woke up. There was no way I could do a long run. So I took it easy yesterday and tried again tonight. Charlie woke up twice earlier, but I got a good stretch of sleep in. Then he woke up at 445. One hour before I am supposed to get up for my run. Ugh. Well, I hit snooze a few times and got out around 645. During the first mile or so it flet like a warm up. I took a different route than I've ever taken before so that had goo parts and bad parts. Good part is it looked WAY better than my normal route. Sure, still a lot of empty fields but this route had some water front running, right by the ocean and the first part with the fields was mostly while the sun was still coming up. I did have some stiffness in my knees I had to stretch out,plus some walking at the very end, but otherwise, I was happy with the run. Longest yet, I finished it, and I kept an easy plodding pace the whole time.
I also renewed my contempt for bikers. Really don't care the situation: if you weigh over 200 pounds, are not taller than 6 foot, and most of that mass is flab, don't wear spandex. Just don't. If you are over 60, don't wear spandex. Let me break it down for everybody: don't wear spandex. I also don't need to see giant 50+ year old asses trying to pump across a long flat bridge. Just get away from me. I'm runnin here.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Buzzards, stink and more reasons to run early.
So I couldn't sleep last night. So I did not get up at 530 when Charlie did. I tried (unsuccessfully) to sleep in. I don't know why I didn't sleep, but running was not an option early.
So I ran around 1100 at lunch time. Just under 5 miles with a quarter mile sprint at the end. BUT...
It was hot. Really hot. The wind was cooling me off, but ugh, 95 degrees is too hot.
Eleven years ago, I lived in Berlin. Every so often a waft from the sewage system blew by. I called them "fart winds" for obvious reasons. I never thought I would think of that so clearly of that again until today. I was running by the marshes just off shore, it was windy, and the wind pushed a smell that smelled like rotten eggs fucked a dead fish and made a rotten egg dead fish baby, that farted a great wind across the coastal plains of Texas. It was AWESOME sucking that air in when running.
As I was out in the open I was getting really hot and slowing down a bit when I looked up. I actually had two buzzards circling above. I knew I wasn't doing great, but I didn't think I was doing THAT bad. Well, maybe they weren't ready to eat my carcass. but they were intimidating. There's more wildlife on base in Corpus. Gofers. Jackrabbits. Old people. Too exciting for my tastes. That'll learn me to run at work.
Points: need more speed. Going to work on that this week.
So I ran around 1100 at lunch time. Just under 5 miles with a quarter mile sprint at the end. BUT...
It was hot. Really hot. The wind was cooling me off, but ugh, 95 degrees is too hot.
Eleven years ago, I lived in Berlin. Every so often a waft from the sewage system blew by. I called them "fart winds" for obvious reasons. I never thought I would think of that so clearly of that again until today. I was running by the marshes just off shore, it was windy, and the wind pushed a smell that smelled like rotten eggs fucked a dead fish and made a rotten egg dead fish baby, that farted a great wind across the coastal plains of Texas. It was AWESOME sucking that air in when running.
As I was out in the open I was getting really hot and slowing down a bit when I looked up. I actually had two buzzards circling above. I knew I wasn't doing great, but I didn't think I was doing THAT bad. Well, maybe they weren't ready to eat my carcass. but they were intimidating. There's more wildlife on base in Corpus. Gofers. Jackrabbits. Old people. Too exciting for my tastes. That'll learn me to run at work.
Points: need more speed. Going to work on that this week.
Monday, August 8, 2011
10 er, 9.5 miles. DOH!
Ran Sunday instead of Saturday, however, slept in on Sunday as well. Not the best idea. It was hot and got hotter as the run went on. One improvement was bringing water. It did help but it still wasn't great. Definitely plodded along most of the time.
My biggest concern is running out of steam at the end. I keep running out of energy. I think I need to research how to get better endurance because this is daunting. This week will need at least one speed workout this week. I am hoping that will bring me back a bit. I do need to find a way to get better endurance. I think after this week I may not increase the mileage but plateau for a weekend to maintain. Unfortunately nothing funny happened. Or if something did happen, I was too out of it to notice.
It got so hot I prayed for the clouds to blow in front of the sun for a moment of "shade". Crazy. Oy. I'll keep up the maintenance runs this week and try for a speed run this week. I just need to get up early enough to get to the track on base. Must keep the press on.
My biggest concern is running out of steam at the end. I keep running out of energy. I think I need to research how to get better endurance because this is daunting. This week will need at least one speed workout this week. I am hoping that will bring me back a bit. I do need to find a way to get better endurance. I think after this week I may not increase the mileage but plateau for a weekend to maintain. Unfortunately nothing funny happened. Or if something did happen, I was too out of it to notice.
It got so hot I prayed for the clouds to blow in front of the sun for a moment of "shade". Crazy. Oy. I'll keep up the maintenance runs this week and try for a speed run this week. I just need to get up early enough to get to the track on base. Must keep the press on.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A good morning so far
HA! So apparently one can have a good run when running over 30. Of course I didn't time myself, I didn't track too much and it was a mid-week maintenance run, but I'll take what I can get. There was definitely muscle soreness and some joint pains (knee and one ankle towards the end) but I ran through both and both went away quickly. This definitely felt like a "getting the kinks out" run. Let's hope the rest of the day can go this well.
Apparently other people run at 0600 in Corpus Christi. And apparently, for safety, those people run with flashing red lights on their heads. Today I did not wear a reflector because I thought the sun would be up 5 minutes into the run, and it wasn't I should have worn a reflector for safety. Now I shall wear reflectors when it is dark, and not be embarrassed. I could be running with a flashing red light on my head. Who knows, maybe they were jogging cops.
Maybe I need a flashing red light hat in my stocking this year at Christmas! Super cool!
Apparently other people run at 0600 in Corpus Christi. And apparently, for safety, those people run with flashing red lights on their heads. Today I did not wear a reflector because I thought the sun would be up 5 minutes into the run, and it wasn't I should have worn a reflector for safety. Now I shall wear reflectors when it is dark, and not be embarrassed. I could be running with a flashing red light on my head. Who knows, maybe they were jogging cops.
Maybe I need a flashing red light hat in my stocking this year at Christmas! Super cool!
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