King of PhotoShop
Running the 2016 Boston Marathon for Children's Hospital
Just to clarify here: Are you embarrased that your wife is Catholic, that you actually buried the statue, or both?
Doug, runnin' cycling in Rochester, MI
"Think blue, count two, and look for a red shoe"
We made it to another Friday! dtoce- that was hard and I'm gonna' suck at the marathon I know you are a very smart and talented person, but when did you add being able to predict the future to your list of talents? My guess is you are tired from working and training hard. Right now is when all the weeks of training begin to catch up with you. It's normal. Hang in there for the next couple of weeks, and then with your taper, it'll all kick in. The key right now is to stay focused and HEALTHY! Today's Pooh-ism: “You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.” Today's run was a 9 miler with 2x3miles at tempo pace, with a 1/2 mile recovery in between. It's during workouts like this that the usefulness of having a Garmin really shines. You pre-program it to tell you when to start and stop your intervals, and whether you are within your target pace zone or not. Of course, if it's pitch black out so that you can't see the readout, and if you are deaf to the tones that it emits so you can't hear the warning beeps, then all of that fancy stuff means nothing! Luckily I knew the mile marks on my route today, so I ended up going by that. I was a hard workout. Harder than it should've been. In fact the key workouts this entire week have been tough runningwise. Aches and pains are starting to pop up. The demons of doubt are creeping into my brain. This is the period in marathon training that are called the "monster weeks". Weeks and weeks of miles are starting to take their toll on the body and the mind, and right about now are the peak mileage and intensity weeks of the program. Most injuries show themselves during this time. Your body's resistance is low so it's not uncommon to get sick right about now. It gets harder to get psyched for your runs. If you can survive this period, and make it to your taper, you're usually good to go for your race. I'm struggling and falling prey to those doubts, and next weeks schedule is even tougher than this weeks. Looking back at my previous marathon's training, the exact same thing happened at the exact same point in the program, and everything worked out ok for the race. I need to keep reminding myself of that. There are days and weeks when having bad runs simply don't count. Enjoy your Friday everyone. Make today better than yesterday, and tomorrow better than today.
"Champions are everywhere; all you need is to train them properly..." ~Arthur Lydiard
Carolyn
I hammered down the trail, passing rocks and trees like they were standing still.
I'm not much of a gadget runner these days. I don't care what my heart rate is. And if I can guess distance within a few tenths of a mile I am fine. But today is PI day (3/14) and I wanted to run 3.14 miles. So I dug around in my junk drawer, pulled out my old Garmin Forerunner 101, put in a couple new AAA batteries, and headed out for a run. I wasn't anywhere near a mile when my watched gave me a beep. I looked and saw I had it set on km's and not miles. I had to make a choice. I could run 3.14km and call it a day, but this my first time running outdoors in shorts in 4 or 5 months so I kind of wanted to go 3 miles. So I did math in my head while running and decided 5.05km would be close enough. It's not like I can draw a perfect circle anyway.
Cool. Pi day, I had forgotten...well, I guess I'll go for a pi run later... Our household had a contest to memorize pi-it started years ago as I have been known to quote it foro 10-15 digits and my kids just rolled their eyes, but then there was an article in the paper about someone memorizing it to an umbelieveable number and we had the article printed so now both my kids and my DW (and I) can quote it to the 100th digit...heh heh...yeah, we're real party animals in the dtoce household... and nice run Dave, even if it wasn't a whole circle-it was close...
Here is one of my favorite new sayings. "Would you rather be happy or rather be right" I find that I and many others are simply expressing ego or trying to express our knowledge when telling someone they are wrong, or pointing out the error of their ways. Everyone is so much happier and supportive when you don't tell them they are wrong. Of course, sometimes you have to fight for your rights or teach people certain things but in your day to day try to catch yourself when your being assertive and see if it's for you or your ego. Happiness is the way to go Tall
Marathon Maniac #957
now both my kids and my DW (and I) can quote it to the 100th digit...heh heh...yeah, we're real party animals in the dtoce household...
Life is a headlong rush into the unknown. We can hunker down and hope nothing hits us or we can stand tall, lean into the wind and say, "Bring it on, darlin', and don't be stingy with the jalapenos."
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