Barking Mad To Run
3.5 miles at Fort Sam Houston after work yesterday. Temp was in the upper 80s, but the dew-point was only in the 50s and the freakin' humidity was only at 37%....sweeeeet! Felt a little sluggish for the first mile - apparently a tuna salad sandwich about an hour before you run is NOT a good idea - but after a few burps felt much better and the rest of y run/walk went great, with a strong finish.
Plan on 2 run/walks for today. This morning up in the early a.m. and off to U. of Texas-San Antonio campus and did an easy 3 around the campus. Tonite, plan on doing another easy 3 at the VFW tonite, and have an encounter with my fellow Team RWB friends. Running VERY easy today as I did a weight training circuit on Monday night after work; haven't done my weight training in a while and, wow, is my body feeling it today. I could especially feel it when I ran this morning, as all my jiggling fat cells were going "Ow Ow Ow Ow!"
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
Next time out here, more poker. Like, covering the whole trip would not be undoable with more time at the tables.
So you're not only good at winning races, I see
Forgot my watch. Will have to run with my phone, ffs.
Mmmmm...beer
Or just run without your phone or watch, those are some of my favorite runs.
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
I'm actually running with more now with them stupid arm lights in addition to my shoe lights FFS.
I've only worn one arm light so far but it seems to be working as oncoming pedestrians are moving way the hell out of the way. Most have a look like, what in the hell are you???
I don't necessarily like the fit of the arm light (I've been wearing just above my elbow), but it's the best thing for me short of a vest so I'll probably stick with it and eventually run with both of the stupid things.
I'll run at lunch. Think I'll run some intervals. Not to trigger VO2Max or lactate threshold systems just yet, but rather short intervals with long enough recovery time to get the body used to moving at a faster clip again. Or maybe I'll do some strides instead. Or all of the above. In short, I'm itching to run faster and I'll try easing back into it.
Pretty much this. Ran 7 miles in a light drizzle at the track with 8x400, at a pace roughly between tempo & HMP. Felt pretty good, could've pushed the pace more if I wanted to. My main concern was that yesterday my knee started to get achy near the end of the run, and was sore the entire rest of the day. I was really worried this would put me on the bench, based on my knee history. But thankfully it was fine this morning.
Go Cubs!
Dave
Everyone says that, I've never done it. I like to at least know how far I've gone, although I can figure that out anyway if I'm on my regular route. But on easy runs I rarely look at my pace.
I never look at my pace on easy runs but stare at my log like it's a 10 karat diamond.
Everyone says that, I've never done it.
I did it once (I forgot to bring my watch to run at work) and was madder than a damn hornet.
Good morning everyone! Took yesterday off, two days in a row, madness! lol Had my run cut short this morning, but that's ok, have hill work tonight, woohoo! Blue, sorry to hear about your BIL's diagnosis, hope he kicks it's ass! Hope everyone has a great day!
Good morning everyone!
Took yesterday off, two days in a row, madness! lol Had my run cut short this morning, but that's ok, have hill work tonight, woohoo!
Blue, sorry to hear about your BIL's diagnosis, hope he kicks it's ass!
Hope everyone has a great day!
Thanks. He's having a bunch of scans and stuff today, but an ass kicking is definitely in the treatment plan. On the plus side, DH went this morning for a PSA test and perhaps an intimate moment with the doc. So far, he's fine.
Former Bad Ass
Sounds like your BIL has a great attittude and that is part of the battle. Hope he gets better.
Damaris
Pretty much this. When I forget the watch I bring the phone for the stats.
Today I brought the phone but was actually using the chrono function for this workout I was making up as I was going along. Ended up doing:
- 3 x (3:00 at 10K_ish w/3:00 jg)- 3 x (1:30 at 5K_ish w/1:30 jg)- 4 x (0:45 at Mile_ish w/1:15 jg)
6 miles total
delicate flower
Office potluck today means I ate way, way too much food for lunch.
<3
Super B****
Hell has frozen over... the trail half I did last weekend has free photos. And I GOT SOME.
Also, my heel hurts.
chasing the impossible
because i never shut up ... i blog
Still nothing from my marathon 3.5 weeks ago. FFS. I'm not sure I really want to see any reminders of that fucking thing, but it's the principle.