Monthly Archives: July, 2013
Transition Tuesday!
Today was Transition Tuesday! I am definitely in a bit of transition. Last Tuesday…My Daily Mile Pal Dale Tusen died in a very unexpected cycling accident. I’ve been all over the place about it. Stoic, accepting, crying, praying for his family, and feeling a bit guilty over my grief. As an Emergency Department Nurse, I’ve had …
Living the weird life….
So… I feel like with this running thing…I’ve somehow re-entered high school again. I’m training for something. (Currently I’m kind of in a holding pattern it’s true, but whatever, the coach has the master plan.) So, I’m not tapered, and I’m not always running super fast runs. As an example: Saturday I biked 17 miles …
Yahoo Saturday.
Saturday’s workout was very similar to last Saturday’s workout. Hour long cycle and a 4 mile run. THis effectively means two things: 1. I run on very tired legs. 2. I run in some variety of heat as the gym doesn’t open until 7 am. I got up but casted around, and fiddled on Facebook …
Sufferin’
I don’t know where the term came from but ironman athletes especially talk about Suffering, as a term used in training a lot. DOn’t believe me? Look Here, at this awesome recap written by a NoMeat Athlete!!!, Or if you prefer Here, as an Austrailian athlete recounts a training bike ride… you can even look …
Maintain
So I’m actually not in a training cycle of any type right now. I guess it’s maintain. Yesterday my workout consisted of “Off, seriously” When i saw the “seriously” part added, I took the entire day off. Luckily I had extra work activities to distract me. I switched around some workouts so I could …
Recovery Week Continues.
So…After I tweaked out my right hip on Tuesday evening…things really got kind of “iffy” there for a bit. My Hind end hurt. It was hurting a load in the Piriformis area. I was ok to walk, but was finding it pretty painful to do so. I was also a little bit alarmed because this …
Recovery week.
I’ve needed it. On Monday I didn’t have a plan. My coach has been working a lot of extra hours, and even on weekends, so I know he’s been stressed. So I decided since we are having afternoon thunder bumpers to ride the stationary. He listened to me gush about “BEST RACE EVER” a bit …
BEST RACE EVER
Oh Wow. Bryce Canyon Half Marathon! This race was kind of thrown on at the end of this training cycle. I registered in December, because it was only 35.00. I corralled a long time running friend Jim into registering as well. Jim lives in the same state as the race, and had run it before …
Control that Taper
Ok so I did my “run the 5K course today” and I decided to see what I could do while trying to run comfortably fast. After about a half mile that gave way to: Run as fast as you can, set your running shoes on fire..pace Which of course translated into a walk break. …
This week in training….
Wow what a week. I still have a strange little workout… “Run the 5K course, rest 2 minutes and run 2 miles steady” Not sure if that is Run the 5K course fast, or what…but I’m confident I can do it. Yeah, I could email for clarification, but to be honest, it’s so hot here …
