And I'm feeling pretty good!
Though that may have to do with the last four runs only being a mile each. But I'll tell you, I'm surprised at the times I was pulling in for those. On the first two, I felt like crap and I only went out there to keep with the spirit and law of the 30+ Day Challenge. And to make things a bit weird, on the last two days I was actually feeling much better but pulled in slower times . . . ? Weird.
And for today, I've already gone for a run. So I CAN write if off the books . . . but I can't. It was such a disappointing run that I have to run another tonight. I was about a mile and a half into it when I began feeling that twinge on my calf that I know means it wants to cramp up. It it was a flat trail, I would've kept going. But it occurred just as I was going up the BIG hill.
So I walked it . . . and the most of the rest of the trail. Last thing I need right now is for me to damage something and not be able to make another race. I skipped out on the Santa Cruz Half because I was laid up with a horrible cold.
The Salinas Valley Half Marathon is on it's 3rd year. I was there for the inaugural run, so it'll be my 3rd year, too. This race is special to me. This is the race that got me running. I don't want to skip this one because of illness or injury. I will limp the damn thing if I have to! I've put in too much time on the trails to not make it. I have 2:30 in my sites and I truly believe I'll make it!
If don't injure myself.
So to make up this afternoons crappy run, I'll be going for another one tonight before picking up my godson from football practice. Don't know how long yet, but not too long. I'm calling it taper time now. Though I haven't even gone half the distance yet on ANY of my runs. Looking forward to it, though.
GD
p.s.
too tired to check. run smiley :)
Formerly of experiences of Ubuntu n00bism. Now random postings on learning barefoot form.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Day 50
It's day 50 today with a run to come this evening. I've got 128.43 miles accumulated.
As for the GPS watch . . . well I picked up the Nike+ GPS Sportwatch (powered by TomTom). I ordered it through Amazon for $152, shipped. I have four runs logged with the watch. I like it so far. You can set up the watch to give you whatever information you'd like, except elevation. But once you plug the watch in and download the info to Nike, you get a decent rundown of what your run was like along with elevation.
You can add information like you can on DailyMile, too. Like where you ran, weather, shoes . . . and you can export the run data to DailyMile. You only get the stats exported to DailyMile, though. Like time, distance and pace. I've gotta figure out how to send the map, too. I think eagerfeet.org will allow you to download it. I've gotta figure it out still.
From what I understand, you can use it on several other running blog sites. If Googled, I'm pretty sure the info will be there. I'm already using enough. I'm on Fitocracy, which is fun if you're a gamer. Also DailyMile, and Runmeter through my iPhone. Though Runmeter is mainly a datalogger which allows you to send data to sharing sites . . . like DailyMile, Facebook, Twitter . . .
It can connect to the Nike shoe pod thing to help track distance in case you lose GPS signal. Also a heart rate strap. Not sure which one though as I'm not planning on needing one . . . yet.
I'm actually pretty glad I went with this instead of just a watch that measured the distance but didn't allow you to download it. I kinda keeps me motivated to keep running, too.
I'm feeling tired right now and I think it's stinkin' allergies. A lot of others around me seem to be feeling it, too. Once I get running though, sinuses opens up and I feel better. I guess that's another benefit to running. Damn.
Anyway . . . Day 50's run is supposed to be 4 miles. Hopefully I can kick it in without shorting myself. I'm feeling beat.
GD
p.s.
too lazy. run smiley :)
As for the GPS watch . . . well I picked up the Nike+ GPS Sportwatch (powered by TomTom). I ordered it through Amazon for $152, shipped. I have four runs logged with the watch. I like it so far. You can set up the watch to give you whatever information you'd like, except elevation. But once you plug the watch in and download the info to Nike, you get a decent rundown of what your run was like along with elevation.
You can add information like you can on DailyMile, too. Like where you ran, weather, shoes . . . and you can export the run data to DailyMile. You only get the stats exported to DailyMile, though. Like time, distance and pace. I've gotta figure out how to send the map, too. I think eagerfeet.org will allow you to download it. I've gotta figure it out still.
From what I understand, you can use it on several other running blog sites. If Googled, I'm pretty sure the info will be there. I'm already using enough. I'm on Fitocracy, which is fun if you're a gamer. Also DailyMile, and Runmeter through my iPhone. Though Runmeter is mainly a datalogger which allows you to send data to sharing sites . . . like DailyMile, Facebook, Twitter . . .
It can connect to the Nike shoe pod thing to help track distance in case you lose GPS signal. Also a heart rate strap. Not sure which one though as I'm not planning on needing one . . . yet.
I'm actually pretty glad I went with this instead of just a watch that measured the distance but didn't allow you to download it. I kinda keeps me motivated to keep running, too.
I'm feeling tired right now and I think it's stinkin' allergies. A lot of others around me seem to be feeling it, too. Once I get running though, sinuses opens up and I feel better. I guess that's another benefit to running. Damn.
Anyway . . . Day 50's run is supposed to be 4 miles. Hopefully I can kick it in without shorting myself. I'm feeling beat.
GD
p.s.
too lazy. run smiley :)
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Today is day 38 . . .
And I feel like shit.
Well . . . not really. I've just had a couple of bad runs and I'm feeling down. The real bad ones I blame on my boss who had a cold and kinda passed it to me. Bastard. I got over it fairly quick but it was enough to bog me down.
And then yesterdays run . . . ugh. I had already planned to make it a short miler because I wanted to the take the daughter and my godson to watch Brave (awesome movie). I had to drag'em to it with bribes. Anyway . . . I don't like the work trail. The elevation changes are drastic and steep (though short). The trail itself if real short unless you take the older park trail, then you'll have an arduous run you'll regret unless you like LONG climbs. That part of the trail has what I call the hill-on-a-hill.
It's a part of the trail that fools you. You climb a couple of hundred yards up a steep, meandering hill and it veers off to the right (going up). As it begins to veer off out of sight, it appears to level out . . . then you get to the next straight-away. Which is an even steeper hundred yard (at least) climb.
I like walking that trail, hell no am I attempting to run it.
I've gotta post pictures one day. Today's nice. I might go out for a walk this afternoon.
Anyway, the run sucked and I paid for it all last night. You'd figure with ALL this running I've been doing, my legs would get better. NOPE. I was doing fine until I got sick. Then I think I got lazy on my runs and started screwing up my form.
OR
Maybe I've been running too much?
I've been seriously debating this. I have (including today) 25 days until the Salinas Valley Half Marathon. If I continue with crappy runs by Friday (day 40), I'll be taking the weekend off and focus on flats and distance beginning Monday (July 16th).
So my 30 day challenge will have been extended to 40 days.
IF my running feels better than it has this past week by Friday (day 40), I'll continue with the challenge. But I'll still take the weekend off. Kinda. I'll keep those short with the shorter Toro Estates run (1.77 miles) and on Monday begin my flat/longer distance runs.
I'll be picking up a gps watch because I HATE running with my phone. There's a cheapish $100 watch called the Soleus GPS 1.0 that's had decent reviews. For tracking distance, it's fine. Their upgraded version sucks balls (2.0) and only because of the software issue. You get the same watch with crappy software. Though I see that they've upgraded the software, so maybe they fixed it?
I just want to track distance and time. The 1.0 should work great for that. But I'll be shopping around (the Nike one looks pretty cool).
GD
p.s.
too lazy and hurt to check. run smiley :)
Well . . . not really. I've just had a couple of bad runs and I'm feeling down. The real bad ones I blame on my boss who had a cold and kinda passed it to me. Bastard. I got over it fairly quick but it was enough to bog me down.
And then yesterdays run . . . ugh. I had already planned to make it a short miler because I wanted to the take the daughter and my godson to watch Brave (awesome movie). I had to drag'em to it with bribes. Anyway . . . I don't like the work trail. The elevation changes are drastic and steep (though short). The trail itself if real short unless you take the older park trail, then you'll have an arduous run you'll regret unless you like LONG climbs. That part of the trail has what I call the hill-on-a-hill.
It's a part of the trail that fools you. You climb a couple of hundred yards up a steep, meandering hill and it veers off to the right (going up). As it begins to veer off out of sight, it appears to level out . . . then you get to the next straight-away. Which is an even steeper hundred yard (at least) climb.
I like walking that trail, hell no am I attempting to run it.
I've gotta post pictures one day. Today's nice. I might go out for a walk this afternoon.
Anyway, the run sucked and I paid for it all last night. You'd figure with ALL this running I've been doing, my legs would get better. NOPE. I was doing fine until I got sick. Then I think I got lazy on my runs and started screwing up my form.
OR
Maybe I've been running too much?
I've been seriously debating this. I have (including today) 25 days until the Salinas Valley Half Marathon. If I continue with crappy runs by Friday (day 40), I'll be taking the weekend off and focus on flats and distance beginning Monday (July 16th).
So my 30 day challenge will have been extended to 40 days.
IF my running feels better than it has this past week by Friday (day 40), I'll continue with the challenge. But I'll still take the weekend off. Kinda. I'll keep those short with the shorter Toro Estates run (1.77 miles) and on Monday begin my flat/longer distance runs.
I'll be picking up a gps watch because I HATE running with my phone. There's a cheapish $100 watch called the Soleus GPS 1.0 that's had decent reviews. For tracking distance, it's fine. Their upgraded version sucks balls (2.0) and only because of the software issue. You get the same watch with crappy software. Though I see that they've upgraded the software, so maybe they fixed it?
I just want to track distance and time. The 1.0 should work great for that. But I'll be shopping around (the Nike one looks pretty cool).
GD
p.s.
too lazy and hurt to check. run smiley :)
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Day 32?
Yup. Day 32 today. Wow.
I've accumulated 81.43 miles in these 31 days, previous. Tonight will be another day to log in. I feel good, no major aches like I used to have when training for the SVHM in the two previous years. The only problem is that I haven't run any real distances during these runs.
I've been running a brutal (for me) trail near work. Lots of terrain changes, sandy, long and steep hills, etc . . . and my times on it have been kind of improving on it. I have noticed that my times on the flats have gotten better, but . . .
I suck at flats.
I'm not sucking wind or anything when running them, it's just that my legs don't do well. I guess it's because it's the same set of muscle groups working for longer periods of time on the flats. And seeing that the SVMH is MOSTLY flats, I'm going to have to start working on that. Damn.
I'm going to try something beginning tonight. I've heard anecdotes of Crossfit people never having run long distances using Crossfit to train for a Half. So I'm going to attempt something similar. I'd like to incorporate my trail run with Crossfit.
Seeing as I'm pretty well beat up after my run, that should mean I've got a pretty good warm-up in, right? So . . . I'm going to take a 45lb plate with me to the trail and use it for some simple Crossfit workovers. Like a modified Fran or something. I'll get my post stretch in first then get to work. Hopefully I don't look like a TOTAL doofus killing myself out there.
I know I'll be able to do it, too. By the end of the run, I'm pretty well spent. But after the stretches and a bit of a rest as I'm walking back down the hill to my car, I feel as if I can go again. I'm hoping to get to work after that. Though where the hell I'm gonna stash a 45lb plate while I'm running is going to be a bit of a problem. I don't wanna imagine running with that plate.
Though I could probably strap it to my back . . . hmm.
GD
too lazy to check. run smiley :)
I've accumulated 81.43 miles in these 31 days, previous. Tonight will be another day to log in. I feel good, no major aches like I used to have when training for the SVHM in the two previous years. The only problem is that I haven't run any real distances during these runs.
I've been running a brutal (for me) trail near work. Lots of terrain changes, sandy, long and steep hills, etc . . . and my times on it have been kind of improving on it. I have noticed that my times on the flats have gotten better, but . . .
I suck at flats.
I'm not sucking wind or anything when running them, it's just that my legs don't do well. I guess it's because it's the same set of muscle groups working for longer periods of time on the flats. And seeing that the SVMH is MOSTLY flats, I'm going to have to start working on that. Damn.
I'm going to try something beginning tonight. I've heard anecdotes of Crossfit people never having run long distances using Crossfit to train for a Half. So I'm going to attempt something similar. I'd like to incorporate my trail run with Crossfit.
Seeing as I'm pretty well beat up after my run, that should mean I've got a pretty good warm-up in, right? So . . . I'm going to take a 45lb plate with me to the trail and use it for some simple Crossfit workovers. Like a modified Fran or something. I'll get my post stretch in first then get to work. Hopefully I don't look like a TOTAL doofus killing myself out there.
I know I'll be able to do it, too. By the end of the run, I'm pretty well spent. But after the stretches and a bit of a rest as I'm walking back down the hill to my car, I feel as if I can go again. I'm hoping to get to work after that. Though where the hell I'm gonna stash a 45lb plate while I'm running is going to be a bit of a problem. I don't wanna imagine running with that plate.
Though I could probably strap it to my back . . . hmm.
GD
too lazy to check. run smiley :)
Monday, July 02, 2012
Two more days :)
And I've accumulated 74 miles to date. I wanted to be further along in mileage but I think being a overweight bastard doesn't help recovery as quickly. I know I was feeling ok this last week, but beginning Thursday evening, I was feeling a bit off. Friday and Saturday went great as far as the run was concerned, but post-run . . . not so much.
I'm beginning to suspect that I do need my fish oil. I haven't been taking any for about three weeks. I'll have to pick some up again. I've been eating half decently, and my appetite has changed. I'm not digging the carb loaded stuff like I used to before all this extra running. Proteins, veggies, fruit . . . I've been trying to be a bit smarter this time around.
But beer will always be there. But the craving has been only a bottle a night so far. Arrogant Bastard Oaked! Awesome. Looooove this stuff. I had been on an IPA kick (Stone Ruination), but ABOaked has been hitting the spot wonderfully post-run. Usually when sitting back before crashing for the night, reading.
I'm still feeling kind of blah right now, but that usually goes away during the run. Maybe it's a bug, who knows. All I know is beginning Wednesday, I'm starting up Crossfit again and I can't wait!
GD
p.s.
run smiley :)
I'm beginning to suspect that I do need my fish oil. I haven't been taking any for about three weeks. I'll have to pick some up again. I've been eating half decently, and my appetite has changed. I'm not digging the carb loaded stuff like I used to before all this extra running. Proteins, veggies, fruit . . . I've been trying to be a bit smarter this time around.
But beer will always be there. But the craving has been only a bottle a night so far. Arrogant Bastard Oaked! Awesome. Looooove this stuff. I had been on an IPA kick (Stone Ruination), but ABOaked has been hitting the spot wonderfully post-run. Usually when sitting back before crashing for the night, reading.
I'm still feeling kind of blah right now, but that usually goes away during the run. Maybe it's a bug, who knows. All I know is beginning Wednesday, I'm starting up Crossfit again and I can't wait!
GD
p.s.
run smiley :)
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