Before I wax poetic about June 2013 I want to reflect for a moment about where I was a year ago.
So yeah, I had a 202 mile month in June of 2012. I also ran every single one of those 202 miles on such a badly injured leg that I could not walk normally, go down stairs, or (honestly) remember what pain free running felt like. I was about to start the count down to my first marathon and was scared to death that one missed workout would spell certain doom. I still am not sure how the hell I got it done, but I did (and then had to essentially the the entire month of August off. Yeah that was awesome!)
Two major changes in the last year.
-I have a fantastic coach who has kept me fantastically healthy. Clearly I could not do that myself. I don't want to say it out loud but I have not had ANY problems since I began to follow her plan and that is not my norm (my norm is awesome, but chronically injured awesome which basically equals terrible...)
-A year ago I was very new to long runs. I was under the assumption that they should feel good (and thus, was quite shattered when many were rather awful.) Bottom line: long runs should NOT hurt because you are suffering from a grievous injury. But shit- they DO hurt. Physically, mentally you name it. They can suck hairy ball sacks. Getting a good long run in is awesome but often concerns me because I fear that I have blown my load too early. I'd rather suffer in training and save the good stuff for race day!
Moving on...
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| Race # 1 in June: Quassy! REALLY HOT REALLY BADASS AND FUN. |
Number of PR's- HAH. haha. HAH! ZERO homies, ZERO. I did set a 2013 Half PR in (for me) a rather abysmal 1:49 and change. It was a training run, that's my excuse and I'm gonna stick to it!
(and yes, this has me itching to actually "run" a half as I consider this to be one of my better distances. However, it isn't in the cards for this year...)
Number of times I puked on my shoes: Z-E-R-O
Running miles- 155
Cycling miles: 177 plus an hour on the god-damn-useless-torture-trainer
Core: FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL
Times running gave me an adult tantrum: 1 (more on this later...)
Longest run: 20 miles
Number of failed track workouts due to Reginald Doodie: ONE. He is such a shit. Haha get it?
Number of times I quit running/being an athlete/all the things: 1 (and once again, it didn't take,. I quit then promptly ran 17 like an effing boss.)
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| Number of times I wore a sundress and compression socks to family dinner: 1 But if I could get away with it this would be my go to outfit. I'm so hot. It's ok to be jealous. |
Other fun facts? I'm focusing my efforts this year on distance vs speed. Last year I did both (train for a marathon! PR in a 5K every week! F**K my legs royally! Cry for my Mom!) I have the 4 on the 4th in the schedule next week and I am slowly coming to terms with the fact that I am not going to be able to run as fast as last year. One side of my brain is like "dude, that sucks!" But the logical side of my brain says "you have been training for a freaking 50K. Don't be a hero. Run 8:30's and be cool with it... drink a beer!"So with a pretty huge training week in store we will see what my sprint to non-victory brings. But dudes really? I'm just excited to have a day off in the middle of the week.
YOU are badass. I told Ward I wanted a coach and he laughed at me. I mean, really laughed at me. Ugh. Maybe when we're done paying for daycare (1 more year) I can swing it. Until then, making shit up over here. Or forcing Ward, Wade and Joe to coach me.
ReplyDeleteYou still have many running miles! And aren't cycling miles so much easier to add up? I had an awesome amount of cycling miles in June. A PR for sure. Have fun on the fourth.
ReplyDeleteI think having a coach is really the only way to go if you want to seriously kick ass and stay healthy for races. My running total for June is probably around 15 miles. I know. I can't believe I ran that much :).
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