The final countdown has arrived. In about 22 hours, give or take, I'll be DONE with this whole ordeal!
I'm getting kinda excited slash terrified.
Hopefully I'm over my taper tantrum (doubt it.)
Here are some realistic goals/plans.
-Start slow. Shouldn't be a problem with 1600 runners on a "VERY NARROW" road.
-Run to the 10K point and evaluate. Consider walking for a minute, having a little snack, stretching.
-Looks like hills at miles 8 and 10. I'll be getting tired by then and if the legs are hollering I'll slow down accordingly.
-Have enough gas in the tank to be able to run the last mile or so withoug wishing for death.
My expected finishing time?
1:58:55
I'd be pumped.
Feel free to guess my finishing time, maybe there will be prizes?!
Wish me luck, THIS IS IT! EEEEEKKKK!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
I'm Breaking!! Yikes!
Hey-OH!
Wow, you guys are good friends! Thanks so much for the sympathy and advice regarding my warty little feets. The sad part? They are plantar warts so are literally all up inside my foot! They will need to have the skin cut from them with a scalpel and then will have to be frozen. I have had this done before, can you tell? MOST unpleasant...
Did my last run today. 3 lousy miles.... It was ok, I seem to be having a minor physical breakdown but who cares, right?
Issues:
-Warts
-Left hip hurts
-Back feels funny
-Right armpit hurts due to horse throwing me around while I was trying to give him medicine...
-Have not run 13.1 miles ever
-Left hamstring hurts
-Very old
I might break this weekend. Or curl up and cry after running 0.13 miles... EGADS!
I'll try to do a lsat minute recap tomorrow... AHHH!
Wow, you guys are good friends! Thanks so much for the sympathy and advice regarding my warty little feets. The sad part? They are plantar warts so are literally all up inside my foot! They will need to have the skin cut from them with a scalpel and then will have to be frozen. I have had this done before, can you tell? MOST unpleasant...
Did my last run today. 3 lousy miles.... It was ok, I seem to be having a minor physical breakdown but who cares, right?
Issues:
-Warts
-Left hip hurts
-Back feels funny
-Right armpit hurts due to horse throwing me around while I was trying to give him medicine...
-Have not run 13.1 miles ever
-Left hamstring hurts
-Very old
I might break this weekend. Or curl up and cry after running 0.13 miles... EGADS!
I'll try to do a lsat minute recap tomorrow... AHHH!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
I'm gonna show you how to DO STUFF! 3 Tangent Tuesday style.
Today on Three Tangent Tuesday I will show you how to do stuff so that you can be the very best. The focus today (obvi) is how to be the very strongest, stylish and finely honed athlete that you can be.
And we all know that I'm the person to turn to for advice. I'm known in many circles as being hip, cool and well read. (only one of those statements is true. which one?)
Here we go!
How to fuel up for a long run, or what to eat to recover from intense training.
How to dress for success and look tough. No further explanation needed.....
How to lift weights. Do I look scared? I should....
And we all know that I'm the person to turn to for advice. I'm known in many circles as being hip, cool and well read. (only one of those statements is true. which one?)
Here we go!
How to fuel up for a long run, or what to eat to recover from intense training. 
How to dress for success and look tough. No further explanation needed..... 
How to lift weights. Do I look scared? I should.... I hope this helps all of you to become your very best, or at least shed some light on how I have developed such a high level of excellence over the years. I'm sure you are all envious now, but don't worry. With enough cookie baking, on-sale clothes shopping and dedicated beer drinking you too can be sublimely fabulous!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Weekly Recap- after a hiatus!
Unlike last week when zero miles were accumulated, two critical long runs were postponed (and by that, sadly, I mean missed completely because I can not magic up a few extra training weeks) I have a WEEKLY RECAP!!
On man, aren't you guys all excited!
(well, if nothing else this means that you do not have to witness my tear soaked pity party or watch my decent into the Time Off Tantrums. Right? right...)
Monday- 30 minutes of something that resembled running if you were to use your imagination. I was scared S***less that I was going to feel my back twinging or my hip grinding painfully. I did not. And the angels sang and the world was at peace once again.
Wednesday- 40 minutes, about 4.3 miles with a few tiny hills thrown in. Slow, but still pain free.
Thursday- 50 minutes, 5.8 miles- several small (4-5%) hills.
Saturday- 90 minutes, 10.5 miles, about 10 4% 1/5 mile hills in the mix.
An important note regarding this workout: My LAST "long" run. (EGADS.)
There may or may not have been a Valentines day celebration the night before. It may or may not have involved some spectacular and rare beer, (limited edition chocolate porter! the only keg in existence of a bourbon black!) Pair those with some kickass chocolates and the following morning just might have been.... A touch foggy? Things MAY or MAY NOT have been a touch rough on the treddy for the first 3 miles or so. Just sayin' people, just sayin'...
I guess at this point the training is over and all that is left is to get thru this week and run that race next Sunday.
It was fantastic before my 10K 6 weeks ago feeling so prepared (looking back at the pre-race training that I did I might not have been as prepared as my brain led me to believe- but all went WELL anyway!)
I am not thrilled about the plain and simple fact that I have NEVER run the full 13.1 and there is NO time to do it now. I have managed a few solid long runs- all within very close mileage and nearing the time frame that I hope to finish in.
I'm not going to lie or put on my brave face. I'm sweating bullets over this ever so slightly... Still, like I declared last week I am as fit as I'm going to be, delighted to be pain free once again and determined to have a fun time next Sunday whether I make my goal time or not!
One week... 7 Days.... 168 hours....
On man, aren't you guys all excited!
(well, if nothing else this means that you do not have to witness my tear soaked pity party or watch my decent into the Time Off Tantrums. Right? right...)
Monday- 30 minutes of something that resembled running if you were to use your imagination. I was scared S***less that I was going to feel my back twinging or my hip grinding painfully. I did not. And the angels sang and the world was at peace once again.
Wednesday- 40 minutes, about 4.3 miles with a few tiny hills thrown in. Slow, but still pain free.
Thursday- 50 minutes, 5.8 miles- several small (4-5%) hills.
Saturday- 90 minutes, 10.5 miles, about 10 4% 1/5 mile hills in the mix.
An important note regarding this workout: My LAST "long" run. (EGADS.)
There may or may not have been a Valentines day celebration the night before. It may or may not have involved some spectacular and rare beer, (limited edition chocolate porter! the only keg in existence of a bourbon black!) Pair those with some kickass chocolates and the following morning just might have been.... A touch foggy? Things MAY or MAY NOT have been a touch rough on the treddy for the first 3 miles or so. Just sayin' people, just sayin'...
I guess at this point the training is over and all that is left is to get thru this week and run that race next Sunday.
It was fantastic before my 10K 6 weeks ago feeling so prepared (looking back at the pre-race training that I did I might not have been as prepared as my brain led me to believe- but all went WELL anyway!)
I am not thrilled about the plain and simple fact that I have NEVER run the full 13.1 and there is NO time to do it now. I have managed a few solid long runs- all within very close mileage and nearing the time frame that I hope to finish in.
I'm not going to lie or put on my brave face. I'm sweating bullets over this ever so slightly... Still, like I declared last week I am as fit as I'm going to be, delighted to be pain free once again and determined to have a fun time next Sunday whether I make my goal time or not!
One week... 7 Days.... 168 hours....
Thursday, February 10, 2011
I'm less funny when I'm not mad.
This week. Better than last week... That's not saying much since my grand total mileage clocked in at a big fat ZERO.
My back felt better on Monday but my legs were really acting up. I was starting to hit the hysteria pretty hard thinking that I had a pinched nerve, some kinda of freaky defered pain, or a bizzare medical mystery. So I went for a run. Obviously.
Seemed to solve the problem completely. So I started to wonder, after banging around running 25+ miles a week for the past month then stopping completely if my legs had a funny reaction to that? I bet if I looked around I'd find a technical name for it. "crampy achy legs due to inactivity?" Or something of the sort. Tell me internet friends, TELL ME!
My week has looked like this:
Monday: 30 minutes- 0000.1 mile
Wednesday 40 minutes- Oh- point- six miles
Thursday 50 minutes. Maybe broke a mile
Well my stars, if that isn't marathon training then I just don't know what is!!
10 days and counting to the HALF MARATHON. I still have not run 13.1 miles, as the back of doom thwarted not one but TWO important long runs. Oh well, to hell with the plan. The plan can shove it as far as I'm concerned at this point. I have my eyes on doing about 90 or so minutes this weekend as my long run and then calling it good enough.
I am SO happy to be able to run again this week that I'm actually able to look at the big picture- I feel like doing th 1/2 is still an ok option, I will NOT kill myself to get "all" the mileage in beforehand and I seriously doubt that the world will end if I sneak in under the finish line in over 2 hours. I'll just be happy to be there, and to be able to run pain free. YAY!
My back felt better on Monday but my legs were really acting up. I was starting to hit the hysteria pretty hard thinking that I had a pinched nerve, some kinda of freaky defered pain, or a bizzare medical mystery. So I went for a run. Obviously.
Seemed to solve the problem completely. So I started to wonder, after banging around running 25+ miles a week for the past month then stopping completely if my legs had a funny reaction to that? I bet if I looked around I'd find a technical name for it. "crampy achy legs due to inactivity?" Or something of the sort. Tell me internet friends, TELL ME!
My week has looked like this:
Monday: 30 minutes- 0000.1 mile
Wednesday 40 minutes- Oh- point- six miles
Thursday 50 minutes. Maybe broke a mile
Well my stars, if that isn't marathon training then I just don't know what is!!
10 days and counting to the HALF MARATHON. I still have not run 13.1 miles, as the back of doom thwarted not one but TWO important long runs. Oh well, to hell with the plan. The plan can shove it as far as I'm concerned at this point. I have my eyes on doing about 90 or so minutes this weekend as my long run and then calling it good enough.
I am SO happy to be able to run again this week that I'm actually able to look at the big picture- I feel like doing th 1/2 is still an ok option, I will NOT kill myself to get "all" the mileage in beforehand and I seriously doubt that the world will end if I sneak in under the finish line in over 2 hours. I'll just be happy to be there, and to be able to run pain free. YAY!
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