Most would say that a blog with this title is a bad thing but in reality, it is very good. Hurting is one of those things that takes some getting used to. I was reflecting on my training for the past year and realized a few things. First, I had only done a handful of workouts since the last workouts before my conference track meet last May. Those workouts were generally longer, threshold type ones and they didn't hurt that bad. I have only run 2 races, one 5k and one 10k, neither fast, and they both hurt!
I have done a few workouts in the last few weeks, a tempo run with the High Plains Harriers where I just had to mentally focus on Ragan's back and hold on. Later that week, I ran my first track workout in nearly 6 months. It was composed of 200s and 400s. 200s are mentally easy unless they are super fast and I assure you that these were not. 400s were slightly harder but not too bad. Towards the middle of the workout I started wondering if my recoveries were even helping. That is one of the main things that I have noticed at 7200' is that it takes longer to recover both during and after runs and workouts. But, even if I didn't feel good at the start of an interval, I got through it and it wasn't really that bad. It really is just getting used to running a faster pace than my daily runs which are not very fast at all.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
A Different Direction
Up until the past year, my life had been fully devoted to running. I was also a student but an average one at best. I had other hobbies but everything took a backseat to running. Don't get me wrong, I still love running but it's time to start living! I have many different hobbies that I presently enjoy and would like an arena to talk about; mountain biking, bouldering, mountaineering and backpacking (just starting these ones in the spirit of Wyoming), disc golfing, brewing, eating well, traveling, and anything else that I would like to do. I am also considering going back to school to pursue a few interests and it will be nice to be a true student and I look forward to soaking up the student experience that I deprived myself of. I loved my 4 years at SDSU but I am looking forward to more adventures of a different sort as well as continuing to run. As I take this different direction I am looking to take on a different name for my blog. I would like it to be something simple yet creative and still encompassing my hobbies. It will be difficult to find the right phrase or name because my hobbies are fairly diverese and ever expanding. I am looking forward to the future and will take any suggestions!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
April 15-21st Training Recap- The Hay is in the Barn
April 15th- Went out for an easy 4 with Alex. Windchill around 0. I thought this was Spring? Only 12 days out.
April 16th- Didn't run
April 17th- 6 miles at a decent pace.
April 18th- 4 miles.
April 19th- 4 quick miles!
April 20th- Ran a 5k, it felt too fast from the start. I guess that's what happens when you never do workouts. The high school team took off at a very unsustainable pace. I finished 6th in 17:52. It was 4 loops around the park and the race was large enough that we lapped people as we started. They also devised a system to help you count to 4 by handing you a different colored ribbon each lap. It was bad. But it was for charity and Alex won $30 for his efforts.
April 21st- 2nd attempt at getting out to Curt Gowdy State Park for a trail run. We've given up all hope of being on Happy Jack's trails for awhile, they're still enjoying good xc skiing there! We made it to Gowdy and attempted to run on the trails for about 2 minutes. There was 6" to 12" of snow on the trails and it was icy due to melting and refreezing a few times. Surely not runnable. We took to the road through the park. It was very scenic and the way out very enjoyable. We turned around after nearly 40 minutes. The way back was much harder as we had gone downhill about 300 feet including some long climbs and were now running into a 35-50 mph wind. It took 4 minutes longer to get back with a much harder effort.
32 miles on the week, ironically too similar to the distance I will be attempting to complete in about 4 hours on the 27th.
April 16th- Didn't run
April 17th- 6 miles at a decent pace.
April 18th- 4 miles.
April 19th- 4 quick miles!
April 20th- Ran a 5k, it felt too fast from the start. I guess that's what happens when you never do workouts. The high school team took off at a very unsustainable pace. I finished 6th in 17:52. It was 4 loops around the park and the race was large enough that we lapped people as we started. They also devised a system to help you count to 4 by handing you a different colored ribbon each lap. It was bad. But it was for charity and Alex won $30 for his efforts.
April 21st- 2nd attempt at getting out to Curt Gowdy State Park for a trail run. We've given up all hope of being on Happy Jack's trails for awhile, they're still enjoying good xc skiing there! We made it to Gowdy and attempted to run on the trails for about 2 minutes. There was 6" to 12" of snow on the trails and it was icy due to melting and refreezing a few times. Surely not runnable. We took to the road through the park. It was very scenic and the way out very enjoyable. We turned around after nearly 40 minutes. The way back was much harder as we had gone downhill about 300 feet including some long climbs and were now running into a 35-50 mph wind. It took 4 minutes longer to get back with a much harder effort.
32 miles on the week, ironically too similar to the distance I will be attempting to complete in about 4 hours on the 27th.
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