Monday – April 23, 2007
Training: 60 minutes at a SOLID pace…I think we were both pushing. Hahaha. But I'm not saying who.
Day Mileage: 9 miles
Week Total: 9 miles
Weather: sunny and warm
Details: Ran on dirt and asphalt roads today...
Tuesday – April 24, 2007
Training: 45 minutes
Strength: I was so dead today…not sure why??? *giggles*
Day Mileage: 6 miles
Week Total: 15 miles
Weather: sunny, warm
Details: My legs felt like crap. Nothing more to add.
Wednesday – April 25, 2007
Training: 20 minutes warm up, 12x200meters with 200m rest, 20 cool down
Strength: strides
Day Mileage: 9 miles
Week Total: 24 miles
Weather: stormy…windy
Details: A "recovery" training today…
Thursday – April 26, 2007
Training: 55 minutes
Strength: ab work
Day Mileage: 8 miles
Week Total: 35 miles
Weather: warm
Friday– April 27, 2007
Training: 40 minutes, strides…LOTS of them.
Day Mileage: 7 miles
Week Total: 42
Weather: rainy, warm
Details: A down week to recover…
Saturday .. April 28, 2007
Training: 20 warm up, 11x c.a. 600 meter hills, 22 minutes cool down
Strength: the steep hill I ran up and down 11 times!!!
Day Mileage: 11 miles
Week Total: 53 miles
Weather: cool, sunny
Details: A rough hill, I think I felt my arms tingling…No, I don't think, I know I felt them tingling.
Sunday – April 29th, 2007
Training: 105 minutes
Day Mileage: 15 miles…hilly
Week Total: 68 miles
Weather: perfect, sunny and breezy 70s
Details:
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Okay…So I started out this "blog" a lot differently than I have been writing lately…It used to be a lot more personal and for a while, I've kind of just been trying to get my training across because someone told me I should…But I realized, that is BORING! So let's get personal again…Because that is what I do. So… Where to start… Getting real… So the reality of everything is that it is HARD to train alone!!! Two of my training partners are injured, the other ones I normally go with are on a different race schedule than I am so I've been doing A LOT of training on my own and I don't like it. Of course I like to go out on runs by myself, but I feel so much better when there is someone else around… So yeah, I guess these are the times I "miss" college days when you have training partners everyday, where you have workout groups and not just one or two possibilities. Now I don't really miss college, because I am really happy with where I am at right now (living, studying, training in SWITZERLAND), but when I go on a streak of training alone for a while, then things look kind of ugly. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough motivation…So like if I am thinking to myself, "oh man, this sucks, I don't feel like running today," then I start doubting myself and think, "well, this attitude will get me real far" and then I feel like an idiot…I feel like an idiot because my personality is really an "all or nothing" personality. If you're going to half-ass something, then you're better off not doing it at all…So when I have these days or phases where I don't feel like running then I ask myself, "do I REALLY have what it takes?" So yeah, DO I REALLY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?... Now I don't know… But I guess we'll see because I don't let myself off that easily. It's just that sometimes I look at these professional runners (all they do is run…for real, they don't study, they don't work, they just run…) and then I think, there's no way I could do that…Now of course I'm not on a level where I'd have a CHOICE in the matter, but even if I did, I don't know, I need other things going on in my life. So this is why I even said at the beginning of this blog (OH MY GOD, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO!) that I am not your typical distance runner…Because I guess a typical distance runner would be like, "HELL YES, EAT, SLEEP, RUN," but this is not me. I like training camp of course where all I do is eat, sleep and run, but then after a while (two weeks) I get bored. So where does this put me? This brings me to questioning myself asking, "do I have to live my life all for running if I want to make it???" I don't think I could (only run), but on the other hand, can I have it all? Can I have my job, can I make time for my family, friends, and relatives, can I study, can I baby-sit or dog-sit or what have you and still become a "big-dog" distance runner? I'm not getting any younger either, not to mention… I've decided I can…or I've at least decided I can sure as hell try. So that's where I am at…I'm sure as hell trying. I think I have to focus more, I know I have A HELL OF A LOT of room for improving, I know there are things that I need to do more of (like the foot-exercises I hate doing, but everyone says it's one of the most important things for a runner besides one's core)…I know there are a lot of things that I need to motivate myself to do…So I guess I need to shut up and do them…But it's not that easy…I need to get back to my shoveling snow off the track days!!!!!!!! But ah, life was so much simpler then…
My state right now: I'm happy with where my training is going…it's on the up and up…I guess after my whole burn out, I've maybe been over cautious…. We'll see…time will tell!
Anyway…that was a ramble…for today…my thoughts will change through the course of…I dunno, a couple of days, months….
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