Monday .. October 29, 2007
Training: off day
Day Mileage: nothin'
Week Total: 0 so far….
"Extras": This stuff is stuff that one should do all the time….but it's become and "extra" for me at the moment because of my busy-beeness in school, at work, translating etc…
Details: Takin' a day off after my race and unpacking!
Tuesday - October 30, 2007
Training: 55 minutes
Day Mileage: 8 miles
Week Total: 8 miles
Details: Halloween tomorrow, watch out world! The Swiss have some sort of love-hate relationship with America…They always talk about how ignorant, untraveled, uni-lingual we are….BUT THEN they decide to adopt Halloween in American style…See? They love it, they hate it…
Wednesday - October 31, 2007 – Happy Halloween!
Training: 20 minute warm up, 40 minute tempo, 10 cool down
Day Mileage: 10 miles
Week Total: 18 miles
Details: Winter training is just base and tempos! I am hoping to do some fartleks as long as it doesn't get too slippery!
Thursday – November 1, 2007
Training: 63 minutes
Day Mileage: 9 miles
Week Total: 27
Details: I did the Josi loop again today. It's great because you HAVE to finish the loop or else you can't get back across the river…There are only 2 bridges to go back and forth over this huge river so it's the perfect continuous run loop!
Friday – November 2, 2007
Training: 50 minutes
Day Mileage: 7 miles
Week Total: 34 miles
Saturday – November 3, 2007
Training: 45 minutes
Details: Moving day is FINALLY HERE!!! Official moving day, that is! All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go…Now I have 4 buff guys to help me so I am pumped! We moved, we unpacked a lot….I AM POOPED!!!
Sunday – November 4, 2007
Training: Planned on doing a workout today, but the legs didn't exactly MOVE…so it made that impossible. 63 minutes
Day Mileage: 8.5 miles
Week Total: 48.5 miles
Details: Dragged along today…
Rant…
No, no, maybe I won't rant… :-) "What counts in sport is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle" – Joe Pa
This isn't a cop-out because I haven't achieved what I've wanted to…BUT, I have to keep reminding myself that I have to take the small steps first, I have to take care of the minor details first, I have to focus on my day-to-day goals before I start looking at yearly goals… I have to keep the big picture in my head, but remember the pixels it takes up to make up that big picture :-). When you're setting goals for yourself, set realistic goals…THIS DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T DREAM. I always have that "big" dream, the dream that every runner has, in the back of my head… BUT you have to set reachable goals in the short-term so that all of these small goals will help you reach your dreams down the road. Keep your eyes set on each step in front of you instead of looking up all the way at the top at the shining gold….BAM, and then you trip. But dream of the final goal, but you can't skip the small steps!
Monday .. November 5, 2007
Training: 63 minutes
Extras: sit ups…felt the burn, it's been a while!!!
Day Mileage: 9 miles
Week Total: 9 miles
Details: Worked out at Daytona Gym!!!
Tuesday – November 6, 2007
Training: 15 warm up, 30 minute tempo run, 12 cool down
Day Mileage: 9.5 miles
Week Total: 18.5 miles
Details: Felt like crap and I don't know why!
Wednesday – November 7, 2007
Training: 45 minutes
Day Mileage: 6 miles
Week Total: 24.5
Details: I know why I feel like crap…I am so stressed out!!! I had sleeping problems for about a month, but now those problems are solved…but now I am stressing out again…Lots on my plate!!!
Thursday – November 8, 2007
Training: 60 minutes
Day Mileage: 8.5 miles
Week Total: 32.5
Details: Ooops, ummm, errr…IT'S DARK!!!! I started on my normal loop and all of a sudden it was dark...It got dark within minutes and I couldn't see ANYTHING! Ooopsie!!!
Friday – November 9, 2007
Training: 65 minutes
Extras: Ab training…ouch, ouch, ouch!
Day Mileage: 9 miles
Week Total: 41.5
Saturday – November 10, 2007
Training: 20 minute warm up, 6x a looong, steep hill!!!!, 20 minute cool down
Day Mileage: Not sure, but I almost fell over at the end! I am so weak!!!!
Week Total: 48.5
Details: Oh man…HILLS ARE KILLER! Unless you're strong, which I'm not…I'm a little weakling!!! But it didn't kill me, so I guess that means they'll make me stronger…But I was strugglin'!
Sunday – November 11, 2007
Training: 60 minutes
Day Mileage: 8.5 miles
Week Total: 57 miles
Details: Oh man, I'm dead!!! Those hills and the stress this week really knocked me oouuuuutttt!
The snow is on its way! This is gonna' get rough! I have to search for roads that are always cleared again so I don't bust my ars! It happens to me every year… Actually almost never running, but when I'm walking around! What is wrong with me! Hahaha! Running in bad weather is rough…Well, it depends what you consider bad… But winter is supposed to last a long time this year here in Switzerland, according to the weather people, because the planet's people are out of control with pollution…which is leading to global warming (already happening)… and those people won't do anything about it until it's too late…hence, the prediction of a crazy winter! Let's hope mankind will be able to live on Mars because we are going to trash this planet if this sh"% keeps up. Ah consumerist, planet-destroying societies… We will learn from our mistakes…Well, maybe not us, but definitely our future offsprings offspring's offspring!!!!
Anyway, in the end I go back to my old slogan…You either ran today or you didn't, there is no in between! The first 10 minutes in a snow storm SUCKS, but then once you've actually warmed up, you're really glad you got out there…The hardest part is looking out the window, getting dressed, and actually getting out there…Once you're out there it's like, what the hell, I didn't put on my running clothes and shoes for nothing so you HAVE to go…It's the part of sitting around in your jeans by a fireplace or by the heater looking at the snow storm outside wondering if you can somehow justify a day off……. Hahahha!
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