Sunday, October 21, 2007
2:55 PM
you ever been walking next to some stranger and for no reason at all you decide that if you beat them to the corner, you'll be a millionaire?
Activity: Long Run
Distance: 14 miles + 6 miles
Time: 3:09:11
Average: 9:27
Splits: 10:03, 18:34w/2, 9:03, 9:27w, 9:12, 18:35wg/2, 9:20w, 9:05, 9:18w, 9:21, 9:06w, 9:17, break, 9:43, 9:43, 10:08wg, 19:04/2, 9:59 (tired and hungry!)
Weather: 54/51-70/39 sunny. even tho it was 70 at the end, i def felt nippy!
It's been a long time since my last update! I guess that I haven't been in the mood to update my blog. It used to make me so happy to read about my workouts - I've been kinda blah lately tho. The last few weeks have definitely been stressful at work, but now i have computing resources and can actually do some work!
I started out this run hella fast. Seriously, I've been doing these runs at about 10 minute pace, but I felt great this morning and was not exerting myself. Sometimes, you just have to go with it. Because I didn't slow down too much on the second 6 mile loop, I'm glad that I kept my pace. I wish that I knew why my legs felt so great. My knees didn't start to ache until mile 17 or so. During my 13.1 mile run a week ago, my knees were hurting at mile 10! Noooo good! I think the run went so well today for one of the following reasons:
1) I did a 3 mile jog yesterday rather than no workout.
2) I did a 'short' long run last Sunday.
3) I drank lots of blueberry Smirnoff during the PSU game. haha jp. I had like 2 stiff drinks and did feel a buzz tho.
4) I'm less stressed!
A couple of other things
- I used body oil instead of body glide today; it totally worked as well and maybe better. Plus, I probably smelled like pears, well maybe for the first mile anyway...
- I've been doing most of my runs with no iPod. I'm only running with music during my easy runs at the beginning of the week.
- There was a race around campus this morning. the moxiethon or something. I was going the wrong way.
- Passing a bike on an uphill is heartening. Okay, they did have mtn bike tires. whatev, i'm still awesome!
- At the beginning of my run when I crossed Atherton on Allen, two guys in a car asked how to get to 220, like yelled it after I passed. Because I couldn't hear what they said, I was convinced that they were doing catcalls or something. I continued running. Then they yelled, "Please!" I took pity and ran back to help them out. Good Deed #1 of the day.
- I helped a woman through each step of withdrawing $ from the ATM on the ITS bridge. Good Deed #2. I'm over my one good deed a day quota. Does that mean that I get to do something scandalous?!
I really need to get back into the pool this week. Swimming balances out my workouts and keeps me sane. I never knew how emotional I could be until I increased the number of hours in Walker and cut swimming out of life. I need my weekly dose
Go Stillers!
mood:
doing so much better than last week!
health:
i rocked the long run!
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Now playing: R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth-
http://foxytunes.com/artist/r.e.m./track/what's+the+frequency%2c+kenneth- of chlorine!
Distance: 14 miles + 6 miles
Time: 3:09:11
Average: 9:27
Splits: 10:03, 18:34w/2, 9:03, 9:27w, 9:12, 18:35wg/2, 9:20w, 9:05, 9:18w, 9:21, 9:06w, 9:17, break, 9:43, 9:43, 10:08wg, 19:04/2, 9:59 (tired and hungry!)
Weather: 54/51-70/39 sunny. even tho it was 70 at the end, i def felt nippy!
It's been a long time since my last update! I guess that I haven't been in the mood to update my blog. It used to make me so happy to read about my workouts - I've been kinda blah lately tho. The last few weeks have definitely been stressful at work, but now i have computing resources and can actually do some work!
I started out this run hella fast. Seriously, I've been doing these runs at about 10 minute pace, but I felt great this morning and was not exerting myself. Sometimes, you just have to go with it. Because I didn't slow down too much on the second 6 mile loop, I'm glad that I kept my pace. I wish that I knew why my legs felt so great. My knees didn't start to ache until mile 17 or so. During my 13.1 mile run a week ago, my knees were hurting at mile 10! Noooo good! I think the run went so well today for one of the following reasons:
1) I did a 3 mile jog yesterday rather than no workout.
2) I did a 'short' long run last Sunday.
3) I drank lots of blueberry Smirnoff during the PSU game. haha jp. I had like 2 stiff drinks and did feel a buzz tho.
4) I'm less stressed!
A couple of other things
- I used body oil instead of body glide today; it totally worked as well and maybe better. Plus, I probably smelled like pears, well maybe for the first mile anyway...
- I've been doing most of my runs with no iPod. I'm only running with music during my easy runs at the beginning of the week.
- There was a race around campus this morning. the moxiethon or something. I was going the wrong way.
- Passing a bike on an uphill is heartening. Okay, they did have mtn bike tires. whatev, i'm still awesome!
- At the beginning of my run when I crossed Atherton on Allen, two guys in a car asked how to get to 220, like yelled it after I passed. Because I couldn't hear what they said, I was convinced that they were doing catcalls or something. I continued running. Then they yelled, "Please!" I took pity and ran back to help them out. Good Deed #1 of the day.
- I helped a woman through each step of withdrawing $ from the ATM on the ITS bridge. Good Deed #2. I'm over my one good deed a day quota. Does that mean that I get to do something scandalous?!
I really need to get back into the pool this week. Swimming balances out my workouts and keeps me sane. I never knew how emotional I could be until I increased the number of hours in Walker and cut swimming out of life. I need my weekly dose
Go Stillers!
mood:
doing so much better than last week!health:
i rocked the long run!----------------
Now playing: R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth-
http://foxytunes.com/artist/r.e.m./track/what's+the+frequency%2c+kenneth- of chlorine!
Monday, October 8, 2007
6:37 AM
heat kills 1 at chicago marathon
Imagine running 15 miles in sun-scorching 85 degree weather, then arriving at a water station that is OUT of water. And guess what? The good part is that you only have 11.2 miles left! From the Chicago Sun Times article: "Runners toward the back of the pack complained of water tables being flipped over and stacked at mile 2 -- a complaint organizers disputed. In Lincoln Park, runners drank water from a decorative fountain, a participant reported. Other runners said they phoned friends and asked them to bring them water on the route. Some stopped at gas stations to buy their own."
wow.
I've not been very good about updating my blog due to thesising. (Blogger thinks that thesising is not a word - obviously, Walker vocab isn't included in its spellcheck package.) It's overtaking my life. Yesterday, I took the day completely to myself: no thesising! Sunday is one of my favorite days. It's a day which I usually devote to my recreational joys: running, grocery shopping, scrapbooking, etc. I 'took back Sunday' yesterday. I know. The previous sentence was somewhat lame.
Back to running, I want to say a couple of things about my last two long runs.
1) I ran 16.5 miles last Sunday. Jon and I visited Shannon last weekend (yay!) in Rochester. It was so great to see her and finally meet her friends! Anyway, we drove home Sunday morning, so the long run was in the afternoon. I am not used to doing long runs at this time, and I did not eat enough for breakfast and lunch. I planned to do 17 miles. However, I stopped near the end of the run for a car and felt like I was going to pass out from low blood sugar. In retrospect, I ate my normal size of breakfast and lunch which was definitely NOT enough considering that I was doing a long run in the afternoon. I learned my lesson!
2) I ran 18 miles yesterday. The run was hauntingly reminiscent of last year's marathon: I stopped at miles 4 and 9 to use the bathroom. ugh. My one goal for the Philly marathon is to improve on last year's time. I figure that it is an achievable goal because I spent about 20 minutes in or waiting for a porta-potty at the MCM. Yesterday's run does not bode well for cutting out bathroom time.
3) I ran the 18 miles as a 12- and 6- mile loop. The first 12 miles were pretty good. The last 6 sucked! I probably walked for about a minute per mile and averaged about 10:20/mile. Beyond that, I desperately wanted to stop running. Mentally, I just was not there. I'd like to attribute this to the heat, and I hope that this will prove to be the cause of my lack of motivation. I'm proud of myself for sticking with it and finishing despite everything though!
4) I'm praying that the weather quickly transitions to a period of below average temperatures. Jon told me that he read something recently about how the season transitions have been delayed in the past couple of years. As with most climate-related observations, time will tell if the atmosphere is actually taking longer to respond to the earth's tilt. For now, I think that I would prefer snow in Philly next month to hot and humid. knock on wood.
wow.
I've not been very good about updating my blog due to thesising. (Blogger thinks that thesising is not a word - obviously, Walker vocab isn't included in its spellcheck package.) It's overtaking my life. Yesterday, I took the day completely to myself: no thesising! Sunday is one of my favorite days. It's a day which I usually devote to my recreational joys: running, grocery shopping, scrapbooking, etc. I 'took back Sunday' yesterday. I know. The previous sentence was somewhat lame.
Back to running, I want to say a couple of things about my last two long runs.
1) I ran 16.5 miles last Sunday. Jon and I visited Shannon last weekend (yay!) in Rochester. It was so great to see her and finally meet her friends! Anyway, we drove home Sunday morning, so the long run was in the afternoon. I am not used to doing long runs at this time, and I did not eat enough for breakfast and lunch. I planned to do 17 miles. However, I stopped near the end of the run for a car and felt like I was going to pass out from low blood sugar. In retrospect, I ate my normal size of breakfast and lunch which was definitely NOT enough considering that I was doing a long run in the afternoon. I learned my lesson!
2) I ran 18 miles yesterday. The run was hauntingly reminiscent of last year's marathon: I stopped at miles 4 and 9 to use the bathroom. ugh. My one goal for the Philly marathon is to improve on last year's time. I figure that it is an achievable goal because I spent about 20 minutes in or waiting for a porta-potty at the MCM. Yesterday's run does not bode well for cutting out bathroom time.
3) I ran the 18 miles as a 12- and 6- mile loop. The first 12 miles were pretty good. The last 6 sucked! I probably walked for about a minute per mile and averaged about 10:20/mile. Beyond that, I desperately wanted to stop running. Mentally, I just was not there. I'd like to attribute this to the heat, and I hope that this will prove to be the cause of my lack of motivation. I'm proud of myself for sticking with it and finishing despite everything though!
4) I'm praying that the weather quickly transitions to a period of below average temperatures. Jon told me that he read something recently about how the season transitions have been delayed in the past couple of years. As with most climate-related observations, time will tell if the atmosphere is actually taking longer to respond to the earth's tilt. For now, I think that I would prefer snow in Philly next month to hot and humid. knock on wood.
