Back in the Saddle...er, Shoes
Tuesday, August 25. 2009
I finally got back out this morning to do a road run. It had been almost a week since my last run. I've been sick, though not with the H1N1, thanks for asking. Just a cold, some sort of general malaise, a malady that certainly made me more prone to just grunt upon waking, rather than to jump out of bed and go for a jog, as is my wont. Well, not necessarily my wont, but certainly my want.
In point of fact, it's more my need than my want. I've invested money and self-worth in entering the [Goofy's] Race-and-a-Half Challenge for Walt Disney World's 2010 Marathon Weekend. I've mentioned before the momentary lapse of reason wherein I signed up for this totally uncalled-for event. Still, there it is, and it's a goal, and I don't want to fail.
Not failing means being adequately prepared. I have to build up my stamina to be able to run 13.1 miles on Saturday, 9 January, and then to run/walk/stagger 26.2 miles on Sunday, 10 January. I'll probably take a sick day on Monday.
I've only got about 19 weeks to train, and I'm already behind, made worse by the pesky bug I spent the weekend nursing. A considerable investment of time is required to get into something resembling the shape I need to be in—my Saturdays in December will be almost entirely consumed with long runs (up to 20 miles a day). This gets into the time issue again; but I've committed to this goal, so it'll have to be given its due. Something else has to ramp down as running time ramps up. But what?
I finally got back out this morning to do a road run. It had been almost a week since my last run. I've been sick, though not with the H1N1, thanks for asking. Just a cold, some sort of general malaise, a malady that certainly made me more prone to just grunt upon waking, rather than to jump out of bed and go for a jog, as is my wont. Well, not necessarily my wont, but certainly my want.
In point of fact, it's more my need than my want. I've invested money and self-worth in entering the [Goofy's] Race-and-a-Half Challenge for Walt Disney World's 2010 Marathon Weekend. I've mentioned before the momentary lapse of reason wherein I signed up for this totally uncalled-for event. Still, there it is, and it's a goal, and I don't want to fail.
Not failing means being adequately prepared. I have to build up my stamina to be able to run 13.1 miles on Saturday, 9 January, and then to run/walk/stagger 26.2 miles on Sunday, 10 January. I'll probably take a sick day on Monday.
I've only got about 19 weeks to train, and I'm already behind, made worse by the pesky bug I spent the weekend nursing. A considerable investment of time is required to get into something resembling the shape I need to be in—my Saturdays in December will be almost entirely consumed with long runs (up to 20 miles a day). This gets into the time issue again; but I've committed to this goal, so it'll have to be given its due. Something else has to ramp down as running time ramps up. But what?
In point of fact, it's more my need than my want. I've invested money and self-worth in entering the [Goofy's] Race-and-a-Half Challenge for Walt Disney World's 2010 Marathon Weekend. I've mentioned before the momentary lapse of reason wherein I signed up for this totally uncalled-for event. Still, there it is, and it's a goal, and I don't want to fail.
Not failing means being adequately prepared. I have to build up my stamina to be able to run 13.1 miles on Saturday, 9 January, and then to run/walk/stagger 26.2 miles on Sunday, 10 January. I'll probably take a sick day on Monday.
I've only got about 19 weeks to train, and I'm already behind, made worse by the pesky bug I spent the weekend nursing. A considerable investment of time is required to get into something resembling the shape I need to be in—my Saturdays in December will be almost entirely consumed with long runs (up to 20 miles a day). This gets into the time issue again; but I've committed to this goal, so it'll have to be given its due. Something else has to ramp down as running time ramps up. But what?
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