On my way home from work on Friday I actually cried, I haven’t
done that in a very long time, and the last time I did I changed jobs as soon
as I could find another. I was thinking
that I couldn’t wait to get home to the bottle of wine I had waiting, and then I
realized that wine wasn’t really what I wanted.
Alcohol would only make me depressed and I decided I didn’t think that
was the way to unwind. So I decided that
I wanted a really, really hard run.
When I got home I got dressed and went for a run. And then I decided, while I was running, that
I would do hill repeats. I have never
done hill repeats, I’ve heard they are hard, and I guess I figured I ran enough
hills in my normal runs that I don’t need to do repeats. But on Friday I needed the hardness of that
type of run. I ran the hill at the
beginning of my normal runs, I ran it 2 times and then decided I needed a
needed a hill that didn’t have a stoplight in the middle of the hill. The hill that I chose was longer and steeper,
I did that hill 4 times and thought I was done.
I collapsed at the top of the hill after my 4th time and had
to sit for a minute because my legs felt like jelly. It was at a fairly busy intersection and I
got a few looks, but I really didn’t care.
I was able to take a picture of myself, though. As I was walking down the hill towards home,
I decided I wasn’t done and ran the first hill 3 more times.
It was a good workout, but I was a little disappointed that
it wasn’t harder. I was still able to
walk home and I wasn’t sore at all the next few days afterwards. I feel like that means I wasn’t working hard
enough. But I did get home in a much,
much better mood. I was able to put
aside the week and have a decent evening.
Anyway, because I did the hills on Friday, which was only 2
miles, I didn’t do the scheduled 3 miles on Saturday. I did 6 miles on Sunday and that was the end
of my first week of marathon training.
It feels weird and a little wrong to say last week was the first week of
marathon training, when I didn’t run any more than I normally have been and
actually less than the week before. Next
week I add one mile to my long run, so not much added but that’s okay. I wanted the lower start mileage so that I
didn’t reinjure my feet.
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| Week one done. |
And then there is this video of Damian doing pushups. I want to be like him when I grow up. =)
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It may be one mile less but you completed it and you pushed yourself to do something you don't typically do. As for the 'hard factor'. Don't cut yourself short...how often do you collapse in the middle of a run (as you did after the last time up the big hill??? Yup...never. :-).
ReplyDeleteAs for Damian? These gymnastics kids blow my mind. My niece is the same way...if I could have half of her muscle strEngth that she has obtained through gymnastics if be happy.