Went to gym and did upper body lifting-nothing terribly exciting. Didn’t feel too bad despite the fact that I haven’t lifted weights in a while. Anyway, doing the Body-for-Life lifting program. Read about it here.
Anyway, that’s all for today.
Archive for June 9, 2008
Training Diary-June 8
OK, so I was bad and I skipped Saturday’s run. BUT…I made up for it Sunday. Friday night I went out and only planned to have a couple of beers. Well, it turned into more and my judgement went out the window, and I smoked some cigarettes. Ugh-so NOT proud of myself for that one. Needless to say, that is the last time that’s going to happen. Anyway, that meant Saturday I pretty much felt like crap. I was still planning on doing my run, but had a limited amount of time due to some plans with friends for earlier in the evening. Thos plans fell through, so I guess had I known, I could have gone running.
Anyway, I decided to put it off till Sunday, which worked out well. I was rested and recovered from my lapse in judgement on Friday. I got up early and went to Forest Park to do a 5 mile loop twice. The weather was great-sunny but cool, and the rays showing through the trees up in the park really was so serene and inspirational. It was definitely a very therapeutic run, in a sense!
At first I was a little frustrated that there were a ton of other runners up there. Going up Leif Erikson drive at the beginning, I kept getting passed. But, I reminded myself that my only competition is myself, not the other people, and that I need to pace myself because my run is 10 miles, not just 2 or 3. So, I settled down, got focused, and stuck with it. At mile 1.5 I turned onto the single track and after that I was by myself save for the occasional runner in the opposite direction. I felt good going up the pretty steep incline and felt really strong on the first loop.
I felt pretty good on the second loop, too, though I was noticeably slower up the hills. My biggest mistake was leaving my water and my clif shot back at the car. I didn’t want to run with my camelbak so I left it in the car, thinking I’d be ok. It was cool, and I figured I could handle it. Well, around mile 6 I started getting really thirsty, and that sucked. I think I could have gone for 12 or 13 miles had I actually had something to drink and a boost of energy from the clif shot.
Regardless, I made it through. By the end of it, though, from the pounding downhills, my knees and ankles were killing me. I felt a subtle pop in my right knee, but it doesn’t hurt today. I’m hoping it’s just fatigue. Today I’m going to be going to the gym to do some upper body lifting. The legs are getting a rest before the 4 miles I do tomorrow.
I learned a few things this weekend:
1. When you don’t drink during the week, you definitely can’t drink as much on the weekend.
2. Smoking sucks-I’m not doing that again. I’m actually not going to drink that much that my judgement fails me like that again.
3. When in doubt, ALWAYS bring water-even if running with a camelbak seems too cumbersome. Suck it up and do it. Otherwise I could have totally hit a wall out there in the woods.
4. I’m totally proud of myself for running 10 miles!
