I can't believe it's already July!
I have been on the road for about a month and a week now. I just finished my last trip out East for a while, and hope to get in something that resembles a consistent schedule for at least the next few weeks.
Of course, I know what lays ahead schedule wise, so we'll just see how things stack up.
I have decided NOT to run the Superior 100 Mile in September. I shaved my "100 mile beard" because I know it's just not in the cards this year. Giving this event anything less than my full attention in the months leading up to it just didn't feel like I was giving it the respect it deserved. I have no desire to do something just to say I've done it without giving it 100%, so I'm shelving this goal for a year.
Of course, I feel like a loudmouth braggart for ever announcing that I was planning on doing this event, but oh well. I think I had planned too much and very unrealistically, too soon. Lesson learned.
I will instead either run the 50 mile or the marathon up there this fall. I've been enjoying short, intense runs lately, but nothing longer than 15 miles for the last few weeks, so I feel like I could actually crack off a decent marathon, if I have the right kinds of runs in the next few weeks.
On my last trip to Westchester, I got out a couple times on a trail between my Tarrytown hotel and Irvington, a lovely town on the Hudson river, a couple miles down the trail. One morning I made the trip out and back in just under 40 minutes, the next day I had only 25 minutes to run, so I decided to see if I could get there and back in that time. 28 minutes later a panting, sweaty, gnat covered me ran into the hotel lobby and back to my room for a quick cold shower before dinner.
I ran the Afton 25K over the 4th of July weekend, and as usual, it rocked. It was a little cooler than usual, which was fantastic! I ran it several minutes slower this year than last year. Not a big surprise, considering.
So the plan is to get some runs in after work or maybe before work if time allows, long runs on weekends, back into the dungeon of a weight room I have set up in the studio and enter the late summer strong-ish if not back to where I was a year ago, but also kind of balance some things out and still maintain my career commitments at the level I have been...
I did get out for a great 25K run at Afton this morning. There was no water to be found on the course, so I had a 20 minute detour getting up to the first fountains to drink like a camel before hitting the long flat stretch to the meatgrinder -- but still had a great run.
I am breaking in a brand new pair of Vibram FiveFingers -- I love it when the rubber on them is still sticky. Way better traction.
Hopefully you are all having a great summer!!
I have been on the road for about a month and a week now. I just finished my last trip out East for a while, and hope to get in something that resembles a consistent schedule for at least the next few weeks.
Of course, I know what lays ahead schedule wise, so we'll just see how things stack up.
I have decided NOT to run the Superior 100 Mile in September. I shaved my "100 mile beard" because I know it's just not in the cards this year. Giving this event anything less than my full attention in the months leading up to it just didn't feel like I was giving it the respect it deserved. I have no desire to do something just to say I've done it without giving it 100%, so I'm shelving this goal for a year.
Of course, I feel like a loudmouth braggart for ever announcing that I was planning on doing this event, but oh well. I think I had planned too much and very unrealistically, too soon. Lesson learned.
I will instead either run the 50 mile or the marathon up there this fall. I've been enjoying short, intense runs lately, but nothing longer than 15 miles for the last few weeks, so I feel like I could actually crack off a decent marathon, if I have the right kinds of runs in the next few weeks.
On my last trip to Westchester, I got out a couple times on a trail between my Tarrytown hotel and Irvington, a lovely town on the Hudson river, a couple miles down the trail. One morning I made the trip out and back in just under 40 minutes, the next day I had only 25 minutes to run, so I decided to see if I could get there and back in that time. 28 minutes later a panting, sweaty, gnat covered me ran into the hotel lobby and back to my room for a quick cold shower before dinner.
I ran the Afton 25K over the 4th of July weekend, and as usual, it rocked. It was a little cooler than usual, which was fantastic! I ran it several minutes slower this year than last year. Not a big surprise, considering.
So the plan is to get some runs in after work or maybe before work if time allows, long runs on weekends, back into the dungeon of a weight room I have set up in the studio and enter the late summer strong-ish if not back to where I was a year ago, but also kind of balance some things out and still maintain my career commitments at the level I have been...
I did get out for a great 25K run at Afton this morning. There was no water to be found on the course, so I had a 20 minute detour getting up to the first fountains to drink like a camel before hitting the long flat stretch to the meatgrinder -- but still had a great run.
I am breaking in a brand new pair of Vibram FiveFingers -- I love it when the rubber on them is still sticky. Way better traction.
Hopefully you are all having a great summer!!
2 comments:
Sounds lie the job has you busy and the you are being smart about the 100. I hope you are getting some nice runs in while on the road trips?
Good seeing you at Afton - twice! That 100 miler is a pesky thing, probably best saved for when you have more experience (next year).
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