M: 3M
7:53, 8:51, 8:24 - No idea what happened that first mile.
890v3: 182M
T: 5M
8:52, 8:14, 8:12, 7:52, 8:30
Calf Raises
890v3: 187M
W: 3M
9:04, 8:34, 8:25
MR10 (W): 194M
Th: OFF
F: 6M
9:38, 9:10, 8:44, 8:39, 8:59, 8:42
890v3:193M
S: 3M
9:09, 8:45, 8:39
890v3:196M
Su: OFF
Week: 20M
Just easing back in this week.
Always good to ease back into it after some time off.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to get your opinion on your long & short term goals. I know when you started, your goal was sub 18 5K. That seemed very far away when you were still a 24+' 5K runner, and some on the LR forum doubted your ability to get there. From the workouts I've seen you complete, there is no question in my mind that you have the natural ability to go at least low.
You have been able to get under 20' in a rather short amount of time, but finding motivation, staying healthy at faster paces, and dealing with life in general could make cutting those last 2 minutes quite challenging.
I'm proud of what you have accomplished so far. It is very inspirational to see someone set such a seemingly far off goal and work so hard to make it a reality.
Thanks, man. I appreciate that. But I still give you a good amount of the credit for my progress because of everything you've done for me during the process. Seriously, without your help I would probably still be a 20+ runner because I don't understand how to structure or schedule workouts around easy mileage. I mean, I understand it, but I don't know what times to run, what distances to run, and how long to rest to get specific results. And having those is a huge part of me getting faster. I can keep increasing the distance and pace of easy runs on my own, but having structured, focused workouts are the key to getting faster.
ReplyDeleteI still want to get to 17:XX. I'm hoping to get there this year or at the beginning of next year in a Winter race. The LRC crowd is a huge bunch of whiny, nay sayers (in general) and don't think anyone runs fast enough and if they do run fast then they are dopers. I love that place but I would never internalize anything negative anyone says there. I think they say negative stuff to try to make the sport less accessible to outsiders and give themselves some sort of feeling of superiority. Seriously, running is super hard and anyone who is good at it is a special human/athlete, but it is a marginalized sport at best and many in LRC adopt an outsider's bravado to rationalize that. I understand that because I grew up doing a lot of stuff that was weird and outsiderish and always said I didn't want to belong to every else's club anyway. Skateboarding, Boy Scouts, D&D...It looks like I'm still doing outsiderish stuff...
On the topic of "burn out" I've been fly fishing a lot lately to try to balance my time. I love running, but I was becoming one-dimensional and it was weighing on me a little. Like, "What will I do once I break into 17:XX territory?" And I was a little scared I would get burnt out. I don't want that to happen so I need to rearrange my schedule and fill the time between running, work, and sleep with something other than X-box. So, fishing let's me focus on skills that are important in running - patience, technique, analysis, hunting prey...plus it get's me outside walking around which I think is a good form of rest.
Anyway, thanks for everything and your continued support! And not to sound sappy, but, it means a lot to have someone involved with me in this.
Sounds good. I haven't done too much fly fishing, but I've been hugely addicted to bass fishing and later Florida flats fishing (mainly redfish & speckled trout)in my late teens to mid 20s. I actually graduated as a Fisheries Biologist and spent several years working in that field.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. I fish for bass and other sunfish usually. Lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, etc. The only difference I see between spin/bait/fly is the lure and retrieve. I'd like to get onto salt water more, but I'm limited by not having a water craft.
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