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January 4
Sport
- Core Training
- 15m
Busy day...Laundry, picking up furniture for a friends new office and a trip to Ikea. Cancelled until tomorrow. :( .....Getting some core work in and grocery shopping. I like busy days.
January 3
Run
- 1h 01m 30s
- 6.10 miles
- 10m 04s /Mi
Just read the blog. Supposed to be 10 at the River.
7:00 P.M. Update:.....
Pity Party Alert...you have been warned
Went out today for the scheduled 10 miler...so far so good...then life rears it's head and I had to call my training partner and bail because I HAD to take care of this situation right away. Life, life, life.....3 hours later I head to the River to get the run in.
Start out fine and it is about 29 degrees with wind-chill of around 14. First 2 miles are awesome but maybe a little fast...then the fun began....
Quads are trashed from some stuff I did earlier in the day...excuse #1
With the sweat I worked up I am freezing my a$$ off...excuse #2
It is almost totally dark and I still have 4 miles of trail to get back to the car....BIG excuse #3
A friend passed by in their car and offered water...and said "You look frozen". excuse#4
I'm running by myself and processing the life's event from earlier.......excuse #5
So I get in the car and ask them to drop me off at my car.
Got 6.1 in which isn't bad...but I let my training/accountability partner down, I didn't get the 10 in and my mental toughness took a shot to the groin today.
It helps to put this out there and I will do so in my blog.....it just helps me type this because if I do that I won't sit here and kick my own a$$ the rest of the night.
The Pity Party.....it's a rap.
Gonna be a chilly one today. 10 miler planned for just after lunch. Didn't get a chance to read yesterday because other "stuff" took priority...and was worth it right now. Adding some reading time today should be an option.
Pity Party Alert...you have been warned
Went out today for the scheduled 10 miler...so far so good...then life rears it's head and I had to call my training partner and bail because I HAD to take care of this situation right away. Life, life, life.....3 hours later I head to the River to get the run in.
Start out fine and it is about 29 degrees with wind-chill of around 14. First 2 miles are awesome but maybe a little fast...then the fun began....
Quads are trashed from some stuff I did earlier in the day...excuse #1
With the sweat I worked up I am freezing my a$$ off...excuse #2
It is almost totally dark and I still have 4 miles of trail to get back to the car....BIG excuse #3
A friend passed by in their car and offered water...and said "You look frozen". excuse#4
I'm running by myself and processing the life's event from earlier.......excuse #5
So I get in the car and ask them to drop me off at my car.
Got 6.1 in which isn't bad...but I let my training/accountability partner down, I didn't get the 10 in and my mental toughness took a shot to the groin today.
It helps to put this out there and I will do so in my blog.....it just helps me type this because if I do that I won't sit here and kick my own a$$ the rest of the night.
The Pity Party.....it's a rap.
Gonna be a chilly one today. 10 miler planned for just after lunch. Didn't get a chance to read yesterday because other "stuff" took priority...and was worth it right now. Adding some reading time today should be an option.
January 2
Sport
- Core Training
- 15m
7:00 P.M.: Not really sure how to explain this but I really had no idea as to exactly how the "clarity" comment from this morning would happen today. I had nothing on the menu that would really lead me to believe that something was going to happen....It just sort of came out as I typed.....Well....JACKPOT. Was able to kill 2...not just 1....elephants that were in the room. Moving forward is going to be hard but not like it was.
Still have a LONG way to go but today was special.
"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option." Mark Twain
6:00 A.M.: It's gonna be an interesting weekend. Looking forward to it. Clarity is always a good thing.
Lots of reading to do...looking forward to that also.
Still have a LONG way to go but today was special.
"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option." Mark Twain
6:00 A.M.: It's gonna be an interesting weekend. Looking forward to it. Clarity is always a good thing.
Lots of reading to do...looking forward to that also.
January 1
Run
- 26m 40s
- 3.10 miles
- 08m 36s /Mi
(ATC)Resolution Run. Rolling course with a bunch of folks. Beautiful day to run. Pushed moderately hard and it was worth it. Had a little left in the tank and maybe had some in the middle of the race but I have a 10 miler on Sunday so I didn't need trashed legs. Awesome to see where I am right now in my training.
5:00 Update: Just checked the results and found out I finished 13th out of 34 in my age group...that would be the "Old as DIRT" A.G. ;) ......cool
1:30 Update: Awesome race today. Could not have asked for better conditions or better effort. Very pleased. P.R. for this distance since I have started back running after my 14 year rest period.
Going to head out in a few to "race" the Resolution Run 5k. 39 degrees and overcast....not too bad for a short run.
Seem to have gotten over the vertigo issues....strange.
1:30 Update: Awesome race today. Could not have asked for better conditions or better effort. Very pleased. P.R. for this distance since I have started back running after my 14 year rest period.
Going to head out in a few to "race" the Resolution Run 5k. 39 degrees and overcast....not too bad for a short run.
Seem to have gotten over the vertigo issues....strange.
December 31
This is really strange...Last night about 10:00 I started feeling dizzy....now 1.5 small glasses of red wine are not going to do that to me so I'm thinking WTF???
Get up to go to bed and I crash into the floor.....vertigo like symptoms, no pain or other symptoms other than noticing that I believe my right ear may be stopped up which could certainly lead to a vertigo like feeling.
Go to bed...sleep for my usual 4 hours and when I got up it was still there albeit, not as bad. Messed around here this morning and it seems to be getting somewhat better and I moved my run back to this afternoon because it's raining and 33 degrees.....Gonna be a very interesting run.
We Shall See
Get up to go to bed and I crash into the floor.....vertigo like symptoms, no pain or other symptoms other than noticing that I believe my right ear may be stopped up which could certainly lead to a vertigo like feeling.
Go to bed...sleep for my usual 4 hours and when I got up it was still there albeit, not as bad. Messed around here this morning and it seems to be getting somewhat better and I moved my run back to this afternoon because it's raining and 33 degrees.....Gonna be a very interesting run.
We Shall See
December 30
Had lunch with a friend from the Tri team today. Fun time. Hope their 2010 is really great in the area of fitness and training...and everything else too. 
Only going to do some core work (it will happen tomorrow morning) today and doing 5 miles tomorrow and a 5k Resolution Run race on Fri., then 9 on Sunday. Those should be fun.
About tomorrows run...heh heh heh Texted (Tex-ted...text-ed...???I have no idea) my "accountability partner" about a run and EP said they were going out of town tomorrow at 12:00. I got all pitiful about needing to run and having no motivation.....4 texts later, we are set for a 5 miler tomorrow at 10:00. at Kennesaw I am not sure who motivated who but that is exactly how an accountability team is supposed to work...AWESOME.
Only going to do some core work (it will happen tomorrow morning) today and doing 5 miles tomorrow and a 5k Resolution Run race on Fri., then 9 on Sunday. Those should be fun.
About tomorrows run...heh heh heh
Texted (Tex-ted...text-ed...???I have no idea) my "accountability partner" about a run and EP said they were going out of town tomorrow at 12:00. I got all pitiful about needing to run and having no motivation.....4 texts later, we are set for a 5 miler tomorrow at 10:00. at Kennesaw I am not sure who motivated who but that is exactly how an accountability team is supposed to work...AWESOME.December 29
Just not feeling a run today. Hanging out and taking down the Christmas decorations.
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