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May 21, 2005
3X Walking/Running
First things first. I want to congratulate Leilani for using the words “placebo effect” in a blogging comment. Unanticipated, and impressive.
This morning, after rehydrating slightly from last night, I went to the gym for my usual Saturday morning core class. Then I did some monster biking around the city. My cousin is graduating today from college and I figured, if she is anything like most college kids, she NEEDS work clothing. So I got her a gift certificate to Banana Republic. I also returned the too big sneakers I bought. I won’t say that having a bike has saved me money, since I did have to buy the bike, but now that I have it I get a kick out of avoiding paying for parking around the city-though depending on the time of day you may be taking your life in your own hands.
In the afternoon I went run/walking. 3X (walk 3 minutes, run 4 minutes). The schedule called for 4X, but I decided doubling my minutes running since my last session wasn’t the best idea in the world. When I ramp up too quickly I get this pain in the top of my right foot (not a stress fracture, it’s been checked in the past) and I have to start all over again. So I decided to be conservative. Everything felt good during the run. Running actually felt hard, even for 4 minutes! But it was such a novelty to be running again. I loved it. It was raining. I felt hard core.
Since I am making a fresh start to running here are the new rules I am setting for myself:
-don’t run with other people if they are too fast for me
-don’t race too often
-this one is boring b/c it is everyone’s rule…DON'T INCREASE INTENSITY AND MILEAGE (AND HILLWORK) AT THE SAME TIME. Yes, I know better. Yes, I do it all the time.
-take a rest day after every long run (at the very least a rest from running)
k, these are my rules, and I am sticking to ‘em.
I haven’t made my summer schedule/goals/plans because I want to see how the return to running goes before I get excited…
Posted by Audrey at May 21, 2005 04:55 PM
Comments
I like those rules! I break them all the time and end up paying for it. I may just print them out and put them next to my training plan.
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at May 23, 2005 08:53 AM