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June 07, 2005
Dumb, but Fun Idea
I really want to run in one of the local summer racing series. I have wanted to run it for the past two years (ever since I learned about it). However, as I have already mentioned, I had foot surgery at the start of each of the past two summers. Which meant no racing, or running, or shoe wearing of any kind!! This summer is going to be it!! Yes, even though have been running for exactly three weeks. The races are all doable distances (all 8K or under) so that people can train for marathons while racing in the series. At least I think that is the reasoning behind it. I think that most people (ie. those that are properly trained-ie. the opposite of me) can handle that. However, I am still toying with the idea of running a marathon this fall-which means I need to be up to an 8 mile long run by July 24. So do I really want to be running races while trying to increase the length of my long run? (This is exactly how I got hurt in the winter. Too much racing and speed work while trying to increase my long run distance.) I guess I should make some decisions about my training. Marathon this fall? No marathon? At this moment, I kind of don’t want to run a marathon. I mean, I do, but I think it is a rush. It’s like I’m asking for unfavorable attention from the running gods. I should probably wait until winter. Regarding the racing series, I could run a few of the races, but not the whole series. That might be best choice-the more boring choice-but probably the healthiest choice. Though I probably can’t run the races hard anyway (I don’t think anyone can race race all the race since they are so close together) since I will probably be lucky to finish :) so maybe they won’t be that taxing? Hmmm…just more things to mull over as I see how the running progresses over the next few weeks. Regardless of these choices, next week might be the time to start running 4 four days/week. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (long run).
This morning I was supposed to bike to the pool to swim-but did not want to get out of bed. It would have been 4 miles each way, all uphill on the way back. I ended up driving and knowing I had to still wrap up swimming pretty early so I could beat DC traffic which quickly gets horrendous. I swam for 30 minutes, half pulling and half regular crawl. What I actually need is to be my sister’s guest at her college gym so I can get a good pool rate and workout closer to home. But that would require my sister going to the gym, a rarity :)
Posted by Audrey at June 7, 2005 07:44 AM
Comments
Hey which pool are you using? At some point I want to start swimming too and I've been looking around for places and such.
Posted by: Nanda at June 7, 2005 10:36 AM
Maybe there's a nice winter marathon to race in.
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at June 7, 2005 12:13 PM