In 6 days, I am running the Beach to Beacon run in Maine. Yay! Maine!
Florida and I are not getting along so well right now. It's too hot and humid (not surprising). I got back Tuesday and did get out once for a 6-mile run. Of course, it was more like a run/walk. I survived it, but I certainly didn't enjoy it.
I also sat down tonight and did my marathon training plan. It looks easy. Maybe too easy. Much easier than trying to do 6 half-marathons over 9 months, I can promise you that much. Part of this is because it is a beginner's plan, whereas I had been doing intermediate plans for the half-marathons and the impending 10k. Sure, there are long runs in the marathon plan, but only 4 that are over 12. Yay! And the other runs are relatively short, considering. Yay!
The best part is that the training plan fits perfectly with when I need to be out of town for work, so I don't have to do crazy rearranging to get everything to fit. This includes a weekend when I will be in Milwaukee for a conference. It just happens to be a taper week (only 5M for the long run! YAY!!!) and I am supposed to run a 10k that weekend. By even more awesome coincidence, I found one. It is the Colorama 10k that takes place at Lapham Peak. Why is it called Colorama? Because the leaves will have changed!
CHANGING LEAVES!!!! YAY, YAY, YAY!!!! Because we don't usually get so much of that here in Florida.
Yep, I'm excited. As you can probably tell. Even though I would still prefer being in the Melbourne winter.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
This time I have a valid excuse
I have had limited internet on my computer. So that's why I haven't been posting. So there.
Australia running is going pretty well, for the most part. No one informed me that Melbourne is very hilly, but I am learning to compensate. I'm okay on gradual ups, just not extreme ones. I know that it's all good for building strength, it's just hard to get excited about hills when you are finding one impossible to run because the angle is too extreme.
The cool weather is divine. The locals seem to think that it is 'cold,' but after Canadian winters, I find it pretty temperate. It hasn't been below freezing and during the day, it is more in the 10C range. Yesterday, I thought that I was going to get stuck in cold rain (ew) but fortunately it held off. While I would still rank cold rain above hot and humid, it is not my favorite.
There were a few snags last week as I got back into a routine, but nothing too bad. No horrible aches and pains. No sore calves like last summer. Just a few runs where I felt slow. I keep reminding myself that the only way of feeling faster is to go out there and run.
Also, I realized that I have been lying to myself for years. I always thought that I had never taken breaks during runs. Turns out, I did for the first year and a half of my running career. During that time, I was running in cities (Boston, MA and Worcester, MA), meaning that I ran into traffic lights and other such necessary stops. So I was having some breaks, I just didn't need to do walk/runs like I have for the past summer in Florida. They've come in handy here as I am seeking to get back into shape. A few stops never hurt anyone or anyone's mile pace, in the end.
Australia running is going pretty well, for the most part. No one informed me that Melbourne is very hilly, but I am learning to compensate. I'm okay on gradual ups, just not extreme ones. I know that it's all good for building strength, it's just hard to get excited about hills when you are finding one impossible to run because the angle is too extreme.
The cool weather is divine. The locals seem to think that it is 'cold,' but after Canadian winters, I find it pretty temperate. It hasn't been below freezing and during the day, it is more in the 10C range. Yesterday, I thought that I was going to get stuck in cold rain (ew) but fortunately it held off. While I would still rank cold rain above hot and humid, it is not my favorite.
There were a few snags last week as I got back into a routine, but nothing too bad. No horrible aches and pains. No sore calves like last summer. Just a few runs where I felt slow. I keep reminding myself that the only way of feeling faster is to go out there and run.
Also, I realized that I have been lying to myself for years. I always thought that I had never taken breaks during runs. Turns out, I did for the first year and a half of my running career. During that time, I was running in cities (Boston, MA and Worcester, MA), meaning that I ran into traffic lights and other such necessary stops. So I was having some breaks, I just didn't need to do walk/runs like I have for the past summer in Florida. They've come in handy here as I am seeking to get back into shape. A few stops never hurt anyone or anyone's mile pace, in the end.
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