I put off running in the afternoon in order to practice clarinet for 2 hours. Right now, clarinet is more important than running (although both are activities that I "have" to get done everyday). It was a good decision to do so, because then I still could run in the evening. I can't practice after 9 pm or so because my parents get ready for bed and all that (yes, I am temporarily living with my parents...good times...just like the founder of Clif bar...what's his name?).
When it was time to go running, I really wasn't in the mood. "Damn," I thought. "I should have gone earlier..."
But, it turned out to be a pretty nice run. I expected it to be a death march of 15 miles, due to the fact that I had to run alone, around Aurora, which is basically a square mile block. I run the outskirts so I can stay on gravel and grass.
Around mile 12 the lower inner quad started hurting a bit. The feet started to hurt a bit too, which is strange, because at no point during yesterday's 25 miler was there any foot discomfort.
The total time, including a stop for water and half of a granola bar, an urination while walking sideways, and getting crap like gravel and leaves out of my shoes, was about 2:08. I was satisfied with this time. It is probably just around 8:30...a decent pace. I felt very relaxed and could see a lot of stars...I saw this cluster that I used to know what it was called, and got a glimpse of Orion's Belt low in the eastern sky.
The iPod is what got me through, I believe. I listened to these pieces:
Holst: "The Planets"
Stravinsky: "Petrouchka"
Stravinsky: "Le Chant du Rossignol"
Stravinsky: "Quatre Etudes"
Beethoven: "Piano Sonata 31"
What do you listen to while you run?
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This past week was a good week for training. I got in some good long runs, an awesome PFT, and some recovery.
55 total miles
1318 abs
1028 push
222 pull
105 dips
440 haulers
140 neck
As for the vegetarian thing, I think it would be a good idea to eat mostly plant things. Meat is good twice a week or so, but only chicken, fish, and the occasional lamb. Beef...I'm not too sure that that is for dinner, after learning how the kill them at the packaging plants: spikes are driven through their skulls. Now, if it were a snake beaten senseless against a rock, Bear Grylls style, then I'm all for it. Let's go catch us an anaconda!
Hope you had excellent weeks as well! Run run run run run.
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4 comments:
run run run is right.
Excellent 15. You are stellar for pulling through with it.
I on the other hand, copped out (not really sure what that means).
Another impressive PT week.
Sorry your feet hurt. Have you been training on a lot of cement? Are they swollen? Tried loosening the laces?
Rock on Brother Charles!
It is the pain of the bottom of the foot...sort of the arch, sort of the side of the foot. The laces are fine...the top feels good...I do need to cut my toenails though...
Remember when we ran to the running store so you could get new shoes and then they sucked? Yeah. Suck.
Need new shoes?
Sorry man.
Is it plantars fachitis?
Your calf tight?
Running to Petrouchka? That's intense. It's like running to a ballet. Bad ass!
I don't listen to anything when I run...I've only run with an ipod once like 3 years ago, and I prefer hearing birds and stuff.
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