Surprised and Stubborn
My daughter, Waverly, surprised me and, of course, it doesn't bother me one bit!
She ran Run The Woodlands 5K #153 today in 37:39 without running much at all since she did it three (3) weeks ago. She ran it then in 37:26 - still not far off of her 35:57 PR!
If she can run through the summer time, she can probably be close to PR again at the Bearkat Bash 5K and maybe take it down further if she wants to do the half marathon again in January.
Now the stubborn part -- me! I went out at about 4:30 p.m. (yes, in the heat) and brisk-walked another 4.1 miles. I took my first anti-inflammatory this morning and now I understand why the doctor asked if I had a strong stomach. Its been upset all day. Maybe it will cause me to eat less.
I covered the distance today in 1:04:33. I got to the one hour mark not sure how far I was from the house, but I decided that I'd run a minute, walk a minute the rest of the way in -- to give the IT band a little bit of a dry run.
The second minute that I ran I just tried to generate enough foot turnover to get almost 180 footstrikes and then in the last 33 seconds, I had either 97 or 98. I remember one time when I bought a pair of shoes at Luke's and was working with Stan Timmer and he mentioned about trying to get in the 160-170 range on a consistent basis. I could see that it would take some work to maintain this, but it might be something to give a little bit more of a try periodically to see if it yields any benefits.
So, I ran 2 minutes and 33 seconds without any issues. I may get one more good walk in the heat tomorrow afternoon before I head back to Vancouver (as my goal this past week was to attempt to acclimate to the heat) and then start to run again.
She ran Run The Woodlands 5K #153 today in 37:39 without running much at all since she did it three (3) weeks ago. She ran it then in 37:26 - still not far off of her 35:57 PR!
If she can run through the summer time, she can probably be close to PR again at the Bearkat Bash 5K and maybe take it down further if she wants to do the half marathon again in January.
Now the stubborn part -- me! I went out at about 4:30 p.m. (yes, in the heat) and brisk-walked another 4.1 miles. I took my first anti-inflammatory this morning and now I understand why the doctor asked if I had a strong stomach. Its been upset all day. Maybe it will cause me to eat less.
I covered the distance today in 1:04:33. I got to the one hour mark not sure how far I was from the house, but I decided that I'd run a minute, walk a minute the rest of the way in -- to give the IT band a little bit of a dry run.
The second minute that I ran I just tried to generate enough foot turnover to get almost 180 footstrikes and then in the last 33 seconds, I had either 97 or 98. I remember one time when I bought a pair of shoes at Luke's and was working with Stan Timmer and he mentioned about trying to get in the 160-170 range on a consistent basis. I could see that it would take some work to maintain this, but it might be something to give a little bit more of a try periodically to see if it yields any benefits.
So, I ran 2 minutes and 33 seconds without any issues. I may get one more good walk in the heat tomorrow afternoon before I head back to Vancouver (as my goal this past week was to attempt to acclimate to the heat) and then start to run again.
posted by WalkSports.com | 6:52 PM
1 Comments:
It's OK to be stubborn as long as you are being smart. You get back in the groove and all will be well soon enough.
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