Not Exactly A Sunday Brick
It wasn't a brick workout in the truest sense of the definition, but you couldn't have told my legs that it was any different.
I went to Bally's in The Woodlands at 5 p.m. and logged an hour on the stationery bike (random, level 7), which stated 21 miles. Waverly and I went to get a bite to eat and made a trip to Barnes and Noble after I had come back and gotten a shower.
Then after updating a few files for the website, I went out for a run just before 11 p.m. and my legs felt like a ton of bricks. It was an ugly feeling! I wanted to keep going straight where I have the option to do 2.1 miles instead of 4.1, but I felt like I needed to do the extra two (2).
The first 1.7 miles came in at an all-time worst 19:02.20 while the back 2.4 miles was in 27:30.46 for a grand total of 46:32.66 (over 4.1 miles). Even with the humidity, I didn't succumb to walking but once for 50 steps/30 seconds at the turnaround. So that was a plus if one could be had.
I kept thinking about Steve Bezner calling his miles today "junk miles"; however, I know that if I don't want Sarah to beat me in three (3) weeks at the Webster Bicycle Duathlon #3 that I had better make them count for something!
I went to Bally's in The Woodlands at 5 p.m. and logged an hour on the stationery bike (random, level 7), which stated 21 miles. Waverly and I went to get a bite to eat and made a trip to Barnes and Noble after I had come back and gotten a shower.
Then after updating a few files for the website, I went out for a run just before 11 p.m. and my legs felt like a ton of bricks. It was an ugly feeling! I wanted to keep going straight where I have the option to do 2.1 miles instead of 4.1, but I felt like I needed to do the extra two (2).
The first 1.7 miles came in at an all-time worst 19:02.20 while the back 2.4 miles was in 27:30.46 for a grand total of 46:32.66 (over 4.1 miles). Even with the humidity, I didn't succumb to walking but once for 50 steps/30 seconds at the turnaround. So that was a plus if one could be had.
I kept thinking about Steve Bezner calling his miles today "junk miles"; however, I know that if I don't want Sarah to beat me in three (3) weeks at the Webster Bicycle Duathlon #3 that I had better make them count for something!
posted by WalkSports.com | 12:27 AM
6 Comments:
Way to go Jon. Yeah, I'm not sure if there is such a thing as junk miles because those slow miles can be as tough as a 5k race.
Thanks to Google, here is an interesting piece on junk miles: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/6/6_1/redefining-junk-miles.shtml
Steve
There are threee types of miles and none of them are "junk miles". There are miles you have run, miles you need to run and mile you did not run.
Thanks guys! I've had too many miles that I didn't run lately.
Just my $0.02 on junk miles...the only miles I would consider junk miles are miles that hinder my progress. Almost any miles that you run will aid your progress. If, for example, I did a run this morning, and for whatever reason, I opted to go out and do a few miles this evening, which made me have to cut tomorrow's speed workout short, or made me run my intervals slower, then those few miles this evening were "junk miles." For me, this doesn't happen often, so almost all of my miles, even slow recovery miles, have a purpose.
I have a feeling we're going to be pretty close to each other the entire race, Jon! :)
I think so. It's going to be fun.
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