So what can I tell you about Day 2, well as I type this my hands are still cold and stiff from the run. I woke up to the sound of a pitter patter sound outside my window. 1 degree celcius, current conditions are snow showers, winds north at 29 km/h, humidity 87%, I have to say if it wasn't for Dan's positive encouragement this morning I would of probably said I'll run later and then not end up running at all today. BUT he got me out the door, wearing a hat and a pair of Boston Marathon running gloves (Dad must of left those at my house on his last visit). I ran 4 miles in 45:20, avg speed 8.5 km/h and burned 575 calories. It was a fairly easy run, a little cold at first but I warmed up fast. The only real problem was a charlie horse in my left ham string. Oh, did I forget to tell you I've been living with chronic back and hip pain for the last 11 years. Well that is another reason to do this marathon. I really think that those muscles of mine need a real kick in the butt! (litterly) I always feel much better when I'm working out or when I'm doing some sort of activity. So that is why my stretching and rolling is so important, to avoid seizing up. My personal trainer Maryse Senecal was always the best at reminding me of this. I did my yoga stretching before and after my run today and through out the day I'll be doing major rolling to see if I can get rid of 'MR. Charlie'!
Oh and to top it all off, remember those construction workers I was telling you about yesterday...well they are on our street doing some water main repairs so when I got back to the house after my run we had no running water :( I guess I'll be taking a trip to the YMCA to have a shower before my 10am business meeting this morning.
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Laura, my gutsy girl. Good stuff! Now I have to tell you, you are shaking my faith in your program when you tell me Dan had to push you out the door this a.m. So we have to fix this little wrinkle in your resolve. Here is how. You will love this.
ReplyDeleteGo to your local book store. Buy a runner's log book and start to record each day with the following; date, distance, time, temperature, weather conditions, location of run, and how you felt.
This is actually a mini-management program, you know what that is, don't you?? It's called a PLAN. Wow, who would ever guess!!! Laura, you and I know that nothing gets accomplished without a plan of action. Right? Enough said.
Now, with your plan in action, knowing each day what you expect from yourself makes things so much easier to persever. Enjoy your shopping!
Nice run! However, the fact that your hamstring was freezing up on you indicates to me that you were actually going just a little too fast for your conditioning at this time in your training. Therefore, cut back a bit on Thursday and run only a 9 minute tempo run. Cheers, Honey, Enjoy, Love, Dad
Thanks Dad, recording all the details in my running log using Garmin Forerunner 301 software...new age stuff :) Hey if you tell me to slow down I will :) Looking forward to tomorrow's run.
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