16
September
2008
I just got a good look at my training schedule for the full marathon in February…from what I can tell, there’s absolutely no need to train for the Philly half in November since the full schedule will take care of it all and then some. God, it hurts to even look at this schedule! Especially since I’ve learned from prior experience that ‘fartlek’ is hands-down, the most painful word in the English language and seems to mean ‘hey, I can’t feel my lungs’.
Posted: Uncategorized
8
September
2008
I’ve taken a week off after I finished the Rock N Roll half, but now I guess it’s time to jump back on the shin splint bandwagon and start running again, especially since I’m sure that marathon in February will be upon me sooner than I expect it.
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26
August
2008
I had a premonition that Sunday would be my last run before the half marathon. Really, Ms. Cleo’s twin sister, Ms. Headley, came to me in a dream and told me that I better run like crackheads with hellhounds were after me, cause it would be my last run before the race. Except she said it in a weird Ja-fakin accent, so really, it could have been anything.
Anyway, sure enough, I was stuck at work last night till damn near midnight, today and Wednesday are looking just as tough and I leave for Virginia Beach on Thursday…I guess this is where all that training comes in, huh? 
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23
August
2008
Didn’t feel like challenging myself today…took it slow and easy and stopped to walk more than once. The half marathon is next week so there’s no reason to kill myself now.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 08/23/2008
- Time: 10:29:12
- Total Time: 1:43:18.00
- Distance: 7.4 miles
- Average Pace: 13:57.21/mile
Posted: Run
17
August
2008
Ouch…lately, every time I run I get this ache up the inside of my right shin. Sometimes it stops after a while but today it didn’t. I thought the pain was a by-product of my old sneakers but perhaps not.
Oh, in other exciting news, when I went to give myself a touch-up “fake-i-cure” this morning before church (the polish on my toes looked pretty ragged and I was wearing open sandals), I found that one of my toenails on my left foot had just fallen off.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 08/17/2008
- Time: 13:52:28
- Total Time: 1:43:37.00
- Distance: 7.38 miles
- Average Pace: 14:03.09/mile
Posted: Run
16
August
2008
NYRR team championships this morning - ran with my Jack Rabbit class and broke in the new Nikes. Ouch.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 08/16/2008
- Time: 12:00:00
- Total Time: 00:52:18.00
- Distance: 5 miles
- Average Pace: 10:27.18/mile
Posted: Run
15
August
2008
I went to get a new pair of running shoes today (at a different running store than I got my first “non-outlet/offbrand” shoes) and, as a good salesperson should, they whipped out the measuring thingy to find out how big my big, fat, archless, flipper feet were…that’s when I found out that apparently, one foot is a 7.5 and the other foot is an 8.5. Wow. I never realized I had mutant feet before. I’ve been wearing an 8.5 (and sometimes a 9 depending on how stylish [read: narrow and painful] the shoe) for all of my adult life, so that was quite an unexpected tidbit of information.
At any rate, I ended up with a pair of Nikes, which was also astonishing to me. In general, Nike sneakers tend to not fit me very well (see my earlier comment about the shape of my feet) and are always too narrow and/or too narrowly sloped in the front. But I tried on a pair of Sauconys, 2 pairs of Asics (my current holey running shoe) and a pair of Brooks as well, and the Nike pair just fit better and felt good. Feels like I’ve got a tub of Cool Whip on my feet. Full-fat Cool Whip, not the fat-free Target brand. So yay.
Now all I have to do is find a pair of running shorts that won’t bunch up or ride up and I can take over the world!! Bwah hah hah!! 
Posted: Uncategorized
13
August
2008
Thank goodness I don’t have any runs or workouts scheduled today, since I’m running on caffeine and approximately 2 hours of sleep. Am I the only one who suffers from exercise-induced insomnia?
I don’t know why it is - and it doesn’t happen every time although it is happening much more often now - but every now and then I will finish a workout (run, weight session, whatever) and then not be able to fall asleep.
This is strange since, in general, I have the happy inherited ability to fall asleep anywhere, any time, period end of story. In fact, I’m generally yawning heavily around 9:30 PM and am normally in the bed and asleep by 10:00. Huh.
Posted: Health and wellness
12
August
2008
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 08/12/2008
- Time: 19:00:00
- Total Time: 00:53:41.00
- Distance: 5.02 miles
- Average Pace: 10:41.71/mile
Posted: Run
9
August
2008
I think I’m going have to develop what I would call a sports bra winch. Some sort of mechanism whereby one can hook the back of one’s sports bra into it and let gravity help you get it off. Too many times I’ve been prey to the baked-on, caked-on, sweaty sports bra phenomenon. It’s almost as if the bra has spent SO much time with you, that it just refuses to let go and be taken off so it holds on screaming for dear life.
Seriously, I just spent almost 15 minutes hopping around my bedroom (at one point banging into my dresser - ouch) trying to get up enough energy for that one good yank which would get the damn thing over my head. Hmm, or maybe I should just get something with hooks? Nah, I like the idea of the winch better.
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 08/09/2008
- Time: 07:25:00
- Total Time: 2:28:38.00
- Distance: 11.6 miles
- Average Pace: 12:49.23/mile
Posted: Run
