Well, I am not shaking out for anyhing or from anything. But today morning at 8:20 a.m. I decided to go to the conservatory to do something. It was a rainy day, so it was pouring a bit when I headed out and during the run.
Today I decided to run without a watch since lately I have been too attached to the splits in my watch, so I decided to just run by effort today, to run a pace that felt confortable.
The shin bothered me a bit, but I think I can increase mileage a bit more, but I need to be careful. Next week( starting tomorrow), I ll increase my frecuency, due to the lack of enough runs for my taste, my best frecuency per week in the last 2 plus months has been 4 times per week of running due to the shin splints. I think it is time to test it a bit more and increase that.
Hope you have a great Sunday!!
domingo, 12 de julio de 2015
sábado, 11 de julio de 2015
Light at the end of the tunnel
Yesterday I took the day off. I could not get my run, and that served me well due to the way that I was feeling. I have realized that your motivation goes downhill when you have a very bad run, you relate running with your last run, if that goes really bad, then your motivation for your next run is low. Whereas if your run was great, you cant help walking out the door to go running.
I think that I can learn from that, and force myself yo go out the door when the going gets tough, that strengthen your mind.
Today I was up early at 6:30 a.m. and was optimistic about my run, headed out at 7:15 a.m.( took my time to go out due to GI problems) with my father, but He went out walking due to plantar fascitis.
I got to the conservatory in 7:44, I thought that I was going slower, then did 4 laps in 6:21,6:11,5:58 and push it a bit the last one in 5:29. Felt better than expected in the last lap and felt really good compared to the past week, it seems that I am coming around nicely. Did 33;10 total. Came walking with my father from the park.
I was analizing and I think that the reason to my increase in weight in the last 5-7 years has been due to the excess fried food, soda has to do with that too, but the biggest reason is the fried chicken. I ate 3 fried chicken pieces yesterday with fries, I did not get stuffed with that( yea I have a big stomach) and when I woke up today I felt very bloated and fat in the stomach. I am eating healthier these days, during the week I am dining tuna sandwich, croissant( no that healthy, but much healthier than fried chicken and fries or rice with a lot of oil), eggs sanswiches, etc.
Sometimes I am starving at 11 p.m. when I eat those healthy things at 8 p.m., but when I woke up I felt very sooth and light, so I think that it will add up in the long run.
I ll still eat my fried chicken and junk food ocassionally, but in the last few years that has been the basis of my diet and not even running cant stop so many junk calories, especially when you are running less than 30 miles per week. If can make the healthier food the basis of my diet, I ll change my body composition for the best.
Sorry for the big rambling! I hope you have a great Saturday!
I think that I can learn from that, and force myself yo go out the door when the going gets tough, that strengthen your mind.
Today I was up early at 6:30 a.m. and was optimistic about my run, headed out at 7:15 a.m.( took my time to go out due to GI problems) with my father, but He went out walking due to plantar fascitis.
I got to the conservatory in 7:44, I thought that I was going slower, then did 4 laps in 6:21,6:11,5:58 and push it a bit the last one in 5:29. Felt better than expected in the last lap and felt really good compared to the past week, it seems that I am coming around nicely. Did 33;10 total. Came walking with my father from the park.
I was analizing and I think that the reason to my increase in weight in the last 5-7 years has been due to the excess fried food, soda has to do with that too, but the biggest reason is the fried chicken. I ate 3 fried chicken pieces yesterday with fries, I did not get stuffed with that( yea I have a big stomach) and when I woke up today I felt very bloated and fat in the stomach. I am eating healthier these days, during the week I am dining tuna sandwich, croissant( no that healthy, but much healthier than fried chicken and fries or rice with a lot of oil), eggs sanswiches, etc.
Sometimes I am starving at 11 p.m. when I eat those healthy things at 8 p.m., but when I woke up I felt very sooth and light, so I think that it will add up in the long run.
I ll still eat my fried chicken and junk food ocassionally, but in the last few years that has been the basis of my diet and not even running cant stop so many junk calories, especially when you are running less than 30 miles per week. If can make the healthier food the basis of my diet, I ll change my body composition for the best.
Sorry for the big rambling! I hope you have a great Saturday!
jueves, 9 de julio de 2015
And the bad streak continues
Ha!! I dont want to turn this blog into some negative stuff, but I have to admit that I am a bit frustrated with the way that I am feeling during runs lately.
Today I went out to the conservatory at 6:30 p.m. at a very slow pace to not huff and puff the entire run, I could accomplish that goal for the most part, because at times I felt really tired. I did 4 laps there with laps in 6:23,6:17,6:15 and 6:09 something like that. When I started running it was pouring a bit, but I did not mind too much.
In the last lap I ran and talked with my competitor from my last race, the one that train there in the park and I passed him in the last 100m. He seems like a cool guy and it was good to have the company for the last 2 laps, good conversation about races.
The weather was ok!! and yesterday I decided once again to ditch the soda and drink it only ocassionally. My soda consumption is getting out of control and I have gained 5 pounds or so in the last month.
Have a great Thursday everyone!
Today I went out to the conservatory at 6:30 p.m. at a very slow pace to not huff and puff the entire run, I could accomplish that goal for the most part, because at times I felt really tired. I did 4 laps there with laps in 6:23,6:17,6:15 and 6:09 something like that. When I started running it was pouring a bit, but I did not mind too much.
In the last lap I ran and talked with my competitor from my last race, the one that train there in the park and I passed him in the last 100m. He seems like a cool guy and it was good to have the company for the last 2 laps, good conversation about races.
The weather was ok!! and yesterday I decided once again to ditch the soda and drink it only ocassionally. My soda consumption is getting out of control and I have gained 5 pounds or so in the last month.
Have a great Thursday everyone!
miércoles, 8 de julio de 2015
Fat and dead
I did not run Monday and Tuesday, it was due to the fact that I felt that bad on Sunday and was not very motivated, plus giving my ankle recovery.
Today I was back at it, but felt the same way or worse than Sunday, everything started pretty good till I got to the conservatory in 7:31, then I hit the wall after the first lap and was a death March till I finished my fourth lap there to talk a bit with my friends there. Laps were 6:02,6:09,6:11,6:00. In the last lap I could regroup and felt a bit better, but I was huffing and puffing the whole way and the legs weighted more than a Marine lion. I dont know what is wrong, the ankle bothered me, the shin not so much, but the worst was my breathing and legs. I looked like a 500 pound marine lion out there and felt that way too.
Total time was 33:25, maybe around 5.5k.
I hope things improve!
Have a great humpday!
Today I was back at it, but felt the same way or worse than Sunday, everything started pretty good till I got to the conservatory in 7:31, then I hit the wall after the first lap and was a death March till I finished my fourth lap there to talk a bit with my friends there. Laps were 6:02,6:09,6:11,6:00. In the last lap I could regroup and felt a bit better, but I was huffing and puffing the whole way and the legs weighted more than a Marine lion. I dont know what is wrong, the ankle bothered me, the shin not so much, but the worst was my breathing and legs. I looked like a 500 pound marine lion out there and felt that way too.
Total time was 33:25, maybe around 5.5k.
I hope things improve!
Have a great humpday!
lunes, 6 de julio de 2015
Jogging around
This run was actually yesterday evening but I did not have the chance to post it.
I went out to the conservatory with the right ankle bothering me a lot, the shin was not bothering me too much, but the ankle was. I got there in 7:41, honestly I thought that I was going a lot slower given how I felt, then did 3 laps in 6:17,6:21,6:12 and back home, for a total of 5.5k in 34:12.
Overall felt like crap, legs were heavy, breathing was fast, ankle bothering me, I really had to tough it out with this run, almost calls it a day after 20 mins.
I just kept the effort very easy to recover from Saturday´s faster miles, but eventhough I was going easy, I felt really tired.
No more complaints!!
Have a great start of the week!
I went out to the conservatory with the right ankle bothering me a lot, the shin was not bothering me too much, but the ankle was. I got there in 7:41, honestly I thought that I was going a lot slower given how I felt, then did 3 laps in 6:17,6:21,6:12 and back home, for a total of 5.5k in 34:12.
Overall felt like crap, legs were heavy, breathing was fast, ankle bothering me, I really had to tough it out with this run, almost calls it a day after 20 mins.
I just kept the effort very easy to recover from Saturday´s faster miles, but eventhough I was going easy, I felt really tired.
No more complaints!!
Have a great start of the week!
sábado, 4 de julio de 2015
Steady state or tempo run?
Did not run Thursday and Friday, but I was up early today to run. I went out to the conservatory with my father, but gapped him after around 600m, got to the conservatory in 7:44, then ran 1 lap in 6:18, after that I increased effort and pace, next 2 laps were in 5:33 and 5:25, nothing to be proud of, but the effort was there and I was huffing and puffing, so the 25 min 5k that I did in May I think was spot on given my current level of fitness. After that, I waited around 30 seconds for my father and then back home, the last 1.2k , I did it at a faster pace. 5.5k in 32:17.
The reason is I am running faster and doing " fast" intervals is because I want to burn more calories, given that I am running short due to the shin, I want to get the most out of it by running quality miles. I think that is working because post run I am sweating like a pig.
The shin is much better, it did not bother me too much, what bothered today was the ankle, but I think that is because I sat in a wrong position watching TV yesterday. For the shin, I am ready to start ramping up training again.
I ll keep doing stress workouts since that improved the shin a lot due to the variety and change in stride. That will help also to improve my fitness. I am pathetically slow and I want to improve my PR{s eventually. Rnning easy and short all the time I wont accomplish that.
Have a great Satuday! Happy Independence day to the USA!
The reason is I am running faster and doing " fast" intervals is because I want to burn more calories, given that I am running short due to the shin, I want to get the most out of it by running quality miles. I think that is working because post run I am sweating like a pig.
The shin is much better, it did not bother me too much, what bothered today was the ankle, but I think that is because I sat in a wrong position watching TV yesterday. For the shin, I am ready to start ramping up training again.
I ll keep doing stress workouts since that improved the shin a lot due to the variety and change in stride. That will help also to improve my fitness. I am pathetically slow and I want to improve my PR{s eventually. Rnning easy and short all the time I wont accomplish that.
Have a great Satuday! Happy Independence day to the USA!
miércoles, 1 de julio de 2015
Mini short intervals
Yesterday I did not run, decided to rest because the shin was bothering me, so I played it safe. Today I felt pretty good in the evening and went out for a run, and I I planned to do some fast short itervals today. I am not running a lot so I need to take advantage of each run and burn as much as calories as possible especially today that my lunch was not the healthiest.
Besides that I was feeling a bit down so I needed to release all that tension running fast. I went out to the conservatory with a very good breeze in 7:47, yeah when the weather is cloudy I tend to run slow eventhough the effort suggest the opposite. Did 3 laps there, 1 lap easy and then when my watch marked the 15 mins I started my planned workout, 5 x 1 min with 1 min easy, completed the 3 laps and went back home for a total of 5.5k in 33:12. The cooldown pace was pathetic.
During the repeats I felt good but was huffing and puffing very hard, and people only stared at me because the high noise of my breathing. That means that I am working I think! I felt really good, the pace was not the fastest because I felt very heavy, but the effort was there and that is the most important thing. I suspect that I burn a lot of calories given the effort and the after run sweat.
All in all happy to have run fast, the shin did not bother at all during the intervals, I must be crazy,but I think that running fast helps with the overuse type of injury.
Have a great humpday!!
Besides that I was feeling a bit down so I needed to release all that tension running fast. I went out to the conservatory with a very good breeze in 7:47, yeah when the weather is cloudy I tend to run slow eventhough the effort suggest the opposite. Did 3 laps there, 1 lap easy and then when my watch marked the 15 mins I started my planned workout, 5 x 1 min with 1 min easy, completed the 3 laps and went back home for a total of 5.5k in 33:12. The cooldown pace was pathetic.
During the repeats I felt good but was huffing and puffing very hard, and people only stared at me because the high noise of my breathing. That means that I am working I think! I felt really good, the pace was not the fastest because I felt very heavy, but the effort was there and that is the most important thing. I suspect that I burn a lot of calories given the effort and the after run sweat.
All in all happy to have run fast, the shin did not bother at all during the intervals, I must be crazy,but I think that running fast helps with the overuse type of injury.
Have a great humpday!!
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