I am back...as in...writing again after a little over a week of training has past. Overall, the past week and a half has been fairly productive for me...roughly 50-55 miles. I would consider this a lot of mileage. Some people may not agree, but I think there is one thing that can be agreed upon and that...brings me to a classic scenario from when I worked at City Sports in Boston which I do miss. Anyway, OFTEN, people would step onto the shoe floor, and as the shoe person, I would ask them "What kind of training are you doing?" and said person would say "Well...I run A LOT," and they would look at me with big eyes as if they were personally shocked by the amount of mileage they were doing. I would then ask roughly how many miles a week they were running so I could help guide them in the shoe selection process. These people would then say something like "like 15 miles." I hate to be a running snob...but...if you are running merely fifteen miles a week you should probably step away form the $150 dollar shoe section because you simply don't need that amount of EVO foam or whatever underneath your foot. Try Sears (get it?). But props to anyone who runs at all just putting that out there,but don't overspend on shoes ladies and gents.
Anyway, back to what I was talking about...I have upped my mileage. All of this mileage has been pretty good, pretty attainable aside from one thing which brings me to the topic of: workouts. The term "in-shape" is deceiving. Would I consider myself in shape right now? Yes. Would I consider it the best shape of my life? No. This becomes apparent when I go to do a workout. When I say workout I mean shorter, faster intervals...not a cute tempo run. For instance, today we did a series of 1000 meter repeats. While most of my teammates, who have been at this a while, were ahead of me and going what I would consider very quick. I was told to do my 1000's at roughly a little under six min. pace. I was thinking "this should be easy. Wrong." I was pretty confident through the first 100 meters when the wind is blowing through my hair...but then that turn...thats when things took a turn (hah). That's when the lactic acid starts flowing in and I am wondering if I always feel this from workout out or if this is new? I then think...well what if like a vain pops out of my leg? Could that happen? Then dehydration sets in and I have a headache and I am sure that I will pass out before I finish my next rep. But you wanna know what the hardest part is for me? Cooling down. Once I finish reps, or a race, I do not want to cool down. I know you are supposed to and stuff but I do not want to. I can literally hardly move...how am I supposed to keep going? Then there is the classic pesky side stitch that creeps in making it so you aren't just running slower but a little lop sided. All in all, I still cool down...just as I did today. I also made it through my workout without passing out or having a vain pop out. This is a true runners blog in that people who don't run might be horrified by this, but I love it.
As promised: What is the deal with running skirts? Look, I am not trying to offend anyone because if you get out there and run, good for you...but a skirt? I have made an effort to understand, but I can't. For instance, I once read a book where a woman who is anti-running skirt puts one on and has a change of heart. She claimed it made her feel sexy and free...but I am not buying it. If anything that makes me beg the argument of should women be trying to look sexy when running? Hmm...feminize that readers. If anyone wants to share any insight please do because I'd love to hear it. Really. All I know is I will not be rushing out to buy one any time soon. It'll have to wait with my running pumps and running push up bra...
That's all for now folks. Thanks for reading.
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