Filed under: Eating, Training Runs | Tags: apparel, half marathon, injuries, nerves, nutrition, races, running, winter
…I just a bar. An ENTIRE bar. I think that’s over 400 calories of sugar and fat. Good thing I am about to run five miles. The chocolate will be as if it had never existed. So I like to tell myself.
This is my last short run before the Hyannis Half Marathon on Sunday, which I am slightly nervous about. My heels have been hurting again, a bearable, slightly duller pain than usual, but nevertheless there.
I do sometimes wish I could suppress the urge to eat more when I’m exercising a lot. I consume far more calories a day than most people I know, and although I’m not gaining weight, I’m not losing it, either. If I hadn’t had that chocolate bar, say, then I’d have actually run off 500 calories, and felt a little better about how my rear looks in my running tights.
Speaking of which, I’m tired of the tights. Yep. Boston, it’s time to get warm. I’m tired of the layers, the tights, the hats, and the gloves. Shorts, a sports bra, and a loose, cool T-shirt….yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.
Filed under: Rest Days | Tags: apparel, days off, good advice, injuries, long run, nerves, Rest Days, running, winter
URD stands for Unscheduled Rest Day, which is what today is. While most of the aches and pains from the 17-miler quickly dissipated, my heel flared up in a fury and did not cease hurting until today. I took it easy this week, though I did do the scheduled track intervals on Wednesday. I cross-trained hard on Tuesday and Friday, did an easy 6.5-miler on the treadmill on Thursday, and took yesterday as my scheduled rest day. This morning, my heel felt blessedly fine, and it still feels fine even after a full work day. The plan was to run for about two and a half hours tonight, not watching the miles, just getting in the time at an easy pace. It was Mandy’s suggestion, and I think it was a good one.
I actually feel really good about taking off today, though. I’ve been pushing myself extremely hard, and to be honest, I’ve been quite frightened this week that I overdid it already. Today is the first day I’ve felt good and rested in quite a while, so I’m going to take advantage of that, catch up on a few chores, and wake up fresh tomorrow.
I also bit the bullet and bought a running jacket. With the weather in the single digits, even two base layers and a pullover aren’t cutting it. It kinda hurt my wallet, but at least I’ll have no excuse to press the snooze button tomorrow morning.
Filed under: Rest Days, Training Runs | Tags: apparel, days off, endorphins, gross, injuries, running, shoes, winter
I went for a run in my FREE (!!!) new Craft base layer yesterday. It was 40 degrees out and I was positively hot. Working at a running store sure has its perks, and I’m not as afraid of winter running as I was a couple of months ago. Did I mention that the shirt is purple?
I love running into people I know on runs. (That was a slightly strange sentence grammatically, but I’m going to keep it.) On the way to a friend’s, I met a guy I went to school with, who seemed shocked out of his mind to see me. I guess I haven’t really told everyone I’m back yet. And the other day, I ran into a coworker who was just starting her twelve-miler.
I still have some slight heel pain, probably from running in my year-old Asics. Hopefully my dog-doo-free Veronas will fix that problem within the week. It’s kind of sad that I was SO lazy that I risked injury instead of cleaning the shoes. On the other hand, the dog doo was REALLY gross!
I will definitely have to be careful during the next couple of weeks. I’m ridiculously happy to be out again, and I tend to get overexcited and do too much when that happens. We’ll keep it at fours and fives for now, and then…the real training will begin!
