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jianantonic) wrote2012-06-21 09:27 am
jianantonic) wrote2012-06-21 09:27 am
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I switched days with Michele this week so she could take a vacation to San Diego. That meant I worked M-W instead of my usual W-F, which I return to next week. Now I have six days off. That's a great feeling. I do have shit to do, though. Today I have a 1pm session with my trainer, and after that I'm heading out to Shanon's to hang out and watch the baby while she packs for their upcoming trip to Virginia. Tomorrow I need to go to the doctor to renew my prozac prescription, and I'm thinking I'll get a massage, too. I have a monthly membership to a local spa and haven't used my June credit yet. I'm not in a lot of pain, but biking has definitely brought soreness to new places -- shoulders! legs! I do not mean to imply I'll be getting a crotch massage. Anyway. I also should go for a run and see how that feels.
I spent some time yesterday researching possible 10K races to enter. I don't know why I can't just say "I want to run 6.2 miles by the {day} of {month}," and let that be my goal...but I would find excuses for myself to fail. Having a race means I am committed to running that distance on that day, and preferably being capable of doing so well before then. The only races that fit with my schedule were a couple in early July (too soon!), a couple local ones with terrifying elevation profiles (no thanks!), and this one just outside Seattle. This is perfect, actually. It's a comfortable distance in the future, but still within my goal of "be able to run a 10K by the end of summer," and Z has to be in Seattle the next day anyway, so it's great. The Seattle regional begins the day after the race, and I have that Monday-Tuesday off work, so I figure I'll head up with Z, play a couple days of the tournament, then come home with the car so Max and I have wheels to get to Alex's wedding the following weekend. That'll be an exciting week for me!
Most running plans have you add about a mile per week to your long runs. I already run 3.2 miles relatively comfortably, so I only need to add 3 miles in eight weeks. Totally doable. I don't want to be a slacker about it, though. Maybe I'll try following one of those half-marathon training programs anyway, and by the time this race comes up, I'll be regularly running 10 miles, and a 6.2-mile course won't feel so intimidating. Or maybe I'll pace myself a lot slower -- in any case, I'm gonna run 6.2 miles on August 18th, and I'm gonna be proud of myself when I finish. But it is scary to think about right now!
Z comes home on Saturday, and then Sunday we have an appointment with a realtor to look at some houses. I'm pretty psyched about that. We're planning a nice long, leisurely bike ride on Monday, Tuesday I have some WW work on the agenda, and Wednesday I'll finally be back to work.
This morning I woke up at 5am as per usual, but I let myself go back to sleep since it's a day off. I ended up having a dream that I was shopping, but I was so tired all I wanted to do was find a place to sit down and rest, but I never could. It was really uncomfortable. Seriously, wtf? Who DREAMS about being uncomfortably tired? That's just nonsense. But writing about it is making my eyes a little droopy, so maybe I'll let myself try to doze off one last time before crawling out of bed for good...
I spent some time yesterday researching possible 10K races to enter. I don't know why I can't just say "I want to run 6.2 miles by the {day} of {month}," and let that be my goal...but I would find excuses for myself to fail. Having a race means I am committed to running that distance on that day, and preferably being capable of doing so well before then. The only races that fit with my schedule were a couple in early July (too soon!), a couple local ones with terrifying elevation profiles (no thanks!), and this one just outside Seattle. This is perfect, actually. It's a comfortable distance in the future, but still within my goal of "be able to run a 10K by the end of summer," and Z has to be in Seattle the next day anyway, so it's great. The Seattle regional begins the day after the race, and I have that Monday-Tuesday off work, so I figure I'll head up with Z, play a couple days of the tournament, then come home with the car so Max and I have wheels to get to Alex's wedding the following weekend. That'll be an exciting week for me!
Most running plans have you add about a mile per week to your long runs. I already run 3.2 miles relatively comfortably, so I only need to add 3 miles in eight weeks. Totally doable. I don't want to be a slacker about it, though. Maybe I'll try following one of those half-marathon training programs anyway, and by the time this race comes up, I'll be regularly running 10 miles, and a 6.2-mile course won't feel so intimidating. Or maybe I'll pace myself a lot slower -- in any case, I'm gonna run 6.2 miles on August 18th, and I'm gonna be proud of myself when I finish. But it is scary to think about right now!
Z comes home on Saturday, and then Sunday we have an appointment with a realtor to look at some houses. I'm pretty psyched about that. We're planning a nice long, leisurely bike ride on Monday, Tuesday I have some WW work on the agenda, and Wednesday I'll finally be back to work.
This morning I woke up at 5am as per usual, but I let myself go back to sleep since it's a day off. I ended up having a dream that I was shopping, but I was so tired all I wanted to do was find a place to sit down and rest, but I never could. It was really uncomfortable. Seriously, wtf? Who DREAMS about being uncomfortably tired? That's just nonsense. But writing about it is making my eyes a little droopy, so maybe I'll let myself try to doze off one last time before crawling out of bed for good...
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