Running Log: January 25 - January 31

Total Miles for the Week: 21

01/25 Ran 7 plus, 5 miles on back side of Forest Meadow straight down to the 1 mile mark on the front side and then back to my car. It was tough. I wasn't recovered enough from the 13 miler on Saturday. Need to rethink how I'm scheduling these bitches. Last few miles felt strong. And there was some pain in both my legs (ankle and calf) from never warming up. My legs felt weary. And I need to start rethinking my playlist. Its starting to feel stale.

01/26 Worked out in the park:
150m SB Bear Hug

Drop-set Workout
20 Push-ups (20, 20, 20, 15, 10, 10, 10, 15)
10 Lunges (10 second hold) (10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 5, 5)
10 Inverted Rows (10 X 7)
10 Kick-outs (5 second hold) (10 x 7)
20 Lateral Squats (20 x 7)

150m Suitcase Carry

Its the same idea as a weight based drop set, once you fail at a set, the next set is halved until you get to zero and then it actually is dropped. The numbers in parenthesis are the numbers for each set.

Kick-outs: I should have got faster between sides or held longer or moved to the modified knees to elbows version
Except for Push-ups and Lunges: I need to increase the set size

01/28 I either ran 7 of the fastest miles I've ever run or 6. I mean, I feel way stronger. I'm pretty sure there were like twenty fuve whole contigious minutes yesterday where I felt no pain. It still doesn't make me faster like that. I'm pretty sure I took a short cut somewhere. It was a good run. I started off miserably slow and and found my breath at the 3 mile turnaround which really got me thinking I'm a distance runner and I felt wicked strong on the second three, stronger than I ever feel on 10's or 12's which gets me thinking 10k  is my magic distance. Is there such a thing?

01/30 Ran 8 miles with Steph and Steve out at Bradley's. It was Steph's last run as a sinle lady. It was cool. It was hard but I fel trong and I ran hard. The last to miles were low 9 whioch in Mikey land is okay.

Running Tip #3

Let's say you have a favorite playlist for your iPod Shuffle and the night before your run, you load on a bunch of songs but instead of loading them into the playlist and then onto the shuffle, you go right to the Shuffle.

And the next morning you synch the Shuffle to the playlist. This will effectively remove the songs from the Shuffle. Just a heads up on that.

Motivational Quote #13

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi

This speaks to me. I have so much guilt and shame. They're like muscles that I can't seem to stop working on. I know that's contradictory but its like this: I have to let go of what I think I ought to be doing and do what the moment asks for. I should listen to my body, my mind. Am I tired, am I cheating? I need to do things right or not do them at all. And even that's confusing. Its like if I castigate myself ofr failing or doing wrong, if I punish my body than no one can say I didn't do my best. Its like I have to try and in failing be my own father to saw the work I'm as tough as my Dad. I gotta get beyond this. Nothing good can come from this.