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September 15, 2006
My Tummy Hurts
I had a nice day. Things went well. I enjoyed a nice swim, a day at work, a run and then dinner with O. But right now all I can think of is the fact that my stomach hurts. The culprit? A long(er) run with some hard miles in the middle. Gets me every time. One of the very few things I hate about running.
Anyway, when my alarm went off this morning I was none too pleased. The alarm really gets no lovin' in our house. I suspect alarms across the country (and world for that matter) don't get any lovin'. But I got up nonetheless and headed to the YMCA. I had to use the blast-the-music-as-loud-as-possible trick in the car so as to wake up. It's a great trick except for when you forget to turn the music down and then get back in the car an hour later and nearly have a heart attack when your ear drums blow out. Yeah, that's the downside.
AM pool workout:
2800 yds total (500 yds warmup, 500 yds cooldown)
3 sets of (400, 200)
1st set on 7:20, 3:40 (1:50 base)
2nd set on 7:00, 3:30 (1:45 base)
3rd set on 6:40, 3:20 (1:40 base)
Nothing too exciting or difficult. I pretty much swam each 400 in 6 minutes and each 200 in 3 minutes so I probably gave myself a little too much rest but after yesterday's killer swim I was just fine with taking it a bit easier this morning.
After work I stopped by the shop to pick up some "nutrition" as everyone calls it (ie: assorted gels and bars) as well as the BMC for the century ride tomorrow! I'm VERY excited for it. There are probably about 10 guys from the team going so I think we are going to have a great ride. I'm marginally worried about getting dropped but I think I'll be fine with such a great group to draft off of. Drafting is sort of cheating of course but I'm not too worried about it for my first 100 miler.
After the shop - home for a run, but first a nap. This week has worn me out. Big time. And so a quick 45 minutes of some shut-eye helped matters immensely. I need to do that more often. :) My run was supposed to be 1:25 long with 3 miles at 10K pace + 10-20 seconds. I'm not really sure what kind of 10K pace I should use. Last weekend's 10K was 6:45 pace but am I to use 10K in a triathlon pace or what I think I could run for "just" a 10K with no other biking, swimming, etc...? Somewhere along the way I decided I would aim for 7 minute pace. It's been a hard training week and so I figured 3 miles in 21 minutes would do me up good.
I drove to the trail for the run so it would be flat and soft. And then I basically warmed up for 6 miles. Kind of a long warmup but I didn't want to have to run another 4 or 5 miles after my 3 miles of tempo so I did the bulk of the run before the hard miles. My 3 hard went 6:51, 6:49 and 6:41. I'll take it. I really wasn't pushing incredibly hard but had to think about my pace. I finished with another 2 miles to make it 11 for the day and was very pleased (despite the upset tummy) to be heading home for dinner with O.
And now I'm ready for bed again. I seriously think we need to add another hour to the day. But only for me. That way I can get caught up on life and not just get more behind... :) I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Posted by beth at September 15, 2006 8:44 PM
Comments
RE: "... but am I to use 10K in a triathlon pace or what I think I could run for "just" a 10K with no other biking, swimming, etc...?
IDEA: I think (and data seems to support) you actually did what I will try to put into words (- because it's fun :) - writing is a little bit about communicating with yourself, is it not? -)
Anyway: think and enjoy your relative freedom.
In the sense, you are free to adjust your pace with reference to the fatigue you experience in the first two segments of competitions (albeit using both different muscles and the same muscles differently.) So, in theory, less pressure, more relaxed, better running.
Or,
enjoy the freedom of pushing towards (and beyond) your PR 10K pace, banking on your un-race like freshness. In the sense: "Heck this is just a third (the good third) of my race effort, I better show it when I do it solo..." Making sure enthusiasm not lend itself to injury :)
Either you way, you win.
bests corrado
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at September 16, 2006 7:47 AM