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November 22, 2004
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Last night and today I did quite a bit of reflecting. This fall has been very discouraging. J and I talked quite a bit tonight about how disappointing this season, this year in general, have been. This fall there were only two races that we could even call decent. In retrospect, I should have taken the week after the Philly Distance Run off. I could barely walk because I aggravated a sprained ankle, yet I insisted on running through it. That resulted in lingering pain for almost two months. That stubbornness also resulted in not being able to do workouts because it hurt too much to run fast. Selecting a big race to do in June also affected me this year. I had the race hanging over my head for six months and did not have much flexibility. I think that I need to have a bigger race every six weeks or so because my body can not maintain a high level of fitness. I may need to train in shorter cycles. J also feels that speed is an issue. I do not have the kind of speed that I should for some of the races I want to run. He thinks that we need to work on it this spring.
Anyhow, I'm not going to sit here and dwell on the negative. On the positive side, this fall I did get much stronger in general. This is all in the past. Right now I'm looking forward to taking a break in a few weeks and then some easy running. In January I'll start looking into which races I want to run.
Tonight was supposed to be an easy night. This week is actually a tough week for me. I did the warm-up and then I was supposed to do a few accelerations on the straightaways while everyone else did 400s. J and I had our discussion while we were jogging since his calf is still bothering him. He's supposed to meet me at the track tomorrow afternoon while I do a workout. I get an easy day, a tempo/race day, a day off, and then a race. Everything that is supposed to be easy this week must be easy because the rest of the week is truly quality.
It was somewhat damp and cool out tonight. I had on pants while we were warming up, but once we got to the track I decided that I did not really need them anymore. I can not say that I felt really bad, but I did not want to push too much tonight. I think that I did 16 laps on the track, but I'm not really sure since I was jabbing too much with J while he was running that I did not keep track of how many laps we did. I think that I ended up with a total of nine miles for the night.
Tomorrow is my last day of work for the week. Wednesday is devoted to cooking and prepping for Turkey Day. The policy has been "if you aren't eating what I make, then cook for yourself". Since I don't eat meat, I prepare the rest of the meal. This way I eat and the rest of the family reaps the benefits.
Posted by Blondie at November 22, 2004 07:47 PM