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August 31, 2005
Tuesday Update
Tuesday afternoon it was pouring rain as I sure it was doing throughout much of the East Coast. For some reason I was pretty beat even though my day at school did not seem especially tiring. In one class I struggled with one answer that was given and could not return with a fast enough response so I know that was bugging me. The comment made by the student was inappropriate and I was trying to think of a way to spin it and could not. Another teacher who I asked to observe me interjected when I could not find a response and knew exactly what to say. The student had said that one of the major health issues facing teens was prostitution and I did not know how to respond or I guess what she meant. The other teacher suggested did she mean low self esteem. That indeed was a better word choice. So I felt that my response was much too slow.
When practice with the team arrived I was glad to have 18 other individuals to run with because I was not feeling especially motivated. We ran a mile warm up, stretched,and then did three sets of 30 seconds of push ups followed by 3 sets of 1 minutes of lunges. By the third set of lunges my quads were very tired. We then set off for some hill repeats. We ran a mile warm up and then did 8 x 30 seconds of hill repeats. The hill was short and steep and I felt like I was going full speed to stay with the front of the pack. We ran continuously and ran about 1 minute down and back to the start. We then ran a mile cool down back to the school. Oh, before the hill repeats we did 6 striders. I felt good on the hill repeats but if they were any longer my quad would have definitely acted up on me.
I was planning to run another 7-8 miles after practice but with the dreary weather all I wanted to do was to go home and make some comfort food and stay warm for the rest of the night. I went home and made some lasagna and then got a phone call from some friends who were just passing through town. I decided to save the meal for Wednesday and meet my friends with Mark. It turned out to be a relaxing night and I was happy for an easier day.
Today I have to run 15 miles to keep up with my mileage goals. I would like to run 90 to 100 miles this week so I have my work cut out for me. I think I will run four miles with the team and another 11 miles on my own. I am sure it will be raining so I hope to just run continuously for 2 hours so I don't get cold in between and bail on the 15 mile idea. I enjoy running in the rain but I don't like dealing with the aftermath, wet clothes and sneakers. I'll update my blog after the run and hopefully report a successfully run 15 miles.
Posted by mary at August 31, 2005 12:07 PM
Comments
Mar- interesting conversation in your classroom . Don't beat yourself up over it though... every day we get new opportunities...
you are fast on your feet in so many ways... hey--you can use the aftermath of your wet clothes as a science experiment... later mar
liz
Posted by: Liz at August 31, 2005 1:51 PM