Wednesday, 12JAN2011, 7pm, and I am halfway into my second week of my training plan for my next goal race: a 50-miler. My mileage has increased and the intervals and thresholds are minimal. By the time Sunday the 17th rolls around I will have racked up over 100 miles in two weeks. Tonight I am feeling it. Not only am I very tired but I have pains, particularly in the hip flexor muscle area. I have been stretching and icing as much as I can, actually sitting on an ice pack at work. But this is the expectations for doing something like this, coupled with taking four weeks off over Christmas and New Year. I have a 6-miler in the morning, then I am off until Saturday/Sunday.
I got my Hammer uniforms yesterday. VERY NICE! All I need to do is lose some of my belly and I should look halfway decent in them. In a couple months I should be able to hit the pool and start working on the swim part of the year. Eventually it will be time to get the bike and hit the road. But thats later days.
I have a few things to address, based on questions that have been posed to me mostly by Erin E. a blessed sister serving overseas right now. The one questoin she asked about was distances. Basically runs follow the metric system, beginning with a 5K which = 3.1 miles. Next comes the 10K and more than likely after that is the half-marathon @ 13.1 miles. Based on smartness, you now know the full is 26.2 miles. Here is something of note: you hear many people leave out the .1 and the .2 in the half and full marathons. It seems insignificant until you get out and start running. By the time you hit 13 or 26, the .1 or .2 become EXTREMELY significant.
Next: Race naming conventions. Last weekend I raced in the "Running From an Angel" race as presented by Calico racing. This particular race has an evil twin called "Running With the Devil" appropriately named since it is held in June every ear with high temps reaching 115 degrees. Hence the two names. Bottom line? Names can come from anything. I ran a Half in NC called "Cannonball Run." That was one of my favorite stories since it was freezing cold and rainy that day.
Okay....with that I can tell I am rambling and need to sign off. Definitely time for bed.
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