Night Runner
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threadwalkerYay! Night running. It's the common cure for Skittles.
so.. it's hotter outside than in they gym. This was very disturbing to my biorhythms. When I walk out of the gym, dripping sweat and stumbling, I like to be embraced by a cool breeze, not a hot cloud of... well.. hotness, which defeats one of the benefits of running at night.
bleck.
So I ran. I added incline. Strangely, my body wanted to slow down. This rebellion was fought for almost 40 minutes. My strategy... intervals. yeah.. just when you catch your breath, the treadmill cranks up again! Take that, rebellious calves and shins! Sneaky Quads! Lazy hamstrings! (well, gotta be nice to the hamstrings, they yoga'd with extreme effort today). But intervals with incline and extreme predjudice was on the menu tonight. My point? I need to train my body to run at race pace so that the race pace is the minimum comfortable pace. Thus, when I'm not doing race-pace, I'm speed-walking so that the nerves and senses stay keyed to a particular minimum pace. That's my strategy. We'll see if it sucks at the next tri in August.
And then I did side-stepping lunges on the treadmill. I put it at 6% incline, 0.6 mph and, facing the side, step out going uphill, then pull myself up and repeat. I do each side for 5 minutes. Totally uses my calves and my hips.
Okay - I need to get for-real running shorts. The cotton sweat shorts that are totally comfy? that don't bind and are really soft? They cling as soon as I'm sweaty, but don't "move around" or "flap" against my legs or chaffe. They have betrayed me again for the last time. For whatever reason, whenever I run now, the shorts have decided to move into more private regions. To be blunt, the butt crack is not where I like my clothing to nestle in!!! What the heck is that all about? And they climb right up to the very bottom edge of my cheeks! Maybe higher - but I can't see back there to verify. I feel like I'm in Daisy Dukes! (am I oversharing? sorry. just got home from gym and packed bags for Wildcat Tuesday!! woot! my sense of "appropriate" is a little fragged from heat and running and hunger) I'm just vexed. And I caught some guys staring! Sorry my saggy old lady butt is offending you! So stop looking, already!
Yeah. Running shorts.
But in cheerier news, tomorrow is Wildcat Tuesday. My stuff is packed and gear is laid out. I haven't played Wildcat Climb for 2 weeks or more.. since before audit. Woot woot! And I got some high-resolution tinted eyewear I'm dying to try out. Yeah... I'm as bad as guys when it comes to cool equipment and gear. Yay! Dorks rule!
And I have more pics for website. I need to upload and do some web-slinging.
P.S. I'm mysterious yet strong. So sayeth one of my heroes. I'm also "DeathRavenAsc"!!! yay! Cuz anything with "death" in the title is totally extreme, overtly challenging, worthwhile and will kick your butt! And if you can "do" it, you'll never regret it if you recover! Woot!
Ride like the Wind, Bullseye!
so.. it's hotter outside than in they gym. This was very disturbing to my biorhythms. When I walk out of the gym, dripping sweat and stumbling, I like to be embraced by a cool breeze, not a hot cloud of... well.. hotness, which defeats one of the benefits of running at night.
bleck.
So I ran. I added incline. Strangely, my body wanted to slow down. This rebellion was fought for almost 40 minutes. My strategy... intervals. yeah.. just when you catch your breath, the treadmill cranks up again! Take that, rebellious calves and shins! Sneaky Quads! Lazy hamstrings! (well, gotta be nice to the hamstrings, they yoga'd with extreme effort today). But intervals with incline and extreme predjudice was on the menu tonight. My point? I need to train my body to run at race pace so that the race pace is the minimum comfortable pace. Thus, when I'm not doing race-pace, I'm speed-walking so that the nerves and senses stay keyed to a particular minimum pace. That's my strategy. We'll see if it sucks at the next tri in August.
And then I did side-stepping lunges on the treadmill. I put it at 6% incline, 0.6 mph and, facing the side, step out going uphill, then pull myself up and repeat. I do each side for 5 minutes. Totally uses my calves and my hips.
Okay - I need to get for-real running shorts. The cotton sweat shorts that are totally comfy? that don't bind and are really soft? They cling as soon as I'm sweaty, but don't "move around" or "flap" against my legs or chaffe. They have betrayed me again for the last time. For whatever reason, whenever I run now, the shorts have decided to move into more private regions. To be blunt, the butt crack is not where I like my clothing to nestle in!!! What the heck is that all about? And they climb right up to the very bottom edge of my cheeks! Maybe higher - but I can't see back there to verify. I feel like I'm in Daisy Dukes! (am I oversharing? sorry. just got home from gym and packed bags for Wildcat Tuesday!! woot! my sense of "appropriate" is a little fragged from heat and running and hunger) I'm just vexed. And I caught some guys staring! Sorry my saggy old lady butt is offending you! So stop looking, already!
Yeah. Running shorts.
But in cheerier news, tomorrow is Wildcat Tuesday. My stuff is packed and gear is laid out. I haven't played Wildcat Climb for 2 weeks or more.. since before audit. Woot woot! And I got some high-resolution tinted eyewear I'm dying to try out. Yeah... I'm as bad as guys when it comes to cool equipment and gear. Yay! Dorks rule!
And I have more pics for website. I need to upload and do some web-slinging.
P.S. I'm mysterious yet strong. So sayeth one of my heroes. I'm also "DeathRavenAsc"!!! yay! Cuz anything with "death" in the title is totally extreme, overtly challenging, worthwhile and will kick your butt! And if you can "do" it, you'll never regret it if you recover! Woot!
Ride like the Wind, Bullseye!
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Date: 2008-07-08 02:25 pm (UTC)That goes way beyond being fit. Even at my very best, my reaction to a run or hellaceous ride was always just "yay me, I did it and I survived!" You are way past that.