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Too Much Rest?
As many of you may know I have been going back and forth with my former wellness coach/friend about my getting enough rest. To sum it up, she thinks I'm not getting enough, I think I am but sorta know that I need to be more aware of this.
While I agree that I needed to give my body some time off from a heavy spring/summer racing schedule I think the lack of running consistently affected my legs. Think about it this way. You know how when you don't go to gym often enough and when you do everything hurts afterwards because you haven’t been training or lifting weights regularly? Well, that's how it felt almost every time I went running during this time.
On Saturday, I got a group of SloHoMos together and we took the ferry to Governors Island for a different scenic run. My quads were killing me after the run. They shouldn't have hurt that much as it was an easy 4 miles. I have run everything single day since and the legs feel normal again.
I know I'm going to have to find a good balance of running and rest and I promise coach that I will do that.
The rest of this week has been filled with the first official training runs for the Philadelphia Half Marathon in November – long run on Sunday, tempo run on Tuesday and speed work on Thursday. Note to self, give yourself some more time between your afternoon snack and the speed work, your stomach might appreciate that.
Today will be just an easy run because it is super nice out and it will be a shame to waste it. Plus I'm in love with my new Asics and want to finish breaking them in properly.
Tomorrow is an official rest day after running seven days in a row.
// posted by stacey on 12:58:00 PM // |
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Big Race Day
Tomorrow I'm running in my first race since the NYC Half Marathon. While I have been struggling with the concept of rest - I know I need it but don't exactly know how to do it - I have been looking forward to this day for a long time now. Not because it's the first race after the half, not because I have any goals I want to accomplish, it's because it's J's first race.
Back in July she asked me to be her coach and I said yes without even thinking about it. Being a year plus removed from my beginning running days it has been so much fun to relive that experience through a different set of eyes. It's one thing to experience the increase in running intervals yourself and another very fulfilling experience to watch someone else improve with each run.
So tomorrow is not about me, it's about J. She is going to rock this race and I'm going to be running along side her and just enjoying the ride.
I am so proud of her and everything she has accomplished!
// posted by stacey on 5:51:00 PM // |
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Sunday, September 06, 2009
This Thing Called Rest
My first official training run for the Philidelphia Half Marathon is
on September 20. It's called focus run 1 of the week and is supposed
to be six miles. It is considered a long run.
Technically I'm still giving my body some rest after having a heavy
spring and early summer race schedule followed by training for the NYC
Half.
I am starting to go a bit crazy. I have not run longer than four miles
since the NYC Half. Even though I did have a nice four mile run today,
I totally want to go out for another run right now and it is 10:00 pm.
I'm envious of my fellow running buddies training for their fall
marathons and all of their long runs. I want to do a long run - now!
Todays four miler was with my wellness coach J. Ok, she's no longer my
wellness coach but I'm keeping her in that role emotionally for a bit.
I've gotten used to having her in that capacity and until she says
it's time to stop I won't. Back to the story. So while on our training
run for her first race I mentioned that the only running I did this
week was with her. J's response went something like this, "You want me
to acknowledge that you're resting don't you? I don't consider what
we've been doing rest."
Gah! I can't win!
If this isn't rest I don't know what is. I have so much extra energy I
don't know what to do with it. I am thinking about sneaking in a six
mile loop of Central Park on Tuesday. Is this allowed? Has the
wellness coach who really is no longer the wellness coach approved
this? She doesn't know about this. But I have a feeling she won't and
can already see the look on her face if I try to get that approval or
even do it and tell her later. It is not a look of happiness.
So now as I sit here in a restless mess I am wondering how to deal
with this extra energy. Should I force myself to rest no matter how
much I dislike it or be bad and run?
Sent from my iPhone
// posted by stacey on 10:24:00 PM // |
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
When Running & Nerdiness Collide
Growing up I always wanted to be a nerd, this stemmed from trying to live up to the expectations of an older brother who found all school subjects to be easy. It wasn't until I was diagnosed with dyslexia in the fifth grade that it became clear why I wasn't able to excel the way I wanted to. Then, in college I was finally able to thrive and become the nerd I always wanted to be. This continues now in my professional life and anywhere else I can apply it.
Today this has been applied to my Philadelphia Half Marathon training schedule. I'm using a plan that I referred to when I was training for the Brooklyn Half Marathon and wanted to use for the NYC Half Marathon. It did work very well for the Brooklyn Half when work didn't prevent me from following it. I had to stop using it for the NYC Half when my hamstring got the better of me and I could really only focus on the long run aspect of the training.
This morning the nerdiness was in full swing. I printed out my trusty training plan and started to mark up the schedule on the print outs of my monthly calendar, in pencil of course. Satisfied and totally thrilled with how it looked on paper I then entered it into my iPhone calendar. I even included the exact mileage for the tempo runs, the fartleks and hill repeats in the notes section. I like to be prepared. I will of course print out these calendars and have multiple copies at the ready. Yes, I think that if it weren't for the dyslexia I would have been diagnosed with some level of OCD.
Now the hard part will be
// posted by stacey on 12:55:00 PM // |
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