| Archive: MARCH 2007 |
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Baby Steps |
| Friday, March 30, 2007 |
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This week I took my first few. And that very first one hurt, as I detailed in my earlier blog about regurgitation and knee pain. But since that initial step, things have been getting a little better for yours truly. Small as it is, I've made every workout set forth for myself this week (with the possible exception of missing tonight's; it's Friday) and I have to say that I'm a little proud of myself. I am a little proud of myself because missing workouts has always been my biggest problem when it comes to training for races. When I actually do the workouts I typically do them well, and sometimes will go above and beyond the prescribed workout. Oftentimes my overachieving is due the guilt that I missed the previous three, but I digress. So it's not the actual exercise that is the hard part for me it's a combination of two things that make me miss workouts, and let me know if this sounds familiar; 1) Motivation. When I'm sitting on the couch after work anticipating my wife coming home the prospect of going out for a run is usually pretty daunting. 2) Time. This one I think I'll probably have a fair amount of support on. Between work and home who has the time to devote 11, 12, 20 hours a week to training? Lots of people is the answer to that. And I'm trying to put myself back into that group, but it's a hard one to enter. But before I get started on the slippery slope of how dedicated I used to be to fitness and making every workout (which really wasn't so great because if you miss a team practice you don't get to swim in the meet), I will just say that I'm feeling pretty good about myself this week for getting off my keester and doing something physical. It feels good to be moving, and feel that tired, vague soreness that comes from a good workout. Here's to many more.
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Yes! |
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 |
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| So, four days later I finally did my first workout of my workout plan. It was not so very smooth as I was hoping. Aerobically I felt fine. My body felt great too, actually, except a very worrisome pain in my knee, which I suspect is an IT band issue. I think my IT is just way way, way too tight and it's leading to acute pain. Which sucks because, aren't I supposed to be some sort of jellyfish after two months of complete inactivity?Otherwise, the run was pretty good, as I said, aerobically I'm pretty alright. The only other problem was that I ate way too hearty a lunch which, in concert with the fact that my metabolism is currently operating at a rate just a tad bit slower than a snail covered in molasses crawligh through quicksand, meant that I felt like I was on the verge of purging said lunch throughout the run. But like I said, aside from that I was pretty money. If only I could now get today's ride done. i'm so lazy. |
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The New Leaf |
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 |
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So, while my mind has almost made the transition over to the new leaf it appears as though the body hasn't. This week begins my manic, six-week half-iron melee that will surely lead to one of two things: 1) my demise or 2) a very painful finish to this year's first race at Lake Anna. To start off the new training melee I did... nothing. I had class last night until 9:30, and this guy was just too hungry and tired to go out for my scheduled 20 minute easy run. But tonight I'm thinking that I'll try to make it for today's optional 20 minute run. The reason for this being, tonight's class, while somewhat entertaining, is also soporiphic to the point of narcolepsy. So maybe I'll perk myself up with what I'm sure will be a very painful and rust-laden reintroduction to the world of fitness. Wish me luck! |
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Hiatus |
| Tuesday, March 13, 2007 |
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| So, I tell myself periodically that all athletes take a hiatus at one point or another. Like the end of the season, or after they "retire" from one sport before beginning the next, or when it's just time to hang them up. I get contemplative like this whenever I am in the midst of a hiatus, or what I call my lazy periods, because i am a hopeless rationalizer. The reason that this is all rationalization is because nowhere in the aforementioned list is a hiatus that takes place mere weeks before an athlete's first big test of the season. Which is precisely when this current lazy period is taking place. Theoretically, I am embarking on my first race of the season in roughly 5 weeks. Five weeks to go from zero to 70.3. To my thinking that's roughly approximating a Toyota Prius drag racing a lamborghini, but here I go. I plan on checking in here frequently over the next five weeks, so maybe, just maybe, I can finish the Lake Anna half ironman. If anybody else has that race on their calendar, give a shout to anybody you see huffing and puffing near the back of the line, it's much appreciated. |
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