just typing the title for this post is liberating...
i've decided to forgo the schedule and start running for the enjoyment of it. i'm still trying to get fitter and improve my performances over the long trails but i think i can do that by focusing on the everyday rather than looking forwards up to my next race date and planning backwards. peak fitness will be whatever i arrive with on the day...
i want to start blogging again on a more regular basis but i would rather focus on my daily thoughts, experiences and life lessons that i'm confronted with while putting one foot in front of the other. i think i'll even try running with a camera and try and capture some of what i experience on my everydays and expose my journey through this environment...
as always i leave everything to the last minute (including my fitness) but on monday i finally got around to ordering a new race pack. i was going to go with the go lite vo24 like the one i borrowed from mister g last year and what i hailed as the "best running pack ever" but when i finally went online and ordered one i decided to go with the inov8 15 race elite. maybe it was the colour which pursuaded me... black! ok and it was cheap also - i'd rather throw my money elsewhere and contribute to a worthy cause like health, cancer, obesity, poverty, etc.
i have been attracted to the colour black (or lack of colour?)... perhaps without colour i'll be able to fly under the radar and have a good race in may. i'm not focused on position, just time... an hour faster would give me some peace and satisfaction. i felt like an imposter on the podium last year but was consolidated with the thought that i could have run faster on the day if all went well - slow start, missed nutrition, flat torch batteries etc.
yesterday during a hilly loop run with some of the spectacular bmmc crew (scam, the looking good and training hard vstar, james) i started feeling a little pep on the climbs which has left me feeling inspired to keep up the volume. i was worried after last monday's effort (which included a long run at close to 3hr marathon pace) that i'd pushed myself too hard but with a few easy days of running i'm definitely feeling better. maybe i've achieved supercompensation... (but not superheroe status)
i'm sitting here (at work) looking forward to two or three long days of training on some local trails. weather's looking cooperative also...
my new training schedule... train hard when fresh and then recover hard!
almost time for yoga...
run summary (dumped from brain memory bank):
thu - 2 runs (intervals + easy hour run)
fri - 1 run (11k loop hard, 2-3min faster than previous best time)
sat - intervals (2000-1600-1200-2x800-2x400) started out at 86"/400 and finished up at 78"/400 followed up with some 100m hill sprints before heading home
sun - 25km run (58min out/48min back) felt great
mon - 2h40min run hard - kept waiting for the wheels to fall off but didn't. made i can walk deals with myself but pushed on past...
tue - 50min run w/ 6x20sec strides - sore to start out but loosened up
wed - short run + spin on bike - very tired // 16km run (70min) // short run w/ strides, light strecthing + strength (full & single leg squats)
thu - 11k w/ tempo (46min) // 50min hilly loop run w/ bmmc
- i'm thinking threshold is the best area to focus the training on to get fit quickly. could be wrong...
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