Wednesday, May 31, 2006
"Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man"
Came across some feedback recently that applies nicely to my running at the moment...
"He is self-reliant, very persevering and tenacious. I have found though how carefully he needs to be handled as he often needs restraint but does not like to be corrected...."
"goes a little too fast at times..."
"Stephen's main problem is that he rushes to be first finished..."
"However, he does like to start a little controversy at times..."
Very insightful, particularly as they were from my first grade report card in 1977.
Well, things appear to be getting back to normal. Managed 9km in just over 42 minutes on Monday, and for the first time in a while, stopped before my calf did. Was planning to head to SWEAT Tuesday morning, but some tightness, and the fact I had run three days straight encouraged me to take a rest day. This morning (Wednesday) however, it was back to the program with a one hour run. It's bad enough when you leave home in the dark, but it's worse when you get back and it's still dark.
Wore my compression tights for the first time - as expected, they are designed to get rid of heat, not keep it in, so they weren't really much warmer than shorts. I actually don't have much trouble with leg soreness after runs (not running hard enough at the moment), so any feedback on their effectiveness will be a longer term observation. That said, the 13.5 kms I ground out this morning felt pretty comfortable (just under 4:30/km), so no complaints.
A new month tomorrow, with the aim of sticking fully to my program for the month (without being slavish) and staying uninjured - actually, reverse these priorities. No real racing goals, although I would like to do a 10km early July, and get as close to 35 minutes as possible. Strength and strecthing will also be big focuses, as I will kick off shorter event training in July, and need to have the body as strong as possible for this.
"He is self-reliant, very persevering and tenacious. I have found though how carefully he needs to be handled as he often needs restraint but does not like to be corrected...."
"goes a little too fast at times..."
"Stephen's main problem is that he rushes to be first finished..."
"However, he does like to start a little controversy at times..."
Very insightful, particularly as they were from my first grade report card in 1977.
Well, things appear to be getting back to normal. Managed 9km in just over 42 minutes on Monday, and for the first time in a while, stopped before my calf did. Was planning to head to SWEAT Tuesday morning, but some tightness, and the fact I had run three days straight encouraged me to take a rest day. This morning (Wednesday) however, it was back to the program with a one hour run. It's bad enough when you leave home in the dark, but it's worse when you get back and it's still dark.
Wore my compression tights for the first time - as expected, they are designed to get rid of heat, not keep it in, so they weren't really much warmer than shorts. I actually don't have much trouble with leg soreness after runs (not running hard enough at the moment), so any feedback on their effectiveness will be a longer term observation. That said, the 13.5 kms I ground out this morning felt pretty comfortable (just under 4:30/km), so no complaints.
A new month tomorrow, with the aim of sticking fully to my program for the month (without being slavish) and staying uninjured - actually, reverse these priorities. No real racing goals, although I would like to do a 10km early July, and get as close to 35 minutes as possible. Strength and strecthing will also be big focuses, as I will kick off shorter event training in July, and need to have the body as strong as possible for this.
