October 15, 2013
Its Tuesday and one day before Honey's birthday. I have made tentative plans for tomorrow for us. I have a babysitter (thanks mom!) in place and I am prepared to stop working exactly at 5pm (that almost never happens). Today, though, is just another, regular day.
It is a regular day except that when I ran today, I FELT like I was going pretty fast, and the few times I looked at my watch (after I warmed up) I was running at my normal pace (about 8:30) and sometimes even faster. My final time was surprising to me. What was great, though, was my HR. My average HR was only 120 and my max 135. It felt really easy all run. What that tells me is that I could have pushed pretty hard today and I could have had a nice time, but it just felt so good, I didn't want to mess with it.
There are those days where the opposite is true. You have to know how to roll with the punches and make decisions on the fly during your training and especially during a race. This leads me to #19 in the 22 Essential Pieces of Marathon Training Advice from Active.com.
Troubleshoot Potential Race-Day Problems With Grace
Problems happen to the best of us. Ignoring a problem isn't a strategy—it's a coping mechanism. Pretending your problem isn't there won't make it go away. In fact, it will most likely lead to other more complicated issues. Your top priority should be resolving the issue at hand as quickly as possible so that you can get back to the business of running.? —Patrick McCrann
It is a regular day except that when I ran today, I FELT like I was going pretty fast, and the few times I looked at my watch (after I warmed up) I was running at my normal pace (about 8:30) and sometimes even faster. My final time was surprising to me. What was great, though, was my HR. My average HR was only 120 and my max 135. It felt really easy all run. What that tells me is that I could have pushed pretty hard today and I could have had a nice time, but it just felt so good, I didn't want to mess with it.
There are those days where the opposite is true. You have to know how to roll with the punches and make decisions on the fly during your training and especially during a race. This leads me to #19 in the 22 Essential Pieces of Marathon Training Advice from Active.com.
Troubleshoot Potential Race-Day Problems With Grace
Problems happen to the best of us. Ignoring a problem isn't a strategy—it's a coping mechanism. Pretending your problem isn't there won't make it go away. In fact, it will most likely lead to other more complicated issues. Your top priority should be resolving the issue at hand as quickly as possible so that you can get back to the business of running.? —Patrick McCrann
This article will lead you to a slideshow of 20 different potential problems you are likely to face in a race, or even training. This list is geared towards a marathon, so for most of the problems, you want to choose a conservative solution. That just means that you should always take the easier way out of your situation. If you are faced with a decision if you should run faster or slower, you should go with slower. If you are faced with nutrition issues, always take care of them now rather than wait until later. The thing you will find out about running a marathon is that when you blow up or hit that wall, there is NO turning back. There is no recovering. You just have to push through, so anything you can do to delay or avoid hitting it, you should do.
Here are my numbers for today:
Time: 30:00
Here are my numbers for today:
Time: 30:00
Distance: 3.31 miles
Pace: 9:04/m
Max Pace: 7:04/m
Calories: 305
Avg HR: 120
Max HR: 135
Day #288 is complete and I am ready to get to bed so I can wake up tomorrow and wish my Honey a Happy Birthday!!
Run for Life!!
Day #288 is complete and I am ready to get to bed so I can wake up tomorrow and wish my Honey a Happy Birthday!!
Run for Life!!
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