Day 224, 141 To Go

August 12, 2013

Here we go again folks.  Its Monday and time to go through the motions again.  I'm just talking about the work part, not the rest.  I enjoy the rest of my life...my kids, my Honey, my running, my blog...its just the j-o-b that leaves me unfulfilled.  I think I should quit, join the peace corp, and dig ditches for starving children.  Seriously.  I need a variety.

Speaking of variety, lets talk about rule #17 from The 25 Golden Rules of Running from Runner's World magazine.

17. The Don't-Just-Run Rule 
Runners who only run are prone to injury.

"Cross-training and weight training will make you a stronger and healthier runner," says TriEndurance.com multisport coach Kris Swarthout. "Low- and nonimpact sports like biking and swimming will help build supporting muscles used in running, while also giving your primary running muscles a rest."

The Exception: The surest way to run better is to run. So if your time is limited, devote most of it to running.

Cross training not only adds variety to your routine, it varies the impact and stress your body goes through during exercise.  If you stress yourself in one way too often, you leave yourself open to injury.  By going  for a bike ride, or swimming, or playing tennis or softball or whatever, you strengthen other parts of your body and give your running muscles a bit of a rest.  Variety is the spice of life...and it is the spice in your workout routine too.

Here are our numbers:

Time: 25:00

Distance: 2.00 miles

Pace: 12:29/m

Max Pace: 11:03/m

Calories: 175
Avg HR: 102

Max HR: 111

This was a nice, slow run with Honey today.  I was sore and I had no interest in moving any faster than Honey wanted to run.  I shouldn't blame it on Honey because if she wasn't running with me, I probably would have run a 14 minute mile.  I'm beat and pretty much everything hurts.

I guess I get variety in my exercise, but really, not enough.  I bike and swim on the weekend but I should be doing that more during the week.  Motivation.  It is a great trait that I lack during the week.  I'll look for it next week.  Maybe I'll find it, along with another job.  Peace.

Run for Life!