Blue Caterpillar
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- Nov 1, 2015
Week 3 of Hanson’s From Scratch Marathon training (long run moved to Saturdays. The goal this week was to do warmup using jump rope. I never did find my jump rope. I did jumping jacks, intervals alternating with squats, high knees etc. It was ok. I realized that now that I am running at a slower easy pace I need to allow more time for my run altogether. It’s so easy to skip warm/up cool down
Monday 5 mi easy: 5mi @ 14:08
Tuesday: Rest. I was so hungry all day, I didn’t pack snacks, so I ate way too many chips that were here at work. There is a whole fridge that is mostly empty I have no one to blame but myself.
Wednesday: 5 mi easy: 5.25 @14:42. I made a critical error, we have still been having monsoon rains. There are so many dirt roads that when it rains hard, many of them have to be grated. I chose a route that I knew wouldn’t need it. But It rained to much in the night and when I was running it was still muddy. There is high clay content, so the mud is super slick and it is so easy to slide and fall. I went slower and then decided to run on the highway so it added a small of amount of distance. This is my second summer having cats. Last summer it hardly rained at all. It has poured this year. When it rains scorpions come in the house. They have killed 11 that I know of, an added bonus to being a cat parent! Here is one of my mighty hunters and his prey. They must just keep swatting it to death. They have never acted like they have been stung, but who knows with cats?
Thursday: Rest
Friday: 4 mi easy: 4.1 @ 15:14. I waited too long to run this and also chose one of my favorite (but very hilly routes) a bit slower than I would like but oh well (this mickey reminds me the Springtime one)
Saturday: First time a run has been labelled something other than easy in this plan!
8-mile-long run: 8@ 13:51. I found a penny. (I pick up all change I find while running no matter how small!) But I came the closest to a Rattlesnake than I have in years. I was in a grove and letting my mind wander and not paying to close attention, running a long a rural highway. It has been ages since I heard a rattlesnake before I saw it. Thank goodness for the bone conducting headphones that still allow you to hear stuff! I looked down and there he was about 2 feet in front of me, I screamed and jumped sideways, into the road. He went back to the weeds. I landed a bit funny, and a car stopped to see if I was okay. Which was so kind, they weren’t locals, and of course I was. Its that time of year where the snakes are still out and when it is cold, they warm themselves on the asphalt. I know this. And I live alone and told no one where I was running or how long I would be out. My parents live in town while they know I run on Sat, not when, how long or where. I have been very diligent about it since then. I took one e-gel, and a pf chew, but I finished the run very hungry. I need to figure a better breakfast and carry more fuel. I like e-gels better then the chews.
Sunday: 4 mi easy: 4 @ 13:56. A very uneventful run. I found nothing.
On to next week: goals: eat a bigger breakfast than a granola bar for longer runs, still work on warming up properly,
Monday 5 mi easy: 5mi @ 14:08
Tuesday: Rest. I was so hungry all day, I didn’t pack snacks, so I ate way too many chips that were here at work. There is a whole fridge that is mostly empty I have no one to blame but myself.
Wednesday: 5 mi easy: 5.25 @14:42. I made a critical error, we have still been having monsoon rains. There are so many dirt roads that when it rains hard, many of them have to be grated. I chose a route that I knew wouldn’t need it. But It rained to much in the night and when I was running it was still muddy. There is high clay content, so the mud is super slick and it is so easy to slide and fall. I went slower and then decided to run on the highway so it added a small of amount of distance. This is my second summer having cats. Last summer it hardly rained at all. It has poured this year. When it rains scorpions come in the house. They have killed 11 that I know of, an added bonus to being a cat parent! Here is one of my mighty hunters and his prey. They must just keep swatting it to death. They have never acted like they have been stung, but who knows with cats?
Thursday: Rest
Friday: 4 mi easy: 4.1 @ 15:14. I waited too long to run this and also chose one of my favorite (but very hilly routes) a bit slower than I would like but oh well (this mickey reminds me the Springtime one)
Saturday: First time a run has been labelled something other than easy in this plan!
8-mile-long run: 8@ 13:51. I found a penny. (I pick up all change I find while running no matter how small!) But I came the closest to a Rattlesnake than I have in years. I was in a grove and letting my mind wander and not paying to close attention, running a long a rural highway. It has been ages since I heard a rattlesnake before I saw it. Thank goodness for the bone conducting headphones that still allow you to hear stuff! I looked down and there he was about 2 feet in front of me, I screamed and jumped sideways, into the road. He went back to the weeds. I landed a bit funny, and a car stopped to see if I was okay. Which was so kind, they weren’t locals, and of course I was. Its that time of year where the snakes are still out and when it is cold, they warm themselves on the asphalt. I know this. And I live alone and told no one where I was running or how long I would be out. My parents live in town while they know I run on Sat, not when, how long or where. I have been very diligent about it since then. I took one e-gel, and a pf chew, but I finished the run very hungry. I need to figure a better breakfast and carry more fuel. I like e-gels better then the chews.
Sunday: 4 mi easy: 4 @ 13:56. A very uneventful run. I found nothing.
On to next week: goals: eat a bigger breakfast than a granola bar for longer runs, still work on warming up properly,
