8-19-13 The Start of Real Training

Today I barely made three miles. I shouldn't have taken Saturday off from running. I would have felt so much better if I hadn't.

I did my three miles for my first official short run. It was frustrating. Have you ever started running and all the sudden you have to use the restroom, and it takes up every thought and you are unable to go full out? Well that was my run today. Next time I will just take a few minutes and use the restroom, and get back to running. I look back and shake my head wondering what I was thinking as I was on the treadmill, and it's obvious I wasn't , but I am working at it.

Last week I was in Missouri and had two lackluster runs and one awesome run. Saturday I justified my way out of running because I was on my feet for three days. I really regret that I didn't give it my all.

This week here's my run schedule.

Today: 3 Miles
Wednesday: 4 Miles Outside
Thursday: 3 Miles Treadmill
Saturday: 5 Miles Outside

Next week I start school again and will begin cross training with swimming twice a week, and play racquetball two days a week. I hope that increasing physical activity will increase lung strength as well as heart strength.

Well I think that's all for today. Until next time...

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No Run Today

Today was impacted by a late night last night and no baby sitter this morning. So I didn't make it out to run. I will be doing a 4 run week next week to make up for it. So run Monday, Tuesday, Strength training Wednesday, run Thursday, and run Saturday. Thanks for reading. -Riley

12-2-13 Mental Health Run

Today was one of those runs that I needed to de-junk my brain. The junk builds up almost always when I have a critique at school that doesn't go in the slightest bit favorable. I am frustrated with my art right now. And having a marathon this Saturday doesn't bode well for time. Next week I have 3 big assignments due... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Well onto my run recap. It was really short. I counted my cadence, which is around 160 at my long distance running speed. Apparently the ideal is 180. The ideal meaning that the body runs at that speed the best (or something like that). I figured it out by counting the strikes of my right foot over a minute. When I pushed myself to 180 I was going at the pace I did for my run last Thursday. It took the run today to get my head in order. I will be able to keep things in order upstairs a little better. Well thanks for reading, -Riley

More in the Tank

Today I did not want to get out and put in my time. I intended on doing my 20% workout today but ended up just doing my regularly scheduled workout. I did 5 sets of 3 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. I could keep my heart rate down more which was excellent, and I still finished with the same distance as the past couple of runs. As I finished my time, I realized I had it in me to go further. But I knew my 30 minutes was up and it was time to stop and go and use the restroom. I pondered having some energy left in the tank for a bit and decided it's better to have that than be completely spent on my day off where I need to get some homework done. I did experience what I used to when I ran years ago, the first mile sucked. I got to the 3/4 mile point and almost went home. My ankles hurt, my legs hurt, and I was tired. But I decided to keep going, and I'm glad I did. Today's run feels good now. It was shortly after the 3/4 mile mark that things started to feel bette

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