9-26-13 On track to accomplish my goals

I ran this morning and tried my little system of run until 3/4 a mile then run faster. I survived the first two miles like that but 3 and 4 were not going to happen. I am consistent with about a 13 minute mile for all 4 miles right now, which is nice. But I want to be consistent and faster, more important I want to complete a marathon.

Saturday I will be running 11 miles. It seems like a bog task to me. I am a little intimidates by the distance. I will be 2 miles off from running a half marathon, which I run one month from today, I am expecting to PR, :).

I am scared to run these long distances. They are intimidating. The more and more I read about marathons the more overwhelmed I get by the distance. I am running this because I want to, and I have to remember that every time I start to get overwhelmed. Right now I am trying to decide if I want to run another race after this one. I think I do but want to experience what it's like first before I decide. Maybe running a half will help me have greater insight.

Tomorrow I have a doctors appointment where I will weigh in and do my measurements for the end of the day for anyone who's interested.

Also here's a picture from my 5k last Saturday with some friends. It was the first 5k for a couple of them.

From left: Tim & Ashley Shawcroft, Irene & Dan Gudmundson, and Me (my wife is taking the picture she didn't run)

Until Saturday!
-Riley

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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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