11-4-13 Fitting in running on a ridiculously busy week

I am dripping liquid awesome everywhere. It was a short intense workout, and it was frustrating. This week is full of deadlines, a test (which involves last minute studying), and more upcoming deadlines for next weeks assignments. I wrote a whole spiel then erased it that was a rant on how much work illustrations students have to do do get a degree in what they enjoy doing. It's a lot of work, if you want to know shoot me a message and I will give you the steps of completing assignments in most classes. The reason I bring this up is because I am not sure how I am going to get my running in this week. I will do all that I can (for myself readers you're second in this equation sorry), and will have a chance Thursday morning and Wednesday night (they are both slim windows of opportunity) to try to run and I will do my best to do so. Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated.

My run tonight I tried to teach Silvia the form that I am working on for running. It's hard to do when you are so ingrained in running a certain way. It was helpful for me and I have some ideas on how to drill it a little better when working on my own (drills I remember from high school that helped develop this form, like falling sprints etc...) This week I will be off from my goal, I will try to pick up some extra distance in my two other runs this week before my big run. Only two more big runs until I start the taper weeks.

Thanks for reading tonight I hope I made some sense.
-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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