Training Archive: iamsinhtIn the 29 days ending 2008-02-29:
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Tuesday Feb 19 | ||
| Road running 39:57 [3] 7.7 km (5:11 / km) | |
| shoes: NB ABZORB EX 11.5 | ||
| Another morning run in an attempt to trim my deficit relative to Lori for our training time in February. In general, I felt good - my mood was certainly improved after my run, but for the past week or so, I have felt a strange pinch and pain in my right calf just below and to the right of my knee. It aches the most when I bend my knee, and then only some of the time. I suppose this suggests a slight muscle injury.
Apart from the ache, all was well; I ran with a 5 step per breath rate for the first half, then switched to 4. Heart rate clocked at 177 at the end of the run. I wonder who first tried putting grains in a hot fluid to make porridge; it strikes me as extremely nonintuitive. My morning concluded with oatmeal, which I prepared counterintuitively. | ||
Saturday Feb 16 | ||
| Road running 1:14:31 [3] 8.3 mi (8:59 / mi) | |
| slept:5.5 shoes: NB ABZORB EX 11.5 | ||
| A morning run along the river; I completed a science museum-Harvard loop and a Harvard-River St Loop. Since the start and completion of the River st loop was during the Science museum loop, you could say that I ran a pair of nested loops.
I saw an amusing dog on the esplanade. His owner would throw a tennis ball, then the dog would retrieve the tennis ball, drop it, and bark until the owner again threw the tennis ball. The whole experience reminded me of a comedian named Eddie Izzard. I intended my pace to be slower; I strictly enforced a four steps per breath breathing rate, but clearly the allure of pushing myself as hard as I can was too great. This is not acceptable training; I will attempt to run a 10 minute mile loop in the near future. Goal for the week: between 17 Feb and 23 Feb, run five days for at least thirty minutes per day. | ||
Monday Feb 11 | ||
| Road running 34:01 [3] 4.3 mi (7:54 / mi) | |
| shoes: NB ABZORB EX 11.5 | ||
| A morning run in astonishingly cold conditions. The temperature was 11 F, with wind speeds of 25 mph. I was inadequately bundled, so I did not run as far as I planned - and I hurried home. Apart from the distraction of cold exposed skin, my mental focus was pretty good; I contemplated a proof by contradiction question posed of me.
I will likely use the metric system for future entries because it's a better system and the rest of the world uses it. My running goals are 5 minutes per kilometer for intense road training and 4:30 per km for street-Os and similar short to moderate distance races. | ||
Saturday Feb 9 | ||
| Road running 35:35 [3] 4.27 mi (8:20 / mi) | |
| shoes: NB ABZORB EX 11.5 | ||
| Read the Blue Hills Traverse map while I ran. I'm not very good at reading contour lines while I run, and I predominantly use contour lines to get a sense of where I am on a map.
My calves have been very sore this week, despite my relatively light running load. I took great care to stretch after today's run. The run felt good; I feel as though my current limitation is my musculature, not my stamina. It must be noted that these are not race conditions and on all the street-Os in January, my endurance gave out before I finished the race. Anyway, this distance was appropriate with my current regimen. I've been oversleeping this week - and since morning runs best fit my schedule, my running has been compromised. I look to next week to again calibrate my circadian rhythms to my running cycle. Cool observation: at the end of my run, while stretching outside, I took off my windbreaker to discover my shirt (and face) were steaming. The effect diminished but was still observable when I retired to shower. | ||
Wednesday Feb 6 | ||
| Note | |
| Tuesday and Wednesday were off days; I haven't been sleeping as much of late, my legs have been a bit sore, and work and rehearsals have kept me very busy. I will resume running Thursday morning. | ||
Monday Feb 4 | ||
| Road running 42:00 [3] 5.16 mi (8:07 / mi) | |
| shoes: NB ABZORB EX 11.5 | ||
| My second early morning run; I mean to run in the early morning before I shower (each day) throughout the remainder of the week to measure its effect calibrating my daily rhythm. My loop today went through Central Square, River St, and anticlockwise along the north bank of the river past the Harvard Bridge, and home.
I started fairly groggily, but I maintained a consistent pace and felt strong near the end of the run. My calves are tight and slightly sore; I may need to slow my pace for the rest of the week until they are stronger and accustomed to the frequency of training. Unfortunately, my stopwatch powered down at between 32 and 34 minutes (I had last noted its reading at 29 minutes), so my timing is not precise. However, the last leg of my trip - 9:45 - was 1.2 miles, so assuming that I ran the rest of the loop at that rate, the data is as recorded. I need to get a splits watch (or a watch in general). In any case, these benchmarks are unimportant for the present. Breathing rate was 1 per 3 steps for the first half of the run, and 1 per 2 steps for the second half. I concluded with about 15 minutes of stretching, focusing on my calves. I spent the run contemplating education and how to best address the present state of the world, particularly with respect to terrorism. I frequently referred to metaphorical models, including playground (bullies etc) and domestic examples (the KKK, Unibomber, etc). A question for the general community: how do you traverse hills ascending, especially when you're orienteering? I have found that my general tactic is to increase my cadence and decrease my step size, with the objective of maintaining approximately consistent effort from my legs with each step as if I were running on level ground. My speed does decrease, but I think this is the optimal route for speed without exhaustion. Heart rate was clocked at 156 thirty seconds after the conclusion of my run. | ||
| C • Shower for the remainder of the week? 3 | ||
Sunday Feb 3 | ||
| Road running 34:55 [3] 4.2 mi (8:18 / mi) | |
| shoes: NB ABZORB EX 11.5 | ||
| A brisk morning run (6 AM). I felt generally good during the run, keeping a constant breathing rate of three steps per breath. I tracked a single split of 2.76 miles at 22:40, or 8.2 minutes per mile. I wore my insulated running pants, gloves, and a windbreaker. | ||