Thanks!
I expect my shin issues will likely continue to come and go, but I think I'm getting to a point where I'm managing them fairly well. We're going to be doing Tink in 2017 and this weekend I ran a 10k with my mom and fiance and my dad brought up starting to plan for Light Side & Dark Side in 2018!
Hmm, do you think you need new shoes? I personally never have shin issues until my shoes are shot!
That's awesome that your dad is already planning a future race weekend! They are so addicting!
This weekend was nasty weather wise for us too (I'm in Michigan, so a fellow midwesterner) race day brought low 80s with 99% humidity
and was my first ever 10k. I've been officially running for 3 weeks, so I wasn't quite ready, but ended up with 1:12:32. I've submitted for my POT for Princess, but am hoping to drop it a bit in my second 10k in September (and hopefully more manageable temps - it was so hard to breathe in that heavy air!) Well done on your 10k time - the heat and humidity definitely has an major affect on output + still dealing with injury and sickness. Nothing to hang your head about at all!!!
Great job on your first 10K, especially in super tough conditions! That is awesome!
I know I should be proud of my effort on Saturday. It's just so hard to not compare my current self to my past (faster) self! My time on Saturday was 2:00/mile slower than my 10K PR...that's just insane to me!
I bit the bullet and ordered my Beauty and the Beast Dooneys this morning - crossbody and wristlet headed my way ... fingers crossed for decent placement!
Eek!! Good luck!
LAUREN! LAUREN!!
LAUREN!
Ahahaha. Sorry.
Oh, wait. Were you talking to me?!
The gym shoes at work crackdown happened for us about a month ago. I didn't wear mine very often but I did on casual fridays because I have gray sketchers that aren't very sneakery. But my boss laid down the law. I'm glad we were ok wearing them back when I commuted by train as I'd often "forget" to take them off and put on my heels/dress shoes. Now I'm in squishy bottomed flats that are seriously not cute...but comfy. I suggest going on a squishy bottom hunt (ok, that sounds weird) instead of flat shoes...cause I know the pain of dang flat shoes. I'm a target shopper and their shoes are the worst for cushion.
I'm not gonna lie...I'm wearing my black Brooks right now.
If someone says something to me, first of all, I'll be like, "...surely you must have more important things to worry about than my shoes?!" And then I'll get a note from Dr. Spine or something. I AM working my way up to wearing my boots to work every day again, and I do have spare shoes in my desk in case I need a fancier pair for a meeting or something...but I'm not about to make myself wear my uncomfortable flat shoes again and suffer all day like I did last week (okay, "suffer" is a strong work, but it sucked).
I have some TOMS ballet flats that have squishy bottoms, so if I start to feel weird about my Brooks maybe I'll switch to those.
I don't think I would have done very well with 10k on a humid day like that. I barely survived a 5k in those conditions. So big ups to you. Although the heat rash and chafing sound kind of not great.
Thanks! I feel SO bad for people who signed up for the half...that would have been like a death march for me.
I understand the internal struggle race morning of trying not to push too hard & also wanting to beat a certain time. It's rough to treat each race separately when you know what you have been capable of in the past, etc.
Yeah, as I have mentioned MANY times, that is something I have been struggling with this year. I think I'm getting better about it, but I'm such a numbers person that it's hard to be completely happy when I'm not seeing the times go down.
Oh and I will sneak peaks now and again on blind miles during races just to make sure I'm not waaaaaaay off pace. I can't help myself. But I try (not always succeed, but try) not to make it freak me out.
I know what you mean! It's hard to not take juuuuust a little peek.
the guy who was screaming...UGH. I actually liked when I heard that an official triathlon rule is if you have unsportsmanlike conduct before, during, or after a race...they pull your bib and you are automatically DQ'd or DNF'd. I support that. No adult needs to be yelled at. No reason you can't just nicely say "excuse me but there is only one line." And then stew about it internally but not create a toxic situation.
That is a great rule! I have honestly never been so uncomfortable at a race as I was after that! Really it was the most uncomfortable situation I have encountered in quite awhile, period. What a psycho!
I do really like your idea about doing a playlist with increasing intensity of music. I may try that for a training run to see if I like it.
I did, but I forgot that my last song (Soarin' Area Music Loop or something similar for Disney's California Adventure) starts off fast - like with this sort of intense, motivating trumpet/drum music - and then sloooows down.
I was really only thinking about the beginning of the song, so then the pace of the music got so much more relaxing toward the end of the race and I was just like
I love that music loop but the slower portions didn't exactly encourage me to pick up the pace during the last mile! I'll need to pick a better song for next time.
And one last thought.....the Olympics are are making me sooooooooo tired. But come next year I'll be missing their existence. though I did miss the beam final due to Bachelor in Paradice viewing last night, so I'm officially a bad American.
I got so sad when I went to watch the marathon on Sunday and the announcer was like "welcome to week 2 of the Olympics!" Like...week 2? It's halfway over already (and gymnastics is over after today)?! Waahhhhh.
Did you end up watching the beam final? It was interesting!
Congratulations on your 10k! You put in the time and training, and ran your best-- that's awesome!!
Thanks so much, I appreciate it.
That guy that screamed at those girls is crazy! I mean line cutters really bug me, but I would never lose it like that! I fear for his friends and family
Yeah, as I think about it more...I do legitimately think that guy was crazy. He had anger issues, that's for sure!
Congrats on Mr. A finishing his summer classes! He gets a week or two relax before the school year starts now? Oh, and that's fun you got his flights for Wine and Dine!
Just this week, and then he heads back sometime next week! Summer has really flown by! And he's actually been back at school (his school) getting stuff ready for the new school year, so he really hasn't gotten any solid time off yet since his semester ended.
And I'm so sorry you got sick!! That is the worst feeling in the world. Have you totally lost your taste for that kind of salad now??
OH MY GOSH - YES! I totally have.
In particular the thought of eating avocado and hard-boiled eggs again really is not appealing at all. I can't definitively say that those are what made me sick, but I haven't wanted to eat either one since! Blech.
And yes, I am feeling the Olympic sleep deprivation. One advantage we have in Utah though is primetime TV starts at 7 instead of 8. That means it usually ends at 11:00. However, I'm a baby and need to be asleep by 10:30 to feel the best (I am a light sleeper and wake up multiple times a night).
Oh, that definitely helps! We are on eastern time so it starts at 8PM (7PM on weekends sometimes).
Good for you on consistently having a decent bedtime. I need to work on that!
I'm OK with the primetime commentators for the most part. Although I do agree Nastia hasn't been able to contribute too much during gymnastics. I really like her though!
I like her a lot too - really liked her in 2008 and on Dancing with the Stars! I feel like she doesn't have much to say beyond "that's such a difficult skill!" or "being here at the Olympics is a dream come true for these athletes!" I even feel like Al Trautwig will sort of ask her questions to engage her more/have her talk more and she'll say a short little sentence and that's it.
I'm happy with the heavy track coverage that has replaced the swimming too. I was getting a bit burned out on swimming.
Me too! I have been enjoying the tack more than I expected.
Hope your having a great week getting back to yoga too!
Thanks!! I'm signed up for 3 classes, so I feel like with the way I've been doing lately getting to at least 1 will be a triumph.
Have a great week!!!