my first long run of my marathon training (not counting last week's near poop disaster) is officially in the books. it was hot as hell and i sweat so much i could wring my shirt out. and i was inside! as i drove home from the gym i wondered how the crazy bastards running outside could stand it. it's like already 80 degrees at 9 in the morning.
the first half of my 6 mile run pretty much sucked balls. i could barely get myself to run 4.4 mph. i'm serious people. then i changed my ipod from russell peter's comedy act "outsourced" to john legend's latest album. only then was i able to crank out the remaining 3 miles without too much angst. i guess it's hard to run when you're laughing out loud.
my knees seem to be holding up ok. yesterday they were a little twingy so i ib'ed and iced. they didn't twinge a bit on my run, but i was wearing my miracle bands and now i'm icing. i've been running slower than molasses lately, but my fear of permanent injury is greater than my ambition and stupidity. i guess i'm old enough to know when to play it safe.
i'm doing an abs class later with MH and tomorrow he's actually getting up to meet me at the gym at 5 am. i've never seen a dude so motivated.
5 comments:
You ran 6 miles ont he treadmill?! Ugh. I hate, hate, hate the treadmill, especially if I have to be on there for an hour. Good for you!
You ask how we can suffer outside, I wonder how you survive the treadmill for that long. I think laughing and running would make me pee myself. I'm still not old enough to know when to play it safe. Have fun with MH at the gym tomorrow morning...
ROFLMAO "sucked balls" Ahhhhhhh it's the little things in life!
Dang I don't know how you managed 6 mi on a treadmill!!
I cant run on treadmills. I used to quite a bit when I went to a gym but all of a sudden one day its like I developed a fear of triping or falling off or something and now when ever I step onto one thats all I can think about.
Thats a good run though, keep it going.
I really dislike running on the treadmill, but I am a complete wussy when it comes to running outside - 80*, no thank you!
It might be easier if I had an armband radio thing like i used to - that way I could actually listen to the TVs instead of watching them lipsync Christina Aguilera.
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