Today’s Running Focus Enjoy the run Planned Workout Description: Workout: Stryd 5K Plan – Week 1, Day 6 60:00 minute long run Purpose: The long run is a main staple in training and is your longest continuous effort in the training week. The goal for this run is to practice extending duration and increasing your time spent running. Over the course of the training plan … Continue reading Longer – Saturday – June 19, 2021
How Am I Feeling Today? Still a bit tired, but not nearly as bad as yesterday morning. It is amazing what a good night’s sleep will do for you. The body seems to be adjusting to my new training plan, but doesn’t want to admit it. Even though I am 100% better than yesterday, I am still thinking about making today a rest day instead … Continue reading Listened for a Change – Friday – Jun 18, 2021
I believe the below quote pretty much sums up where I have been about my running over the last week. It wasn’t enough to know the who, what, when, and where; you had to understand what it meant. And why it mattered.” Mckeown, Greg. Essentialism (p. 74). Crown. Kindle Edition. After last week’s 5K time trial, I needed some time before writing about why something … Continue reading Why It Mattered?
How am I feeling today? I am feeling pretty tired and a bit out of sorts. My O2 from the watch was at 93%, which is low for me to start the day. Maybe I have upped the training a bit too much too quickly, and then when you add in weed whacking in the afternoons, along with all the other stuff, it might be … Continue reading Strides oh My – Thursday – June 17, 2021
Today’s Running Focus Keep the Easy Day Easy How Am I Feeling This Morning? Pretty good, the sun is shining, the Achilles is not bothering me nearly as much as I thought it might when I ended the run yesterday, and today is an easy day, so I am going to try to keep it that way. Planned Workout Description: Workout: Stryd 5K – Week … Continue reading Easy Day & New Shoes – Wednesday – June 16, 2021
Today’s Running Focus Listen to the body How am I feeling today? A little tired and beat up, the leg is doing better than it has, and I don’t have a big day outside of my run planned. It will be a drizzly, overcast kind of day, so not much outside stuff will get done. One of those more leisurely days, I hope. Planned Workout … Continue reading Better than Expected – Tuesday – June 15, 2021
Today’s Running Focus Begin Again. Planned Workout Description: Workout: 40:00-minute easy run Purpose: Stryd 5K Week 1, Day 1 From Stryd: Easy runs are an important part of balancing training intensity and recovery. It is important to remember the purpose of an easy run is to promote recovery without adding additional fatigue. Where does this run/workout fit into my top 5 running priorities? Primarily #1 – … Continue reading It Begins Again – Monday – June 14, 2021
What a week! I think I learned more about myself as a runner over this last week than I have in a long, long time. First and foremost – aging waits for no one and spares none. I am within spittin distance of age 64 and had my arse handed to me on a silver platter by Father Time. He let me know in no … Continue reading Week in Review – June 13, 2021
Today’s Running Focus Run smart Planned Workout Description: Workout: Your goal today is a 5k time trial. Don’t be spooked by the name. This serves as a test of your best effort today over 5 kilometers. To perform your best, our recommendation is as follows: 5:00 warm up very easy 3:00 moderate 2:00 very easy 5k time trial Your target pacing strategy for the 5km … Continue reading Reality Check 5K – Saturday – June 12, 2021
Today’s Focus Run Easy Planned Workout Description: Day 12 – Stryd Intro Plan – 30:00-minute recovery run Where does this run/workout fit into my top 5 running priorities? Be healthy and run relatively discomfort-free – Find training plans that work for me, use prehab and rehab routines to run healthy, and pay attention to what the body is attempting to tell me. Avoid the too … Continue reading Thinking – Friday – June 11, 2021
Today’s Focus Run Relaxed Planned Workout Description: Workout: Day 11 – Stryd Intro Plan 20:00 warm-up 5:00 hard effort 9:00 cool down Purpose: “Today is an important point in training, as we are preparing for a hard effort to come later this week. This tiny dose of quality today will inform the Stryd system more about your current fitness, as well as prep your body … Continue reading Wednesday – June 10, 2021
If you have been reading this blog for a bit, you know that I have been and still am struggling with an Achilles Tendon issue since March. I have been whining enough about it, that is for sure. This Achilles issue has thrown a big monkey wrench into my training this Spring and is causing me to look at my Summer and Fall racing schedule … Continue reading A Time for Tough Choices
