Yesterday milford was under flood watch, and the greater ny area was under tornado watch. Obviously what do I have to do during all this, is a 5mi run at a slow pace.
Tag: running
Being lazy
Its comes down to being lazy. Or just inherently burnt out.
Week 6 of the marathon training plan and I don’t feel like doing any workouts. This weekend was bad weather only went out for a bike ride and then skipped the run. Should have been the opposite
Through the week didn’t do any of the workouts, no run , no bikes. It grounds me to the fact that if I didn’t have this crazy routine how many hours in the day I have to do anything . Which in this case turns out to how many hours in day I have to do NOTHING.
Time to get back. Adjusted my plan a bit haven’t lost too many key workouts between now and novemeber. Plus the plan was sort of easy right now . Running 14 mi , that was something I was already conditioned for during tri season . So now its a matter of hitting those speed workouts, getting those long runs in.
Running vdot
Finally got around to doing a running vdot test. I have been meaning to do for a couple of months but have been busy training for specific races that taking a workout out to do a test like this was not possible.
So before anything my final vdot is 44 . My time 21:55 for 5k run with LT 175. A lot to be improved on. My legs were tired and aching from the crazy,getting lost, long run 10mi from the day before. Most coaches would say that it is a bad idea to do a vdot test after a long run but for the moment this will have to do. I had to establish a baseline for the rest of the marathon training.
Finally got around to doing a running vdot test. I have been meaning to do for a couple of months but have been busy training for specific races that taking a workout out to do a test like this was not possible.
So before anything else my final vdot is 44 . My time 21:55 for 5k run with LT 175. A lot to be improved on. My legs were tired and aching from the crazy,getting lost, long run 10mi from the day before. Most coaches would say that it is a bad idea to do a vdot test after a long run but for the moment this will have to do.
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Winter Running
Started running again after a 4 month interim due to my injury. Even though the injury was an elbow dislocation just didn’t feel the motivation to pound my body at 8mi/hr . Winter is probably the toughest time to pick up a sport or exercise in the northeast, everything slows down and the weather disrupts any training schedule.
I have to be honest I hate running in the winter. Karachi always had a temperate climate throughout the year. In NewYork starting December to March the weather makes it an interesting experience to workout outside. Continue reading “Winter Running”