Saturday, March 07, 2009
Metrically Challenged
As of Wednesday, I had run 28 miles for the week. I skipped my run yesterday, because a friend was visiting and she was leaving sometime in the morning. I normally run in the morning and even though I promised myself that I would run later, I didn't. I did manage to catch up on some Brothers and Sisters episodes, though.
So instead of cross-training today, I ran on the treadmill. I decided to do Yasso 800s, running 800 meters for 5 minutes at 10 min miles, with a 5 minute recovery. They were ridiculously easy even with the incline set to 1.5 and the 5 minute recovery was longer than necessary. But I got up to 8 repeats before I had to stop, since SD was waiting for me. Only two more and I'll have my 5 hour marathon. Yippee! My arm was starting to hurt from patting my own back over how great a shape I was in, when I realized that .25 miles was 400 meters, not 800. No wonder it was so easy!
I did get in 5 miles, at least, which brought my total for the week up to 33 miles. Tomorrow starts a new week.
I'd consider submitting that little anecdote to Steve Stenzel's Tales of a Virgin Athlete contest, but it's supposed to be for something you did as a novice, not as a supposedly experienced runner.
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You are a very good runner, it is hard to decide to run on the dreadmill. Thank you for remembering our run together in Civitavecchia. Will it happen again?
Your confusion over 400 vs. 800 being a quarter mile cracked me up. This is the kind of thing I do all the time, especially on a long run... my mind stops working! Congrats on a good week!
LOL! Too funny. I get so confused with meters/miles.
That sounds like something I would do! LOL. Nice job getting in that weekly mileage, though!
Too funny about how easy the 800's were.
I am going to be at the Wine Country Half. My wife and I are coming up with another couple. Me and the other wife are running. We all plan on tasting some wine. Our friends are members at a couple of Paso wineries. It should be a really fun weekend. I hope we get a chance to at least say Hi!
submit, submit, submit!
(Your story, not any thing else...)
Not possible to run and think at the same time.
Congratulations anyway.
Ah...this was good for a laugh!! I know you can break 5. Can't wait to read about it!! Then you'll be looking for 4:30...then sub 4! :)
You are really getting your mileage up there. Good luck in the literary contest. Remember you won the phrasing contest at one more mile, so you're a shoe-in.
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