| Location: South Jordan,UT, Member Since: Sep 14, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Half Marathon Finish Running Accomplishments: only significant running accomplishments done have been sprinting after little black and white balls (years ago) Short-Term Running Goals: a few 5Ks, first 10k (trail), half marathon (trail), ??
in general ... can this fast twitch muscle fiber guy do it without losing my strength and power??? Long-Term Running Goals: Run from Kolob to East entrance of Zions in as few days as possible and do it safely (I'm Type 1 diabetic)
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More tennis. My wife set me up with lessons last fall and they've picked up again to a couple of weeks a month now with fall upon us. My instructor made me run a fair amount.
My soreness has let up from Tuesday.
Been a very stressful week ... . Get back onto schedule this Monday.
"The months and days are travelers of eternity."
-- Opening line - The Narrow Road to Oku by Matsuo Basho (trans. Donald Keene)
[spelling corrections: 10/04/10]
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Stepped on a sharp piece of metal Friday and ended up with a puncture wound in my right arch. Have taken a few days off to let it heal up a bit.
My lovely wife wanted to go for a run tonight, so we went out for about a 5k. Was fun running with my wife. No intervals or court sprints tonight for me! My foot must be healed up enough to run now ... didn't really bother me.
"The sound of the Gion Shouja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind."
--- Heike Monogatori (平家物語), opening lines (trans. Helen McCullough)
"... they are as dust before the wind." Did Kansas know Japanese literature when they wrote "Dust in the wind??" ;-) |
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My awesome wife was up for a longer run tonight. I took her along a loop that I have run a few times here. We cut it short a little, but still almost got 5 miles in.
Getting cold! Tempted to turn the furnace on in the morning. We'll see what the temps are.
Time for bed!
Laden Autumn here I stand
Worn of heart, and weak of hand:
Nought but rest seems good to me,
Speak the word that sets me free.
-- Versus for Pictures: Autumn by William Morris
(Looks like I may have found a better format for the "bonus" materials at the end.) |
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Whoo Hoo! Broke the 220 lb. barrier.
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Helped someone move a piano last Saturday and strained my legs a little (muscles were cold w/ no light lifting to warm up with). Feel good now, so went for a run tonight.
Was Happy to have my wife with me. She runs faster than I do at these shorter distances, so I have to try to keep up. Pushes me a bit. But when we run the longer distances, I can pace myself through it until she slows down. Or maybe she's just being kind (?!) ;-)
"Days go by without a single bowl of food;
Whom can I ask for one?
At night my tattered rags fail to cover me,
But there is no way to patch the rents.
Each passing rain
Ages the crimson of the flowers;
The willows are tricked by the wind,
And their green gradually droops.
Man has no second chance at youth;
He grows old. The aged song thrush
Warbles again when spring has come,
But time does not revert to the past.
Oh, how I yearn for the days that are gone!
What would I do to recapture the past!"
-- Sekidera Komachi (Noh Play) by Seami; trans. by Donald Keene/Karen Brazell
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Okay, okay ... I weigh a pound more this week. This is why I only weigh in once a week at the same time. Little extra drink of water last night? Extra helping of my wife's delicious chicken marsala? Point is ... I tend to have little ups and downs when measuring, but over the course of time if I'm down overall ... all is good.
Wife joined me again for a run. Shorter distance again, but I'm enjoying the company. Kind of fun watching her race on ahead.
Picked up a box of fresh apples at the local farmers market on Saturday. Enjoying them before the long stored apples of mid to late winter start appearing in a few months (yuck!)...
"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
... "
To Autumn by John Keates |
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My shoes have lost a lot of cushion, so I went to the running store to get some shoes. Two pair felt good (a pair of Asics and Brooks). Since I've been running in a pair of Asics and they've felt good, I bought the Asics. They told me to try them out for up to 30 minutes on a treadmill and bring them back if necessary. After walking and running on the treadmill for about 25 minutes to test them out, I decided to return them and get the Brooks. I'll try them out on the treadmill sometime over the next few days. If that doesn't fly, I'll go get the Asics back. At least I'll have run in both and will know which I prefer.
Wanted to run some more ... outside tonight. So I put on my old pair of shoes and went out in the cold without my wife this time. A chilly breeze hit me head on for a while, but let up for the rest of the run. Though humid, at least it wasn't raining! A few Canadian Geese on the lake were roused by something and called out, but settled down after several minutes.
"I will think of you, love
On evenings when the grey mist
Rises above the rushes
And chill sounds the voice
Of the wild ducks crying."
-- Anonymous, contained in the Man'yoshu (万葉集 - Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves) (1st anthology of Japanese poetry - poem written ~ 1,300 yrs ago)
Total miles combined (treadmill and on the road is 5.75). If I didn't walk a good ways on the treadmill I would have recorded a combined distance well over 6 miles. I have a 10k on my goals list, since I haven't officially run one yet ... but ... I really haven't trained for it and it wouldn't be problem. Maybe the time wouldn't be great, but the mileage wouldn't be bad. Maybe I just need to start looking toward the goal of a half-marathon. I would need to train for that.
Good night!!
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Chilly!
What was supposed to be a quick 3 miles ended up a little longer and a little more effort than planned. Blood glucose levels were dropping throughout necessitating a couple of Gu's along the way. Good thing I took the Gu's ... returned home to a low glucose reading.
My wife ran like a jackrabbit. I think she spent more time waiting or backtracking than just heading down the road!
Snow beneath whose chilly softness
Some that never lay
Make their first Repose this Winter
I admonish Thee
Blanket Wealthier the Neighbor
We so new bestow
Than thine acclimated Creature
Wilt Thou, Austere Snow?
-- Emily Dickinson
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Just treadmill time today ... tested another pair shoes out. The shoes felt good, but were a little short. Exchanged them for a bigger size. I'm think I'm honing in on the ideal pair of shoes.
Have only had one vacation day all year, so I took a couple of days off starting today. Spent most of it doing chores ... . Hope to do something a little more fun over the next two days. |
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