Of course, “far” is subjective.
I woke up Saturday morning knowing that I needed to run. My body, however, wasn’t enamored of the idea. I had plenty of excuses: my knee had been bothering me since my hard run on Monday (in old shoes), the boys had each woken up, so I hadn’t slept well, I hadn’t eaten enough carbs on Friday night,… I got up about an hour later than I’d planned, ate a PB&J, and drank some coffee. I prepared my fuel belt and decided to just run as far as I could. I’d give myself a D if I made it four miles (my normal minimum run), a C for 6 miles (my minimum long run), a B for 7.75 miles (what I needed to hit 20 for the week, and an A for 9 miles (the next step in preparing for the 10 miler in October.) An A+ would happen if I could average under a 10 minute pace…
I tend to be a bit of an annoying overachiever, but I just couldn’t pull off the A+. I did finish the 9 miles and I did manage to force myself to run hard the last half mile, but my final average was 10:10. Oh well, at least I got the miles in.
The rest of the weekend has involved too much food and too much red wine and not enough beer. My body is not happy with me right now. It’s begging me to put down the wine bottle and the sweets and get back to eating veggies. Thank goodness we have no plans for tomorrow and then we head back into the normal fall schedule. My body will thank me.
WOW! Well done on 9miles! And you're not that far off your pace, really.But seriously, 9miles when you didn't feel like it is GREAT!I had to smile at your post – 4miles is also my min regular run, and 6 is my min long run (lol) I don't know where I got those numbers from, but if I run less than 4 on an easy day I feel like I cheated :)Well done!
Nice 9 miles… A is great, especially on a holiday weekend. Umm I just ate nearly 2 brownies…my body is YELLINg at me.."not enough beer" LOL cracks me up
"The rest of the weekend has involved too much food and too much red wine and not enough beer."I was with you until the not enough beer part…;-)oh and i had too much cake this weekend too. how about you? too much cake? no? guess that was just me…
Great job on your 9 miles! When I have a run like that I usually spend the whole time making bargains with myself to keep me going.
A! Good job. And that's a nice pace, considering you weren't really feeling it. 🙂
I love your grading scale. I have to have a set distance in mind or I think I would always run shorter than I needed to. Great job!
The rest of the weekend has involved too much food and too much red wine and not enough beer. My body is not happy with me right now.Of course it's not. You're poisoning it with wine.You need to propitiate the Beer Gods. And the best way to do that is to make sure I win your little contest on Wednesday. That would make Teh Beer Gods happy, indeed.Of course, you're not getting off to a very good start, here, since your blog just made me type in the word verification word "carpopes", which sounds to me like some vague anti-Papist slam of some sort.Watch it! You don't see ME taking shots at your stupid wine religion, do you? (Calling it stupid doesn't count because it is stupid.)
Good for you getting the 9 miles done! My body is also disagreeing with my planned workouts this weekend, but my will is not winning the battle as well as your has. Strong work!
Nice job on the 9 miler! And holiday weekends are supposed to be filled with too much food and wine!
Great job on the 9 miles! Weekends, especially holiday weekends, are meant for too much wine and food 🙂
Good Lord, I miss wine and beer…I love how you grade yourself on your runs like that. Very clever. I guess I sort of do that too, but without as much detail. I am going to use that next time. :)Great job on the 9 miles.
It's terrible when my schedule is off too. Just not the same. I say A+ for getting it done at all. Holiday weekends can be a challenge.
Way to get it done! Those runs where you don't want to go are the biggest successes.
Nicely done, even if you didn't meet your own (incredibly tough) A-plus standard! I totally understand the feeling of having overindulged, but I think it's those indulgences that let us pull back and give our body what makes it run best – literally!