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    Friday, April 25, 2008

    A Runner's Thoughts

    Today's workout was good - I watched Workout on Bravo, courteous of the dvr.

    Distance = 4.5 mi run + 0.75 walk
    Time = 38 min for run / 49 min walk
    Type = started at 6.0, ramped up 0.1 mph every minute, ended at 8.0, then went back down by 45 sec increments. This a great type of workout on the treadmill and has kept me from being incredibly bored during the week.

    Tomorrow - 9 miles - I hope to wake before the family and knock it out before 7 a.m. We have two soccer games tomorrow and precious little time for running.

    Do you feel like you can talk for hours about running and have nobody who shares your passion? Sometimes I feel like that. W always asks me how my run was, I generally give him more information than I am sure he wants, but he dutifully listens. I am not sure he is hearing me and understands what I am trying to say, but he nevertheless lets me talk.

    When Vicky was here ealier this week, it was like I was able to talk as long as I liked about running - about the little foibles each runner has - what is the most comfortable pace for you / are you faster pre or post baby / what do you realistically think you can do for X race / what are the infinitesimal details about your training plan / how do you treat plantar fasciitis and how does it really feel / what about runner's trots?

    Yeah - all those really boring details that consumes a runner's thoughts. If you do not have a friend, where do you go? With whom do you share these stories? What resources do you use again and again?

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    4 Comments:

    Blogger Gretchen said...

    You can always call me, my friend.

    Lately, good runs have been few and far between. When they do happen I call my dad.

    In fact, in Denver, I called my dad while I was still in the chute.

    Fortunate to have him, I am.

    12:51 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Yeah, I even bore The Man with it. AND he runs. It's better now that he is running again. But I could and do go on for hours and hours...
    It's how See Nat Run started.

    2:25 PM  
    Blogger MamaMaven said...

    Ah, Workout, one of my guilty pleasures. I kind of have a love/hate thing going on with it.

    The more I run, the more I feel the need to talk about running. Thank goodness for my tri training class, seriously, these people can talk ad nauseum about the minutae of THREE sports :)

    5:39 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    LOL, dh is the one who loves to talk about his runs. Now, he has a Garmin Forerunner too, so he looks at his workouts forever. Why is it that I'm just lucky to make it out the door?

    Workout: I don't like it as much this season. I definitely don't like Jackie as much this season. She was full of herself last season, but seems out of touch/reach this season.

    7:31 AM  

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