Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Running Tales and Lobster Tails

Posted by CheapRunnerMike

Last week I was moaning about my achy IT Band and wondering if I would be able to get back on track with my marathon training (Chicago Marathon only 39 days away!).  It is safe to say that I am now over those issues…my legs are back and feeling fine.  In typical fashion I have had some good runs and some not so good runs over the past week, but they have been pain-free runs and that's the main thing at this point.  I'm now ready to get back into full-on training again and have even decided to sign up for the Springbank Half Marathon this weekend to see where my fitness us at.  I did a couple of half marathons back in the spring and finished in 1:31:08 and 1:30:18…I would love to break through the 1:30 mark, but the truth is that marathon training has sapped me of my speed.  I haven't been training for the Half, so I can't expect to PR…I will need to keep telling myself that this is really more of a high-intensity marathon training run than an actual race.

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Saturday's Good Run -- 7:12/mile Pace

I wore the new Kinvara 4's for my Saturday run…I'm really warming up to these shoes which is no surprise as I have loved the previous versions of the Kinvara as well.  I'll be doing a review of these shoes once I've added a few more miles to them.  I did another run on Monday in my new Mizuno Wave Sayonara's on the exact same route…it was nowhere near as good, but I could probably attribute that to a combination of the gale-force winds, uncomfortable shoe (almost all my runs in these shoes so far have featured tightness in the right midfoot) and of course a little thing the day before called Lobsterfest, where I probably didn't set the greatest example of what a runner should eat and drink.

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Monday's Post-Lobsterfest Run -- 8:06/mile Pace

I had decided a little while ago that Lobsterfest would be the unofficial end of cottage season…well, maybe not "cottage season" as we go up there year-round, but "eating-and-drinking-like-crap-up-at-the-cottage-season".  So this week it is back to eating healthy and trimming down for the big run in October.  No more Pizza Sunday's, no Nacho & Margarita Thursday's, and no more 6-packs around the campfire.  Screw New Year's Resolutions, I'm going with Labour Day Resolutions!  I'll leave you with a couple pics from Lobsterfest that didn't make CR Rhoda's post yesterday…everyone had a great time and it was an awesome way to say good-bye to cottage season (the eating-and-drinking-like-crap-up-at-the-cottage-season anyways!).

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Cheers Ladies!  That's a Proper Drink!!

Anyone else make some Labour Day Resolutions?

 

What's the toughest food for you to give up?
Pizza for me, I love it so much :(

4 comments:

  1. I think I have the opposite resolution that you have! For the first 10 weeks of my training, I never got full, was hungry more than I should. So I started eating another small meal (see 500-600 calories) and it has helped. I don't think I can live without pizza!


    Your moaning was trivial!
    Glad you are pain free again!
    In the spring I was doing about the same as your half marathon times during my long runs. Summer Half Marathon mid training was a bit more taxing. Don't over do it! I'm sure you have to run hard again shortly after unlike most of the contestants!

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  2. I'm loving the drinking "glasses!"
    Potato chips are hard for me to give up!!

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  3. True enough Declan...I just hope my ego can stay in check and I don't try to run people down.

    Why would anyone want to give up pizza???

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  4. Those glasses were great! And chips are definitely another weakness for me...I guess I'm more salty than sweet

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