Yes, I retconned the November 2016 10 Day Water Fast post ... been adding notes to it sporadically, but never hit "publish", so fuck it, now it's published and I'll probably continue to add to it.
Run You Clever Boy, And Remember
Sunday, December 4, 2016
I haven't strapped on the heart rate monitor and gone for a wrun since the half marathon.
Some of that was deliberate - to give myself a bit of a break. I also thought I'd look into peroidization - figure out some other kind of exercise to work on improving my aerobic base. Thought I'd try rowing ... still feels really awkward, although I know it's not a natural movement, and the only way I'm going to improve is to practice.
Looking back, I realize I was pretty focused on my training plan, so a bit of a break over the past 6 weeks or so was enjoyable (mainly power-watching a bunch of TV and movies ... I think I may have made a 0.0001% dent in the TV backlog I've accumulated).
But yeah, i'ts been 49(!) days since the half marathon, so it's time to get back to *something* ... so go back to what you know?
Felt pretty damn good to get back out to Queen's Park - even though it was around 3 degrees ... maybe I'll be a winter wrunner after all ... I think for the foreseeable future, it's gonna be rowing on Tuesdays, a wrun on Saturdays, and maybe some rowing on Sundays (if I can swing it ... if weekends are busy, then the wrun takes priority, even if that has to be moved to Sunday) ... also, swimming - I should swim more, too.
things I learned:
- bottom strategy of base layer + pants warm enough
- top strategy of base layer + top may not be sufficient ... need to add a windproof shell or something I think
- need better gloves ... maybe mittens
- also may need to do something about the little gap between my running socks and the bottoms of the base layer ...
The question is ... given that my trail running shoes are still pretty much new, can I justify the purchase of the Gore-Tex (and thus waterproof/snowproof) version of the same shoes for winter wrunning? I said I would get a pair of Altras if I finished the half marathon, but when I went to try them on, I discovered that while it has a wide toe box, it's not a particularly wide shoe (too small for my orthotic + my foot) ... so I still owe myself a new pair of shoes. But I'm kind of annoyed that I didn't notice the Gore-Tex version of the trail shoes I bought at the time ... although maybe they didn't have them at the time ... ah, who knows? I'll probably end up getting them.
-tak! thbbft!
-tak! thbbft!
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