Saturday In The Park - chilly enough for long sleeves and gloves!

Run You Clever Boy, And Remember
Saturday April 29, 2017

9k+ counter-clockwise around the park (so downhill) ; 13k+ door-to-door ; 9:45 min/km when doing laps around the park.

Saturday In The Park - weed, wedding party, windy

Run You Clever Boy, And Remember
Saturday April 22, 2017

11k+ clockwise around the park (so uphill) ; 14k+ door-to-door ; 10-11 min/km.
Completely underwhelmed by the 11 min/km ... but I need to remind myself that I have just started training again, after basically a 6 month layoff.
Also, I need to get a training plan in place - 3 days of wrunning, likely speed work on one of those days, and figure out where #np_yyz fits into the scheme of things.


What Is Your Why?  (And Remembering It Is Important, Too)
Every voluntary action has a reason - even if it's buried deep in that lizard brain.
I believe it is important to remind yourself why you're doing what you're doing, so as you're doing all of the things, you can make sure whether they are bringing you closer to, or skewing you further from, your goals.

Here's a little example.  Last Friday (April 14) was a statutory holiday - wheee - and as it was a gorgeous day outside, I decided to take my Saturday long run then instead.  When I woke up on Saturday, I was a little achy (partially because it was the longest run of the year to date), which made for a more challenging strength training session.  Then I remembered why I structured my typical weekend the way I did - start with strength training, then go for the long run on the Saturday - leave the Sunday as an active recovery day from the long run.  The key "Why" here being a recovery day after the long run.   The next time I decide to move my long run, I'll try to plan for the next day to be a recovery day.

This holds true for the little things and the big things.   What is your why?

-tak!  thbbft!

Ponderings ... (w/ Run)

Ponderings ...
... if bacon is both singular and plural, does that mean Sir Francis Bacon could have been a literal one man army?

Run You Clever Boy, And Remember
Friday, April 14, 2017

Different HRM application ... which, quite frankly, is a colossal piece of shit.   Disappointing, since the features I paid to unlock are the ones that render the app useless.  Sigh.
First proper long day in a while ; 10k around Queen's Park.  Holy crap do I feel S-L-O-W walking at MAF pace ... I'm very curious about how much I may have exceeded MAF pace ... but all the data is locked in the piece of shit HRM app.  Sigh.  #firstworldproblemsiknow #stillfirstworldannoying

-tak!  thbbft!