Keeping up with the Momentums :)

Today was another fine day in terms of consistency with my running. Week 2 of my marathon training plan is drawing to a close! Exciting stuff. I’m happy and proud of myself for getting this far. I really struggled with going out this evening. (Yes, still evening instead of morning running. Really looking forward to getting my act together in the mornings so I can reap the benefits of running in cooler temps.)

Sometimes, in regards to going out for a run, I am like that kid who’s pretty good in a subject and so he/she thinks maybe they can let the weekend prior to blow by without studying and then just cram the night before, AND still get a decent grade! ..But, they still wouldn’t do as well than if they had studied that weekend! It does always make a difference.

So, yeah, another run in about 24 degrees heat. Not too bad at all since I left it so late into the evening. My time for 8km today was 46:35! at a smooth pace of 5:49! Now, I really need to get with the program in terms of my maintenance stretching and running in the mornings….looks like it might not happen again today, lol, but hopefully, tomorrow isn’t too late!

I had a few hollas at me this evening…I guess I’m doing well, I’ve triggered some people to yell at me out there sweating buckets all by myself hauling ass. It always reminds me that some people will always be the ones in life yelling some unintelligible “smart” remark as they whiz by going (at least) 50 miles an hour at people who are actually standing out and making the solo effort to get up and DO something to make changes in their lives.

Right on. (Does it even occur to them that I can’t even hear what they’re saying while zipping by at that speed anyway? What do you do on a Friday night?) 🙂 …I’m looking forward to the weekend however, I’ve got my long run this Sunday! 😀 (Btw, I can’t say or type I’m looking forward to the weekend, which is a natural thing for me to say, without thinking of that Rebecca Black song… Does that make me old? A sixty-something-year-old songwriter for pre-teens? Lol. On that same inquiring note, do people still write lol anymore? I do.)

Also, just want to thank the people on here for all the recent Likes and Follows 🙂 It may not seem like much but it helps to encourage me. Similarly, I hope that all of your fitness and/or personal goals and endeavors are going well and progressing!

Today’s song is a good old 1980s tune (long version): Money for Nothing by Dire Straits.

And I believe it’s cheques for free, not chicks for free, however, it could really have been both 🙂

 

 

8 legs

So happy that I went out again today. I was going to anyways, of course, but I ended up leaving pretty late, which actually helped because the temps went down to a frigid 25 or 24 degrees Celcius, I think. It really did help though!

I think maybe cooler temps have helped the most along with getting back into it.. but I’d have to say that the cooler temps are the primary factor. I didn’t get those maintenance stretches done today — none.

I’m going to try and run in the mornings instead. We’ll see how that goes. I’ve got a pace of 5:50mins/km to report at a time of 47mins for an 8k! This is good.

 

Today’s song is: Snjør by Ayush Jajoria

 

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Friday 8km!

Was another good run today. I, once again, didn’t feel like going out, but there is something called momentum that helps with that. I ran 8kms in 49:25 at a pace of 6:08mins/km. Pretty good considering the temps were hovering around 26 degrees C. …Very perspirational!

Also, I completed those pre-run runner’s knee stretches again today in addition to the two for general maintenance. I have to do those two once again before I go to bed tonight. Just finishing up a very late dinner. I really need to work on my sleep game!!

 

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Today’s song is: Different Heaven by Nekozilla

 

The Art of the Spit.

Another great 8km had today! (8.04 to be precise, completed in 47 mins and 12 seconds.) I could really feel myself building the momentum back up with pretty good form maintained throughout as well! Things are looking good, for a variety of factors: cooler weather, more stretching, at least 7 hours of sleep, not being too lazy, etc. My pace was 5:52 today! I’m inching or sub-minuting? up! or down?! ..What I mean is that I’m getting closer to my pace goal which is…I haven’t quite determined that…whatever gets me at least a sub-4 hour time! 😀

I’ll figure it out later. Soon. But I digress because I’ve barely officially completed my first week here and I just need to focus on that consistency.

The Art of the Spit.

Ah yes, one I have not yet mastered, but I am getting better at. It occurred to me a few days ago as I was running, that running is kind of passive. Seems kind of obvious when you think about it, unless maybe you’re running to make a move as in playing team sports or maybe to catch up with someone to beat them up or something. Not my thing at all. But, I’ve always had trouble with basic aiming and execution, as with throwing a ball.

I can catch a ball, I can block a ball. I can run away (from a ball). I can even kick a ball sometimes with a fairly good sense of aim. But unfortunately, I can’t aim and throw very well at all. No confidence. It is the same with spitting.

However lately, I’ve learned how to start spitting with confidence, will, and precision out of necessity and just to avoid the embarrassment of well, dribble and the like, especially when it gets sticky in the heat and humidity…even worse on a windy day 😦 … it can get messy.

But now I’m learning to spit like a pro, I mean, like I really mean it and want it out immediately and precisely!  Turns out, you have to put some effort in, spitting is one of those things in life that, at least for me, requires more than my routine passivity.

Silly ponderings.

As I was running this evening and caught sight of the shadow of my silhouette, I began to wonder if what my (what they used to call in the olden days or maybe still do in certain rural places?) “child-bearing hips” ever slow me down….aerodynamically? or something :p ..I know, that’s got to be more than a little silly to think, but I’m basically built like a T-rex.

I twist a bit under the momentum of the swing of my hips when I’m running and occasionally my hips bump into things (not when running), so much so that it even startles me at times! Admittedly, it’s pretty funny…and it also hurts a little.

I don’t weigh very much but it makes me kinda wide without much load, and consequently, I forget to be mindful of the width there. (Just attach some sharp objects sticking out from each hip and I’d be a force to be reckoned with..)  …Yep. I kept thinking about this on my way home and it brought to mind the Chubby Checker song, The Twist, like an absurd referential soundtrack to me running with my big twisting wide hips coming atcha! That being the first thing to strike the vision and eclipse an otherwise sleek silhouette! Dang! Lol! And then, of course, that old chart topper stuck in my head for the rest of the way home. Not a bad song at all, but certainly not the best song to have in your head while running.

It’s definitely not the song of the day 🙂 That is the also fittingly titled, Gnarls Barkley song: Crazy :p …Good song.

Tomorrow I look forward to a slooow, easy breezy 5k…that is a reminder for me to pace myself!!! And no eating for at least 2.5 hours prior to or god help me! (This new route has no gas station restroom.)