Don’t you love the days when you go from sun up to sundown then crawl into your bed. It’s one of the best feelings and the point when you can tell your body….relax, take your time I want you to enjoy this rest for a track workout is in your future tomorrow am.
I quickly discovered today there is a wall I can hit. After a successful week of solid training I was looking forward to really putting in a descent amount of miles over the weekend. Although this weather is having its way with me. Even though I’m carrying water with me on my long trail runs its not enough.
Saturday I mozied out to Stanky Creek to run all the loops out there. Starting at 8am was not ideal but based on my current inability to truly get up at 6am I took what I could. With a solid bowl of cereal in my belly, gatorade in my bottle, and a motivated spirit I took off to discover what my training day would provide my way. I believe Stanky is really the best trail system in Memphis to run and has become my haven in avoiding the heat since the trails are covered. Regardless within 3 miles my body was soaked. Man it was HOT out there. I left my car with a temperature reading of over 90.
I did discover the guys who maintain the trails are cutting a new section off the white trail. While not finished as I discovered 1 mile into it, it does have amazing promise and I’m super stoked to run it later this summer as the trail comes together and more people ride and run it.
Finishing up the day I was exhausted. The 10 miles I put in were hard miles with the weather. I’m discovering that’s about what I have in me right now. It appears the weather is cooling off 5-10 degrees this week and hopefully that will get me back on track towards long runs of 15ish.
Also I did read an interesting article in Running Times mag about hot weather running. There formula was if temperature and humidity = 150 or greater take precaution. I almost laughed. Try running in the South in June, July, and August. I giggled and went on. Until today were I decided to knock out my run this am. A simple 10 miles was again on the agenda.
A simple 10 it was. I typically have great 2nd day runs after a solid long run so I was looking forward to running out on the pavement to actually take a break from the trail running I’ve been doing a lot of this week. The first mile was the typical ache and loosening up that would set me up for a great rest of the day. And true it would be as I really started to pour it on mile 2 and 3. I stumbled upon some tri doods out running and blew past them with the phrase spoken “there goes the rabbit” I could hear in the distance. Whatever. I continued on running super solid. That was until I hit mile 5. Wall = me. Since it was road and all around my hood I decided not to take water. STUPID move. And I paid the price. Miles 5-7 proved to be so painful but a great chance for me to think deeper about what I needed to accomplish and continue my mental devotion and ask God for help in making it through. He delivered thank goodness. By the time I was at the 8 mile mark I was starting to recover a bit and able to crank it back up to make it home around 9 miles. I had to cut it short I knew better than to keep pushing my luck.
Glad to be home and drinking gatorade faster than was humanly possible to the point it was freezing my throat. All I could think about is an accomplishment or stupidity and I’ve got to get up earlier if I’m going to make it the next two months. So long late nights for now.
But feeling a bit constrained at the house I decided to grab my road bike and go ride 20. Such a difference as the wind was blowing steadily. Made for a nice ride and a good way to end my day of exercise.
Hopefully this week the weather will be my friend and I’ll be able to get the 60+ miles I want.
The new Eels album is amazingly good. Hombre Lobo may not be their best album but the emotion E put into writing these lyrics is pretty substantial. Whether he is writing from a role perspective or lived through the break up of someone he cared deeply about, the lyrics provide the insights into the words we sometimes want to say when you’ve been on the short side of the stick. This is probably my favorite song on the album so far but I’m quickly gravitating to others…
I couldn’t help but wonder as an artist how do you separate yourself from a meaningful song. If it is about a girl, whether a song, a painting, a writing, etc. How can you read or view and not come to tears or think back to past times……
EELS - That Look You Give That Guy - from HOMBRE LOBO out 6/2 from EELS on Vimeo.
Autodesk is really stepping up its support to influence the next wave of designers.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=13163791
looking forward to reading the new Comment based on the table of contents.
http://www.cardus.ca/comment/print_issues/970/Comment - June 2009
If you haven’t gotten a ticket get one now! It should be an exciting weekend filled full of change, progression, and further development of the Memphis startup community.
Sometimes in these busy days its a rejuvenation to hear your mom talk about how proud she is of you, even on Mothers Day when the focus is about her. I almost teared up.
I wrote a message in my notebook a couple of weeks ago about designing and growth. Work hard and make a lot of mistakes to learn what works and what doesnt. Pay attention to factors that influence and drive. Failure will prune and make you better in the end.