Well I missed my ultimate game last night. On my way to the game, I got a call for support from a guy in Australia. After going home and dealing with that, I decided that I since I wasn’t playing ultimate, that I should at least try to get some running in. The short training program that I’m following in preparation for the 10K run on Canada Day called for: Speedwork Dist: 5mi, inc Warm; 3×800 @3:08 w/ 400 jogs; Cool No problem right? Well not exactly. I did a short mile and a bit warm up and then jumped right into the repeats. Turns out 800 metres in 3:08 is challenging, at least for me. I did my first 800 metres in 3:24, instead of 3:08, and then jogged the next 400 metres. I didn’t feel like I was fully rested at the end of the 400 metre jog but I turned around and started my next 800 metres anyways. I got it done in 3:15 this time. For my last 800 metres…I was really feeling the pain, having a hard time breathing, etc and I was sure I was going to be over 4 minutes and maybe even 5. Turns out I got it done in 3:22. After that I turned around and did my cool down run of just over a mile. [...]
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My first ‘real’ ride of the year was last Sunday. Steve, Grant and I jumped on our bikes and headed for Gatineau like we had done so many Sundays before last summer and fall. I was pumped up for the ride, thinking I was in way better shape this year than I had ever been before – I mean afterall I had just run a marathon a couple of weeks before. Anyways, my excitement quickly turned to shock and dismay a short way into our ride. We headed out from Grant’s place and across the bridge into Quebec. It was quite windy but since I was fresh, it was more of an annoyance than anything. We entered the park and before we even got to the section of closed roads, I was already hurting. There is one hill (and not a large hill either) just before the parking lot by the gate and as I’m climbing it I’m thinking, “What the hell is going on?! How am I ever going to finish this ride if I’m feeling like this already?!” I put the thought out of my mind and finished the short climb to the parking lot where we stopped to look for Steve’s friend. Incidentally, he never showed up but I still got a short break while we waited. :) [...]  In case anyone was wondering (especially after my last post) I did run the marathon as planned on the 28th of May. Did my knee injury affect my time? I wish I could say that it did, but I really don’t think so. Don’t get me wrong, it was by no means 100% but like I said, I can’t blame my time on it. What’s this about looking for something to blame for my time you ask? Well unfortunately I didn’t make the time I set out for myself when I registered, namely 3:45:00. I also didn’t make my secondary (more realistic) goal of under four hours, but I did come close to that one. My final time (chip time of course) was 4:03:46.1. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed, but considering this was my first marathon, I guess I can live with it. Full results are here. [...] |
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