Mediocre Runners

did 40 min. on the stairclimber (actually mobile machine, where you are physically climbing up) and it reminds me of Iraq!! I love the machine because you know you’ll always get a really good workout, espec. if you throw some crazy intervals in there. Going to try the fartleking tom. morning (such a funny name…) but had a question for you two guys: I’m running the VA Beach 1/2 marathon on 6 Sept and figuring in a week of rest in-between, do you think I would be ready to do the Tucson Marathon on 13 Dec.? I feel like I have a pretty good base to begin with and if I committed myself to it I could, but afterall, I am a mediocre runner and wanted my fellow comrades’ advice. What say you? Oh and PS – MEDIOCRE RUNNERS team officially signed up for the Baltimore Marathon relay, 10 October!! Woo woo, more info to follow, but def mark it down on your calendars…

it’s funny how on the weeks I have 9 or 10 mile long-runs, I do absolutely fine and really enjoy myself but then when I am offered the opportunity to pull back and do a simple 4 everything falls apart. well, it was muggy and hot today but what really make the run unpleasant was I ate way too close to when I ran. I felt like I had this alien in my stomach, heartburn, sluggish, blah. but i pushed through, it was a good mental endurance exercise. so yeah, pat–I still need to try the whole fartlek deal but think I will save that for Monday morning. I would have hurled today if I started sprinting. Oh! But one more thing!! I totally saw three black dudes riding legit horses around penn. ave, haha, they weren’t cops though–three guys with weird safari-type hats, cowboy chaps and regular T-shirts. it was the oddest, coolest thing I’ve seen in a while. tomorrow is yoga and stairclimber…

I’m a little tardy on my posts bc for the first time in over a couple of years I didn’t have access to the internet for a WHOLE weekend. Ran an amazing 9 miles in Sheboygan, WI–a small city on the lake about an hour north of Milkwaukee. The weather was *amazing*, 65 degrees, sunny, breezy…which made me wonder why I didn’t see any other runners out at 9 am on a Saturday morning?? I guess I am so used to the plethora of mediocre fitness-fans who frollick around DC every day. But wait, I did come across a sole running companion: a 65+ year old man who passed my ass, and smiled and waved while doing so. Good for him. Spinning tomorrow morning at 6:15 am, ouch!

went to an awesome spinning class at RESULTS today–the AC was actually not working well, but it made for a better workout. almost like ‘hot’ yoga, but on a bike. my one spinning gripe of the day are those people who NEVER increase their resistance and think pumping their legs all over the place is going to improve cardio fitness or strength. faster speed does not necessarily equal a better workout!! that’s what she said.