tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44712477780000605462024-03-05T03:12:33.630-05:00The Jogging JawaThe Jogging Jawa is a dead beginner at running looking to reclaim her ability to wear those tiny shorts with the white piping and side splits; and maybe just develop one of those fit, healthy lifestyles she keeps hearing about.JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-9913846094309344622013-06-17T16:48:00.000-04:002013-06-17T17:00:07.536-04:00Getting it in gear<br />
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My <a href="http://obsessivejew.com/blog/2009/01/26/pain-in-the-tuchus-yiddish-word-of-the-week/">tuchus</a> that is, and this is woefully overdue.<br />
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I finished the 5k to 10k training pretty strong on February 19th and then just sort of... petered out. Life, the universe and everything (and by that I mean my Kindle) intervened, and so my mileage, endurance, and ability to fit into my wardrobe went kaput.<br />
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So what am I doing to fix this? <br />
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Well, in about an hour I'm heading out to do the first race of the <a href="http://beta.active.com/long-island-ny/running/races/new-york-state-parks-summer-run-series-tier-one-2013">NYS Parks Summer Run Series</a> in Heckscher State Park (and potentially intermittent thunderstorms) with Gigi of <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/">Running On Candy</a>. That will be a five mile run and the first of eight weekly runs of differing lengths across different regional state parks.<br />
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I'm really looking forward to this! (and not just because it's NOT at eight in the morning) so I'll get back to you on how it went soon.<br />
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I've also started using <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/half-marathon-jeff-galloway/id535668548?mt=8">Jeff Galloway's half marathon trainer app</a> on my iPhone in the hopes that having a more rigid training schedule will keep me on track. I think I just have to face the fact that I'm not working consistently without some sort of goal or guideline. I don't really have a problem with this, it really just means I have to focus a bit more on what goals I'm looking to achieve.<br />
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Do you find that there specific are things you lean on to make it easier to get out there?JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-65079456063169786902013-06-09T23:28:00.000-04:002013-06-09T23:48:58.350-04:00LIMA 5k race report and the hotly contested Instead Giveaway winner<h2>
<b><a href="http://lima5krun.com/">The Long Island MacArthur Airport 5K Run for Veterans</a> Race Report</b></h2>
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<b> </b>Last Saturday was the LIMA 5k and I ran it in at a blazing 37:53!<br />
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And by blazing I mean of course the temperature of 79 degrees at 9:30m in the morning on an unshaded airport runway, not my running. This was not the most awesome experience ever; but I have learned some things and knowing is, as they say, half the battle.<br />
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Primarily: it's little secret that I am NOT a morning person, but I can usually muddle through to do early morning things if properly motivated. However I think I finally have to accept the reality that morning <i>races</i> are not for me. <br />
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The less sleep I get the less settled my stomach gets, and that is not a recipe for a happy race experience. Add on top of that really bad traffic driving in (<i>I was 100% sure we were going to miss the race until we were literally in our corral</i>), zero caffeine, too jittery for food, not enough time to properly hydrate, and not bringing my own water I'm kind of amazed I ran as much as I did (<i>which was probably about three quarters of the race). </i>In the end I was fine and pretty glad I did it, but I suspect that if I had pushed myself any harder I probably would not be.<br />
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I have a couple of AM races on the docket over the next several months (<i>i.e. <a href="http://thecolorrun.com/">The Color Run</a> and <a href="http://www.runlikeadiva.com/Events/Long_Island__NY.htm">The Diva Half Marathon</a></i>)
and I'll figure out how to handle those, but in the interest of my general well being I am going to limit morning races severely in the
future.<br />
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As a side note: It was hot, the sun was relentless, and I was not wearing sunscreen. The slight burn I got across my neck and nose seems to have turned into tan, but honestly that was just stupid. Despite my sun loving complexion (<i>I can get tan looking at pictures of sunny days</i>) I do need to start wearing sunscreen and protecting myself better.<br />
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If nothing else I am going to have a heck of a time balancing out the resultant farmer and sock tans!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm the one that looks just about short enough to pull off a Jawa costume. I also rock neon something fierce.</td></tr>
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I did get to meet up with Gigi of <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/">Running On Candy</a> and some mutual co-workers and friends, and there is a certain satisfaction to having run an entire race (<i>*cough* and returned home, showered, and eaten</i>)
before I'm normally even up on a Saturday, so I definitely can't say it
was all bad.<br />
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It was also pretty darn humbling to think of the people I was there to benefit and the experiences that <b>they</b> had signed up for. It's hard to get too worked up about how hard you're having it at a 5k when there are uniformed Veterans cheering you on from the sidelines.<br />
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<b>Softcup Challenge Winner!</b></h2>
After extensive work to ensure that the results would be random and
fair given the overwhelming response - the winner of the Softcup
Challenge giveaway is...<br />
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Linda of <a href="http://frickinfabulousat40.blogspot.com/">Frickin' Fabulous at 40</a>!!! </h3>
I wish I had put a bit more thought into things as I actually got to meet Linda briefly after the above mentioned 5k, but sadly my very pale, heat intolerant fiancee (<i>hint, he's also in the picture above</i>) had just run his first 5k
race and despite appropriate sunscreen was about two steps from immolation by that point, and this was BEFORE the mile or so walk back to the car - so we had to scoot.<br />
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Linda: Please email me via gothamcostume at yahoo dot com with your snail mail address and
I will send those out. Alternately let me know if you are running the Color Run or any
of the New York State Parks Summer Run Series races and I will meet up
with you there.<br />
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Which is of course a roundabout way of saying FLRRT finally cashed my check and I will be running the <a href="http://beta.active.com/long-island-ny/running/races/new-york-state-parks-summer-run-series-tier-one-2013">Summer Series</a>! After the LIMA run I think that might be a sure mark of masochism but I'm hoping the fact that they are all evening runs will help.<br />
<br />JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-48592272462821430572013-05-20T23:12:00.000-04:002013-05-20T23:21:37.346-04:00Instead Softcup Challenge - The Jogging Jawa Review (and a giveaway!)For those of you with more delicate sensibilities - menstruation talk ahoy!<br />
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I signed up for the <a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/2012/04/instead-softcup-challenge-amazing.html">Instead Softcup Challenge</a> through <a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/">For the Love of the Run</a> in October and I have certainly had more than enough time to test it out - so here's my loooooong overdue review. <br />
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I think I managed to keep it on the low-squick factor side of
things so don't be too scared about encountering horrifying levels of
personal detail. <br />
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As much as procrastination figured in, I'm actually pretty glad of the extra time I have taken to write this because I think after one or two months I would not have given it the same review I'm giving it now. I've been using Insteads on and off for the last six months and I think I've got a pretty good handle on their place in my monthly repertoire. <br />
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This was actually not my first time trying <a href="http://www.softcup.com/">Instead Softcups</a>. Way back lo these many years ago in the olden days I like to call "college" I <a href="http://menstrual-cups.livejournal.com/">learned</a> that there were environmentally and body friendly <a href="http://menstrualcups.wordpress.com/">alternatives to the usual cloth/paper based disposable feminine products</a> and started researching which would be the best for me. I considered the mass market menstruation products available extremely uncomfortable and wasteful (not to mention of dubious health benefit), so finding that there were alternatives out there opened up a whole new world for me.<br />
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I was pretty sure I wanted to get a product called the <a href="http://divacup.com/">Diva Cup</a> because it has low environmental impact and unlike some other reusable cups it is silicone (and hence sterilize-able) but at that time a $30+ investment was a rather a big hit to my miniscule college student-type bank account for a completely outre left-field totally weird hippie granola thing.<br />
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If I remember correctly<a href="http://www.softcup.com/"> Instead Softcups</a> were a fairly new item at the time, and were being talked up on various message boards as a good test run product if you were looking to get a reusable cup but were not sure. It <a href="http://store.softcup.com/softcup-c2.aspx">doesn't require a big initial investment to try it out</a> so I figured I'd give it a shot. I got a sample package and tried it out for a couple of months. While I found it a bit too uncomfortable (and disposable) to be my first choice product at the time, it did give me the practice and confidence necessary to believe that a reusable cup could be the right choice for me.<br />
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Shortly thereafter I got my Diva Cup and mostly forgot about <a href="http://www.softcup.com/">Instead Softcups</a> for my purposes, though I did recommend them to other people looking to test out a menstrual cup without the initial investment. They're are definite differences, but it'll give you a good feel for using cups. I've been using my Diva Cup fairly happily since. Menstruation is now MASSIVELY cleaner, cheaper, more comfortable, and far less of a hassle then I could have ever imagined using tampons and disposable pads.<br />
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Fast forward to 2012 and my discovery of fitness bloggers (notably including <a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/">For the Love of the Run</a>).<br />
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I saw a few posts about the Softcup Challenge and thought to myself that there probably weren't too many other people doing this from the point of view of a long time dedicated menstrual cup user; so why not sign up?<br />
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I received my sample package and while I can't say they will replace my Diva entirely, they have definitely been worth having around. I fully expect I'll keep them available for regular use in the future.<br />
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They are <a href="http://softcup.com/newsletter/new-smaller-softcup">apparently more compact this time around</a> and DEFINITELY seem more comfortable then the last time I used them, though admittedly a good part of that may simply be due to increased familiarity with the product type. Either way Insteads have gone from something I can see someone <b><i>that wasn't me</i> </b>using, to something I found really helpful and plan to use with some regularity.<br />
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A big limitation of the reusable Diva cup is that <b><i>you have to have it on hand</i></b>. Unless you buy a backup there's only the one available and it has to be properly cleaned, so it's not really the sort of thing you can toss in your pocketbook at the beginning of the week like a tampon and grab it to run to the bathroom just when it's necessary. You also can't take an early lunch break to run out to the nearest drugstore
to pick up a nice sanitary individually wrapped Diva Cup if you happen
forget it on the day you need it. <br />
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There's only so much predicting one can do when it comes to menstruation so having the option of tossing a sealed disposable product in my bag for when I need it has been a GREAT help. This freedom alone has made this whole challenge worth it for me.<br />
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If you've ever had the thought that you were literally throwing your money in the garbage for products that leak and chafe and can potentially cause serious illness you may want to think about trying out a menstrual cup.<br />
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<a href="http://www.softcup.com/">Instead Softcups</a> are not for those who are ultra squeamish about the functions of the human body, but this is not exactly that crowd. If you can deal with all the sweat, blood, chafing, blisters, trail squatting, and *ahm* potential for stomach upset that goes hand in hand with regular running it follows that most of you are a fairly hearty lot with few illusions about the day to day details of human bodies.<br />
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There is a bit of a mess factor but... how to put it nicely... it's a bathroom mess (hence easily cleanable) as opposed to a laundry mess (hence get out the bleach and cross your fingers that your favorite pants/sheets/whatever are salvageable - because you know it's ALWAYS your favorite).<br />
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I'm the Jogging Jawa, and I approve of this message. Even though I received this product free of charge, the opinions expressed in this blog are 100% mine. Feel free to ask topical but terribly personal questions in comments. I will try to answer as frankly as I can.<br />
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So here's the part where those of you who bothered to read all the way through get to come in.<br />
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I coincidentally happened to<a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/2012/11/race-day-ready-5-winner-all-kinds-of.html"> win a giveaway via From the Love of the Run</a> at the same time that I signed up for the Instead Softcup Challenge so I actually received TWO packages of Instead Softcups.<br />
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As much as I'm a little tempted to keep them all for myself it would be pretty unfair of me to hog all the freebees, so anyone who posts to say that they are interested before midnight of June 1 will be entered in a giveaway for a free sample box of Softcups to be chosen in some highly unscientific randomized way. This will most likely involve one of my cats or possibly a dart (but not both - my cats are stabby enough all on their own thank you).<br />
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Gentlemen this includes you too, but I'll leave it to you to figure out what to do with them or how to explain them to whoever you pass them along to.<br />
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Evidence of Liking my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JoggingJawa">Facebook</a> and/or pimping the blog may get you extra chances/brownie points/ and maybe a sparkly sticker or two if you're the winner.JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-28816819646299511742013-05-03T21:55:00.001-04:002013-05-03T22:17:57.276-04:00Bloggerfail!Okay, so I have totally been a piss poor excuse for a fitness blogger for the last month and a half, and while I can't say I have any good excuses I will say I have some contributing factors I'd like to put on the table and hopefully you'll forgive me.<br />
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As I mentioned in my last post oh these many moons ago I got a Kindle (Fire) and as a result I've literally read more books in the last two and a half months than I had in the previous two and a half years. So that was totally cool for my brains, but not so good for sitting down for hours at a time at a computer.<br />
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I also started busy season at work - I work for a company which deals heavily with schools and the ends of the semesters are astoundingly busy, so I've been trying really hard to keep my daytime internet abuse down. Blogging takes a bit more attention than I can reasonably divert during billable hours and still look my boss in the eye.<br />
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Mainly I've been distracted by some personal stuff that came up in late February/early April and have been TERRIBLE about regular exercise and I am FEELING IT. My legs are doing okay but for the last month or so I've been running at most once a week. Because of this I'm running out of gas or severely side stitching and walking it in after two miles and that needs to stop.<br />
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Clearly I cannot be trusted to keep up consistently without some sort of training program so I think I'm going to have to figure out a new goal to commit myself to. I do want to start hitting the ZombiesRun! app and I may repeat some of the 5k to10k weeks just to work back up to some distance. I think it's time to start looking at some half marathon programs as well.<br />
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The <b>really good</b> news on the overall fitness front is that I have a new source of motivation and as a result I am going to have to *finally* take up some sort of that long needed cross training. As much as I DO enjoy it, running is only going to do so much toward giving me wedding-dress-ready shoulders.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pro tip: don't announce your engagement on April Fools Day - It takes a good week before anyone will fully believe you</td></tr>
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Happily I'm already pretty sanguine with my overall shape and am not worried about having to do any of the "bridal diet"craziness, but I would like my arms and shoulders to look tip-top for the day (which isn't going to be until next fall anyway) so I would like to add some more disciplined yoga and weight practice into the mix. <br />
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Fear not, this isn't going to become "Jogging Jawa runs to the Altar", I'm keeping things strictly fitness here. But it happened and I'm pretty excited and it's been eating all of my internet time for a bit and it WILL be shaping my workouts, so I thought I'd let you know what was up.<br />
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I do have a few random races already on the docket (see over there on the right!) and Gigi of <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/">Running On Candy</a> finally get me on board for the New York State Parks Summer Run Series, though I've apparently missed out on regging some of the races.<br />
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JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-37574295683311437842013-02-13T19:29:00.002-05:002013-02-13T19:35:04.840-05:00Taper (ha ha!) week!I'm getting ready to leave for my first run of my last week of 5k to 10k, and I was thinking about why I haven't been too psyched to get out for this run* (beside the horrible travel conditions) but I just figured out the holdup while I was changing into my workout gear.<br />
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This is "rest/recovery" week with the idea that the end of this week should be an actual 10k race so I have to do a fifteen minute run with five minute walk on each end for warmup/cooldown. <br />
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The effective upshot of that is that it literally took me longer to get dressed then it will to <i>do my entire run today</i>.<br />
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I think it took longer just to get my new sneakers de-tissued and laced on just right.<br />
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The bright side however is that I will be trying out my new sneakers so I'm pretty psyched about that.<br />
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<i>*I was going to go yesterday but there was apparently an accident on the road immediately next to my gym so I couldn't go right after work... aaaaaand then I got a Kindle so the whole evening pretty much disappeared after that.</i>JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-74273611781454817812013-02-05T15:35:00.004-05:002013-02-05T15:45:28.021-05:00Something is not adding up hereApropos of the time of year I've been poking around at heart rate training info. I've poked at it a bit before, but not enough to really get any sort of handle on what it was I was reading.<br />
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This is an array of different heart rate range calculations based on my stats, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_rate">Karvonen which seems to be the gold standard</a>. It also tends to have the highest ranges. I've highlighted the Karvonen calculations and the Max heart rate zone.<br />
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Also per <a href="http://www.racedaynutrition.com/">http://www.racedaynutrition.com</a>:<br />
<b>90%-100% = VO2 Max Zone</b>
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VO2 Max is your body’s maximum oxygen
consumption level. It is measured in
volume/time units. You may reach this zone only for very short bursts of
time. When you go into oxygen debt by racing
your buddy to the finish line you have
reached your VO2 max. Your lungs can’t keep up your body’s demand for
oxygen and lactic acid floods
into your muscles. Training in this zone
increases enzymes in your muscles responsible for anaerobic metabolism.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>We've already established that I'm a bit shall we say, overclocked... but what actually does that mean?</b></span><br />
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This is the average of all of the stats from just about all of my workouts since I got my Garmin <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Via my Garmin Connect profile (this should be just about everything since October)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>185 is the AVERAGE heart rate which I have been operating at for all of my runs for about six months. I have gone as high as 207.</b></span><br />
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Just throwing that out there.JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-10032895044532444102013-02-03T17:51:00.000-05:002013-02-03T23:52:20.696-05:00Call the waaaahmbulance!My left hamstring tendon is super tight and grumpy today so I'm taking an extra rest day.<br />
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I don't wanna.<br />
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My next run in 5k to 10k is sixty minutes, the longest of the entire
training. I feel confident that I can nail this run and I was actually really looking forward to it so I'm pretty annoyed at postponing. Apparently somebody slipped the Kool Aide into my recovery chocolate milk (I blame <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/">Running on Candy</a>).<br />
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Ultimately though I'd rather take a break today than be limping for the rest of
the week. Friday's run was unpleasant enough that I almost tapped out halfway through my run because my feet and lower legs were so achy. From the determination perspective I'm glad I kept going that day, but this hamstring thing has been creeping up on me for a few days and it was especially sore and tight when I woke up today, so sometimes a day off is the better part of valor. I know my head is still fully in it and that's the part that gets you there in the long run.<br />
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My body has been pretty unbalanced for the last few weeks anyway. I have this sort of recurring thing since college where my body alignment goes haywire and half of my joints tell me to take a long walk off of a short pier. Apparently it has to do with a car accident I experienced as a teen. There's this sort of cascade effect where my hips unbalance and to compensate my right leg lengthens, my ribs twist and I get a giant knot under one of my shoulder blades. My range of motion goes kaput and everything hurts.<br />
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There's a pretty straight-forward stretch that fixes it all within a few days and even a small amount of regular yoga will keep it at bay but I never do them anymore because... apparently I am stupid? I don't know what stops me. There's really no excuse.<br />
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The universe is pretty much conspiring to get me to cross-train and I am very stubbornly ignoring it. The sad part is that I actually really like yoga and so far I enjoy using kettle bells so you'd think it would be a no-brainer. <br />
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So there! Take that... um... me?<br />
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JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-80412064718884999002013-02-01T00:19:00.000-05:002013-02-01T09:26:42.429-05:00Jawa needs a new pair of shoes!The Saucony Progrid Hurricane 15s are coming out so the 14s are starting to go on sale! I have a little bit of mad money available right now so I am going for it while the going's good.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I currently have this black and orchid version of the 14 with close to 200 miles on them. </td></tr>
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I figured I should get a new pair so I can start alternating to spread out the wear. I think it's pretty safe to assume that at current mileage this will give me a good two to three years before I have to buy another pair, and then I won't have to be going straight from one dead busted pair to a brand new one.<br />
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I'm generally bad about trashing possessions that seem like they might still have even the tiniest bit of use, so I'm hoping that with newer shoes for comparison I'll actually be able to feel when it's really time to retire the old pair.<br />
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That's the theory anyway.<br />
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There's a certain point when you look at an old possession next to its new counterpart and the petulant seven year old inside voice changes from "but these are <i>COMFORTABLE</i>" to "but I don't <i>WANNA</i> use the old one!" and that's an important moment to pick up on. Over the last few years I've even started following through that realization with "so I... don't need to keep them anymore!" and once in a very great while <i>I throw something out</i>.<br />
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So I'm clearly <b>totally</b> cured of the hoarding thing!<br />
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Yup. totally cured.<br />
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*ahem* Anyway...<br />
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I was thinking about poking around at different brands, but really
between my beginner status, preference for pavement, tendency to
over-pronate, and need for the maximum in toe wiggle room, (all of which
are particular <b>strengths</b> in the Pro-Grid Hurricane) it would be pretty silly to push the luck I have had with my current shoes. <br />
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With that in mind I just scored this pink and black version of the 14 via
kellysrunningwarehouse.com for $80 with free shipping. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mine, all mine!</td></tr>
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Honestly, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Saucony-Womens-Hurricane-Running-Silver/dp/B0081K46M4/ref=sr_1_26?s=shoes&ie=UTF8&qid=1359682053&sr=1-26">colours on the new 15s are ATROCIOUS,</a> the pricetag is eye-twitchingly high, and <a href="http://blog.runningwarehouse.com/rs/saucony-hurricane-15-sneak-peek/">the functional changes are pretty minimal</a> so I can't say I'm too terribly upset about getting proven shoes on sale instead of
something all Exciting and New. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's right, I went there.</td></tr>
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The 15s come out this month so most sites are still selling the 14s for full price (around $140-ish). The designs are so similar (and yet somehow uglier?) that I don't see the price dropping much on the 14s for a while. Even so I will be keeping an eye on things and I figure if I can score at least one more backup pair within the next year and a half-ish I will be SET.<br />
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I really would have preferred to get some sort of aqua, green, or blue as I'm a touch pinked out at the moment. I <i>literally</i> just got rid of the pink hair yesterday so I'm back to a nice subdued bombshell platinum! But based on the yawn level of everything they have in blue that must be the designated "safe" (BORING) colour in the Saucony line and green is... apparently only for boys?<br />
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I'm still mad I can't get the same glorious highlighter chartreuse they have in the men's line. <br />
Seriously, this would be my JAM<br />
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JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-34174342716661375172013-01-27T23:15:00.000-05:002013-01-28T00:28:46.831-05:00So I guess today was a good run!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a screenshot from my Nike+ profile - you <i>may</i> perhaps notice a pattern<br />
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Trying to figure out if I could run a 5k in 30 minutes was probably not the *best* plan for a day which I knew was going to be my longest run ever, but nothing ventured nothing gained I guess.<br />
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I would have preferred to be outside but the roads are still coated with
ice here, so I hit the theatre room at my local Retro Fitness, hopped on a treadmill, and
mostly ignored about an hour of the second Sherlock Holmes movie (I had seen it in theatres so it was just the perfect amount of distraction).<br />
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I ran at about 6.4mph for the first mile (which was well within the ranges of do-able) in the hopes of getting a sub 30 5k, but upon realizing I still had OVER FORTY FIVE MINUTES LEFT of my scheduled run reason won out and I dialed that down considerably for the remainder.<br />
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I'm still trying to get used to using speed versus pace so I think even after dialing it down I still ended up going faster than the situation called for, and that 10 minute long stomach cramp a bit after mile three was less than awesome... but now that it's over I don't have to think about it too much so I'm calling it good!JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-17039084339723982622013-01-18T19:28:00.003-05:002013-01-18T20:12:21.273-05:00A quick update while I hydrateI did end up downloading the<a href="http://expereal.com/"> Expereal app</a> the other day and so far I've been exceedingly mellow at all the times it chooses to ask.<br />
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It gives me a reminder a set number of (random) times a day and I'm supposed to record my mood at that time. I set it to three because I like multiples of three and six just seemed too often. So far it's not terribly intrusive but I wonder if there may end up being a bit of bias as all of the times I'm likely to be too busy to stop and record my mood are likely to be the times I'm doing something really cool or really crappy. <br />
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I'm currently waiting for the 32 oz of water I just drank (just now!) to cycle through me enough to go to the gym without fearing a potty emergency halfway through my workout. I think a lot of my problems with running in former years can be pinned on chronic dehydration so I have a strict hydrate before working out rule. <br />
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I have a 32 oz water bottle which I try to fill and empty into my face twice a day. I have to have at least finished one bottle full before a run (more if it's later in the day) and I have to be peeing clear or close to it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not what I would call ideal running form<br />
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I'm about two thirds of the way through the 5k to 10 program and today's workout will have a short tempo run, so here's hoping I can clear some of that out soon and get to the gym in that golden window between the after work and the after-dinner crowds. Looking forward to trying out some new tech today so hopefully more on that later.<br />
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Oh, oh, oh! While I'm thinking of it!<br />
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I'd be awfully jazzed if those of you who haven't already would go like me on Facebook!<br />
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There's a Facebook widget link over on the right side of the page for those immediate reward button clicky types. <br />
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I have been starting to post a bit of extra content on Facebook that I hope you will enjoy - mostly random links I find and the occasional pithy comment.<br />
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Click it! I know you're out there and I'd love to know more about who you are!JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-75146655365173049432013-01-16T13:12:00.001-05:002013-01-16T17:47:14.233-05:00...and how does that make you feel?<span class="userContent">Anyone out there use (or try) a mood tracking app or program of some sort? <br /><br />What do you think of the practice?<br /> <br />
The theory is that memory encoding tends to operate on a negative
cognitive bias, basically we are way better at remembering sing<span class="text_exposed_show">ular
bad events than good overall feelings. That time you kicked the coffee
table really hard in front of a hot date sticks around way longer than
that awesome steamy bath you took four months ago. <br /> <br /> It is
likely that the baseline reality of the average person's life is a lot
happier then they would necessarily report, so mood tracking attempts to
provide a more accurate look at a person's general experience than
their own memories </span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">(sort of like a super fussy gratitude journal)</span></span>. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun fact - Mood rings suck when your baseline body temp is two degrees lower than average<br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> I've been vaguely thinking about doing this sort of thing for a while, so my interest was definitely piqued when I read <a href="http://greatist.com/happiness/expereal-app-tracks-mood/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=greatist#">this article on the Expereal app from Greatest</a>.</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Of course
if your life genuinely sucks you may want to pass, though by the same token this could be a great way to identify
any hidden patterns in what may be stressing you.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></span>On a related note: I've also considered <a href="http://greatist.com/health/thryve-offers-friendlier-track-meals/">the Thryve app (also found via Greatest)</a> which has more of a focus on how</span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> food may be affecting </span></span> our well being. I've had a history with some weird recurring stress triggered food allergies and an app like this could have saved me months of discomfort.<br /><br />What say you?</span></span>JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-19136333175588376272013-01-07T01:03:00.000-05:002013-01-07T09:25:59.439-05:00Oh, hey wow... uh hi!Hey, sorry everyone! Apparently I got a little wrapped up in the holidays.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">So let's see, what has happened since last we spoke...</span></b></span></h2>
The <a href="http://www.awsmithson.com/tcx2nikeplus/">Garmin/Nike+ converter thing</a> I mentioned in my last post got fixed a couple of days before Christmas so I was able to upload almost all of my data to Nike+. In the process I figured out that I was less than 10 miles away from running 150 miles for the year so I made that my goal by New Years day.<br />
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I had the week off so I decided to put 5k to 10k on a bit of a break so I could do some outdoor running without any particular limitations. My one structured run during this stretch was a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/345187095589448/?ref=22&suggestsessionid=1615726306335211357531869">2.6 mile Virtual run for the victims of Sandy Hook</a> which I did on 12/23. I liked <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/">Running on Candy</a>'s twist and so I did 2.7 miles with the extra 0.1 honoring the memory of Nancy Lanza.<br />
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I slacked for pretty much the entirety of the rest of the week though to be fair there was a LOT going on and it didn't feel like much of a vacation. On the 29th I did an easy 5k run and tried out a screaming pink Underarmor shirt I got for Christmas. The weather has finally settled into the freezing range here and it was actually drizzling on me the whole time so I have been VERY thankful for the various pieces of cold weather gear I got from my boyfriend.<br />
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The pink Underarmor shirt went quite nicely with the cotton candy pink hair dye job I had gotten the day before. *grin*<br />
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The 30th was my birthday so I figured it was pretty reasonable to take a rest day.<br />
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That left the 31st to finish out my 150 miles for the year. I only needed 2.6 miles and had attended a pretty kickass party for a friend's birthday the night before so I didn't expect to exceed that by much or push it too hard speed-wise. Famous last words. Instead I found myself hovering around 10:00 for most of the run and finished out the year with new 5k and mile PRs!<br />
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I took another few days off after that and then resumed the 5k to 10k plan back in the gym on Thursday. I also finally picked up the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zombies-run!/id503519713?mt=8">Zombies, Run! app</a> as it is apparently half off again, though I haven't tried it out yet. I ran in the gym again on Friday and did another long run outdoors today beating my previous distance record.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Running in 2013</span></h2>
I don't have an specific "Resolutions" for this year, but I have come up with a few goals with regards to my running.<br />
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While I'm not planning to specifically run a mile a day, I'd like to run a mile FOR each day so that I hit 365 miles for the year. Seven miles per week is well within my current abilities so I don't see this being a problem by any means. I'm probably lowballing with 365 but it's a nice solid number and there's nothing saying I can't run more (aiming for double digits per week would be pretty cool I think).<br />
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Another goal is to run a sub 30 5k though really I'd love to see how close I can get to 28 by the end of the year. I wouldn't call that a goal so much as a mirage-like twinkle in the distance.<br />
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Once I finish 5k to 10k I plan to start half marathon training with a goal of not dying or hurting myself too badly at the <a href="http://www.runlikeadiva.com/Events/Long_Island__NY.htm">Diva Half Marathon</a> this coming October.<br />
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Clearly races are not a big thing for me (<i>more to the point </i>getting up early on the weekends is not a big thing for me) but I would like to hit a few more this year. The only one I'm specifically psyched on right now is the <a href="http://thecolorrun.com/newyork/">Color Run</a> but I'm sure I'll find more as the year goes on.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The big list of runs I haven't told you about</span></h2>
<b>12-11-12 5k to 10k wk3 d1 </b><br />
1.74 miles with an average pace of 11:30<br />
20 minute "steady" run<br />
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<b>12-20-12 5k to 10k wk3 d2 </b><br />
2.22 miles with an average pace of 11:16<br />
10 minute steady run +5 minute tempo run +10 minute jog<br />
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<b>12-21-12 5k to 10k wk3 d3</b><br />
3.52 miles with an average pace of 11:21<br />
40 min steady run<br />
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<b>12-23-12 2.7m Virtual Run for Victims of Sandy Hook</b><br />
2.7miles in 29:22 with an average pace of 10:50<br />
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<b>12-29-12 Outdoor 5k run</b><br />
3.1 miles in 33:40 with an average pace of 10:51<br />
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<b>12-31-12 Outdoor 5k run PR!</b><br />
3.1 miles in 32:07 with an average pace of 10:21<br />
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<b>1-3-13 5k to 10k wk4 d1</b><br />
1.79 miles in 20 min with an average pace of 11:10<br />
20 minute "steady" run <br />
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<b>1-4-13 5k to 10k wk4 d2</b><br />
2.5 miles in 30 min with an average pace of 12:00<br />
10 minute jog + alternating 2 minutes each of fast running and jogging (three times) + 8 minute steady run<br />
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<b>1-6-13 5k to 10k wk4 d3 distance PR!</b><br />
4.16 miles in 45 minutes with an average pace of 10:48 <br />
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As a holiday bonus for those of you who slogged through to the end, here's a pic of me getting ready for the 12-29 run looking like a chewing-gum-themed superhero with my ultra sexy cotton candy pink morning hair!<br />
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<br />JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-35843109081978821962012-12-10T01:18:00.003-05:002012-12-10T01:46:11.835-05:00It's not the length of the run...Its the motion of the... oh wait, no, that's something else entirely.<br />
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It is <b><i>absolutely</i></b> the length of the run.<br />
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As it turns out I'm a bit of a workout size queen! Today I finished week two of 5k to 10k and the mileage drop is becoming a real point of annoyance.<br />
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First there's the <i><b>actual</b></i> mileage drop. I'm sticking to the training program which means three structured runs per week, which is about what I was doing before, but given the structure of the runs I'm only doing about one and a half to two miles per workout compared to a minimum of 5K per run previously. It doesn't help that mile two is typically my least favorite part. Today's run was actually long enough to get a full 5k in but looking at the next few workouts I probably won't get to do that again until next weekend.<br />
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While I'm sure the speed-work will help me make better use of my time so that I will be pushing my mileage back up again quite quickly I won't get to exceed my current longest run (time wise) until week 6 day 3! It's kind of frustrating at the moment to be cutting my mileage in order to... run more miles? I'm sure it wouldn't be as much of an issue if I hadn't run so little in the storm aftermath, but regardless scrolling back through my last month and a half worth of workouts is making me feel like a massive slacker and I'm itching to rack the miles back up.<br />
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As much as I question whether running a marathon is really a good idea for me, based on my reaction to this mileage drop I have a feeling that in the long run (hah!) I'm going to end up doing one anyway. "That's good enough, I'm done now" did not come as a standard feature in this model.<br />
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Secondly there's the Nike/treadmill issue. As flawed as its measurements have been Nike has been my favorite fitness community hands down. It's shiny and I get all sorts of awards and badges and nifty metrics when I do stuff. Apparently I must have really internalized all of that gold star sticker stuff when I was a kid because every time I get a new badge on Nike+ I totally eat it up.<br />
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However I don't have the Nike footpod so none of my treadmill workouts are counting toward my stats and it is kind of driving me a little bit bonkers. My listed November mileage is literally half my October mileage.<br />
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Luckily Gigi from <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/">Running on Candy</a> showed me this super nifty <a href="http://www.awsmithson.com/tcx2nikeplus/">conversion site that takes Garmin data and uploads it to Nike</a>, but it seems like the code is being a little glitchy at the moment so I'm hoping that's back up and running soon (and thank you to <a href="http://www.awsmithson.com/">Angus Smithson</a> for setting it up in the first place - please consider checking out his page and donating for his chosen cause "<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>In 2012 I am running 2,012 miles
(equivalent to nearly 77 marathons) to raise money for CLIC Sargent, a
charity supporting my cousin’s son Hamish who is fighting
rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of children’s cancer</i>"</span>).<br />
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While we're on the subject of First World Running Problems - I tried to pull out a pair of dressy pants for a work holiday party this weekend and all of mine are too big, including a brand new pair in size small that are so new I hadn't even had a chance to have them hemmed! Pants shouldn't puddle when you are wearing five inch platforms, right? Hopefully I can just shrink the new ones a bit in the wash and re-claim them but finding out I'm too small for a pair of smalls was a bit ridiculous at that point in time. <br />
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It actually isn't so dire as that as I still have a lot of old clothes I have yet to slim down to, but even if it fits my body I don't know if my college wardrobe will fit <b><i>me</i></b> so much anymore. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5k to 10k Week 2 </b></span><br />
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Sorry, I know I've been slacking on this, I have no excuse really.<br />
Here, have three days worth of runs!<br />
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Just for reference I'm aiming for about 10:00 or under as "fast", somewhere between 11:00 and 12:00 as "steady", and anything over 12:00<i> as "</i>jog<i>".</i> <br />
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<b>Day 1 - Tues Dec 4 - Treadmill - Steady run</b><br />
1.7miles at an average pace of 11:46<br />
goal - 20 min at an "easy pace" plus warmup/cooldown
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<i>It's just way too hot in the gym</i><br />
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<b>Day 2 </b><span class="workout-distance"><b>- Thurs Dec 6 - Treadmill - Intervals</b></span><br />
<span class="workout-distance">2.11
<span class="workout-distance-units">mi</span></span> <span class="workout-time">27</span>
minutes at a <span class="workout-pace">12:35 pace</span>
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goal - 10 min jog, 2 minute fast runs alternating with 2 min jogs - 2 times
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<i>I could have pushed the fast run way more but I have been feeling like I am maybe coming down with something and I'm still trying to get used to the treadmill. I figure there's plenty of time to work up to it</i>. <i>Still way too hot a the gym</i><br />
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<b>Day 3 - Sun Dec 9 - Road - Steady run</b><br />
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<i>I think I pushed myself a bit overly hard during the first half of mile three, anything slower than 10:15 at that point felt impossibly slow! As a result I got a sidestitch just before mile three but otherwise I felt good.</i><br />
<i>It rained in a really annoying spitty manner the majority of the time but I got to see a red fox make a full-on dash across the street about thirty yds in front of me so that was TOTALLY worth it.</i><br />
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JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-48448573677466851612012-12-03T01:27:00.000-05:002012-12-03T10:57:32.229-05:00We must, we must...I've been wondering for months, what is with all the padded running bras?<br />
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I think I may have finally found my answer. <br />
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When I started running all I had in the way of sports bras were a fairly well aged three pack of Hane's cotton sports bras. These were pretty functional for yoga and belly dance practice, but as you can probably imagine not too awesome for running. The elastic had seen better days and the cotton held on to sweat like someone was gonna sell it on the black market afterward.<br />
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I replaced those early on with a pair of bras from Old Navy (<i><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/old_navy_womens_molded_active/thing?id=53692747">this style</a> in the colour shown and in a light purple with salmon accents</i>) which I have been using regularly. I also bought a pair of bra core active tanks (<i><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/old_navy_womens_racerback_active/thing?id=53506352">this style</a> but in black and grey - respectively</i>) but for a couple of reasons I have not found them terribly useful up until, well actually today.<br />
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All of the Old Navy items came standard equipped with removable bust pads - which I promptly removed and shoved in the back of a drawer along with all of the pads I'd removed from my swimwear over the years.<br />
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I've always been on the *ahm* <b><i>petite</i></b> side. Think J-Lo-esque... without the firming benefits of all the personal trainers and professional dance background and oodles of money and stylists. While I admit I haven't <i>always</i> been utterly thrilled by that fact, eventually I stopped being a self conscious teenager and embraced the positive aspects of my figure. Either way I've <b>never </b>seen much point in artificially altering it. The American over the shoulder boulder holder industry apparently thinks we are all yearning to let loose our inner Christina Hendricks, but <b>a) </b>variety is the spice of life and <b>b)</b> I REALLY LIKE that I can wear slinky backless dresses without resorting to uncomfortable and expensive hidden scaffolding.<br />
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I got what I got and if you don't like it feel free to look elsewhere. Nyah.<br />
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That goes double for workout clothing. I try not to look too much like a schlump in any context, but by the same token amorous interest is just about the <i><b>last </b></i>thing I want to deal with while working out in the gym or on the street. I'm there for MY benefit so I don't see the point of advertising, much less false advertising. In truth the Old Navy stuff has about as much "padding" as the average tee shirt bra so given the compression the effect is pretty neutral, but still the idea of it bothered me. Anyway running is sweaty work, why add extra layers between me and the air?<br />
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A couple of weeks ago I found out that I had won a giveaway from <a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/">For The Love Of The Run</a> and part of the giveaway was a bra from a company called <a href="http://www.handful.com/shop/adjustable-bra/">Handful</a>. I chose their adjustable style bra in purple size XS (I typically wear a 30 or 32 band size) and received it by mail a few days later. It came with a lovely matching mesh washing bag and... matching removable bust pads! In this case the internal pockets do make a great deal of sense as they are approved as mastectomy bras but I opted to yank out the pads as with my other bras. The pads are slightly thicker than the Old Navy ones but again with the compression effects of the fabric the sum effect on my figure is pretty much nil.<br />
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I ran with the new bra last Sunday and didn't notice anything in
particular about it, except that it's cut a bit lower than the Old Navy
ones so in warmer settings I'll probably layer it with higher cut tank tops in
the interest of modesty. I'm so swaddled in layers for outside runs at
this point I can't say one way or another how good the sweat wicking and
drying properties are until I get a chance to try it out at the gym. The colour is however LOVELY. <br />
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I did notice a funny thing earlier this week. I did my first run at the gym Tuesday wearing one of my Old Navy bras and I don't know if the bra has sprung, if I've lost that much weight, or if I was just feeling self-conscious enough to notice for the first time; but either way I'm glad those bras have a lot of coverage because the effects were positively... seismic. I can't say as I've ever cared about what my boobs were doing while I run, but I was AWFULLY aware of it then.<br />
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It occurred to me that the only way to salvage the situation without buying more bras may actually be <i>to put all of the padding back in</i> and hope it provides a bit more structure to keep things in place!<br />
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I've experimented with running padding-in for the last two runs, but to be honest I think running outside is too distracting (and swaddled) to compare properly so I think my next treadmill run will tell me more of what I need to know.<br />
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What about you?<br />
Do you care one way or another about padding in your sport specific structure garments?<br />
If you have a favorite sports bra brand; is it padded and do you think the padding adds to the function of the bra? <br />
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<b>Saturday's run - 5k to 10k wk1 d2 -street run</b><br />
2 miles over 23 minutes at an average pace of 11:33<br />
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5 minutes warm up/cool down<br />
10 minutes of running at an "easy conversational pace"<br />
3 minutes "tempo" run (challenging but not exhausting pace) <br />
10 minutes of running at an "easy conversational pace"<br />
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I aimed for 12:00 as the easy pace and 10:00 for the challenging pace and pretty much hit it, though I was keeping closer to 11:30 for the second set of 10 minutes. I think I could have even pushed that 10:00 a bit more but I'm not going to sweat it for now.<br />
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The run overall felt pretty good, however I did have to do a very sudden stop to avoid a car that apparently wasn't terribly interested in stopping at a stop sign, and that torqued my outer right shin a bit. It was fairly tight throughout the run but calmed down shortly after I finished.<br />
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<b>Sunday's run - 5k to 10k wk1 d3 -street run</b><br />
2.48 miles over 30 minutes at an average pace of 12:75 minutes warm up/cool down<br />
30 minutes of running at an "easy conversational pace" <br />
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Again I aimed for 12:00 and did not have ANY trouble keeping my pace that slow since my right calf was still pissed from the hard stop I made Saturday. By the time the endorphins had kicked in enough to ignore the discomfort in the muscle I was already kind of gassed out and it was dark enough for me to full on collide with the end of a large invisible tree branch sticking out of a refuse pile. Based on the initial impact marks I expect a spectacular bruise by morning.<br />
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I think this might have actually been my first time running two days back to back. I'll have to check back through my past runs.<br />
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Interesting side note: my boyfriend decided to take a walk at the same time as I was running but due to the lateness of the hour (<i>running was a very last minute decision</i>) he ended up pretty much keeping up with me the whole way to make sure I was safe. He doesn't normally run so he was wearing his usual dark wash jeans, dark jacket, black gloves, and black stocking cap. <br />
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Apparently no one in my neighborhood thinks anything of a small woman out in fluorescent orange running gear being followed at about 20 to 50 feet by a man in all black, so that's good to know!JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-61646405991400384622012-11-30T18:59:00.000-05:002012-11-30T19:31:10.841-05:00Very slow and very steady<h3>
<b>That's what she said!</b></h3>
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*ahem*<br />
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I used a treadmill for the very first time on Wednesday. Hooray for not getting launched off at any point!<br />
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I have seen enough of The Biggest Loser to recognize the unending shame of being launched bodily off of a treadmill so I decided to take it as slow as I needed to until I knew I was truly comfortable.<br />
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I started out at pretty much dead minimum pace and clicked up the speed one notch at a time until I was thoroughly bored of walking and knew I could safely run.<br />
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I felt a little silly moving along at a snails pace for as long as I did (I literally "warmed up" for about 25 minutes and only covered a mile) but the way I see it one day of feeling a touch silly in front of strangers totally beats wasting a year's worth of gym membership because I'm too mortified to ever go back.<br />
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Once I decided it was run time I started day one of the 5k to 10k training program app I got for my iPhone.<br />
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5k to 10k wk 1 d 1<br />
5 minutes warm up/cool down and 20 minutes of running at an "easy conversational pace". <br />
1.5 miles over 20 minutes at an average pace of 13:28<br />
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I started out the run section holding on to the handles but quickly realized that it was really uncomfortable and messing with my posture something fierce, so I let go of them as soon as I (again) was reasonably sure I wasn't going to launch myself. <br />
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I ended up starting out much slower than I expected (between 13:00 and
14:00) and struggled a surprising amount for about the first mile. I
think in retrospect the newness of the situation and a bit of social
anxiety (<i>am I breathing to loud? is everyone watching? NO DON'T LOOK AT THEM, THEY WILL KNOW YOUR SHAME</i>)
may have had me breathing more shallow than I normally would. By the
end I was able to up the speed considerably and I think I got up to running at
a bit slower than 11:00 at one point, but the treadmill readout was not
very conductive to tracking that sort of thing so I don't have exact
numbers. I had the treadmill at the recommended 1% rise to make the run feel more properly outside-ish.<br />
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The treadmill was (as advertised) insanely boring and the lack of wind in your face seriously sucks. Next time I'm putting on the TV - even if I don't listen to it - and positioning myself as close as possible to the giant fan. I am VERY glad I remembered my towel this time. That was gross.<br />
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I do not see myself doing my weekend runs indoors unless I absolutely have to.<br />
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I received my Garmin footpod yesterday and after some fiddling I got my watch to notice it. If you get one make sure you're moving while pairing, it took a number of tries and more than a few Google queries to work this one out. I'm really excited to try it out because it annoys me a great deal when I can't functionally upload my runs to the various run sites and trying to read the pace for that split second it shows up on the treadmill readout when you change the speed was awful. I don't understand why you can't toggle between the two if it's obviously programmed in anyway.<br />
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I was going to hit the gym tonight in the hopes that working out would fix the unrelenting skull-in-a-vice headache, but I fear running with the unrelenting tummy blahs will have a different ending.<br />
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The usual sick rule (above the neck - suck it up, below the neck - go take a nap already!) makes a lot of sense to me with colds... would you say the same line applies to other body systems?JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-62819525053794877072012-11-27T01:41:00.000-05:002012-11-30T19:33:53.656-05:00Running from my problemsRunning once a week is NOT cutting it. <br />
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How do I stay sane when I'm not working out regularly?<i><b> </b></i><b><i> </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Oh yeah, that's right, I don't. </i></b><br />
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I become a tightly wound ball of nerves and I physicalize every last bit of it; my back seizes, my joints stop working (so working out now leads to injury, catch 22!), my skin erupts and then sloughs off, my adrenaline spikes for little to no reason, I become depressive, and my immune system implodes on itself taking the majority of my favorite foods with it.<br />
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Hell on earth, or as I like to call it, the entirety of my twenties!<b><i><br /></i></b><br />
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This past week was a bit extra stressy for me for a number of reasons and on Friday I found myself somewhat melancholic and yearning to take a midnight drive to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Point_State_Park">Montauk Point</a>. Unfortunately however it's about a five hour round trip for me and I couldn't see eating through an entire tank of gas in the name of catharsis* (<i>also at that point I wasn't sure the whole route was open as much of it runs along beach</i>).<br />
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I had officially signed up for the gym earlier that day so now that I had noticed the inverse proportion between my mileage and my mood (*cough* not to mention the firmness of my tummy *cough*) I resolved that this was the week I was going to get back in the swing of things and try to make my runs the cathartic road experience I was clearly lacking.</div>
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Saturday was a bit whirlwind and draining so I headed out Sunday afternoon resolved to get my kinetic therapy ON.<br />
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Sunday afternoon run: Steady run plus 5 minute warmup and cooldown walks<br />
4.03 miles (!!) at an average of 10:53 per mile - total run time of 43:54<br />
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Another distance first for me made all the better by the fact that I felt really good! I wasn't sure how much I wanted to push after a whole week off but even mile two was pleasant so I figured I might as well go for it. Pretty consistent splits (10:59, 10:55, 10:43, 10:54) and I didn't feel like I was swinging back and forth as wildly throughout. I think 11:00 is shaping up to be a pretty reasonable road covering pace for me for the moment.<br />
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The 43 degree temperature wasn't thrilling to be sure. My eyes watered for the first mile and I felt like I spent the rest of the night clearing out a layer of gunk my lungs apparently formed to protect themselves against the cold (I must find my balaclava!). Otherwise I was pretty comfortable but I do see why people get extra sleeve layers. I'm almost tempted to reroute so that my first mile loops back to my house so I can drop my vest off after I have worked up a bit of real body heat... then again maybe not, it's not even December yet, it's only getting colder for the next three months. *sigh*<br />
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I am mildly concerned that I could feel a slight ache in my right arch again during the middle of my run and afterward I felt it in both arches and in both knees (though all discomfort was gone within an hour). If this continues much longer I may hit up the running store and see if they have a suggestion.<br />
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As far as my brain? Road zen officially achieved.<br />
This is usually in the form of my brain just plain shutting off somewhere around mile three, but I'll take it. <br />
I felt better for the rest of the day and formulated a plan of action going forward, so I'm going to call that mission accomplished.<br />
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I purchased the <a href="http://www.active.com/mobile/10k">Active.com 5k to 10k App</a> and the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Foot-Pod-Retail-Packaging/dp/B00264GKVQ">Garmin Footpod</a> today (that will arrive Thursday), and my plan is to hit the gym three nights a week through the winter to do 10K training, and hopefully get out for a long unstructured run on Sundays when the weather permits.<br />
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I'm not sure how the app works without GPS (and there is NO support for ANYTHING from Active) but they do offer the ability to disable GPS so I suppose it must work without.<br />
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If I follow fairly consistently that will take me through February/March and I can start thinking about whether I want to move the <a href="http://trainer.active.com/plans/gillette-beginner-1-2-marathon-plan">Half Marathon training plan</a> up from its current start time of July. <br />
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*I've only driven to Montauk once (December 19, 2010) and it was (and is) the longest I've ever been behind the wheel.<br />
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After spending an evening cleaning the last of my stuff out of storage at my ex- boyfriends house I realized I couldn't just sit home among the box pile, so I hit the road for a drive. I just sort of randomly resolved to go to Montauk after about an hour of aimless driving.<br />
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I listened to Nine Inch Nails on shuffle the whole way, enjoyed a light snowfall, almost ran out of gas, nearly collided with about a million deer, and initiated the <b>functional</b> part of reclaiming my sanity in the wake of what had become a rather horrible couple of years (capped off by an exceptionally soul grinding couple of weeks).<br />
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I consider it the hard point that separates that time of my life from this one. It wasn't a cure all, but aside from the near wildlife collisions it stands out as one of the calmest and most centered points of my life, and that clarity carried me through.<br />
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I think maybe I pushed it a little <i>too</i> good?<br />
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Friday afternoon I went back to Retro Fitness to test out the gym by taking advantage of their free personal trainer session offer. I figured that would give me the best overview of the place and make it a little less awkward to be running around looking like a spaz.<br />
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Garrett and I started with a rough overview: my diet, experience, interests, goals, body fat % (I think it was 24% <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/255031-what-is-the-suggested-body-fat-percentage-for-a-woman/">which is apparently the upper end of "fit"</a>?) and a very general idea of how they structure their programs. He pretty much went out of a binder on this part which was admittedly not terribly impressive but I suppose they can't all be Bob Harper. <br />
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We got going with a few minutes warmup on the elliptical and then moved on to body weight exercises in their <a href="http://www.trxtraining.com/">TRX Training</a>
area. This basically worked out to doing immensely awkward movements while
holding onto a pair of wall mounted straps. Oh, and sweating a whole
lot. This is the sort of thing I think most people are going to want to do with some sort of live instruction as the body mechanics are not terribly intuitive. Looking like a spaz achievement: UNLOCKED!<br />
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After that we bounced between a few machines sort of whirlwind style. My favorite was the <a href="http://www.fitsugar.com/How-Use-Assisted-Pull-Up-Machine-20316599">assisted pull up machine</a> because a) I miss being able to do pull ups b) I had to really climb to get on to it (I'm five foot two) and c) I had to climb off three times for him to adjust the counterbalance to be lighter because I was stuck on top of the arc like the small kid on the see saw.<br />
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I was very sweaty and felt terrible that I did not have the opportunity to wipe the equipment off as we were going through. Proper hydration is so overrated. I have a towel ready for next time though (<i>actually I had it ready for that time, not sure why he suggested I leave it with the rest of my stuff</i>). I feel this was an excellent object lesson in wiping off machines before I begin. <br />
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We finished up by doing intervals on an elliptical and I got to show the trainer how whacked out my heart rate is!<br />
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During the intake we were talking about intervals on the cardio machines and he said something like "you would do say a minute at an easy pace and then maybe a minute at a hard pace, aiming for say a heart rate of 150..." at which point I laughed. He looked at me quizzically and said "I'm a hummingbird, my heart rate runs fast". He asked how my blood pressure was (insanely low, for the record) and said "well as long as you don't have that in combination with high blood pressure it shouldn't be too bad".<br />
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Fast forward back to the actual intervals, I'm chugging away and he's standing off to the side so that he can reach the controls but isn't really watching the readouts too closely. He ups the difficulty and I'm going at a pretty good clip, sweating and expending effort but not feeling too badly (still conversant but a bit out of breath) and I look at the HR readout which reads 195. I point it out and he blinks at it a few times and says "I... I don't even know what my body would be doing... wow".<br />
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<span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d"><span id="bc_0_6b+seedM6Z-D" kind="d">The trainer session was neat and
I'm glad I did it, but in the "pitch" part of the session at the end I found that their cheapest deal is the Black Friday special which involves a mandatory full year
signup with a minimum of ONE SESSION A WEEK. <br /><br />The DISCOUNTED
price of $20 a session comes to just over a grand with fees (keeping in mind that membership for the <i>entire</i> rest
of the gym is only $240) and the internet indicates that their trainer
sessions are even harder to cancel than their memberships. </span></span><span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d"> </span><br />
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<span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d">Overall it was pretty enjoyable
though I feel bad that the trainer went so deep into my potential
training possibilities pretty much entirely for nothing. </span><br />
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<span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d">The next morning my legs were doing surprisingly well (a bit of quad soreness but not terrible) but my upper body was PISSED. </span><span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d">I got to do everything T-Rex style for about three days because my arms pretty much refused to do anything useful. </span><br />
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<span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d">My left biceps was so tight I couldn't straighten my arm for most of the weekend. I feel good now but </span><span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d"><span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d">after Sunday's run </span>I actually got stuck getting out of a new blinding orange mesh jacket (<a href="http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-1080588/fila-sport-breathe-14-zip-colorblock-performance-running-top.jsp">Low light visibility issues you say? Solved!</a>) to the point of requiring assistance. Removing my sports bra for showering involved many curses, a couple of popped stitch noises, and possibly bending space <i>very</i> slightly.</span><br />
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<span id="bc_0_4b+seedM6Z9D" kind="d">Regardless of what my upper body felt about physical activities I ended up running Sunday and decided about a mile into it that I would keep things easy pace-wise but aim for 3.5 miles instead of my usual 3.1. </span>This made it my longest non-stop run ever.<br />
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3.5 miles at an average of 11:05 per mile - total time of 38:48, max pace of 5:24 (???)<br />
Avg HR of 193bpm<br />
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Overall I felt good and while my pace was sort of all over from minute to minute, my splits were <b>extremely</b> consistent. My quads were still a touch sore to start but I think running actually helped work a lot of that soreness out. The inside of my right foot was complainy for a bit but otherwise it felt great!<br />
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I'll be doing gym sign-up tomorrow, though ironically I'll probably do a road run since I have the day off. I plan on testing out a new <a href="http://www.handful.com/shop/adjustable-bra/">Handful Adjustable</a> bra I won <a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/2012/10/race-day-ready-5-for-ladies-handful.html">in a giveaway</a> from <a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/">For The Love of the Run</a> (I've only tried it on standing still so right now all I can really say about it is "SHINY PURPLE!" and "ooh, bonus matching mesh laundry bag!").<br />
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I've decided to hold off on the half marathon training for a bit and will be doing some sort of 5k to 10k training program in the meantime, but I haven't decided which yet.<br />
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I'm leaning toward getting the <a href="http://www.active.com/mobile/10k">same brand of app I used for C25K</a>, but I'm not sure how well it will work on the treadmill.JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-77020554439610350812012-11-13T01:39:00.000-05:002012-11-13T01:50:04.828-05:00How fuchsia footie pajamas made me a runner.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YI1mf1a3jd0/UKAEz20eafI/AAAAAAAAAzg/6hWSi3Lyzog/s1600/footies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>I've been feeling a little more off every day for the last couple of weeks.<br />
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To be fair there has been a *bit* of stuff going on in the world around me, so at first I passed everything off as temporary reactions to the immediate environmental stresses.<br />
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By this past Thursday it became clear that regardless of what was going on my body had just plain settled into full on Bleah! mode; complete with allergies, tiredness, crappy eating, random adrenaline spikes, headaches, and a solid case of the HULK SMASHes.<br />
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Only then did it occur to me that I had switched from running three 5ks every week (with all the healthful eating and hydrating that entails) to a single 5k in two weeks, eating absolute junk, living in front of my computer (or my phone when the power was off), and drinking a glass or two of wine every couple of nights... and that maybe this had a <i>little</i> something to do with my general feelings of crappyness too.<br />
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I have apparently transitioned into the time of my life that living healthy actually feels better than doing whatever. Weird.<br />
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I was already determined to run this weekend because I had signed up for the run4nyc virtual 5k, but this mood shift made me all the more determined to get out and get moving again.<br />
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I don't get a lot of sleep on average during the week so sleeping in and chilling out on weekends is key to my sanity. I recently dug out all of my winter gear so for the first time this year I got to rock out my fave winter PJs while kicking around my apartment.<br />
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I spent the late morning and early afternoon relaxing in my footies. It was starting to get late and if I wanted to get a run during full daylight I would have to GO.<br />
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And so it came time to remove my delicious warm microfleece Muppet pajamas to put a meager few layers of cold flimsy tech fabric between me and the universe. I readied to leave my wonderful boyfriend and snuggly cats behind; to venture out into the cold; to test and exhaust myself on messy dangerous litter strewn roads... <i>and I didn't think twice about a single second of it</i>.<br />
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I think it was sometime around when I finished painstakingly weaving and tucking my earphones around and through a carefully crafted bra strap/safety pin maze that I fully recognized the decision I had made, and what that meant to me about who I am now and what I'm about.<br />
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Running is just what I do now, I'm a runner. Hunh.<br />
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Sure I may be a painfully slow runner all things considered, and apparently I set myself up to suck wind big time by going a week with only one short walk for exercise, (who put all that invisible plastic wrap in my lungs anyway?) but if any of that sort of stuff was going to stop me it probably would have done so <b><i>months </i></b>ago, and being able to say that feels pretty darn awesome.<br />
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Incidentally: if you're looking for some sexy Muppet footie PJs of your own <a href="http://www.webundies.com/cgi-webundies/sb/ss_mb.cgi?storeid=*14493e1b9a8b50371c244d2d&ss_parm=A341d26e3ba711d0d27783cbbc9be2c3b">you can get them here</a>. <br />
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My Saturday run: run4nyc virtual 5k - a 5K run plus 5 minute warmup and cooldown walks<br />
3.10 miles at an average of 11:34 per mile - total time of 35:53<br />
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So, what are my options for running at this point?<br />
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Like it or not road running has officially become a weekend activity. I don't typically get home from work until four thirty, and with daylight savings time it's pretty much dark at five now, so weeknight running is pretty much out until spring. The sun rises at about six forty am this time of year, which is less than a half hour before I already get up to be at work at eight. Given the amount of time it would take me to cool down and shower if I ran in the morning I would still be running in the dark then too (I do have to admit I'm immensely happy that's not a remotely viable option).<br />
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I have an extremely generous offer from Gigi of <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/">Running On Candy</a> to use her treadmill since she lives very close (and is awesome), but transitioning my entire running workout routine to right in the middle of someone's home seems like it would get intrusive right quick and we Jawas are shy, retiring creatures. I love her for the offer but I think I'd be too mortified to actually make good on it. She does have cats which rival mine in awesomeness, (and she has a whole extra one) but by the same token I see treadmill + amazing cat time <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwMsquXzgO0">rapidly devolving to shenanigans</a>.<br />
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I had already been looking into a <a href="http://www.retrofitness.net/">Retro Fitness</a> extremely close to me and I found out that they are running a cash special Thanksgiving weekend that makes the dues work out to ACTUALLY twenty dollars a month. I had already figured out a few things I could easily cut out of my budget to cover that and then my parents offered to kick in a sizable proportion of the membership as a holiday gift, so I'm pretty much decided.<br />
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I plan to do a guest pass one day in the intervening time to check it out (make sure they're not a front for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099615/">trafficking endangered animals</a> or anything like that) and if it seems worth it I'm going for it!JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-79205733786910292212012-11-10T01:11:00.000-05:002012-11-10T01:22:26.474-05:00In briefI think if I do not go running tomorrow I may go a touch batty.<br />
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I'm actually pretty tired so more on what's going on in Jawaville after that run (which will be my <a href="http://www.run4nyc.com/">run4nyc virtual run</a>, by the way), but while I'm thinking of it I thought I would also mention...<br />
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I'm going completely stir crazy with this newfangled five pm sunset. This running thing is messing with me something fierce. I'm a night person! I've never been annoyed about the Fall Daylight Savings before! As a result I am finally seriously contemplating a gym membership. <br />
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However, on the <u><b>totally awesome</b></u> side:<br />
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<a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/2012/11/race-day-ready-5-winner-all-kinds-of.html?showComment=1352522881213#c7242112156503562218">I won stuff!</a> I almost never win stuff! <a href="http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com/">http://www.fortheloveoftherun.com</a> rocks my socks!<br />
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Actually now that I mention it; <a href="http://www.runwithjess.com/2012/10/race-recap-cupcake-classic-2012.html">I won another stuff</a> and I've been very rude in not mentioning it. I guess by extension <a href="http://www.runwithjess.com/">http://www.runwithjess.com</a> rocks my shoes?<br />
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<br />JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-55783693515148417762012-11-04T02:33:00.001-05:002012-11-04T08:36:34.778-05:00On the road againToday was my first run post Sandy.<br />
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My last run was the Freaky 5K on Sunday so it's been just about a week. The majority of this time was spent sitting on my butt in my tiny apartment (being very thankful I had that option), checking in on friends and family, checking the latest news, trying to figure out when (and how) to return to work, willing the power to go back on, eating starchy pre-packaged foods, and drinking chardonnay.<br />
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There probably have been better fitness routines. <br />
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By Wednesday I had gotten pretty antsy but I had no idea of the condition of the local roads so I went on a walk with my boyfriend to check things out. We took a brisk walk through my normal running route to get some air, watch trick-or-treaters, and stop occasionally for pictures.<br />
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There was only one really hazardous spot on my normal path but it was a doozy. Even on the clear streets the roads were COVERED in shattered branches and other debris, there were many spots where I would probably have to run down the middle of the road to avoid breaking an ankle. Probably the most concerning thing was how many compromised trees and branches were clearly being held up <b>entirely</b> by power lines.<br />
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I would have loved to run Thursday or Friday but by then I was back at work and the traffic generated by the gas shortage meant I was leaving too early and getting home too late to run (especially given much of my neighborhood had no power) so Saturday it was.<br />
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I ended up going out in the late afternoon and since the street from the pic above was still blocked off I had to make one major detour, but otherwise my path was open. The ground was shockingly clear and there were very few areas with bad footing. I was also pretty thankful at the relative emptiness of the streets given I was in head to toe dark grey, but I feel bad that that is pretty much directly due to the gas shortages. <br />
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At 48<span class="st">° and windy (my clear streets came at a price) i</span>t was officially too cold for my tropical genetics. I was EXCEEDINGLY glad for my long sleeve Freaky5K swag shirt, leggings, and fleece vest, and I noticed that I'm no longer particularly bothered by being covered in sweaty clothing, so that's a plus... I guess?<br />
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The aim was to take an easy run but I did find myself pushing 10:00 a bit more often than I had wanted. It's getting harder to go as slow as I need to to maintain stamina, anything slower than 10:30 feels a little awkward, like I'm running through molasses. I guess it's more fun to focus on the burning in my lungs than whatever is going on in the rest of my body? The cold was a bit hard on my lungs and I was unexpectedly winded for most of my run, otherwise it felt great to be back out on the road. I was however VERY dizzy during cool-down and for a bit afterward, and it took a long time to warm up.<br />
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My Saturday run: a 5K run plus 5 minute warmup and cooldown walks and negative splits<br />
3.11 miles at an average of 11:01 per mile - total time of 34:18, max pace of 5:25 (???)<br />
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My Nike+Running app has completely lost it's little mind and somehow added an extra mile in to the first mile of my run.<br />
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I saw this posted via DailyMile on FB a little while ago and as soon as they get their donation page working I'm signing up for the 5k<br />
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Per their page:<br />
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<b>What is it?</b><br />
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It's a virtual race for those hit hardest by the hurricane.
Choose your distance, decide on a donation amount, and lace up to race
Nov 4 through Nov 11! Run loops around your neighborhood, through your
city… anywhere you please. <b>100% of all money collected goes to the American National Red Cross relief fund.</b> We'll have a leaderboard and printable certificates for all finishers!</div>
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<br />JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-77680061526101181512012-11-02T19:27:00.001-04:002012-11-02T20:25:24.431-04:00The right choice, in lieu of any GOOD choice.The 2012 NYC Marathon <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/new-york-city-marathon-canceled-hurricane_n_2066652.html">has been cancelled</a>.<br />
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I deeply appreciate the respect for the needs of the city, and feel terribly for those who are missing out.<br />
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I can only hope that the various vendors and organizers involved have respect for the efforts of the runners who will lose out on their race and that every effort will be made to pave the way for their <i><b>return </b></i>(rather than just their dollars).<br />
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Bloomberg however?<br />
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After reading the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/new-york-city-marathon-canceled-hurricane_n_2066652.html">statement from the mayor's office on the subject</a>, Bloomberg can take a long walk off a short pier.<br />
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If he can find an intact one that is. <br />
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I don't pretend to know the best ways to offer and ask for help, but <a href="http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Weather/Hurricane/sandy.shtml">here is a link to USA.gov's Hurricane Sandy recovery page</a> which I hope will be a helpful starting point.<br />
<br />JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-32282350626552181612012-11-01T21:59:00.000-04:002012-11-02T20:08:54.628-04:00Running on a torn city - The NYC MarathonI am so divided on this.<br />
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As a stubborn New Yorker I so desperately want to call out "The Show
Must Go On!" <br />
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As a proud New Yorker I want you to see the gritty, fast paced, art deco glories of my home.<br />
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As a fledgeling runner I want to bask in the excitement of the first NYC marathon that's really been on my radar.<br />
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But as a fellow human being looking at the devastation around me I really wonder if it's actively
irresponsible to shoulder another burden so soon. Especially one which
will directly pull so many necessary resources.<br />
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The New York City skyline darkened after millions lost power on Monday. Click image for link to original source</h4>
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People keep talking about the money this will bring into the city... as if that somehow balances out all of the expected downsides. As wonderful as it is that
people want to help the situation with their money, we can't even get the
access to many of these resources with OUR money and that puts us in direct competition for our own resources.<br />
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That money would be an incredible boon in one week, or two, or a month from now, but all it is doing right now is buying resources AWAY from the people that need them. <br />
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We're not talking about a shortage of I♥NY shirts, FDNY baseball caps, dirty water dogs, and commemorative Lady Liberty statuettes.<br />
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People are already without shelter, transit, food, electricity, police protection, cleanup crews, and from what I'm hearing access to clean tap water is going away as well. It's <b>BAD</b>, and now with the VERY rapidly descending gas shortage it's only getting worse for many people.<br />
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Yet these are <b>all of the same things</b> that the marathon goers will need.<br />
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Is this fair to us? Patently not.<br />
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Is this fair to <b>THEM</b>? Nope, not fair there either. I assure you that their experience here will NOT be the one they signed up and paid good money for.<br />
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I Love this NY, but we've been together a long time and I've had a lifetime to embrace all of her aspects. But this is not the NY I want you to meet, much less fall in Love with. This is a scraped up distracted NY who would love to spend time with you but the insurance adjustor will be here <i>any minute</i>, and anyway she had to skip lunch to get here in time and coffee is a distant hazy memory so please bear with her a bit.<br />
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I count myself among the EXTREMELY lucky few who did not suffer direct property damage. My family is safe and I have a lot of support, but by the same token the situation is still pretty grim for the coming days and I wouldn't recommend it as a lifestyle personally. There is a lot at stake.<br />
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Would you run a marathon on a torn tendon? <br />
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Would you run a marathon on a torn city?<br />
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I do not blame anyone who is still psyched on the idea, but I do recommend having a look at the page below, there are some very compelling statements here.<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CancelThe2012NycMarathon">https://www.facebook.com/CancelThe2012NycMarathon</a><br />
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This post came out of my thoughts regarding <a href="http://blistersandblacktoenails.blogspot.com/2012/10/should-show-really-go-on.html">this post on the NYC Marathon</a> by <a href="http://blistersandblacktoenails.blogspot.com/">BlistersandBlackToenails</a>.JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-65357729626375457522012-10-30T18:46:00.000-04:002012-10-31T15:58:35.883-04:00It's official! I'm an... um... something?I'm not entirely sure what exactly is it that has become official, but running <a href="http://www.active.com/running/wantagh-ny/john-theissen-childrens-foundation-freaky-5k-2012">The John Theissen Children's Foundation Freaky 5K</a>: a for-real brick-and-mortar 5K in Wantagh, NY (my old stomping grounds) sure does feel officially <b>SOMETHING.</b> And so in celebration I have added the giant magenta <a href="http://www.dailymile.com/">DailyMile</a> 5K badge over there on the right side of this blog. Woo!<br />
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I totally get the appeal of races now, though I'm still <b>roundly </b>unsold on the "<i>waking up at butt o clock in the morning to go make myself sweaty and tired and sore in the cold... and also a bit nauseous for that one stretch there, but hey at least I didn't actually throw up!</i>" aspect.<br />
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It is however pretty funny to realize that the only thing that varies from my <i>usual</i> run experience in the above statement is the morning part. Me and the predawn hours are none too friendly, that is of course unless I'm meeting up with them from the back end. <br />
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This was an especially bad weekend for it as I helped throw a Halloween party on Friday, slept VERY late afterward, and then lived underneath (and attended) a Halloween party Saturday. I left the party early, but by six am on Sunday my body had pretty much given up on the idea of a cohesive sleep schedule.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I am (<i>in the Batman themed gear</i>) in a pre-race photo with my friend Purple <i>(ironically NOT the one wearing purple, she is the one dressed as a Star Trek Red Shirt</i>) and Gigi of <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/">Running On Candy</a> (<i>The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/281643228546730/">Motley Shues</a> Proud Momma Bear as she put it. Her impression of the race is <a href="http://runningoncandy.blogspot.com/2012/10/getting-my-run-on-again.html">in this post</a></i>).
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We moseyed up to the start *mob* and I tried to find the right pace group, but before I knew it the race started. I got my Nike+ and watch going but the start was slooooooow and I didn't see where the actual line was so my personal device times and distances are pretty far off. I also completely failed to set up my running playlist so I was stuck with whatever came up on shuffle from my iPhone. Luckily it never went <b><i>too</i></b> off the rails, though I think I'll pass on running to Captain Beefheart or one of the slower Editors songs again if I can avoid it. </div>
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Due to the confusion of the mob at the beginning I started out on my
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for a while just sort of keeping her in view. I caught up with her
sometime a bit before mile one and we kept pace for a bit, but then she
apparently slowed for a water stop and I lost track of her for the rest
of the race. She later reported that she spent the rest of the race
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From that point on I just sort of trucked along, tried to listen to my body, and did what I could to avoid careening wildly into others. It's
pretty humbling to be struggling along and seeing eleven year olds and
women with double strollers flying past you, but if this was all about ego I
think I would have been out months ago. It was cool to have different scenery, people in costumes to watch, and that one family toward the end that gave me a well timed "<b>Woo, Go Batman Wooooooo!</b>".</div>
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The race situation had me pretty disoriented and my phone was giving me mile marker updates at some really bizarre points. I had this weird moment pretty early on where I totally lost track of how far in I was and pushed it a bit more than I should have so early, which caught up with me at the end. According to my Garmin I spent a LOT of this race paced between 9:00 and 10:00 though I had a lot of short recovery slowdowns which took my overall pace to 10:35 (chip time). On a whole I felt really good though, my legs were really happy with me and though I definitely was aware of the effort I was putting in, for the most part my stamina kept up with whatever I asked of it.</div>
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My main issue I think was in the disconnect between the course distance and the distance shown on my personal devices. My Nike+ was giving me mile marker alerts a good quarter mile early and I really wasn't sure how off my Garmin watch was reading. This was mostly an issue at the end because I knew I wanted to give a final kick but I wasn't sure when I could reasonably do that and still have enough juice left to actually get over the finish line. </div>
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The answer to that by the way is that per my Garmin I hit a 5:37 pace at roughly 2.95 miles and varied wildly between there and about 8:30 maintaining a HR of 206<i> </i>until I finished<i> (except for that one blip at 207, which I'm pretty sure is when I caught sight of my boyfriend at the finish line</i>. <i>Yeah, we're gross</i>). This was rapidly followed by a good two minutes of "Yes, I know you're there my Love, but leave me alone to walk this off or I'm <b>going</b> to puke on you" during which I apparently forgot to turn off my devices for a bit and also missed Gigi's finish. </div>
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Once I settled my system (and stopped my devices) we went back to the finish to wait for Gigi and Purple. Purple finished a few minutes later, and Gigi came back from the medic area with an ice pack while we were trying to figure out if she was still on the course. </div>
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running a 28:49??? at a 9:36 pace (a total of 34:33 over 4 miles???)
and my Garmin had a full 3.29 distance at 34:43 and won't let me trim off the extra bits so my averages are completely off,
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I got my clock results from the <a href="http://flrrt.com/">FLRRT</a> bus and they listed me as running a <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDyLtgXm5IvDVL1OkaZfcRbE_fWzI25e6UFlpy62FyxVEwEJDgIj4FInNxSn-cTrjRMl7-qh0ujgjDYSRkJOwkQKTCI38Y-H09vjK2QpLo3eG5JZg5vojY8odxMJBmvaHV6xkILS_7V6G/s1600/freaky+5k.jpg">32:53 with a 10:35 pace</a>
which was a PR for me by about 8 seconds! Gigi said later that morning that since the slips we got were clock time only she thought that
may be off by about 30 seconds based on her watch. She texted me later in the evening to tell me that the <a href="http://www.marathonguide.com/features/Articles/RaceTimingWithChip.cfm">chip times</a> were
up on FLRRT.com. I looked myself up on the site and found my chip results...<br />
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Sunday's run: <a href="http://www.active.com/running/wantagh-ny/john-theissen-childrens-foundation-freaky-5k-2012">The John Theissen Children's Foundation Freaky 5K</a><br />
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Sorry this post was a bit delayed, there was this hurricane thing going on and I've been a mite distracted. <br />
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Yay another PR!<br />
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More on this later, now I'm going to go get some of the sleep I failed to get last night.JoggingJawahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00898602865195128470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471247778000060546.post-48064593303929429022012-10-26T15:47:00.000-04:002012-10-27T18:30:27.378-04:00It's never lupus!The good news is I finally figured out what was going on with my ankle a few weeks ago. <br />
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The bad news is I figured it out because it started happening again after Monday's run.<br />
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The better news is I know why it's happening now and hopefully how to stop it.<br />
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I woke up Tuesday morning and realized that my right foot hurt again, the same way it had about a month ago <a href="http://joggingjawa.blogspot.com/2012/09/this-is-what-i-get-for-mentioning-my.html">after the creeper run</a>. This time however I paid a bit more attention to where it actually hurt and realized that the pain was coming from lower then I had previously thought, it was really more in my heel than in my ankle. The main source of the discomfort was on the area inside of my right foot, a bit in front of the Achilles tendon. There was also a more dull sort of ache along the bottom of my foot radiating out from my heel across the arch. It was annoying in general, but it was worst when I had been off of it for a while. <br />
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Google is second only to Dr House in medical diagnosis science <i><b>as we all know</b></i>, and so I consulted the "medical experts". <br />
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Leaving aside the dubious wisdom of self-diagnosis via totally random and essentially anonymous people ranked in order of supposed importance by a for-profit company; site after site points me at plantar fasciitis and this <i>actually does</i> make sense. It didn't start bothering me until I had stopped having problems with shin splints and consequently stopped obsessively stretching my feet, calves, and shins all the time.<br />
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I spent Tuesday night and Wednesday daytime carefully stretching my foot and rolling on a <a href="http://www.surefoot.net/products_fr.cfm">Foot Rubz massage ball</a> (get one if you like wearing high heels, you will thank me) and by Wednesday evening my foot was feeling happy again so I decided to run. My weekend is packed between two Halloween parties, my first brick and mortar 5K, a planned evening at Coney Island, and a Frankenstorm so I decided to "take it easy" and run without any sort of specific goal in mind.<br />
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This was probably good since I headed out of the gate WAY too fast and then had to stop abruptly right before the end of mile one to keep from getting chased by a particularly sassy terrier. I'm pretty sure it was inside of one of those invisible fence things but I wasn't about to take any chances. Once I had casually strolled out of range of the dog's immediate attention I ran the rest at a more reasonable pace and satisfied myself with having simply run (which really was surprisingly satisfying).<br />
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Wednesday's run: a 5K run plus 5 minute warmup and cooldown walks.<br />
3.10 miles at an average of 11:46 per mile - total time of 36:30<br />
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The data on my Nike+ is crapping the bed, it has three separate days listed as my fasted 1K, including a day I didn't actually run.<br />
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