6 miles
today was the first long run with the cara marathon training program. it was a lot of fun, but boy does my ass hurt.
i ran with the 10-minute pace group and felt really great the whole time. my group leaders were funny as hell. they were all about ensuring that we were following running path etiquette - a very tight two-by-two pack. at first, i thought they were being a little uptight about it, but once we circled back and started running into the other groups, i realized they were just trying to keep it from getting ugly. the girl i was chatting with the whole time gave our group a name and a tagline: noah's ark - we run a tight ship. it was no surprise when i found out she was a pr person too. we joked about getting t-shirts made, and our group leaders were fairly amused.
so why does my ass hurt, you ask? well, they gave us four options with a mile left in the run: 1) keep running the same pace; 2) run at pace and do this massive hill; 3) run faster than pace and just end; 4) run faster than pace AND do the massive hill.
earlier in the run, we were talking about marathon novices needing to increase mileage and intensity in their training slowly to avoid injury.
well, friends, you can't give a type-a-overly-competitive-novice-marathoner choices like the ones above and expect that same person to do the wise training thing...because that person will ALWAYS pick the most challenging option. so, of course, i chose #4.
and that is why my ass hurts.
tomorrow: cross training
weekly mileage: 15 miles
monday: rest day
tuesday: 3 miles
i ran with the 10-minute pace group and felt really great the whole time. my group leaders were funny as hell. they were all about ensuring that we were following running path etiquette - a very tight two-by-two pack. at first, i thought they were being a little uptight about it, but once we circled back and started running into the other groups, i realized they were just trying to keep it from getting ugly. the girl i was chatting with the whole time gave our group a name and a tagline: noah's ark - we run a tight ship. it was no surprise when i found out she was a pr person too. we joked about getting t-shirts made, and our group leaders were fairly amused.
so why does my ass hurt, you ask? well, they gave us four options with a mile left in the run: 1) keep running the same pace; 2) run at pace and do this massive hill; 3) run faster than pace and just end; 4) run faster than pace AND do the massive hill.
earlier in the run, we were talking about marathon novices needing to increase mileage and intensity in their training slowly to avoid injury.
well, friends, you can't give a type-a-overly-competitive-novice-marathoner choices like the ones above and expect that same person to do the wise training thing...because that person will ALWAYS pick the most challenging option. so, of course, i chose #4.
and that is why my ass hurts.
tomorrow: cross training
weekly mileage: 15 miles
monday: rest day
tuesday: 3 miles
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