I like long runs!
It's when you can get out early, get the warm smug feeling at being out in the fresh air when others are snoring. The satisfying feeling of slaughtering some calories before the day has begun. Take in the world, the fresh air, the silence and just be!
You can have mad conversations in your head, dream wild dreams, listen to music, the birds or just be!
Today I was up at 7 - spent 5 mins panicing that I had left my HRM watch at work (only to realise it was in my hand!! Hmm maybe I wasn't quiet awake!) had some watered down juice, faffed about and then out the door at 7:30.
The mist was about covering the fields and there was a warm haze in the air.
So off I trotted - plan was 80 mins (20 sets!) of 3R:1W. GPS was put on auto split (no I was not going to spend all my run hitting the button!) and then changed to the time with HR showing so I wasn't tempted to run harder than I should.
It was a good run, I enjoyed it!HR was below 180 apart from twice at the end (cool!) and averaged 165 (including a 15mins cooldown walk).
It was about 3/4 of the way into my run that I had "a moment". I was wearing my old puma capri legs which have a seam down the front. I turned a corner and started to run a slope that went slightly downwards. I passed a little dog jumping up like a nutter and as I looked down to see him it happened! I carried on thinking "err??" trying to work out what I had seen and felt. It was very odd. I hadn't been thinking about anything so this took me by surprise and I carried on pondering this thought for some time. In fact it took me home.
As I had looked down (this is going to sound sooooo stupid!) I caught an image in my mind. It was the seam on my capris, and I just had this really strange sensation of a slimmer pixie fighting to get out, to beat the slow plodding porky pixie that was running. This thought held with me and I looked again and yes it was there ....at the right angle I almost had slim legs .... now I haven't lost weight or inches so I know this was all in my mind but it was powerful.
I started doing calculations. My next goal is 2:30 (or sub!) at Reading in March. That's just under 11:30mm. I'm running at 12mm (ok so I walk too but you get the idea!) The clever people recon that you gain 15 secs per stone off (I'm sure I've seen that on RW!) so if I lose the weight I'm almost there! Then my brain went into over drive and I "ran Reading" complete with all the images of the course! I finished in under 2:30. My brain then carried on .... so I'm looking for 2 or less by the end of 2006, so in the next 12mths. Now where to do that .....hmmmmm. 1:45 for a half is what RW think you need to run to get a GFA of 3:45.
My mind was racing and all along, every image and feeling of running that I had was me running fast and being slim!
I then got home crawled upstairs climbed into the shower and realised I was still a plump plodding pixie after all :-(
Oh and incase you are interested here's the stats!
It's when you can get out early, get the warm smug feeling at being out in the fresh air when others are snoring. The satisfying feeling of slaughtering some calories before the day has begun. Take in the world, the fresh air, the silence and just be!
You can have mad conversations in your head, dream wild dreams, listen to music, the birds or just be!
Today I was up at 7 - spent 5 mins panicing that I had left my HRM watch at work (only to realise it was in my hand!! Hmm maybe I wasn't quiet awake!) had some watered down juice, faffed about and then out the door at 7:30.
The mist was about covering the fields and there was a warm haze in the air.
So off I trotted - plan was 80 mins (20 sets!) of 3R:1W. GPS was put on auto split (no I was not going to spend all my run hitting the button!) and then changed to the time with HR showing so I wasn't tempted to run harder than I should.
It was a good run, I enjoyed it!HR was below 180 apart from twice at the end (cool!) and averaged 165 (including a 15mins cooldown walk).
It was about 3/4 of the way into my run that I had "a moment". I was wearing my old puma capri legs which have a seam down the front. I turned a corner and started to run a slope that went slightly downwards. I passed a little dog jumping up like a nutter and as I looked down to see him it happened! I carried on thinking "err??" trying to work out what I had seen and felt. It was very odd. I hadn't been thinking about anything so this took me by surprise and I carried on pondering this thought for some time. In fact it took me home.
As I had looked down (this is going to sound sooooo stupid!) I caught an image in my mind. It was the seam on my capris, and I just had this really strange sensation of a slimmer pixie fighting to get out, to beat the slow plodding porky pixie that was running. This thought held with me and I looked again and yes it was there ....at the right angle I almost had slim legs .... now I haven't lost weight or inches so I know this was all in my mind but it was powerful.
I started doing calculations. My next goal is 2:30 (or sub!) at Reading in March. That's just under 11:30mm. I'm running at 12mm (ok so I walk too but you get the idea!) The clever people recon that you gain 15 secs per stone off (I'm sure I've seen that on RW!) so if I lose the weight I'm almost there! Then my brain went into over drive and I "ran Reading" complete with all the images of the course! I finished in under 2:30. My brain then carried on .... so I'm looking for 2 or less by the end of 2006, so in the next 12mths. Now where to do that .....hmmmmm. 1:45 for a half is what RW think you need to run to get a GFA of 3:45.
My mind was racing and all along, every image and feeling of running that I had was me running fast and being slim!
I then got home crawled upstairs climbed into the shower and realised I was still a plump plodding pixie after all :-(
Oh and incase you are interested here's the stats!
Comments
Nice run!
I hope so Duck - if the power of the mind helps then I'll use it!
i can see you
You did well done. In one since I miss those long runs...well, i guess i miss being able to do them :-) Autumn is coming-Ill be back