Balance Personal Fitness and Working – 5 runs 30.7 miles, 1 bike 55 miles
September 2nd, 2008I’ve been gone for a while on a business trip, and haven’t had a chance to run for a while. i went to free run practice saturday, and was positively influenced and motivated to get back in shape. thus far i’ve ran four times since saturday and biked once.
slow & easy – 20080825 – 1 run 6.5 miles
sick – 20080826 – no run
sick – 20080827 – no run
early work – 20080828 – no run
slept in and had evening plans – 20080829 – no run
slow & easy – 20080830 – 1 run 3 miles
slow & easy – 20080831 – 2 runs 15.5 miles
bike and run – 20080901 – 1 bike 55 miles, 1 run 5.7 miles
Okay, I’ve pretty much brought you up to speed on what i’ve been doing. These past couple days I’ve trained pretty hard with hopes to get in shape for Naha. The marathon is three months away. Remember running is a lifetime sport. You get better the more you do it. The world record holder in the marathon, Gabrselassie, for instance ran 10k to and from school every day, and because of such background is a phenominal runner now today. He may be the greatest runner of all time. You can’t perform at your peak level unless you’ve put in the time and training to do so. That level of fitness doesn’t come with only three months training. I have to wonder what level I’ll be come December. You have to find that right balance for which to avoid injury, and also improve fitness. College seasons are about three months long, and I read about all the injuries they prevail. Hopefully this will be a good next three months.
