This is my last Saturday morning at home for the next six months, give or take a week. Next Saturday is the first run of the 4th Annual Half Mad or Whatever Marathon Training Program.
Given it’s already the midyear, and the first half of the year hasn’t gone as planned runningwise, I’m going to treat it as a fresh start. Not another false start.
What I’m doing differently:
1. Buying a hybrid bike this weekend (yes, finally!) to commute and to hit the canyon trails some evenings.
2. Signing up for a hatha yoga class that meets Tuesday evenings. This precludes me from joining the track club for speedwork, but in my current state I can’t do sprints or hill repeats for awhile anyway.
3. Signing up for a Sunday morning yoga/Pilates combo class. I decided on this instead of a spin class because I’m finally recognizing I need a kinder, gentler regime to avoid being sidelined so much.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to buy a bike after breakfast and then get the house ready for out-of-town company.
11 comments:
New bike! - I want one!
I don't ride off road much - too rigorous. (Is that spelled right?)
Sounds like you're back on-track Anne : )
Oooohhhh....I want a new bike :-) Can't wait to see what you get!
Sounds GREAT!!!
A new bike, Pilates and stuff-sounds exceptional! Enjoy your 'last saturday morning' I treasure my saturday mornings-mind you I very rarely have saturday mornings since I usually work until saturday mornings....I'm so jealous you can join a training program!!
Sounds like a good plan you have. I am also awaiting my bike impatiently.you have to let us know which one you got.
Sounds like a good plan. Have fun bike shopping!
Don't worry, Anne, I'll do enough speedwork for the two of us and you can live vicariously through me. And I can live vicariously through you because there's no way I would/could bike to my work! :-)
I hope these next few months treats you better! I went through a little injury stretch right at the end of last year. I shut things down (totally) for a few weeks.
My coach (Bill Sumner at Cal Coast) suggested that I take several months of base building starting very slowly. I'm now six months past that I am just cracking my first training runs over 12 miles. So, my advise is keep it short and keep it slow!
Oh - yes - I did get the steak down before nodding off. It was just such a pain to be asleep at 7:30! What an old man!
Watch out with pilates, that's how I hurt my shoulder/upper back for weeks. Yoga is great. I took Ashtanga yoga through Poway Adult School in 2004, and I was the thinnest and had my fastest 5k back then.
Have fun with pilates and yoga - it will be so great!
I celebrate your enthusiasm and anticipation.
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