Running Goals
Sep. 28th, 2009 10:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jamesqI'll be going to Victoria in less then two weeks to compete in the Royal Victoria (half) Marathon. I have very mixed feelings about it.
You see, I went for a longer-then normal run yesterday. 70 minutes running, followed bay another hour walk. I'm guessing the total distances were 11km running and 6km walking. I managed to do this and didn't injure myself (i.e. I can walk today, though I'm a still a little stiff and tired form the effort). Thus I figure I can finish the race as a half-marathon is 21.1 km and I've gotten kinda-sorta close to that distance.
But I'm not happy. My level of fitness is simply too low to be able to run anything close to non-stop for this race. I really should be able to do this in 120-130 minutes, but it will probably be closer to 160. The cost? I'll be weak as a kitten for the rest of the day, probably unable to run (or walk very far) for the rest of the week. Odds of a race injury are moderately high.
It's a huge effort to put into something that I'm feeling is going to ultimately be a failure. That's not enough to stop me because I feel I have to go through with it regardless. I'm stubborn that way. And hey, it's a great excuse to visit the cool folks in Vancouver for a day.
So yesterday's run clobbered me pretty bad, but not as bad as I was expecting. I was pretty weak for the rest of the day, which made the subsequent trip to Banff interesting. I had to stop and rest after climbing a flight of stairs, and it's a good thing![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thebrucie was driving, because soaking in the hot springs for two hours, while needed, was not conducive to me being able to drive without falling asleep.
Speaking of falling asleep at the wheel, I saw Eeyore at Diner Deluxe after my run. He hasn't changed. I waved at him but he ignored me. It could have been that he didn't recognize me, failed to notice that I waved at all, or was honestly snubbing me. I'm not sure I care one way of the other.
You see, I went for a longer-then normal run yesterday. 70 minutes running, followed bay another hour walk. I'm guessing the total distances were 11km running and 6km walking. I managed to do this and didn't injure myself (i.e. I can walk today, though I'm a still a little stiff and tired form the effort). Thus I figure I can finish the race as a half-marathon is 21.1 km and I've gotten kinda-sorta close to that distance.
But I'm not happy. My level of fitness is simply too low to be able to run anything close to non-stop for this race. I really should be able to do this in 120-130 minutes, but it will probably be closer to 160. The cost? I'll be weak as a kitten for the rest of the day, probably unable to run (or walk very far) for the rest of the week. Odds of a race injury are moderately high.
It's a huge effort to put into something that I'm feeling is going to ultimately be a failure. That's not enough to stop me because I feel I have to go through with it regardless. I'm stubborn that way. And hey, it's a great excuse to visit the cool folks in Vancouver for a day.
So yesterday's run clobbered me pretty bad, but not as bad as I was expecting. I was pretty weak for the rest of the day, which made the subsequent trip to Banff interesting. I had to stop and rest after climbing a flight of stairs, and it's a good thing
thebrucie was driving, because soaking in the hot springs for two hours, while needed, was not conducive to me being able to drive without falling asleep.Speaking of falling asleep at the wheel, I saw Eeyore at Diner Deluxe after my run. He hasn't changed. I waved at him but he ignored me. It could have been that he didn't recognize me, failed to notice that I waved at all, or was honestly snubbing me. I'm not sure I care one way of the other.
