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Saturday Nov 24, 2012 #
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Definitely got pressured into doing more than I should have. There's no reason at all I should have run twice my longest run since last spring. Given my injury history, it's not even justifiable for me to increase more than 10% from one week to the next.
For some reason, though, whenever someone says, "Isn't it time for you to be back at full volume already?" or "Don't worry, I'm sure you can run 5 miles!" or "Aren't you racing today?" I feel this urge to prove that I'm not a slacker, regardless of how much the other person knows about my training plan. (I think it's a self-confidence thing. My running-speed self-confidence is pretty low right now.)
Right now, my training plan is, "Gradually increase the length of the orienteering you're doing on the weekends, and fill in the rest of your week with 2-3 days of 15-30 min jog. Reevaluate when 30 minute jogs are easy again." A weekday O' training can be substituted for an easy run. There are exceptions for important meets, like NAOCs, where I'll reduce my mileage before and/or after, based on my fatigue level, so I can get more orienteering in. I've also been starting to increase my training to 4 days a week instead of 3 or 3.5.
So the Turkey O' was a reality check for me. I overdid it, and I felt the consequences. For the last 30 minutes of the race, I had to stop and walk because of sharp knee pain on level ground. I took a total of 9 Advil in the 24 hours after the race, and I still have arch pain 2 days later. I'll still be able to run next weekend at the OCIN meet, but I've already had to reduce my middle-of-the-week mileage. And I don't want to be the kind of runner who's always recovering from something! I need to remember that sticking to my plan *is* discipline!
For some reason, though, whenever someone says, "Isn't it time for you to be back at full volume already?" or "Don't worry, I'm sure you can run 5 miles!" or "Aren't you racing today?" I feel this urge to prove that I'm not a slacker, regardless of how much the other person knows about my training plan. (I think it's a self-confidence thing. My running-speed self-confidence is pretty low right now.)
Right now, my training plan is, "Gradually increase the length of the orienteering you're doing on the weekends, and fill in the rest of your week with 2-3 days of 15-30 min jog. Reevaluate when 30 minute jogs are easy again." A weekday O' training can be substituted for an easy run. There are exceptions for important meets, like NAOCs, where I'll reduce my mileage before and/or after, based on my fatigue level, so I can get more orienteering in. I've also been starting to increase my training to 4 days a week instead of 3 or 3.5.
So the Turkey O' was a reality check for me. I overdid it, and I felt the consequences. For the last 30 minutes of the race, I had to stop and walk because of sharp knee pain on level ground. I took a total of 9 Advil in the 24 hours after the race, and I still have arch pain 2 days later. I'll still be able to run next weekend at the OCIN meet, but I've already had to reduce my middle-of-the-week mileage. And I don't want to be the kind of runner who's always recovering from something! I need to remember that sticking to my plan *is* discipline!
orienteering 1:34:58 [3] ***
shoes: O' Shoes
Great course! Making a score-O' that wasn't sweep-able was a lot more complex a challenge than I'm used to. Fun! The climb and length was a little much for me, but I enjoyed the navigation.
Also, I discovered that Hannah is now in Missouri for awhile. Who knew?! I didn't get to talk to her after, but it seemed like she's in pretty good shape and had a nice run.
Also, I discovered that Hannah is now in Missouri for awhile. Who knew?! I didn't get to talk to her after, but it seemed like she's in pretty good shape and had a nice run.
Thursday Nov 22, 2012 #
running 12:06 [3] 1.31 mi (9:14 / mi)
shoes: gray and yellow mizunos
Hillier than I remembered. Could have gone longer, but I thought we were in a rush to get to Thanksgiving and ran faster to get done sooner. Was yelling at my brother to hurry up and get out of the shower, when I realized my watch was still on east coast time!
Tuesday Nov 20, 2012 #
running 20:17 [3] 2.25 mi (9:00 / mi)
shoes: gray and yellow mizunos
Felt great! Could've gone longer, but I didn't want to overdo it bc I knew I'd be orienteering Saturday.
Monday Nov 19, 2012 #
Orienteering (walking) 1:30:00 [1] ***
shoes: gray and yellow mizunos
Teaching a friend to orienteer at Alex's night O' course at Prospect Hill! It was really good for me, bc I was forced to verbalize everything I should be doing navigationally, and to follow through with each plan.