old skool

This week I accidently deleted like 2 blogs.

Oh well..

here's my running info for the week so far:

Mon: No run.
Tues: 5.81 miles in 48:20. 8:19 min/mile. (6 AM at the park)
4.27 miles in 35:01. 8:11 min/mile. (7 PM at the gym)
Weds: 5.02 miles in 40:47. 8:07 min/mile.
Thurs: Rest.
Fri: 7.34 miles in 1:00:41. 8:16 min/miles. (5:30 AM at the gym)

Total for week: 22.44 miles.

I am tentatively planning to hit up a 2 miler here in Salt River tomorrow morning at 7am., but I am also debating whether or not to just go ahead and run long instead.

Sunday looks like I will not be hitting up the 20K at S. Mtn. My sure goot fren Ms. Knowledge will be graduating with her Masters In Business Admin. on Sunday at 10 am. SHe is way more important than a run..sides, I can get my run on before that.

My long run this weekend is a 12 miler.

I haven't run long in two weeks. I need to get my distance running in and get an estimate where I will be coming in at in next month's 1/2er at S. Mtn. I so want to get 2:00.

This morning when I ran, I felt so sluggish and drained.

I had to crank my pace down slower than normal because I felt that I would not be able to keep the pace up for my planned hour run. So I took it down...which is what i need to do anyway. I think I mess myself up so much by thinking I need to go all out every run. I need to learn and get it pounded into my head that there are days when I run that I can rest...I need to rest. Im not a loser because I run at a slower pace than other days..., my body is not superhuman. Something I need to let myself remember.

I took my gu packet but I did not want to slug it down. I think I had no energy becasue all I had to eat was a banana b4 my run and some water in my pretty purple neoprene cup. I really do not like to eat before I run. I can actually feel it in my stomach.

Im so bad. I have to get over that mentality of "when I run I just want to run." with no preparation.

If I want to improve my times, and not be knocked out at the end of my runs, I need to prepare before the run.

It's just so hard for me to get over that "old skool" mentality of running I have from my father.

He tells me the night before a marathon he would eat beans and tortillas. LOL....and drink some water the morning of and that was it!

He would run in his trusty trucking gray New Balence runners, red bandana, and his ASU t-shirt and some raggedy shorts.

I guess Im old skool too..hehe.