Sunday - 3
Monday - 12.5 tempo. Track was closed so decided to switch it up. Had a great run in the rain.
Tuesday - 6
Wednesday - 9 (6x1k).
Thursday - 5 - ugh, had to squeeze this in. Snowing!
Friday - 21 !!! Got in another tough long run. This time all alone, no music. 2 Goos. Talked to myself (encouraging and trying to stay positive) for the last 3 miles or so. Wow, talk about mental training. Beautiful, slightly chilly, sunny and light breeze.
Saturday - 5, easy 'round Wash Park. Uh - it was 23 degrees out and snowing!
Total: 62
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Blech
What an overall bad day. I have a case of the what-ifs. "What if I don't do well?" "What if I never came to law school?" "What if I can't find an internship?" "What if I stay pathetically single forever [I think I have just 1 or 2 other friends who are still single, including friends from grade school, college, boston, and denver.]?" "What if ..." etc.
The only good part was my track workout (!). I did the same as last week, but this felt much better.
6x1k with 1/4 mile "active rest"
4:10
4:08
4:07
4:06
4:07
4:04
Boo-yah! I felt strong and got (minimally) faster as I went. Overall, I was going for the my-body-is-efficient feel and I wanted to finish the workout feeling like I could do more.
The only good part was my track workout (!). I did the same as last week, but this felt much better.
6x1k with 1/4 mile "active rest"
4:10
4:08
4:07
4:06
4:07
4:04
Boo-yah! I felt strong and got (minimally) faster as I went. Overall, I was going for the my-body-is-efficient feel and I wanted to finish the workout feeling like I could do more.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Riddle me this
Recent Musings:
1. The importance of a little line heading southwest.
The other day I was running with a friend. She knew the way and I didn't so she was directing me, interspersing our regular conversation with the directions. She said:
We are turning right, not here, but after the gray house...
So, I'm searching for the gray house, step off the curb and all of a sudden our legs are atangle and my friend is turning right. What she really meant to say was:
We are turning right. Not here, but after the gray house...
And people think commas aren't important!
2. Born into the wrong language.
So, do people who have lisps have lisps in whatever language they may speak? If I have a lisp in Spanish (Lith the thing of thpain), will I necessarily have a lisp in Russian? Ah ha! It couldn't possibly transfer to Swahili which is, as I understand it, a click language. What if that is the ultimate accident - being born into the wrong language? And, anyway, how much of the lisp thing is cognitive? Biological? Physiological? Curious. Very curious.
3. Non-sensical crossings of senses.
Why do certain things seem to go together? The brain is so strange.
North = Up. South = Down.
Blue = Sad. Yellow = Happy. Pink = love. Green = Earthy.
Dark = Sleep. Light = Awake.
Major Key = Happy. Minor Key = Sad.
[I had more, but now they escape me.]
Really lucky people have synesthesia. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
1. The importance of a little line heading southwest.
The other day I was running with a friend. She knew the way and I didn't so she was directing me, interspersing our regular conversation with the directions. She said:
We are turning right, not here, but after the gray house...
So, I'm searching for the gray house, step off the curb and all of a sudden our legs are atangle and my friend is turning right. What she really meant to say was:
We are turning right. Not here, but after the gray house...
And people think commas aren't important!
2. Born into the wrong language.
So, do people who have lisps have lisps in whatever language they may speak? If I have a lisp in Spanish (Lith the thing of thpain), will I necessarily have a lisp in Russian? Ah ha! It couldn't possibly transfer to Swahili which is, as I understand it, a click language. What if that is the ultimate accident - being born into the wrong language? And, anyway, how much of the lisp thing is cognitive? Biological? Physiological? Curious. Very curious.
3. Non-sensical crossings of senses.
Why do certain things seem to go together? The brain is so strange.
North = Up. South = Down.
Blue = Sad. Yellow = Happy. Pink = love. Green = Earthy.
Dark = Sleep. Light = Awake.
Major Key = Happy. Minor Key = Sad.
[I had more, but now they escape me.]
Really lucky people have synesthesia. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Week Runs
Sunday - 20. So HARD. I haven't run this far in almost 2 years. OUCH.
Monday - 0 (Yom Kippur)
Tuesday - 6
Wednesday - 6x1k. 80 degrees and 10% humidity. It was after class, too, so I was quite tired. 9
Thursday - Friend was in town. We all met up for a mid-afternoon run, then I showered and made it to class by 6. 8.
Friday - Morning run. I kid you not, it was 27 degrees. BRRRRR....7
Saturday - I couldn't stand another long run on flat, boring old Highline. I went to do a trail run. 15.
Total: 65.
Monday - 0 (Yom Kippur)
Tuesday - 6
Wednesday - 6x1k. 80 degrees and 10% humidity. It was after class, too, so I was quite tired. 9
Thursday - Friend was in town. We all met up for a mid-afternoon run, then I showered and made it to class by 6. 8.
Friday - Morning run. I kid you not, it was 27 degrees. BRRRRR....7
Saturday - I couldn't stand another long run on flat, boring old Highline. I went to do a trail run. 15.
Total: 65.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
October!
The month I've been waiting for all year - it's October! I love October! Even though there is fake fall here, I still love it. It's cooler, less humid, days aren't too short, leaves change. A few things coming up:
Hardest 4 weeks of marathon training
Pumpkin carving/apple-crisp cook-off
Pumpkin scones at Starbucks (I admit, I love them)
Daylight savings
My Jewish Law event
Last month of being 25
Two great concerts at Colorado Symphony Orchestra -- Shostakovitch and Rachmaninoff.
A workshop at work on International Law and Intellectual Property. In-ter-est-ING!
(Rabbit Rabbit!)
Hardest 4 weeks of marathon training
Pumpkin carving/apple-crisp cook-off
Pumpkin scones at Starbucks (I admit, I love them)
Daylight savings
My Jewish Law event
Last month of being 25
Two great concerts at Colorado Symphony Orchestra -- Shostakovitch and Rachmaninoff.
A workshop at work on International Law and Intellectual Property. In-ter-est-ING!
(Rabbit Rabbit!)
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