Friday, July 07, 2006
Even A-Rod Strikes Out
| First of all, to my loyal blog readers, I apologize for not posting this week. It is the week of the 4th of July and my birthday, so cut me some slack, ok! Anyway, my birthday is tomorrow, July 8th, so my week was altered a bit by that as well. Because I will be going out with my friends to celebrate at midnight, I knew I was not going to be able to do my long run Saturday morning as usual. I had a 9 mile run planned, so I rearranged my midweek runs such that I could do my long one today. So, that's what I did. I woke up at 4:30, went and did my news job dressed in my running gear and then headed out to the LSU lakes when I finished. I started out fantastic! My first three miles were sub-9 min/mile pace. Keep in mind, to reach my goal I am shooting for a 9:30 min/mile pace. So, I am rollin'! Between mile 4 and 5 though, I got in a little trouble. I started cramping, my legs were tired and I was wearing down quickly. When I hit the mile 5 marker at 47:10, I was spent! I had to decide what to do. Getting my mileage in is the most important thing, even if I am going at a slower pace, so I kept on going. After about 10 steps, I stopped. I was done. I could feel it. I thought to myself, "It just isn't my day." Even Alex Rodriguez has days where he goes 0-5 with 3 strikeouts. Even Peyton Manning has games where he goes 10-30 for 95 yards with 0 TDs and 3 INTs. I was just having a bad day. Determined to get my mileage in, though, I decided to walk. The weather was cool and overcast and I had a power gel pack, so I figured I would take about 10 minutes to walk, stretch, get some water and take my gel pack. I moseyed on about a mile, so I had 3 to go. I actually felt refreshed and ready to run again. So, I took off! About a half-mile later, all my pains were back again. I would say I run/walked the remaining 2 miles and called it a day. If this were my first time training for a marathon, I would probably be discouraged, but I know even the best runners have days like this. I just have to stay focused and keep training as hard as I have been and I will meet all of my goals come Nov. 5 in New York City! Thanks for all of your continued support! I will post Monday and let you know how the birthday festivities went. Peace! |
# posted by Matt Moscona @ 11:43 AM 
