It wasn't quite what I hoped for today, but when does life work out just the way you planned? Despite running out of gas, it somehow seemed like a normal "running out of gas". If things went well, I was going to try for 27.5 kms, but by 20 I knew it wasn't gonna happen. I still thought that maybe 25 was in the cards, until I turned into the wind at around 20. That's when I decided to run a half marathon. Actually I think I made a rationale decision, as I believe I could have done the 25, but it would have been painful, and probably counter-productive.
And while the pace itself was still slower than in my previous life it wasn't terrible either.
I was still 4 kms away from home when I stopped running, and so I took the time to relax a bit, and also do some testing. After walking for a km, I started the watch again and ran for one, walked for one, and then ran for another km. I wanted to see what this kind of half walking (in terms of distance, not time) would do to my pace. I found that I could keep the run kms close to 5 mins, and the walk kms under 8. That means that a whole marathon managed that way would amount to a time of approx 4:35. That's something I'm gonna seriously consider. As a reference point, my second Ironman run took me 4:22! Hmmmm......
So I'm gonna stay positive, and continue to develop strategies to cope with the new normal. I still have to work at accepting slower times but that should come gradually. And yet.....I don't want to start accepting less than I'm capable of. It's finding that happy medium I guess.
And John, you will see that my heart rate was fine after the first few minutes, and that's without the static guard. I tried to buy some but they didn't have it at my grocery store. I'm still gonna try that however, as only time will prove it one way or another. For the rest of you, John is in favour of a theory that static electricity is what causes the HRM to act up. It could be. I've tried every other internet remedy! We shall see.
And now that it's evening, I'm feeling a bit tight chested, and a bit anxious, but not too bad. It's really tomorrow morning that will tell me more. In normal circumstances, an effort like today's should be only a vague memory after a goods night's sleep. Again. We shall see.
run 21.1 kms 5:32/km, 3 km run/walk/run 5:53/km
And I really, really like this quote. I know I say that a lot, but when someone puts just the right words in the right order, it strikes home to me. After all, that's the trick. Everyone has access to the same words. Anyway, I have long believed what this guy has to say, and yet his way of expressing it gives me a "positive" way to think....a positive way to think about my troubles.
"You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events."---Joel Osteen
Love
Peter
And while the pace itself was still slower than in my previous life it wasn't terrible either.
I was still 4 kms away from home when I stopped running, and so I took the time to relax a bit, and also do some testing. After walking for a km, I started the watch again and ran for one, walked for one, and then ran for another km. I wanted to see what this kind of half walking (in terms of distance, not time) would do to my pace. I found that I could keep the run kms close to 5 mins, and the walk kms under 8. That means that a whole marathon managed that way would amount to a time of approx 4:35. That's something I'm gonna seriously consider. As a reference point, my second Ironman run took me 4:22! Hmmmm......
So I'm gonna stay positive, and continue to develop strategies to cope with the new normal. I still have to work at accepting slower times but that should come gradually. And yet.....I don't want to start accepting less than I'm capable of. It's finding that happy medium I guess.
And John, you will see that my heart rate was fine after the first few minutes, and that's without the static guard. I tried to buy some but they didn't have it at my grocery store. I'm still gonna try that however, as only time will prove it one way or another. For the rest of you, John is in favour of a theory that static electricity is what causes the HRM to act up. It could be. I've tried every other internet remedy! We shall see.
And now that it's evening, I'm feeling a bit tight chested, and a bit anxious, but not too bad. It's really tomorrow morning that will tell me more. In normal circumstances, an effort like today's should be only a vague memory after a goods night's sleep. Again. We shall see.
run 21.1 kms 5:32/km, 3 km run/walk/run 5:53/km
And I really, really like this quote. I know I say that a lot, but when someone puts just the right words in the right order, it strikes home to me. After all, that's the trick. Everyone has access to the same words. Anyway, I have long believed what this guy has to say, and yet his way of expressing it gives me a "positive" way to think....a positive way to think about my troubles.
"You're going to go through tough times - that's life. But I say, 'Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.' See the positive in negative events."---Joel Osteen
Love
Peter
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