June 6, 2008 (waxing philosophical and poetic)
This was supposed to be the crucial workout of the week, but as the poet Robert Burns said, "...the best laid schemes o' mice an' men/Gang aft agley."
5 minute warmup went fine, but first mile was 10:07. One of the strongest Silver Lake southeast winds (35 mph) combined with a temp of 77 degrees and dew point over 70 at 10 am soon sapped the strength of even the strongest 61 1/2 year old. Mile 2 was 11:01 (21:08) and the last mile was a walk/jog 11:43 (32:51). The first mile into the 35 mph direct headwind in hot and humid weather was wilting. This "performance" is not likely to strike fear in one Lisie Rae, but tomorrow is a new day.
posted by charles d. @ 2:05 PM
1 Comments:
Good god man. I thought you'd be re-energized after your good prognosis. 11:43??? That is Star Jones pre-gastrobypass with a limp and dragging a dead horse pace. Maybe you should borrow one of Madonna's bras so you can become more aerodynamic. Tomorrow is only supposed to get worse. Take tomorrow off (stretch, ice), then on Sunday get up early while it's cool and do your 4-5 easy. If you feel spunky you can try to pick it up the last mile. Otherwise save the energy for Tuesday's workout. Still take Monday off. You better take either Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday off too before the race. The Litigator is no doubt licking her chops after reading about this debacle.
It's not the end of the world though. With the heat and wind you probably expended close to the same amount of energy. Times don't really matter in workouts as much as energy and effort. Good times are just icing on the cake in most types of workouts. A lot of times you will have a bad workout like this because of bad conditions and then you'll bounce back even stronger in a race or in the next workout when conditions improve and you are more fresh.
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