What was I thinking jumping from 40min runs to a 90-min run? Never mind that the day before I rested?
So, Sunday I was up quite late - 6.30am - and almost dismissed the thought of going for the run...
One way or the other I dressed up, got out of the house to the road and to Naivasha road. I was not sure of running but had decided if worse came to worst, I'd just walk for two hours and come back home. It never happened.
A few minutes after I got on Naivasha Road some guy ran past me and I took that as the cue that I should run too. And running I did - for the next 90 minutes.
In a bid to move as close to the 2hr-20min run as possible, I went past the bridge then ran down to the main Uthiru-Town road for close to a kilometre, ran back, up the bridge, the roundabout, down Naivasha Road and a couple of inroads all the way back to Ndurarua road at which point I was more than glad to stop and walk home. The sun was up aso was my thirst...
I must have lost some pounds, if the pain and strain in my muscles are anything to go by (according to Jack, muscle pain=weight loss!).
In total there were 20 runners - still no sign of Jaymo.
Got home, out of breath and feeling like a truck had run over me. Some water and milk, a bath, breakfast then out of the blue sleep - two and a half hours of super sleep!
When I woke up I was feeling much better but the muscles were still weeping while my left heel was painful so walking was a bit difficult but by the end of the day, all was well.
No surprise then that I didn't run in the morning today. Tomorrow I start the 50-min runs but to compensate for today's no-show, I may do 60-70min on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Time to check how much weight I have lost.
PS: There was a story in the papers about this girl who went for army recruitment weighing in just right. After a 5km run, lo and behold, she was weighing less!!! Brought to mind John Irving, the writer. He is into wrestling and such. In his 'The imaginary girlfriend' bio, he talks of a time they went for a tournament and had to lose some weight to fit a certain weight category - a category they stood a chance of winning. To lose the weight, they resorted to to running up and down the stairs several times. It worked. Here I am: I run in the morning, I eat just a little ... I should be able to weigh in at 76-78kgs come October 27. Aluta continua.
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Hi man,
ReplyDeletePole kwa masaibu daddy. About the muscle pain and weight loss, I am sorry I mis-communicated. In programming language, ! means Not. So != means not equal to.
At any rate, we can throw away this quick weight loss fantasy and focus on next year. I have also been messed by an injury and want to focus on the next races.
Yes, you messed again to jump from 40mins to 90mins but we learn through mistakes.
So no worries. Like we've been told, there is no failure, just the next race. So lets start prepping for Ndakaini, Mwea and Stanchart next year. Don't look for quick wins. Just focus. Focus, focus.
Set goals and focus on them and give yourself a fair chance at attaining them.
They say impatience is a sign of lack of focus. This is a lifestyle thing, not weight loss.
I just want to move on and destroy the 21K in Ndakaini next year.
Let us see what happens in the next two weeks then we set goals for next year.
Cheers and all da best with the sciatica.