Taco salad. I had taco salad for lunch. That's why I felt like a turd on my run today. That's also why I decided to do 6 miles instead of the 4 I had planned. It was a good, relaxing run despite my full belly and the weather was great for running; 30 degrees, light snow softly falling, clouds reflecting the city lights so the whole ground was awash in soft orange light.
It seems my ankle is doing better. I did about 5 miles today, not 6 min. miles but easily 7. My foot and ankle were fine, my knee felt a bit funky, I guess from the limping. So I'm pretty happy. And my eldest, who happens to be my running partner, turned 18 today. We ate like hogs at Applebees tonight.
+7 since last update.. just trying to break an 11 min/mile. :\
Almost to 30 miles total since I started a few weeks ago. Nice weather today, at least... over 30F and sunny!
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The good news is that the earliest improvements are the easiest. Going from an 11 minute mile to 10 & then 9 is fairly quick and painless. I found that once I started trying to get my average below 8 minutes the suckage really started.
Then, as you gain experience, improvements come more gradually. Everyone has a certain point where they have to drastically increase their mileage and workouts just to see small improvements. Diminishing returns is an altogether different kind of fun .
You sir, have an odd definition of fun
For me the most satisfying phase was picking up running again after my busted ankle finally allowed it. For about two days afterwards I was all sorts of sore, but in the good way that made me feel like I was really toughening myself up.
I hope your ankle has settled down a bit now that you're running regularly.
But, but...taco salad is so tasty!
Also, do you moonlight as a poet or novelist? Very pretty description of your surroundings .
Haha no, but thanks. I used to dabble in writing back in high school and always did well in English but could never find anything good to write about.
I did another 6 miles today; same exact loop as yesterday but 30 seconds faster. Still feel out of shape but I'm taking it easy so its still enjoyable.
Thanks! Are you training up for something, Mr. Buddha?