I have been BUSY last week. Coming back from France, finishing my internship, having 6 cousins over for the week end (which was great :) ). Two things.
Bad news : I twisted my ankle last Thursday. Which means I have not been able to run since then. But I will try tomorrow and we will see.
Good news : I FOUND A JOB. And I mean a real job... At Christie's King Street ! I am over the moon. And that explains why I was not writing as much as I used to, when I did not have a "real" job.
But, more on my possible running tomorrow...
Friday, 16 July 2010
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Back dans les Bacs
I had a busy week end in France & I have great news.
1. I have two interviews this week, so fingers crossed.
2. I had a gift from my parents. A beautiful (...) running watch. It gives me my pace, the kilometers, the time, everything while I run, so now I am ready.
3. I went for a quick run with my father on Sunday. It was supposed to be quick because I woke up at 5:20 am to take my plane to France on Saturday, and I had a little family reunion on Saturday night (we were about 120 !) so I did not sleep much. But my father kind of tricked me into my longest run ever.55 minutes on my watch, 47 minutes on his, I prefer mine :). But anyway it is the longest I have ever run since the debacle of the NYC marathon. There were some walking moments, but not that much. And most importantly, it was at 11 am, faaar too late for me, it was hot, but I quite enjoyed it ! It wasn't that hard, of course I would have rather stayed in bed reading or spending time with my family, but it was worth it at the end :)
4. Last but not least, I started intervals this morning... Oh God how I haven't miss those... The plan was to sprint for 30 seconds, then walk for 30 seconds, and to repeat that 10 times. It started bad as I wasn't even able to run the first 15 minutes I had planned before even starting the intervals. Then I sprinted for the first time : 10.3 km/h. Umph that's bad... I walked for 30 seconds, and sprinted a second time : 10.8. Already better. I am gonna spare you the details but the 30/30 ratio became a 30 seconds running / 1 minute walking, than a 30 seconds running / walking until I am ok, then a 20 seconds running / walking until I am ok, then running as long as I can / walking until I am able to breathe and my face stops burning... BUT at the end, I was sprinting at 12.6 km/h ! And I did all 10 of the intervals I had planned.
To finish, I decided to run home, and obviously enough, I was running at 7 km/h - 7.5 km/h, whereas my usual pace is 6 km/h (don't laugh !). I ran in total for 43 minutes so pretty good run/walk after all :)
ps : I am EXHAUSTED ! It's the first time since a long time that my legs hurt so much. Welcome back intervals ! I don't wanna think of Thursday... :(
1. I have two interviews this week, so fingers crossed.
2. I had a gift from my parents. A beautiful (...) running watch. It gives me my pace, the kilometers, the time, everything while I run, so now I am ready.
3. I went for a quick run with my father on Sunday. It was supposed to be quick because I woke up at 5:20 am to take my plane to France on Saturday, and I had a little family reunion on Saturday night (we were about 120 !) so I did not sleep much. But my father kind of tricked me into my longest run ever.55 minutes on my watch, 47 minutes on his, I prefer mine :). But anyway it is the longest I have ever run since the debacle of the NYC marathon. There were some walking moments, but not that much. And most importantly, it was at 11 am, faaar too late for me, it was hot, but I quite enjoyed it ! It wasn't that hard, of course I would have rather stayed in bed reading or spending time with my family, but it was worth it at the end :)
4. Last but not least, I started intervals this morning... Oh God how I haven't miss those... The plan was to sprint for 30 seconds, then walk for 30 seconds, and to repeat that 10 times. It started bad as I wasn't even able to run the first 15 minutes I had planned before even starting the intervals. Then I sprinted for the first time : 10.3 km/h. Umph that's bad... I walked for 30 seconds, and sprinted a second time : 10.8. Already better. I am gonna spare you the details but the 30/30 ratio became a 30 seconds running / 1 minute walking, than a 30 seconds running / walking until I am ok, then a 20 seconds running / walking until I am ok, then running as long as I can / walking until I am able to breathe and my face stops burning... BUT at the end, I was sprinting at 12.6 km/h ! And I did all 10 of the intervals I had planned.
To finish, I decided to run home, and obviously enough, I was running at 7 km/h - 7.5 km/h, whereas my usual pace is 6 km/h (don't laugh !). I ran in total for 43 minutes so pretty good run/walk after all :)
ps : I am EXHAUSTED ! It's the first time since a long time that my legs hurt so much. Welcome back intervals ! I don't wanna think of Thursday... :(
Thursday, 1 July 2010
First Three Things Thursday
1. Running : I ran today. True, I did not run yesterday, the day I was supposed to, but I had a good excuse, something to celebrate (which you will read on in 2.). So I decided to take a day off and did not even feel bad about it !
Yesterday I put my alarm clock at 6:45. And I almost fell off my bed when it rang. Grumph... I did not wanna go. No big deal, I'll go tomorrow, oh no I have to go, but I'm sooo tired, ok let's go you have a marathon in less than a 100 days !
I was out by 6:55, started walking, and running at 7 am sharp. Since the beginning I felt great, little pain in the knee that went away, little pain in my thigh that went away as fast. I was running slowly, nice and easy, no breathing issue, no cramps, I wasn't thirsty or hungry.
I looked at my watch : wow 20 minutes already gone ! I felt that I could keep on running forever. I decided to add a couple of extra minutes as I was feeling so good. That is how... I ran 41 minutes today ! Tadah !
11 more minutes that my best is pretty good I believe... Especially for me ! It was cloudy today, although still hot, but I think that helped. And I did not start too 'fast'. I understand that I need to work on my pace, but not on long distances. I am also wondering if my good run has something to do with the fact that I rested for 2 days. Last time I did not run 3 days, then I ran 30 minutes. This time I did not run 2 days, then I ran 41 minutes... Hmmm I'll talk about it with my coach, also known as Darounet.
2. I FOUND A JOB ! Ok a crappy job, but it is still a job ! I finish my internship on Tuesday, and I start working on Wednesday ! Talk about eficiency ! I will be working in a sports shop LOL, who would have thought... First paid job ever. I will finally take off some of the guilt from my shoulder :)
3. Last but not least... Drum roll... Federer lost in the quarter finals of Wimbledon ! YES ! I just LOVE tennis. And I know, I know Federer is the best player ever. He is the best. Or he was the best actually... I am sorry but I can't stand seeing him everywhere all the time. I love outsiders, and especially the most talented of them all : Rafael. Although he is not quite the outsider right now, but I love him anyway. So Vamos Rafa !
Yesterday I put my alarm clock at 6:45. And I almost fell off my bed when it rang. Grumph... I did not wanna go. No big deal, I'll go tomorrow, oh no I have to go, but I'm sooo tired, ok let's go you have a marathon in less than a 100 days !
I was out by 6:55, started walking, and running at 7 am sharp. Since the beginning I felt great, little pain in the knee that went away, little pain in my thigh that went away as fast. I was running slowly, nice and easy, no breathing issue, no cramps, I wasn't thirsty or hungry.
I looked at my watch : wow 20 minutes already gone ! I felt that I could keep on running forever. I decided to add a couple of extra minutes as I was feeling so good. That is how... I ran 41 minutes today ! Tadah !
11 more minutes that my best is pretty good I believe... Especially for me ! It was cloudy today, although still hot, but I think that helped. And I did not start too 'fast'. I understand that I need to work on my pace, but not on long distances. I am also wondering if my good run has something to do with the fact that I rested for 2 days. Last time I did not run 3 days, then I ran 30 minutes. This time I did not run 2 days, then I ran 41 minutes... Hmmm I'll talk about it with my coach, also known as Darounet.
2. I FOUND A JOB ! Ok a crappy job, but it is still a job ! I finish my internship on Tuesday, and I start working on Wednesday ! Talk about eficiency ! I will be working in a sports shop LOL, who would have thought... First paid job ever. I will finally take off some of the guilt from my shoulder :)
3. Last but not least... Drum roll... Federer lost in the quarter finals of Wimbledon ! YES ! I just LOVE tennis. And I know, I know Federer is the best player ever. He is the best. Or he was the best actually... I am sorry but I can't stand seeing him everywhere all the time. I love outsiders, and especially the most talented of them all : Rafael. Although he is not quite the outsider right now, but I love him anyway. So Vamos Rafa !
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