i can't sleep before 4 AM anymore... i had that one night where I basically had to stay up until ~7 AM, and after that, all of the semi-normal sleep schedule I had been building just completely disappeared. sucks alot tbh.. but, i'm also getting in a ton of programming/reading/etc from ~11 PM - ~4 AM.. that's basically my "normal life". I can't just "out of nowhere" go to sleep at 11 .. I can easily stay up until 6 AM every night if I wanted too.
feh!!!!
I've been thinking that if I get healthy come Mar 27 for this half marathon, I won't even go to sleep before I run it. I'll just take some naps during the day, and stay up late and just go run it at 6 AM. TBH, it sounds enticing.. There's this weird relaxing haze you get in when you stay up late & then go do things in the morning. Maybe the insomniacs know what i'm talking about.
03/10/2016
Bio: Morning
sleep = 8 hr
wakeup = 12 PM
bw = 152 lb.
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = hamstrings slightly
aches = hamstring slightly, right tennis elbow slightly
injuries = toenails wrekt
feel = good
Food
12 PM
- orange juice
- greek yogurt
- oatmeal with honey
- banana
Food
3 PM
- greek yogurt
- beet + tart cherry juice
- some blue corn tortilla chips
- a few brookside chocolates
Food
6 PM
- pure sugarless green tea
Session: Evening
run:
- moderate effort
- 9.03 mi in 1h:08m:41s
- pace: 7:36 min/mi
- speed: 7.9 mph
- max speed: 10.1 mph
splits:
- miles 1,2: 6:50, 6:59
- miles 3,4,5,6,7: 7:xx
- miles 8: 8:xx
- miles 9: 9:xx
best running since being injured, for sure. I hit 8.03 mi in 1 hour, which is good. I actually had to slow down considerably at mile 8 because my left calf started tightening up slowly. So I ran slow for another mile, it got tighter, and I stopped.
wanted 12+ miles but, just need to be careful.
the good news is that after I stopped running, the walk back home had minimal hamstring tightness/pain. This is promising.... after my last run a few days ago, it was VERY painful & tight.. so this is a good sign.
felt extremely good initially.. first few miles felt very bouncy etc. still holding back quite a bit in the power department, but, my stride frequency was pretty high..
if I can get to 9 miles in an hour before the month is over, while nursing an injury..... i'll feel pretty happy about it. I don't think i've ever clocked 9 miles in an hour, yet it seems attainable if I can just put a bit more power out with each stride.
also, i think the long walking is really helping.. it allows me to recover more before a big run, improve stride frequency "motor programming" (ie, increasing my stride frequency while walking for so long, seems to help with stride frequency while running), and I still get some positive adaptations in the fitness/body composition/strength department.
Food
8 PM
- big bowl of fiber one cereal with honey & 2% milk
- orange juice
- cara cara orange
- banana
- some brookside chocolates
Session: Recovery
1 AM
- light stretching
- 30 minutes icing my left hamstring, calf, etc
Food
3 PM
- greek yogurt
feel pretty decent right now.. calf feels slightly tight, which is annoying.. however, hamstring feels better than it has after a run.
tomorrow i'm going to walk in the day, hopefully.
holding off on calisthenics for a few more days maybe, to see if I can get my right elbow to "stop whining". It gets better every day that I don't do calisthenics (or tennis, which wrecked it).. but it seems to come back quickly as I get back into dips and such.
pc!
