I said I wouldn’t write about running, but I may have lied a little.
Last night it took me a while to get to sleep, as it will in a new place, especially when cats are trying to use your head as a pillow. Eventually, at around 1am I drifted off.
At 4am, a raucous beep! beep! beep! rudely jarred me awake. I was in a dark room, no idea where the lightswitch was, not sure where my glasses had gotten to, no clue where the awful racket was coming from. I groped around, saw the evil red eye of the enemy, slapped what was tragically only its “snooze” button, and passed out again.
Eight minutes later, the cylon attack on my eardrums resumed, but this time I took a more strategic approach. I patted down the nightstand until I located my specs, found the lightswitch, then spent more time than I would have needed if fully awake muttering “die die die you stupid toaster” and properly deactivated the alarm. Later it dawned on me that of course it was set to 4am because J&J had to get up at that time to catch their plane on Sunday. D’oh.
The moral of that story was, I only got around 4 1/2 hours of sleep last night.
Then I put in a full day at the office.
Then I was supposed to meet
I stayed awake enough to buy a new pair of shoes (Saucony Hurricanes – technically a high stability shoe for “larger boned” runners than myself, but they fit like a glove and they’re perfect for my degree of pronation and they have hot pink accents and I love them so shove off). I also got sweet double-layer socks because it was hella cold outside, and then A. and I went for a lovely 40 minute run through the snowy park at night.
Afterwards the rundorphins (as A. likes to call them) were high in our blood, so we ate pizza with
It must be warmer in Toronto than LA right now. wait, I think it actually is.
Can’t run outside in the mornings right now. Too cold. A couple of us are erging at the boathouse because at least then we have a roof to cut the wind.
and let me know how the sauconys work out. I’m mostly a Nike girl, but who knows, I’m always open to new options
I totally run in the morning. Like, at 6am, out in the streets of my neighbourhood. You warm up in no time – you don’t even notice the cold after 3 minutes. Your shoes sound awesome – the whole pronation/heavy runner thing often goes hand in hand, so you haven’t erred. What I mean is, shoe designer types have to be even more careful with the pronation thing if you’re also a heavier runner (I think heavier runners are called “Athena” if they’re female) so likely all that means is that your shoes have more cushioning. Mm, cushioning.
I have a neutral foot, so I don’t need to worry about that, but I am classified as a heavier runner, so I like me some cushioning. I run in the new Nike Pegasus for Women – re-designed in 2006. I love them. LOVE!
Also – if you can space out your runs so that you have a day in between, that’s a good thing. Unless you’re doing a light run and then a heavier run. Makes you less prone to injury and lets your muscles recover. If you do run twice in a row, you’ll likely feel like things are harder the second day.
In short, GO YOU!!
Well, not to go into crazy detail, but I’m training for the half-marathon in Mississauga on May 13th, so I’m running 5 days a week, with Mondays and Fridays off and long runs on Sunday. Training starts with 20km total a week, working up to 50km total a week by late April, and then the pre-run slack week before my 22km race.
I just can’t get my ass up to run in the morning. I am a late-night runner for sure. Although things might be different if I weren’t commuting…
My indoor shoes are the Nike Plus “Moire”, which are light as a feather and really good for speed sprints. The Sauconys are sexy, though (love the pink).
So much for “not to get into crazy detail”. You’re a bad influence, miss!
Also? How on earth are YOU classified as a “heavier runner”? You’re a rail! I mean, you have boobs but you’re a lean, thin build.
Of course, you are eight feet tall, so maybe that accounts for it… but still!
I know, but once you hit a certain poundage, you’re heavier than average. I’m at that poundage. It’s weird and slightly annoying. It’s also why my shoes wear out faster than most. And why people yell “FATTY” when I run past.
Oh wait, that’s just my brother.
Jesus, you’re going to kick my ASS at running. I usually do about 18-20K a week, but I’d never be able to get up to 50K and still have time to practice. You’re going to feel so awesome when you do it though – I’ll want to hear all about it. Part of me wonders if I could just run a half marathon at my current fitness level. No idea if I could.
It must be warmer in Toronto than LA right now.
Ahahahaha. You’re funny.
Ahahahaha. You’re funny.
What she means by that is that it is freaking freezing here right now. -16C at the moment, and it was snowing like a bastard last night when I went out.
Don’t worry, I’m no faint-hearted runner. I’m not going to let snow get all “up in my grill” and keep me cowering indoors. Bring on the frozen nose goblins!