Preface
Ok! Enough of this pity party with these “road to recovery” posts. 😉 The die has been cast, and I have officially registered for Run Rock n Roll Washington D.C. Half Marathon (RnR D.C. Half).
General Updates:
This week has been a little bit of a struggle because I kinda neglected my training runs, but i have been doing other forms of cardio (e.g., stationary bike), strength training, and a couple of HIIT workouts. That said, at least I managed to squeeze in my long run (8.5mi).
Unfortunately, it was a bit colder than I anticipated on Sunday, but that feeling passed once I hit Mile 4. ;)
Random thought: This area is so beautiful when it snows.
A WTF moment. Since my RnR half marathon is coming up in a few weeks, I wanted to check out the elevation profile of the course. Normally, I'll take a peek at a course's elevation profile before registering for a race, but for some reason, I didn't do it with this half. I went to RnR's website, but I could not find the elevation profile for the half marathon. Of course with RnR's "wonderful" customer service, no one responded to my request for the elevation profile of their race. Fortunately, someone in one of my Facebook running groups sent over their Strava info regarding the course.
Holy crap, I did not realize that there was a huge hill in this race. I've always assumed that DC, which was formerly a swamp, was pretty flat. I guess that I thought wrong. Yikes! Looks like I probably should add couple of hill workouts to my upcoming training runs. Fortunately, I already started with this week's long run.
As well as last week's Kemp Mill (C)hills 10K race.
Strength Training:
Eh, nothing worth writing about.
LOL. This reel about Planet Fitness hit so close to home.
I'll also add that hitting the gym at 4/5am also helps me avoid dealing with the protein powder bro and the general riff raff.
Dieting/Proper Eating:
Eh, nothing worth writing about except that I need to really start focusing on better eating habits.
Goals for the week:
-Actually complete my training runs and incorporate some more hill work.
Long run playlist:
I've been enjoying listening to musicals as part of my long runs because I don't have to worry about putting a playlist together. Also, I don't spend a lot of time fast-forwarding songs that I am not feeling at that particular moment. Prior to listening to this musical, I have seen The Temptations TV movie (I think it was from the 90s) a few times. While I've always enjoyed The Temptations' music, I was not a huge fan of most of the movie . . . and (now) the musical. While I get that the TV movie and musical were based on Otis Williams' POV, I wish both could have had aspects from the other members (or I guess from the other members' friends and family). I've always thought that the TV movie (and now the musical) portrayed Otis as an infallible saint with the exception of him cheating his wife. LOL! During portions of my long run, I remember screaming out "Shut the fuck up, Otis!" while listening to this musical. ;)