Planned Miles: 23
Completed Miles: 12
Getting back into the saddle
We're in a new month so that means there are new goals to screw up. ;) At this point, it looks like I will not conquer my 2022km in 2022 resolution.
Trying to kick out some negativity during my Core De Force Workout
While I hardly did anything this past week for marathon training, I managed to squeeze in a 10mi long run. Unfortunately, I was supposed to do a 17mi long run. However, I thought it would be best to reduce my long run distance since I have skipped the last three long runs.
On Wednesday, November Project VB did a combined run with the Big Ugly Running Posse (BURP). I wanted to check it out because I would know (or recognize) people from November Project VB participating in this group's weekly run. On a few occasions, I've discussed my frustrations with visiting and engaging with a new running group for the first time. So yeah, that plan did not work out so well. November Project VB's IG said the running group was going to start at the Big Ugly Brewery at 6:30 pm. I arrived at the brewery about 9 minutes late and did not see anyone. I was like Dang, this group really starts their runs on time. I was thinking there would be at least a few minutes of announcements before the run. After seeing a couple of folks at the bar, I asked if the run had started. They responded that there was some confusion because the run was going to start at some park nearby and end at the brewery. All was not lost because I had the opportunity to have a nice chat with the other confused November Project VB folks while waiting for the other folks to finish the run. Also, there was beer. :)
While RUNGO officially ended on Monday, I think that I'm going to keep visiting other running groups in the area. I need to make more friends. ;)
LOL: I joked with one of my friends by saying the suburbs are weird because I drove about 13 miles to the meetup to run only 5 miles, which did not even happen.
Long Run Chronicles:
On Sunday, I had to drop the hubby off at work in downtown Norfolk so I decided to do my long run in that part of town. Fortunately, Strava hooked me up with a nice 10mi loop. While it was pretty warm outside, I thought it was a nice run that took me through my birth city of Norfolk. I saw it all - the chic Waterside District, sections of historical Norfolk, a taste of bougie Ghent, and a few less desirable sections of the area.
Random fact, it is 3,755 miles from the Waterside District (Norfolk, VA) to Norfolk County, England.
A LOL moment:
Since I had an issue with the City of Norfolk's parking app, I decided to park in a parking garage. I was very annoyed when I found out it would cost $10 to park. I guess I was paying $10 to run 10 miles. After my run, I was glad that I parked in the garage because the water in the Nalgene bottle that I left in the car was not 3,000 degrees like it normally is when I park outside in direct sunlight. Oh, there was another slight meltdown getting out of the parking garage. For whatever reason, the parking garage's machine was not accepting any of my credit or debit cards. Of course, this upset the folks in the cars that were lining up behind me, which was frustrating me. I had to call the assistance hotline at least 5 TIMES. After the 6th time, she finally open the gate and let me pass without paying.
NYC Marathon 2022 Training Plan:
Goals for the week:
-Try to go for a daily 2-3 mile walk. Since moving to VA and having to drive everywhere, I noticed that I have been walking way less here than in NYC.
-Learning how not to sweat the small things . . . I already have enough grey hair. ;)
-I think that I want to start a plank and crunch challenge this month.
-Since NYC is more of a walking/taking public transportation town; whereas as my part of Va is more of a drive everywhere kind of place, I would like to add daily 1 – 3 mile walks to earn some passive miles for my 2022 km in 2022 challenge.