My third 20 miler for the Bayshore marathon is done. Painful and hard, and my training has been such that I had no idea what to expect, but then again, that's kind of why we do this. The run was at a slow pace but some of my faster miles were in the later half. As always, the long run tapped into parts of me that regular runs never do.
It was 71 degrees and sunny. We skipped spring, and ran into summer it seems. I took a usual route, a 4 mile run to 8 Mile, then a 4 mile loop down 8 mile, out and back to my makeshift aid station of water and gu and S-caps under an evergreen tree. Only problem was, today they were pouring new cement on all the major sidewalk curbs, so I had to run around construction workers and avoid the wet cement.
Some random thoughts:
One More Day from the Les Mis soundtrack is a great playlist opener.
Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones is a great running song. So is Man Up from Book of Mormon and the song Hasa Diga Eebowai, which is not only a great song, but ended up being my mantra.
(What does Hasa Diga Eebowai mean? Whatever you do, don't go googling it, you'll regret it, please don't, don't... You did it anyways! Ahhhhh! Don't judge. Context is everything, go see the play before you condemn me)
KT tape on my legs got me some looks.
Miles 1 to 7 of a long run feel harder than miles 8 to 14. That was when I was in my sweet spot.
I don't like Chocolate Mint Gu. Wanted to throw up.
I become the incredible hulk at about mile 16. Not one but two drivers didn't bother to yield when I fully had the right of way. I stopped in the street full of raging testosterone and yelled "Hey, Red Light!!!: and when the next car turned into me, I yelled into his open window, "And you too Fucker!". Yes, it's true, and I'm a little bit ashamed.
"Hasa Diga Eebowai"
Also, just because someone raises their hand, they may not be waving to you. They may be smoking a cigarette.I waved back anyways, they puffed out smoke.
Accountant looking people in suits will give you looks when you are singing out loud.
When you are running, you can't tell how loudly you are singing out loud.
Your brain will tell you that your body can do less than it can, and the trick is not to believe it. No, that's not my thought, I read it somewhere, but it was what I thought about as I ran.
Eminem has gotten me through so many tough moments on runs. I'm a lukewarm fan of his on most days, but on a long run day, I'm a groupie. Maybe it's a white-man angst thing.
Now it's time to ice that incredibly aching spot in my knee and rest up and taper like a Mo'fo.
It was 71 degrees and sunny. We skipped spring, and ran into summer it seems. I took a usual route, a 4 mile run to 8 Mile, then a 4 mile loop down 8 mile, out and back to my makeshift aid station of water and gu and S-caps under an evergreen tree. Only problem was, today they were pouring new cement on all the major sidewalk curbs, so I had to run around construction workers and avoid the wet cement.
Some random thoughts:
One More Day from the Les Mis soundtrack is a great playlist opener.
Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones is a great running song. So is Man Up from Book of Mormon and the song Hasa Diga Eebowai, which is not only a great song, but ended up being my mantra.
(What does Hasa Diga Eebowai mean? Whatever you do, don't go googling it, you'll regret it, please don't, don't... You did it anyways! Ahhhhh! Don't judge. Context is everything, go see the play before you condemn me)
KT tape on my legs got me some looks.
Miles 1 to 7 of a long run feel harder than miles 8 to 14. That was when I was in my sweet spot.
I don't like Chocolate Mint Gu. Wanted to throw up.
I become the incredible hulk at about mile 16. Not one but two drivers didn't bother to yield when I fully had the right of way. I stopped in the street full of raging testosterone and yelled "Hey, Red Light!!!: and when the next car turned into me, I yelled into his open window, "And you too Fucker!". Yes, it's true, and I'm a little bit ashamed.
"Hasa Diga Eebowai"
Also, just because someone raises their hand, they may not be waving to you. They may be smoking a cigarette.I waved back anyways, they puffed out smoke.
Accountant looking people in suits will give you looks when you are singing out loud.
When you are running, you can't tell how loudly you are singing out loud.
Your brain will tell you that your body can do less than it can, and the trick is not to believe it. No, that's not my thought, I read it somewhere, but it was what I thought about as I ran.
Eminem has gotten me through so many tough moments on runs. I'm a lukewarm fan of his on most days, but on a long run day, I'm a groupie. Maybe it's a white-man angst thing.
Now it's time to ice that incredibly aching spot in my knee and rest up and taper like a Mo'fo.
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6 comments:
A) Chocolate mint gu is my favorite.
B) I'm jealous that you had the balls to yell/swear at an idiot driver. I never do, but I really want to.
C) I am glad I am not the only one who sings out loud while running. I have a specific memory of doing that at the Martian Half in 2006 as I was passing people the last 5 miles and getting lots of weird over-the-shoulder looks.
D.) I'm jealous of your 20 miler. I tried to do 8-10 (again) today and again aborted it early due to knee pain.
E.) I'm also icing right now...
Not sure why, but that saying made me think of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"! Not sure if that would be good running song. You could get through the long version of that song maybe twice during a 20 miler.
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