I am expecting to do a little self burying over the next couple of days – and I am both looking forward to it and am a bit nervous. Looking forward to it because it is gonna be fun. Nervous because I know it will be tough. Tomorrow AM I am expecting to hook up with JV for some goofing off on the south end of the Skyline traverse. Normally this would not be a big deal, but I am not particularly strong on the climbs now, it could be aggravating to my Achilles, and JV climbs as if he acting in some lesser form of gravity. Sunday I will look to get a longer run in JT and small army of like and right minded folks down at Waterton Canyon on the CT. Again, this should not be a big deal – as it won’t be a huge mileage weekend from a mileage or vertical perspective -- but coming off the day prior, the overall volume of minutes, and my general lack of fitness right now, I am sure I will be paying the piper a bit. And that is exactly the intention. And then I am looking to follow all that up on Monday with more miles and more vertical – and hopefully with some running up at Bill Lee’s place with some burros. Across all of that, I am hoping to get some gym sessions in as well. So good times ahead.
Related to the gym, I am trying to take greater advantage of little pockets of time I have in the work day. I might get 15 minutes here or there while in the office. Rather than sit at the desk and fiddle around, I am going to be more conscious of getting to the office gym and banging out a few reps of anything. I can waste myself pretty quickly with even 10 minutes of lifting. Just looking for some more time efficiencies. Of course, I am “that guy” again – working out in the gym in my khakis and button down.
I have been considering that a good deal of the loss of my fitness is a lack of bounce. This is sort of hard to describe, but Noakes talks quite a bit about in The Lore of Running with the aging athlete (as measured in athletic years, not actual years). Basically it is a loss of rebound. I have seen a good deal of evidence in myself, and mostly with my ability to jump. I was never hopping out of the gym, but I can see that it has greatly greatly diminished in recent years. No bouncing like this.
Afternoon – very easy 11 miles. Warm.
Oh my...I'm not sure you could pay me enough $ to do that. I guess it's just a test of confidence...but I value my life a bit too much :).
ReplyDeleteEach day I go out for a run, I feel less "bounce". I've been running pretty consistently for 40 years now. My body's letting me know it.
Looks like you had fun running with the guys today :). You guys ALL put me to shame.
Jill - how do you deal with the less bounce? I am wondering if there are certain exercises that I could do to help address it.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably have a SERIOUS issue sitting on the cliff watching the guy.