It's All Goodnow

List of activities for marathon training Sept 17: Off.  Because running everyday is stupid.. Sept 18: 33 min bike.  30 kettlebell swings.  Abs.   Sept 19: 45 minutes running.  6 laps on the track.  Tempo on straightaways.  Jog the turns.  My first brush with speed work.  It hurt.  Sept 20: 30 min bike.  500 meters rowing.  Light weights.  (you know, to keep that muscle tone) Sept 21; Off.  Because I was fat and tired Sept 22: Yo fucking go.  It is brutal.  So very, very brutal. Sept 23: 105 minutes long run.  SLOW.  Sept 24: got to the gym..  Rowed for 5 minutes.  Got physically ill.  Got on the bike for 5 minutes.  Became physically ill again.  Decided to leave gym. Today was rough.  I think working out/yesterdays long run had some not so great effects on my body.  Why am I doing this again?  Oh yeah....I am a big dumb animal.  

Alright.......today's "long" run sucked.  As I knew it would.  1:45 on my feet.  I felt like crap, but that is also to do with the fact that yesterday was football watching day. Also, Astoria Park has a lot of pigeons.  Those fuckers fly right into you.  I had to duck on several occasions. Saw a black squirrel.  Do I win a prize for that? A lot of people just sit in that park.  I wonder.........why?  Do something. Pretty sure I saw an old person who died in her wheelchair.  Her caregiver was asleep next to her.  It was odd.  I just kept running.  I don't have time for such things.  Death and all. I ran around the track in Astoria Park.  That was nice. I was covered in salt when I got done.  Covered.  It was gross.  I think a homeless person commented on how bad it looked.   And he didn't have shoes. I ate a GU packet.  Peanut Butter.  Good stuff.  Tasty. My abs began hurting.  My guess is that is because I have a weak core.  Or because I did yoga y

Continuing the whole 2 month marathon training thing.   September 11: OFF.  Cause not running is awesome for the day. September 12: 45 minutes of running on the treadmill because it was HOT out.  30 Kettlebell swings September 13: 31 minutes - 1 400 meter @ 1:40 September 14: Core work. 60 kettlebell swings.  Leg press.  Dips.  Shrugs. September 15: 63 minutes bike.  40 kb swings September 16: 81 minutes.  My "long" run.  Felt not so great, but that also has to do with drinking too many beers while watching Breaking Bad last night.   Overall feel good.  I have been foam rolling which has been beneficial.  This won't be easy, but nothing difficult in life ever is.   Some quick notes: Lots of Body Glide Nipple guards are awesome I'm trying to reduce the amount of pounding on my joints.   I need to get to more yoga classes.  

Training log: September 9th: Upon waking to a mild hangover (first Sunday of football combined with a Gaslight Anthem concert will do that to me) I realized just how rough yoga had been on me.  I haven't been that sore since the last first time I did yoga three years ago.  Wow.  My core is ripped apart.  Guess that is a good sign. I went grocery shopping.  Pasta, chicken, hummus, carrots, peppers, Bolthouse Farms drinks.  All the good stuff.  I got home - did some cooking (which I never ever, ever do) so now I'm good for the week.  Then I shaved my head.  More aerodynamic. Then it was time.  Let's go for my run.  I had no clue how far but I wanted to go about 50 minutes.  Ended up going for 61.15.   I'll take it.  Ran to Astoria Park (love it there, even have a track with a soft surface)  by the water. Though I didn't feel great, I felt good enough and I took one of those energy gels and it helped.  Feel good about where I'm at. September 10th: Went to

So I have 2 months to train for the NYC marathon.  Yes, perhaps, I should have given myself more time to prepare, but we are beyond the should have done's at this juncture.  I don't exactly have a "plan" of sorts, I figure that I'll just run a bunch and hope for the best come November 3rd. My first run in a few months was September 3rd.  I made it....16 minutes.  I think that's a good start.  I only felt a little bit like I was going to die. My next run was September 5th.  I made it 21.15 minutes.  Felt much better.  I mean, if we are talking percentages here I absolutely blew it up.  A 25% improvement.  You can take that shit to Wall St. September 7th = 40.30.....Now I am just getting ridiculous.  Almost a 100% improvement.  At this rate I will be running four hours in no time.  No time at all.  That said I was a bit light headed by the end of the run.  Maybe I should eat something before running.  Guess that could be a decent idea. September 8th.  Yo