I don't think one gets to exercise on the day one's spouse has shoulder surgery... sure would have helped, though.
We're natives. My daughter (who was actually born in Mozambique) and her friends play outside in t-shirts when it's barely above freezing. If you grow up in this crap, you don't know any better. My wife on the other hand, has very little tolerance for the cold, like you, but she's gotten a lot better since we came here.Seriously though, I see people here in Iowa running on very cold weather or sometimes people just wear a sweatshirt even if the temp is below freezing. I really like to know how they can tolerate that type of thing.
Congrats on the continuing improvement.Ran 1.62 miles today, all with my feet bare
You're like my dad and younger brother. They're miserable in the heat. My younger brother keeps his house at 60 degrees.I hate the heat...
Hope everything went well!I don't think one gets to exercise on the day one's spouse has shoulder surgery... sure would have helped, though.
That's a frickin' long time to be in the water! Seems like you've transposed your long-a$$ runs into long-a$$ swims pretty well. Impressive. I think I can do about five minutes before I'm pooped.Another long long swim. 1:45 in the water. Counted freestyle laps this time. It was a lot, and got easier the more I went, until my little arms started to get tiiiiired.
no hot shower afterwards; something wrong with the plumbing. bummer.
Actually Dama, as long as I am running I prefer to be barefoot, even in our coldest temps of 30degF. We don't get very cold usually so I can run barefoot down to 30, even with the rain. Now, this stupid injury that has lasted so long has had me try numerous shoes so that I could run. Oh, on the coldest days I do usually like to run a mile or so in huaraches first so that my feet are good and warm with the blood flowing. The problem I have, and always have had, is tender soles barefoot. I'm wondering if this is just a product of only running on roads with pretty much zero trails, or if my injury stopped me from developing my soles like they should have been because I kept throwing footwear on to deal with that injury. In any case, now that my heel is fixed and I am able to run again, barefoot feels best again for running although my soles are pretty tender again despite no visible wear spots nor do I have any blisters. Hopefully the MRI will show what's going on with the peroneal tendon problem I have going on, but even that seems to be bothering me less and less the more I go barefoot or huaraches.
I don't think one gets to exercise on the day one's spouse has shoulder surgery... sure would have helped, though.
Wednesday afternoon
"Middle" ST workout
Finally facing up to the fact that late-afternoon interruptions or delays have somehow become more likely lately,
I started a half-hour early.
And sure enough,
I was interrupted for about 15 minutes by my wife on her way to English conversation class at the local library.
But that still left me with 75 minutes,
which is really about the right amount of time for my denser,
new,
three-day-a-week ST schedule.
By the end I really couldn't have done much more,
and got a marvelous pump.
Today my 'core' is sore.
So I think from now on I'll plan on all ST workouts and weekday runs lasting 75-90 minutes instead of an hour.
Seems like I'm hitting the next level of overall fitness.
I wonder how many more there are?
Moremore and furtherover,
with temps becoming reasonable again,
it's nice to workout shirtless in the garage and break a sweat.
We're natives. My daughter (who was actually born in Mozambique) and her friends play outside in t-shirts when it's barely above freezing. If you grow up in this crap, you don't know any better. My wife on the other hand, has very little tolerance for the cold, like you, but she's gotten a lot better since we came here.
You're like my dad and younger brother. They're miserable in the heat. My younger brother keeps his house at 60 degrees.
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I can fully understand your wife coming from tropical paradise to the midwest makes winter a little more dificult for me to handle. My husband on the other hand loves them cold winter days he's also a Viking so he keeps telling me(he was born on western minnesota). If it were up to my husband the thermostat will be all the way down to the southpole but needless to say I have fully control of that little thing
Nice workout you had there btw.
Thanks. Ya, at one point I could run half marathon distance barefoot, so hopefully that comes back. Even then I still had tenderfoot though, although it could have been quite a bit milder than it is now. Hopefully the soles will come back enough that I can enjoy my runs more again. On a good note my lower legs do not hurt as much today as they have been after runs. Not sure if it's just them adapting or if it's because I was a full minute off my normal pace yesterday because of the heat.Congrats on the continuing improvement.
As for the soles, you just gotta give it time. Your pads will come back in a month or so. The body wastes no time diminishing them when they're not in constant use. When my frost nip froze my calluses off, it took a good two months for them to re-form, and even two weeks ago I got a lot of abrasion on a longer run, so I guess they're still not quite up to where they were pre-nip. One of my goals this summer is to see if I can develop the pads even more by seeking out rougher surfaces, and doing all my interval work (I hesitate to call what I do 'speedwork') on the sandy gravel hs track.
You're like my dad and younger brother. They're miserable in the heat. My younger brother keeps his house at 60 degrees.
Now that I'm running consistently again, I don't have to do nearly as much maintenance work. I still stretch and massage, but I don't seem to need it as much as when I was building up distance. And I only do mobility work/dynamic stretching once a week these days, and that seems to be enough. So I assume that's what's happening in your case, as your legs get reconditioned. Still, last week I got a little niggle on the top of my left foot, a reminder that I can't slack off on massaging my lower leg for more than a few days without risking rousing the TOFP beast from his fitful slumber.Thanks. Ya, at one point I could run half marathon distance barefoot, so hopefully that comes back. Even then I still had tenderfoot though, although it could have been quite a bit milder than it is now. Hopefully the soles will come back enough that I can enjoy my runs more again. On a good note my lower legs do not hurt as much today as they have been after runs. Not sure if it's just them adapting or if it's because I was a full minute off my normal pace yesterday because of the heat.
Don't get me started . . . Life isn't fair, that's all I got to say on that topic.As far as the heat goes, my wife gets mad at me all the time because during the day I turn the heat off in the house. Then she gets home in the afternoon and has ice flowing through her veins or something and freezes. Basically, once it hits about 50-55degF the air conditioner in my car comes on. Of course it is humid to me here (not as bad as say NC, but still pretty humid) which makes riding in a car almost claustrophobic for me if it's warm inside. Makes me feel like someone is trying to smother me. My wife on the other hand always has the heat on in her car because she is always freezing. Long road trips, ya, they are miserable for me. I don't see why I have to be the one to suffer though. She can put more clothes on, I can't really take more off without the risk off public indecency...
Thanks. We both miss the tropics. I can handle the cold fine, but I prefer heat. But so do a lot of diseases. And neither one of us misses those.I can fully understand your wife coming from tropical paradise to the midwest makes winter a little more dificult for me to handle. My husband on the other hand loves them cold winter days he's also a Viking so he keeps telling me(he was born on western minnesota). If it were up to my husband the thermostat will be all the way down to the southpole but needless to say I have fully control of that little thing
Nice workout you had there btw.
Hahahahahahahaha! Too freaking true!Don't get me started . . . Life isn't fair, that's all I got to say on that topic.
Thanks. Ya, at one point I could run half marathon distance barefoot, so hopefully that comes back. Even then I still had tenderfoot though, although it could have been quite a bit milder than it is now. Hopefully the soles will come back enough that I can enjoy my runs more again. On a good note my lower legs do not hurt as much today as they have been after runs. Not sure if it's just them adapting or if it's because I was a full minute off my normal pace yesterday because of the heat.
As far as the heat goes, my wife gets mad at me all the time because during the day I turn the heat off in the house. Then she gets home in the afternoon and has ice flowing through her veins or something and freezes. Basically, once it hits about 50-55degF the air conditioner in my car comes on. Of course it is humid to me here (not as bad as say NC, but still pretty humid) which makes riding in a car almost claustrophobic for me if it's warm inside. Makes me feel like someone is trying to smother me. My wife on the other hand always has the heat on in her car because she is always freezing. Long road trips, ya, they are miserable for me. I don't see why I have to be the one to suffer though. She can put more clothes on, I can't really take more off without the risk off public indecency...
Although I've adapted to a wide range, it seems to take me longer to change seasons now.
Did my regular run, local roads over to Harbins park and back...1/2 mile walk then 6 mile run and 1/2 walk. Nice and sunny waited till it warmed up into the 50's...feets are still feeling the wear and tear from last Sunday but I managed ok. Ran here and there on the painted lines...there was a road crew over paving some spots including the roughest 100 ft or so of cracked up chip/seal...this run just got a little easier. Made the 6 miles in under a hour with walking 3 times on some of the uphills.
Next up...possible rain run this weekend...forecast for rain both days.
You were kicking it today weren't you refresh my memory please do you run every day?
I'd like to run everyday but I'm doing 3 or 4 days a week for now. I'm only running ultra-marathon training style... slow or walk the uphills, trot along the flats and run fast downhill so anywhere from 7:00 - 13:00 min pace all in the same run. This is how I would run a 30 - 50 mile race if my legs were in shape...big if.