Re-learning Some Previous "Learnings".
As I mentioned last week, I have resumed training with TN Multisports as of this past Monday. In this short time, I have had the opportunity to chastise myself on more than one occasion about "knowing better" when following a training plan.
One of those things is that "you need to go slower in order to get faster". Let's just talk about that mindset is one of the LEAST enjoyable aspects of training for me, yet it is critical. Given that I haven't been training seriously in awhile, I found that I was reminding myself a number of times that I should be going at the pace Coach "+T" has laid out for me.
I had a track workout on Tuesday. The "good" was that I was mostly pain-free on the hip/knee front. The "not so good" was that I totally overshot my paces by 45 seconds to a minute. I went too fast. It was not smart considering we are trying to build up the running miles in a smart and measured manner. And I didn't get out of the workout what I needed to. I obviously wasn't happy with the effort because it's about not just doing the physical part of the workout, but it's about executing what you have been told to do. Otherwise why do I have a coach?
Fortunately I didn't cause any damage or have any pain the day after as the run I had planned a few days later was really important. I needed to get some tough hill work in for that race I have coming up in 3+ months and where we were going to be was a great place to get the work done.
Yesterday I went out and completed 6 miles amongst the hills of SF. The run itself wasn't horrible given I haven't done much on the hills front for a long time. It was a challenge keeping the heart rate where it needed to be (lower) as I was climbing some steeper hills. That said, I'll need to really work on my "hill fitness" because it is pretty low at this stage. Marc and I are plotting where we can replicate some of the hills in the race back home.
So yes, we were in San Francisco for a quick trip. +Marc and I wanted to connect with our winemaker from Purple Teeth Cellars, "+Z", who repatriated back to Australia a couple of years ago. Him and his family were in town, so we gorged ourselves at The Slanted Door for lunch and a few chuckles. Also were able to have a fun meal at Perbacco, brunch with the cousins at AQ and dinner with other cousins at Quince. Great times all around but after the chaos of what happened at SFO yesterday, we will be happy to be back home.
One of those things is that "you need to go slower in order to get faster". Let's just talk about that mindset is one of the LEAST enjoyable aspects of training for me, yet it is critical. Given that I haven't been training seriously in awhile, I found that I was reminding myself a number of times that I should be going at the pace Coach "+T" has laid out for me.
I had a track workout on Tuesday. The "good" was that I was mostly pain-free on the hip/knee front. The "not so good" was that I totally overshot my paces by 45 seconds to a minute. I went too fast. It was not smart considering we are trying to build up the running miles in a smart and measured manner. And I didn't get out of the workout what I needed to. I obviously wasn't happy with the effort because it's about not just doing the physical part of the workout, but it's about executing what you have been told to do. Otherwise why do I have a coach?
Fortunately I didn't cause any damage or have any pain the day after as the run I had planned a few days later was really important. I needed to get some tough hill work in for that race I have coming up in 3+ months and where we were going to be was a great place to get the work done.
Yesterday I went out and completed 6 miles amongst the hills of SF. The run itself wasn't horrible given I haven't done much on the hills front for a long time. It was a challenge keeping the heart rate where it needed to be (lower) as I was climbing some steeper hills. That said, I'll need to really work on my "hill fitness" because it is pretty low at this stage. Marc and I are plotting where we can replicate some of the hills in the race back home.
So yes, we were in San Francisco for a quick trip. +Marc and I wanted to connect with our winemaker from Purple Teeth Cellars, "+Z", who repatriated back to Australia a couple of years ago. Him and his family were in town, so we gorged ourselves at The Slanted Door for lunch and a few chuckles. Also were able to have a fun meal at Perbacco, brunch with the cousins at AQ and dinner with other cousins at Quince. Great times all around but after the chaos of what happened at SFO yesterday, we will be happy to be back home.