On Tuesday, I decided to complete the week's run. Again, I was feeling lethargic and not really wanting to do much, but I forced myself to get to the gym before work.
I went to FFC Lincoln Park for the views and the fact that I can generally find free street parking while I'm there rather than risking the longer, paid parking after 2 hours. I knew I had to run and just assumed it was an hour and I didn't want to rush in the locker room either.
After about 30 minutes of running, I really didn't want to run anymore so I did run/walk and mostly walk. After 45 minutes, I called it quits without doing the workout math. I was pleased to find that when I went to log this workout, I was only required to do 45 minutes! Boom! :) Part of this run was 20 second all out sprinting which I could do around 7:30 min/mile. That is awesome for me!!! I had a very good feeling about the run for the race and so even though I did a lot of walking, I felt good. I need more of these "feeling good" pre-race moments!!!
Towards the end of the day/afternoon, I left work to go to see Dr. Ryan again for my ART treatment. He said my hips are opening up well and that he's confident my knee will be totally fine for race day. He said my mind will play tricks on my about my knee and to just push through it. The pain will go away as fast as it rolls in and to focus on something else. This is good information; this is a professional telling me the pain I'll feel is not "threatening" to my health or my run, so I will keep this in my proverbial race back pocket!
After that appointment, the day was over and I went north to try to sell some clothes to consignment and then get my hair done. I've let my roots grown in WAY too long, but didn't want to spend the time or money to get it fixed until I knew I wouldn't be pool swimming so much (also going to be a factor in my decision to join MB's Masters Swim Team or not! Seriously!). This way, I have fresh hair for the race (haha) photos and I am feeling better about myself.
Taper plays tricks on you too. You still want to eat as much as you have been for the training, despite training less, and you are feeling less fit and a bit fatter. I've been told not to look at my pre-race weight at my weigh in (they do this to insure when you finish you haven't lost too many fluids). I'm not really concerned about my pre-race weight. It's still less than my pre-training weight!!!! :-D And I intend to continue to slim down post-Ironman with my marathon prep and lining up a personal trainer after that to prepare for my midlife crisis and meltdown towards the big 4-0 in 2014!!! No issues with weight at the moment for this big girl!
It took Christopher three hours to dye, cut and style my hair and then I picked up MB for a special celebratory dinner at Bread & Wine on Irving. I had a note from the owner from my last visit for a free round of drinks for the table AND it was 1,000 points on OpenTable... boom!!! It was a good meal for me, but his main wasn't that flavorful and quite dry (pork)... MB had the tasting menu. It was also SUPER HOT, as if their A/C unit wasn't working or something. We literally sweat the entire meal and I was getting annoyed that my new 'do wouldn't hold until work the next day. Our waitress was nice, but a little too nice, you know? A bit too familiar. It's a place with a TON of potential, but just keeps slightly missing the mark. I got home at 10pm and passed out!
I went to FFC Lincoln Park for the views and the fact that I can generally find free street parking while I'm there rather than risking the longer, paid parking after 2 hours. I knew I had to run and just assumed it was an hour and I didn't want to rush in the locker room either.
After about 30 minutes of running, I really didn't want to run anymore so I did run/walk and mostly walk. After 45 minutes, I called it quits without doing the workout math. I was pleased to find that when I went to log this workout, I was only required to do 45 minutes! Boom! :) Part of this run was 20 second all out sprinting which I could do around 7:30 min/mile. That is awesome for me!!! I had a very good feeling about the run for the race and so even though I did a lot of walking, I felt good. I need more of these "feeling good" pre-race moments!!!
Towards the end of the day/afternoon, I left work to go to see Dr. Ryan again for my ART treatment. He said my hips are opening up well and that he's confident my knee will be totally fine for race day. He said my mind will play tricks on my about my knee and to just push through it. The pain will go away as fast as it rolls in and to focus on something else. This is good information; this is a professional telling me the pain I'll feel is not "threatening" to my health or my run, so I will keep this in my proverbial race back pocket!
After that appointment, the day was over and I went north to try to sell some clothes to consignment and then get my hair done. I've let my roots grown in WAY too long, but didn't want to spend the time or money to get it fixed until I knew I wouldn't be pool swimming so much (also going to be a factor in my decision to join MB's Masters Swim Team or not! Seriously!). This way, I have fresh hair for the race (haha) photos and I am feeling better about myself.
Taper plays tricks on you too. You still want to eat as much as you have been for the training, despite training less, and you are feeling less fit and a bit fatter. I've been told not to look at my pre-race weight at my weigh in (they do this to insure when you finish you haven't lost too many fluids). I'm not really concerned about my pre-race weight. It's still less than my pre-training weight!!!! :-D And I intend to continue to slim down post-Ironman with my marathon prep and lining up a personal trainer after that to prepare for my midlife crisis and meltdown towards the big 4-0 in 2014!!! No issues with weight at the moment for this big girl!
It took Christopher three hours to dye, cut and style my hair and then I picked up MB for a special celebratory dinner at Bread & Wine on Irving. I had a note from the owner from my last visit for a free round of drinks for the table AND it was 1,000 points on OpenTable... boom!!! It was a good meal for me, but his main wasn't that flavorful and quite dry (pork)... MB had the tasting menu. It was also SUPER HOT, as if their A/C unit wasn't working or something. We literally sweat the entire meal and I was getting annoyed that my new 'do wouldn't hold until work the next day. Our waitress was nice, but a little too nice, you know? A bit too familiar. It's a place with a TON of potential, but just keeps slightly missing the mark. I got home at 10pm and passed out!
Hi Shannon, my name is Chris Scrhamm, nephew of Joe Montalbano. He told me about you doing IM in Madison next weekend and showed me your blog (which is very thorough on your training btw). Anyways, I am hoping to do some spectating since I live in Madison and figured I could have someone to cheer for so shoot me an e-mail to let me know what your plan is for the race: cjschramm8@gmail.com
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I also can't even spell my own last name oops
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