It's All Good

So I'm not allergic to bee stings. For the most part, it burned that day. Then the next day, the area just felt a little sore. And today, it just itched a bit. Hopefully, I won't have any run ins with any creepy crawlies on this weekend's long run. I'm due for 10mi. Yeah, I so don't see that happening. So maybe I'll just shoot for 9mi since I never got a chance to complete it. Who knows. I guess it depends on how I'm feeling and how I'm eating. Yeah, I've been lazy and have not been cooking. What I have eaten hasn't been too bad. But I haven't been eating breakfast. That's not good at all. I'm sure that has a lot to do with my energy level these days. And my meal plan or lack thereof doesn't make running any easier. With that being said, I'm very surprised that tonight's run was actually pretty decent. It's been a while since I've had a decent run. Or at least it feels that way. Since it's getting dark sooner, I went to the track. And track running is always more difficult for me. I really don't know why. It doesn't make sense. But whatever. Good thing is that my right knee/fibula thingy didn't bother me like it did last time on the track. My splits aren't as perfect as I'd like them to be, but I'm happy with the overall time and how I felt during the run. So it's all good. Well, I'm done rambling. Night all. Activity Route: Track Elev. Avg: 38 ft Location: Willingboro, NJ Elev. Gain: -4 ft Date: 09/15/08 Up/Downhill: [+91/-95] Time: 06:46 PM Difficulty: 2.1 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 78 F temp; 45% humidity 78 F heat index; winds Vrbl 6 Performance Distance: 5.00 miles Time: 0:48:06 Speed: 6.2 mph Pace: 9' 37 /mi Heart Rate: 176 bpm (Avg) Calories: 555 196 bpm (Peak) Notes Cool Down = .27mi Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone 1 93 - 111 0h 00m 0% 0.01 mi 2 111 - 130 0h 00m 1% 0.05 mi 3 130 - 148 0h 02m 4% 0.22 mi 4 148 - 167 0h 07m 14% 0.70 mi 5 167 - 185 0h 21m 44% 2.22 mi (none) out of range 0h 17m 36% 1.88 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 10' 13 +0' 36 5.9 -0.3 151 0 ft 2 9' 31 -0' 06 6.3 +0.1 173 -3 ft 3 9' 36 +0' 01 6.2 -0.0 181 +3 ft 4 9' 24 -0' 13 6.4 +0.1 188 0 ft end 9' 21 -0' 15 6.4 +0.1 191 -3 ft Versus average of 9' 37 min/mile

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Not Meant to Bee

I set out for 9mi but only finished 5mi. Why? Because I was stung by a bee about 4.5mi in. Well, I'm assuming it was a bee. When I stopped to inspect the area, there was a bee nearby. Anyway, I was stung where my ankle meets my foot. This area is also covered by the tongue of my sneaker. So I have no clue how anything got down there. I just know all the sudden that small area was on fire. All I wanted was to put some ice on it to alleviate the burning. With that going on, I cut it short. I've never been stung by anything and I didn't know how my body would react to it. But so far so good. The only thing I've noticed was that my limbs feel heavy and I just feel weird. Not quite light headed but more like I took something. But no, my throat isn't closing up on me and I'm not all swollen. Right now, I'm just tired. So I'm going to rest. But yeah, 9mi just was not in the cards today. Maybe another time. Activity Route: Park Elev. Avg: 31 ft Location: Willingboro, NJ Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 09/13/08 Up/Downhill: [+131/-134] Time: 10:45 AM Difficulty: 2.2 / 5.0 Weather: Partly Cloudy 78 F temp; 76% humidity 81 F heat index; winds Vrbl 3 Performance Distance: 5.00 miles Time: 0:53:14 Speed: 5.6 mph Pace: 10' 38 /mi Heart Rate: 173 bpm (Avg) Calories: 567 194 bpm (Peak) Notes Cool Down = .45mi Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone 1 93 - 111 0h 00m 0% 0.02 mi 2 111 - 130 0h 00m 0% 0.02 mi 3 130 - 148 0h 04m 7% 0.35 mi 4 148 - 167 0h 11m 21% 1.06 mi 5 167 - 185 0h 26m 49% 2.48 mi (none) out of range 0h 13m 24% 1.23 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 10' 55 +0' 17 5.5 -0.1 148 -26 ft 2 10' 39 +0' 01 5.6 -0.0 171 +23 ft 3 10' 22 -0' 16 5.8 +0.2 176 -23 ft 4 10' 33 -0' 05 5.7 +0.1 186 +3 ft 5 10' 41 +0' 03 5.3 -0.3 185 +20 ft end 8' 45 -1' 53 6.8 +1.2 194 0 ft Versus average of 10' 38 min/mile

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Recovery Run

I didn't want to run today. I'm still tired and a tad sore. My body told me to go slow. And that's what I did. I'm not sure how I'll handle tomorrow's 5miler or if I'll even go through with it. And I'm not feeling so confident about this weekend's 9miler either. Just pray that I get enough rest. Activity Route: Park Elev. Avg: 33 ft Location: Willingboro, NJ Elev. Gain: -39 ft Date: 09/09/08 Up/Downhill: [+72/-111] Time: 06:10 PM Difficulty: 1.5 / 5.0 Weather: NA 71 F temp; 90% humidity 71 F heat index; winds S 3 Performance Distance: 3.00 miles Time: 0:30:43 Speed: 5.9 mph Pace: 10' 14 /mi Heart Rate: 157 bpm (Avg) Calories: 338 179 bpm (Peak) Notes Cool Down = .57mi Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone 1 93 - 111 0h 00m 1% 0.04 mi 2 111 - 130 0h 00m 1% 0.05 mi 3 130 - 148 0h 05m 18% 0.53 mi 4 148 - 167 0h 17m 54% 1.64 mi 5 167 - 185 0h 08m 28% 0.88 mi (none) out of range 0h 00m 0% 0.01 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 10' 29 +0' 15 5.7 -0.1 142 -53 ft 2 10' 15 +0' 01 5.8 -0.0 164 +30 ft 3 9' 56 -0' 18 6.0 +0.2 167 -16 ft end ** ** ** ** 177 ** ft Versus average of 10' 14 min/mile ** Insufficient data to calculate this split

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Mini Break

So I listened to my body and took some time off. It's good that I did. My period came a couple days later. Well, that definitely explained a good portion of last week's crappiness. And the fried, greasy food cravings didn't help either. But I'm over that part now. I got home in time to see the rest of the U.S. Open Men's Final. I didn't run until after that was done. It was pretty dark, so I went to the track. It's been a while since I've run there. But it's pretty cool because I can count on a lot of people being out there. It's harder to get snatched up that way. Anyway, the track (and treadmill) does not agree with me. For some odd reason, it bothers the fibula knee area when I run on it. Maybe I'm crazy but asphalt does a body good. Is it possible for the track and treadmill to be harder on me? Who knows? So I'm good and tired now and I have 3mi on schedule for tomorrow. Hopefully I won't still be tired when it's time to hit the road again. Oh, and I got a good look at my schedule this week. I have 9mi on Saturday. I think that's going to freak me out. I haven't gone over 8mi yet. Let's hope I'm ready for it. Well, I'm off. Night all. Music: I listened to a playlist that the other half put together for me. I'm not going to list the tracks. But the song Paper Chase by Clara Hill stood out to me. Check it out. Love it, love it, love it. Activity Route: Track Elev. Avg: 38 ft Location: Willingboro, NJ Elev. Gain: -3 ft Date: 09/08/08 Up/Downhill: [+95/-98] Time: 07:45 PM Difficulty: 1.8 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 71 F temp; 73% humidity 71 F heat index; winds SE 5 Performance Distance: 5.00 miles Time: 0:48:59 Speed: 6.1 mph Pace: 9' 48 /mi Heart Rate: 172 bpm (Avg) Calories: 557 191 bpm (Peak) Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone 1 93 - 111 0h 00m 0% 0.03 mi 2 111 - 130 0h 00m 0% 0.03 mi 3 130 - 148 0h 01m 3% 0.14 mi 4 148 - 167 0h 08m 16% 0.81 mi 5 167 - 185 0h 38m 78% 3.92 mi (none) out of range 0h 02m 4% 0.26 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 10' 03 +0' 15 6.0 -0.2 155 0 ft 2 9' 50 +0' 02 6.1 -0.0 170 -3 ft 3 9' 54 +0' 06 6.1 -0.1 174 +3 ft 4 9' 49 +0' 01 6.1 -0.0 179 0 ft end 9' 22 -0' 26 6.4 +0.3 184 -3 ft Versus average of 9' 48 min/mile

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Cutting it short

I was scheduled for 5mi but it just wasn't in me. Good thing I stopped when I did. I felt light headed as soon as I stopped. I wanted to fall out in the woods to rest, but I didn't. Instead, I stood for a few seconds before I felt well enough to mosey on home. Look at my max heart rate. I just wasn't feeling right. Usually I just breathe deeper and I'm good to go. But I just couldn't catch my breath. I don't know. It could be a combination of things. I've been tired and headachey (I'm convinced it's work related). That explains why I skipped Monday's and Tuesday's runs (Saturday's 8miler was skipped for a whole other reason though). And I've been craving fried food. But the worst part is that I've been too tired to cook and I haven't worked a veggie into my meal plan (What meal plan?). My period is due soon so I think that's part of it. But I've run better than this on my period. So I'm thinking that with my diet being crap, it's just not my day. My last mile was horrible compared to mile 3. So why don't we call this a bootleg tempo run and call it a day. I'm going to shower and chill out for the rest of the day and hopefully put this crap run behind me. Music: Endangered Species Remixed by Nickodemus I've had this album for months and I'm just now getting around to it. I love music, but I'm so bad when it comes to listening to something new. Usually I get in the mood to hear one thing over and over and over again. So today, I went with something new to me. It's a pretty decent album. Check it out. Activity Route: Park Elev. Avg: 36 ft Location: Willingboro, NJ Elev. Gain: -30 ft Date: 09/03/08 Up/Downhill: [+104/-134] Time: 10:53 AM Difficulty: 2.0 / 5.0 Weather: Fair 76 F temp; 73% humidity 79 F heat index; winds Calm Performance Distance: 4.00 miles Time: 0:37:47 Speed: 6.3 mph Pace: 9' 27 /mi Heart Rate: 176 bpm (Avg) Calories: 445 202 bpm (Peak) Elevation (ft) Pace (min/mile) Heart Rate (bpm) Heart Rate Zones Zone Range (bpm) Time In Zone Distance In Zone 1 93 - 111 0h 00m 1% 0.07 mi 2 111 - 130 0h 02m 7% 0.26 mi 3 130 - 148 0h 01m 3% 0.12 mi 4 148 - 167 0h 05m 13% 0.53 mi 5 167 - 185 0h 10m 26% 1.05 mi (none) out of range 0h 19m 51% 2.08 mi Splits Mile Pace (min/mile) Speed (mph) Heart Rate Elev Gain actual +/- avg actual +/- avg 1 9' 50 +0' 24 6.1 -0.2 144 -52 ft 2 9' 26 -0' 00 6.4 +0.0 179 +29 ft 3 9' 06 -0' 20 6.6 +0.2 190 -30 ft end 9' 24 -0' 02 6.4 +0.0 196 +23 ft Versus average of 9' 26 min/mile

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