Yeah, so, no augmentation for me. Sorry if the joke wasn't transparent, but now that I know how easy it is to lie to you, I'm going to start doing it more often. Probably more to the point, you think my mental state is totally unpredictable these days and could see me doing just about anything. But new boobs isn't one of those things. I'd rather spend the money on my summer trip-of-a-lifetime and add more heft to my resume of spiritual experience than my torso.
My speed workout the other day drove this point home. The 10 x 600 w/ 400m intervals was a raging success*, with an emphasis on "raging." It was quite the session of ass-kicking hell, complete with walkers in Lane 1 who might have heard me drop the F-bomb several times when they didn't move over in response to my wind-sucking approach from behind. Nate insisted afterward that this workout is brutal but a great indication of fitness for the desired speed.
All I know is, if I added several pounds of weight to my chest, the workouts would be that much harder. Let's not make things harder. I've been known to chop off six inches of my hair and hope that the weight loss might improve my times. Not that this mentality has kept my hand off the chocolate chip cookies. One must draw the line somewhere. Cut hair, not calories, I like to say.
This weekend I cross the half-marathon mark in mileage in my training for the Covered Bridges Half. I'm intrigued by half-marathon training and the marked differences between it and marathon prep. My longest run before the race will be 16 miles, obviously farther than the actual event. This weekend I do 14. I've decided that if I break 1:40 in the race, I'll try to BQ in the fall, and if I don't break 1:40, I'll train for a fall 50k.
Which leads me to the summer running adventure that will be dropped in the middle of my training for either option. I'm not disclosing where I'm going until I buy the ticket, but it's going to be far. I'm still working on the logistics of it, but I have the notion the trip might change me. Augmentation, indeed.
And no, I'm not going to Thailand for cheap implants.
*I came in well under goal times on each split, averaged a 7:31 pace for the 10k, and got a new 10k PR. Does that count? Or does it have to be in a race? It was a 46:36 for the 10k, including walker dodging, which makes it more authentically like a 10k if you ask me.
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Screw Thailand. Brazil is where you need to go for affordable plastic surgery. I of course typed affordable, not safe. :)
Can I come?
I need to return changed.
Tee hee. It took me a couple of hours but something told me you were joshin'. ;)
Loved the 4/1 joke :). It was hilarious!!!
Also - the hair thing --- I just cut 13" of hair off for Locks of Love and being the racewalking geek that I am, I actually weighed it to see how much I had lost. Even though I had a LOT of hair (according to my hairdresser) it only weighed 5 oz. Sigh. Not even half a pound. Drat. Guess that means I'll be cutting back on the cookies.
http://racewalkertammy.blogspot.com/2009/03/138-g-4-78-oz-lighter-today.html
I normally have a shaved head (not razor, but clippers). Before any big race, I'll take the clippers to it the night before, even though I may only be cutting a quarter of an inch off... it still makes me feel prepared.
If only I could bag it up and donate it to charity.
Hrrrmmmm... Cut hair not calories. I think I need to try that. Anything to get a little faster.
Except eat less. It's why I run in the first place :)
Sweet K - track etiquette says that as long as a runner doesn't speed up to block you, you must run around him in Lane 1 (to the right). However, when they run 4 across, like during MY track workouts, I run straight through the middle with elbows strong and out!! And usually some sort of smart-ass "exCUSE me!"
A 1:45 1/2 marathon predicts a 3:40 marathon pace, which is a BQ for those over 30...Ana-Maria
Sweet times on the track, very impressive and I like your idea of the 1:40 as a decider--but really you could do both you know, bq and use a 50K as a training run well before the race :)
hmmm maybe i should cut off this long hair for the marathon, maybe itll get me an extra minute :)
great job on the track! i think you should do both the marathon and 50k :)
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