Fuji 5Lakes Training Blog - 1.14.2018 - Holidays Are Over. Eyes On Fuji. (falling on my ass, global warming, and new gear)
My last real run was on Christmas day. Then the holidays hit. Travel, travel, travel, and lots of festivities.
Felt great to get back at it today, though I slipped and fell on my ass running across a patch of ice in the middle of town! That's alright. Builds character.
Today's run:
- 3 miles.
- Icy conditions (exhilarating, somewhat dangerous, challenging in a fun way).
- New gear - reflective, thermal leggings and a long-sleeve thermal top (thanks mom!)
Now, it's all eyes on Fuji. April will be here sooner than I can slip on a patch of black ice and fall on my ass.
Today's reading:
~Haruki Murakami - WHAT I TALK ABOUT WHEN I TALK ABOUT RUNNING
Thanks for checking in!
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PREVIOUS FUJI 5LAKES TRAINING BLOGS:
A New Goal, A New Challenge, and A New Plan: THE FUJI 5LAKES ULTRAMARATHON!
Fuji 5Lakes Training Blog - 10/25/2017 - Running with Joanna Newsom's "The Milk-Eyed Mender"
F5LTB - 10/26/2017 - Shoegaze Church and Thoughts of Death on a Late Night Run
F5LTB - 10.28.17 - The Beauty of Knees. Ambient Music. Other thoughts.
Fuji 5Lakes Training Blog - 11.1.2017 - It's a Long Way to the Top, if You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll
Fuji 5Lakes Training Blog - 11.5.2017 - The "Post-Poison 6 Mile" and Running as My Path to Serenity
Fuji 5Lakes Training Blog - 11.23.17 - Speaking in “Tongues” on a Runner’s High
Fuji 5Lakes Ultramarathon Blog - 12.01.17 - Running in the Slush, Sleet, and Snow.
Fuji 5Lakes Training Blog - 12.16.17 - Icy Rain / Fighting Winter Laziness / Thoughts from Church
Fuji 5Lakes Training Blog - 12.25.17 - A Sunny, Sub-zero Run on Christmas Day
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Ah the winter, it gives us some truly hilarious moments.
Was your fall like this Graham?
Be nice to know you went a cropper with a bit of class!
Please tell me you were listening to old school hip hop at the time 😂
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Thank you :) :) :)
Your really fond of travelling. That's a gives a good set if wonderful vibes around us. Let me recommend you to have some travel and take a look and run with a big smile on your face . Philippines is a great place to be with sir. I assure you a lot of adventure and fun waiting for you here. I'm a proud Filipino Citizen. I highly appreciate your presence. Thank you for sharing! Live Life to the fullest :-)
This post has nothing to do with traveling in that sense.
But still it makes the sense of travelling hometown while running I guess? 😃 I also love jogging in my home place and appreciating things around. Thank you
That's quite a break from running! Although I guess it gives everything time to properly heal.
Can I take it from your ACDC reference that they're one of your go-to running sound-tracks - Back in Black, especially 'giving the dog a bone' is one of my faves. I also recently noticed (since I've slowed down with my advancing years) that The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden is a good pacer for an great 8-10K run -just stick it on and play it through.
I love running, countryside, night runs, morning runs, intervals, fartleks, even the treadmill - never tried an ultra though.... that one sounds like it might be quite brutal!
Good luck with the training....
Cheers, @revisesociology. Yeah, the "break" wasn't really an intentional one, but just sort of happened that way. I was pleased to find that my body was just fine with tonight's run, though, and in fact it felt pretty exhilarating. Number of the Beast! I'll have to try that one out.
I am sure the ultra is gonna be a challenge, but I am going to take it nice and slow and drink it all in. Well, as slow as I can within my time limit/target, I guess!
I recommend forgetting about targets - I'm sure when I go out for my standard 10K without my Garmin I run better and faster than when I track myself. Unfortunately there really is no way of testing out my theory - I can't 'trick myself' into thinking I'm not self-monitoring: even if i bury the Garmin in my running bag or do a clock check on leaving the house, I still know I'm tracking....
That makes sense. I was pretty much referring to the race cutoff time, though, to be honest. I wanna finish :)
Haha, the ice-part of the street always get me during winter so I know the feeling xD Anyway, really inspiring post! How often do you run? I am trying to run at least 2 times a week due to it's health benefits.
Anyway, if you are into traveling, self-development, health or blog feel free to check out my channel. Otherwise, take care and have a wonderful day! 😃
Thanks, @sandrastraud. At this point I’m trying to get out about every other day. Training for a really big race (ultra marathon) in April, so gotta keep my ass in gear! :)
I’ll be sure to check out your blog. Have a good one!
Wow! That's really good. Would love run as much as you. However, my main focus at the moment are heavy weightlifting and pole dance. Anyways, good luck with your ultra marathon! I'm sure you will dominate 😍
You have energy like dragon :)
Running cheers for good work! Haruki Murakami also loves me!
No sé si es la traducción pero es muy buena la forma en que redactas lo que vives .
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