marathon training is here at last
Jun. 14th, 2005 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marathoner452Hmmm...what to write. I started my summer job last Thursday. Suffice to say that waking up at 6 am is not pleasant, but the work could be worse. Yeah, I have to be on my feet all day, but at least it's in an air-conditioned warehouse and I don't have to deal with customers who get on my nerves. Sorting overpriced men's business clothing is more interesting than putting it away. I get to work with a couple people my own age. I get a decent employee discount so my mom can buy Christmas presents. And if all else fails, it pays $9 an hour, more than I can make working almost anywhere else in Hampstead, and that'll help me put down a decent car payment by the end of the summer.
The manager gives us a pep talk every morning at 6:55 telling us how stressful the day's going to be. For one thing, I'm not feeling very peppy at 6:55 in the morning, for another, putting away clothes is not stressful. Writing a 56 page paper on 5 hours of sleep a night is stressful, not working in a warehouse.
In other news, I started the Pfitzinger 18/55 marathon training plan yesterday. 7 general aerobic miles with 10 x 100 meter strides. Despite the heat, it wasn't that exhausting. Maybe that was because I practically crawled along-one of my miles was actually slower than 11 minutes. Yeesh. But if that's what it takes to get to 55 miles a week and a 4 hour marathon, I'll do it. Tomorrow is 9 *easy* miles. Can a 9 mile run ever be easy?
In other other news, I had a margarita snowball tonight. Yummy. It tastes almost like the real thing. *innocent face here* :-)
Off to bed. It's way too early to be off to bed, IMO.
~Bethany
The manager gives us a pep talk every morning at 6:55 telling us how stressful the day's going to be. For one thing, I'm not feeling very peppy at 6:55 in the morning, for another, putting away clothes is not stressful. Writing a 56 page paper on 5 hours of sleep a night is stressful, not working in a warehouse.
In other news, I started the Pfitzinger 18/55 marathon training plan yesterday. 7 general aerobic miles with 10 x 100 meter strides. Despite the heat, it wasn't that exhausting. Maybe that was because I practically crawled along-one of my miles was actually slower than 11 minutes. Yeesh. But if that's what it takes to get to 55 miles a week and a 4 hour marathon, I'll do it. Tomorrow is 9 *easy* miles. Can a 9 mile run ever be easy?
In other other news, I had a margarita snowball tonight. Yummy. It tastes almost like the real thing. *innocent face here* :-)
Off to bed. It's way too early to be off to bed, IMO.
~Bethany
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Date: 2005-06-15 02:49 am (UTC)If you have, that's awesome. If you haven't, that's amazing. Good luck to you. I'm sure you'll do well.
Rock!
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Date: 2005-06-15 09:36 pm (UTC)I've run three marathons with a PR of 4:43, but this will be the first time I've really trained properly. My half marathon PR (after 7 tries) is 1:55.
I'm psyching myself up for the 9 mile run tonight. The program only gets better...the peak week includes a 5 miler, a 6 miler, two 12 milers and a 20 miler for a total of 55 miles. :O Oh no. Hopefully I'll be ready.
~Bethany
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Date: 2005-06-16 02:13 am (UTC)