11 Replies to “Bummin on no Froyo and Training Logs are A for Awesome”
I am such an IDIOT.
I thought you either disappeared or decided to hate me. But hen I just discovered that I am a complete moron and forgot to add your new site to my blog list. I was the where in H-E-double hockey sticks is Arty Runnerchick?!?!?! And here you are. And here I am…catching up on your life.
I DO keep a training log. I like to have it written and I am also signed up with Daily Mile so I can track everything I do. I love seeing my progress. I guess I’m a visual person and need to see that I am improving or progressing in some way!
I wish someone would have told me how important rest was/is in a training schedule. I used to refuse to take a day off because I wouldn’t have as many calories burned and therefore couldn’t eat. Yeah crazy, I know. Now I am so much happier when I have that one or two days to recover. My body thanks me!
I’ll have to think about the quote…I can’t compete with the whole cat penis thing right now!
i would NEVER hate u or un-follow u!!! haha…but i’m glad that u realized that was not the case and so happy to see u back popping by! i’m sure part of the reason was my own quasi-MIA status!! ugh, don’t get me started!! i’m a visual person too, so i gotta see it baby!! oh, and i think amy’s quote from woody allen is one that may top mine! 😉 much luv girl and know i’d never abandon one of my fav canadians! 😉
This is a great post. I think recently I have realized that I am appreciating the moments where the lessons I am learning (in running or otherwise) can translate beyond the moment and toward the rest of life are those that are most important to me–they are the ones that stick with me the longest. they are the ones that I WANT to remember.
I was SO great about keeping a training log in the beginning of the year and then I got injured and it hurt to look back at how far I had come. It felt like I was just slipping further and further back. But I realize now that is not true and I am hoping to get back into one. For now though my blog has been kinda my training log. That way…I know its there but its not all on one page where I can compare and compete with myself. If I want to go back to a certain day though and just remember that…then there it is. I don’t know…it works for me right now!
been missing you here in blog world and on twitter! hope everything is going okay with you!
thanks for all of the incredible insight in all of your posts. I always find that I learn so much from your blog and really look up to you because I feel like you have a lot of knowledge to share with the rest of us 🙂 Thanks for being you!
oh my gosh, julia, this comment honestly made my day/week/month!! i’m so happy that u feel my ramblings are of worth, and you know sometimes we need to hear that, so i greatly appreciate it and u KNO that the exact same sentiment is going straight back to you! the post about your family today was dead on, i’m dealing with the same thing in seeing my own lil bro and sis getting older…crazy!!!!
Awww it IS too bad we couldn’t hang out! Next time…next time…:)
Btw I did 1000s today! Yeah they were on the treadmill but they kicked my butt in a good way (6:11 pace, 1.5% incline, 400 m walk/jog rest). You are totally right about 1000s feeling way harder than 800m!
You’re the only person I know who I can write my workout as a comment and I feel like it’ll be interesting to you :). haha.
umm, u KNO that i’m the girl who is overly interested in anyone’s workouts so always leave me comments!! 🙂 great job on the 1k’s!! and ya, that extra 200 is like a horrid kick in the @$$!! haha…also, great job on the pacing! i have to say that doing ur tread work at 1.5% is prolly closer to ‘outside’ workouts so doing it at that grade will help translate better when u start trying to predict race pacing. i kno .5% difference can’t seem like much, but i kno that 6:11 effort of today is worth even more than the (i think it was 6:09 u did for 800’s but at 1% grade…again, why do i recall ur paces like a stalker…i swear i’m not a creeper it’s the photographic memory!) last treaddy run. keep it up girl! 🙂
I keep a training log of sorts in the front of my diary every year where you are supposed to add up how much you spend every month (like I’m going to do that, I don’t want nightmares!) so I use that space much more efficiently for keeping track of kilometres etc.
The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given? Hmm, probably from one of my patients who turned around and counselled me (role reversal much?) just before the half marathon. She said just live in the moment. You can’t change what happens next so just be present and enjoy the now. Love it.
My favourite random quote has to be Woody Allen ‘life is a sexually transmitted disease’. Can’t really argue with that 🙂
HAHA….okay that quote is the best, i’m so gonna steal it! and i’m the exact same way, i don’t even want to take a peek at tracking my expenses, i kno i’m poor, leave me alone! 😉
Awesome blog! Is your theme custom made or did you download it from somewhere? A design like yours with a few simple adjustements would really make my blog shine. Please let me know where you got your design. Thank you
Hello! Someone in my Myspace group shared this site with us so I came to take a look. I’m definitely loving the information. I’m book-marking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Great blog and fantastic design.
I am such an IDIOT.
I thought you either disappeared or decided to hate me. But hen I just discovered that I am a complete moron and forgot to add your new site to my blog list. I was the where in H-E-double hockey sticks is Arty Runnerchick?!?!?! And here you are. And here I am…catching up on your life.
I DO keep a training log. I like to have it written and I am also signed up with Daily Mile so I can track everything I do. I love seeing my progress. I guess I’m a visual person and need to see that I am improving or progressing in some way!
I wish someone would have told me how important rest was/is in a training schedule. I used to refuse to take a day off because I wouldn’t have as many calories burned and therefore couldn’t eat. Yeah crazy, I know. Now I am so much happier when I have that one or two days to recover. My body thanks me!
I’ll have to think about the quote…I can’t compete with the whole cat penis thing right now!
i would NEVER hate u or un-follow u!!! haha…but i’m glad that u realized that was not the case and so happy to see u back popping by! i’m sure part of the reason was my own quasi-MIA status!! ugh, don’t get me started!! i’m a visual person too, so i gotta see it baby!! oh, and i think amy’s quote from woody allen is one that may top mine! 😉 much luv girl and know i’d never abandon one of my fav canadians! 😉
This is a great post. I think recently I have realized that I am appreciating the moments where the lessons I am learning (in running or otherwise) can translate beyond the moment and toward the rest of life are those that are most important to me–they are the ones that stick with me the longest. they are the ones that I WANT to remember.
I was SO great about keeping a training log in the beginning of the year and then I got injured and it hurt to look back at how far I had come. It felt like I was just slipping further and further back. But I realize now that is not true and I am hoping to get back into one. For now though my blog has been kinda my training log. That way…I know its there but its not all on one page where I can compare and compete with myself. If I want to go back to a certain day though and just remember that…then there it is. I don’t know…it works for me right now!
been missing you here in blog world and on twitter! hope everything is going okay with you!
thanks for all of the incredible insight in all of your posts. I always find that I learn so much from your blog and really look up to you because I feel like you have a lot of knowledge to share with the rest of us 🙂 Thanks for being you!
oh my gosh, julia, this comment honestly made my day/week/month!! i’m so happy that u feel my ramblings are of worth, and you know sometimes we need to hear that, so i greatly appreciate it and u KNO that the exact same sentiment is going straight back to you! the post about your family today was dead on, i’m dealing with the same thing in seeing my own lil bro and sis getting older…crazy!!!!
Awww it IS too bad we couldn’t hang out! Next time…next time…:)
Btw I did 1000s today! Yeah they were on the treadmill but they kicked my butt in a good way (6:11 pace, 1.5% incline, 400 m walk/jog rest). You are totally right about 1000s feeling way harder than 800m!
You’re the only person I know who I can write my workout as a comment and I feel like it’ll be interesting to you :). haha.
umm, u KNO that i’m the girl who is overly interested in anyone’s workouts so always leave me comments!! 🙂 great job on the 1k’s!! and ya, that extra 200 is like a horrid kick in the @$$!! haha…also, great job on the pacing! i have to say that doing ur tread work at 1.5% is prolly closer to ‘outside’ workouts so doing it at that grade will help translate better when u start trying to predict race pacing. i kno .5% difference can’t seem like much, but i kno that 6:11 effort of today is worth even more than the (i think it was 6:09 u did for 800’s but at 1% grade…again, why do i recall ur paces like a stalker…i swear i’m not a creeper it’s the photographic memory!) last treaddy run. keep it up girl! 🙂
I keep a training log of sorts in the front of my diary every year where you are supposed to add up how much you spend every month (like I’m going to do that, I don’t want nightmares!) so I use that space much more efficiently for keeping track of kilometres etc.
The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given? Hmm, probably from one of my patients who turned around and counselled me (role reversal much?) just before the half marathon. She said just live in the moment. You can’t change what happens next so just be present and enjoy the now. Love it.
My favourite random quote has to be Woody Allen ‘life is a sexually transmitted disease’. Can’t really argue with that 🙂
HAHA….okay that quote is the best, i’m so gonna steal it! and i’m the exact same way, i don’t even want to take a peek at tracking my expenses, i kno i’m poor, leave me alone! 😉
Awesome blog! Is your theme custom made or did you download it from somewhere? A design like yours with a few simple adjustements would really make my blog shine. Please let me know where you got your design. Thank you
Hello! Someone in my Myspace group shared this site with us so I came to take a look. I’m definitely loving the information. I’m book-marking and will be tweeting this to my followers! Great blog and fantastic design.