My running continues to feel the very best, which is nice because of my knee worries. Even when I signed up on September 12th, 2005, I remember saying to people that I'd do this thing even if I had to walk the (whole) marathon. I continue to have pain-free knees and the running. feels. great. If I go into my marathon feeling the euphoria of these workout runs... well, I just can't be held responsible for the speed.
School is going well; I have a new job this year as a specialist (half-time) and teacher (other half) and that is going to be interesting. I have three different versions (3 different bosses) of what I should be spending my time on. All 3 hold their own promise. My old worries of what to do post-IM are a thing of the past. I'm actually becoming enticed by the new opportunities this position will afford me. I have a lot of passions!
But, fear not. I know that I will always be an athlete. How could I not be?? Running = breathing. So tri goals post-IM:
- Get fast again. I'm going to do shorter races that won't challenge my knees. (I won't allow ibuprofen to be a food group after September 10th.)
- Win first female in a small-town 1/2 marathon that I won 3 years ago.
- Place in the top three women in an Olympic distance tri that I've been doing for 8 years.
- Have fun on the track again. I actually (masochistically?) enjoy interval workouts. My favorites: Mile repeats with 800s to recover in between.
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"Tortoise" my butt. You're fast. Nothing wrong with the track. I missed those speed workouts this year. My favorite workouts are 200s.
No offense, but 800 recovery sounds a bit much for mile repeats. I guess it depends on how fast you run the recovery portion.
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