learning things (two)

By ddfdss   12:35 AM   8 comments  

February 26th 2017 

woooo blogpost #2 which means cycle two is over which means we're all getting closer to the final destination which means I'm slowly falling deeper into depression each passing day.
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Many people have questioned me about the reasons for running in the morning. They bring up a valid point. Why to heck would I wake up an hour earlier if I really don't need to?? Why would I do those things to myself? A few things on this topic:

1. Track happens everyday after school, so doing that and then running right after doesn't seem like a very good idea
2. HOWEVER ^^^^ we're in off-season for this coming week, so I will be running after school rather than before.
3. Lastly, I did some research (wow good job) and stumbled upon a few things that caught my eye. Your core body temperature is lowest when you first wake up, but this would really only be useful in the summer months, as there is no fear of overheating at anytime during the day currently. Also, running in the morning is the best time to run when looking to burn fat because you'll be burning fat as fuel for the most part, rather than carbs (not really looking to lose weight, though). SO basically running in the morning in the winter is just a timing thing for me. I don't really have much time after school to run, and running in the morning is simply more convenient.

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Friday Run

just a fun little before and after picture of my run this past Friday. It was about 72 degrees and honestly I couldn't have asked for any better weather. The run was pretty enjoyable, and it was my best run by far.

This was the run I completed on Friday. I ran seven miles, which actually might be the furthest I've ran ever. I did stop once to take pictures like these:

because I want to make myself look cooler than I actually am. also the campus I was running on is pretty cool, so I thought the second picture looked pretty.

This is something I've had the idea of trying out for a little while. I was trying to spell "run" during part of my run on an open field. For my first try, I think it worked out pretty well. I'll definitely try this again next time, maybe on a larger field

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Changes

I have come to realize that many changes are going to need to be made to my original schedule. I have come up with something for this coming week, I'll have a project schedule next time. As of now, for this week I plan to...

• monday: soccer practice (cross-training/muscle strength training)
• tuesday: short long run (3 mile run after school)
• wednesday: soccer practice (cross-training/muscle strength)
• thursday: longer run (5 mile run after school)
• friday: rest
• saturday: soccer tournament (speed work)
• sunday: long run (slow paced, 7/8 mile run to rid the lactic acid from my legs/arms)

The schedule I had ended up making me run every day by the end, but then I was like 

and realized that doing that would not really help me. In fact, it would probably hurt me. Rather, I need to come up with a completely new schedule, with every day focusing on something specific, whether that be longer distance, muscle strength, or muscle endurance.

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Illuminated (illuminati?)

OMG and I totally forgot that I got Knuckle Lights!!! These things are awesome. Once I get back to running in the morning they will be extremely useful in lighting up my path and allowing cars to see me. Here's how they look:

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All the Nutritions

This is going to be a very integral part of this project. I have a lot of research on it, and a lot more to research about it. I'll probably have a bonus post this cycle about this topic. Here's a little sneak peak on what's to come in that blog post.

shoutout to @BeccaDolfman for getting me this

blender bottle for my birthday a few weeks ago!

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sadly, that's all I got for this blog post. DoNT cry though!! I'll be back in a few days to talk about nutrition. see you then!

gotta blast.