pseudo_vegan
April 15th, 2005, 02:53 AM
So I did my first time-trial yesterday for my *supposed* first race-thing...it's two weeks out...and I'm having serious doubts (I've not even registered yet).
Now grant, it was the first time I ran the mapped out trail (from the website) and I was flustered and messed up...gah a plethora of things went wrong last night when I did it...things I couldn't really control but I'll whine about them nonetheless:
a.) I lost about two minutes time (stopped my watch though) to walk because I started getting *ahem* girl-cramps and I simply could NOT run; I walked them off
b.) I couldn't read the street signs b/c it was getting dark so I went a couple blocks too far west, but figured it wasn't that big of a deal since I had to walk for a spell already
c.) I forgot the last loop around and finished way too soon (like suspiciously soon), and my poor navigation/memory was confirmed when I checked the map back at the car and saw what I had missed
Okay, and not that any of those things are to fret about--I'll just run it again with the mapped more engrained in my head, and pray I don't get the girl-bends...but what really IRKS me is that my "friend" who I ran it with...he effing smoked TWO CIGARETTES earlier in the day and ran like a 7:30-mile.
He doesn't smoke very often, but he does nonetheless. I do not. He hasn't run for like two weeks. I've run every day this week and most last week and... :grr: I just don't get it. My ankle hurt pretty badly today so I skipped out on any cardio and I plan on trying the trail tomorrow.
I don't want to be bitter/angry towards this person...it's not his fault he totally schools me and I work so hard and...gah. I digress. Sorry, VB-ers...I just gotta rant because it's frustrating. Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow after I can run the correct course and get a more accurate estimate for my time/speed... ::le sigh:: :flush:
:nigel: Cheers and thanks for reading my /cry all day!
Now grant, it was the first time I ran the mapped out trail (from the website) and I was flustered and messed up...gah a plethora of things went wrong last night when I did it...things I couldn't really control but I'll whine about them nonetheless:
a.) I lost about two minutes time (stopped my watch though) to walk because I started getting *ahem* girl-cramps and I simply could NOT run; I walked them off
b.) I couldn't read the street signs b/c it was getting dark so I went a couple blocks too far west, but figured it wasn't that big of a deal since I had to walk for a spell already
c.) I forgot the last loop around and finished way too soon (like suspiciously soon), and my poor navigation/memory was confirmed when I checked the map back at the car and saw what I had missed
Okay, and not that any of those things are to fret about--I'll just run it again with the mapped more engrained in my head, and pray I don't get the girl-bends...but what really IRKS me is that my "friend" who I ran it with...he effing smoked TWO CIGARETTES earlier in the day and ran like a 7:30-mile.
He doesn't smoke very often, but he does nonetheless. I do not. He hasn't run for like two weeks. I've run every day this week and most last week and... :grr: I just don't get it. My ankle hurt pretty badly today so I skipped out on any cardio and I plan on trying the trail tomorrow.
I don't want to be bitter/angry towards this person...it's not his fault he totally schools me and I work so hard and...gah. I digress. Sorry, VB-ers...I just gotta rant because it's frustrating. Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow after I can run the correct course and get a more accurate estimate for my time/speed... ::le sigh:: :flush:
:nigel: Cheers and thanks for reading my /cry all day!