Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Trash Clean Up

Today was my long run but it was also a run that I decided to do a challenge from the Daily Challenge group in the DailyMile website.
The Daily Mile is a great website for runners. What attracted me to it was the "Map It" feature that allows you to map where you run. I use it to plan my runs. *It doesn't help when I forget what street I'm supposed to turn down!*
They also have a Groups section. I joined a group called "Daily Challenge." It's really a weekly challenge that you're supposed to do every day.
This week's challenge is titled "Clean Up!" And it challenges you to pick trash up as you run.
It was impossible for me to clean up all the trash I approached. At first I limited it to plastic water bottles since we all know how bad they are. But then they started taking over my bag. So eventually I had to limit myself to smaller things, like lowering the overabundance of cigarette packs.
It was also very awkward to hold the bag. At first I was embarrassed but then I repeated my newest mantra, "Let me listen to me and not to them"and it was all good.


I found three of these (okay, 2 were in my hallway). This was a last ditch effort for Republican Richard Irvin to win the votes for mayor. He lost to incumbent Democrat Tom Weisner.







The trash I found. It's only a 16th of what was on the road.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Training Schedule 2009

My training schedule will be as follows:
  • Monday-Strength Training(ST) & Medium Run(Med)
  • Tuesday-ST & Short Speed Run (Speed)
  • Wednesday-ST & Speed
  • Thursday-Med
  • Friday-Off
  • Saturday-Speed
  • Sunday-Long Run

I figure that I can increase the mileage as I go.
For example, this week I will be doing 3 miles as my speed runs, 4 miles as my medium runs, and 5 miles will be my long run. Next week will be 4, 5, 6. And so on. My speed runs will be either a fast run, or fartlek training.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Just Run

One of my favorite bands, The Dresden Dolls, has a song called "Sing."
I love to hear this song while I run because I always fit the word "Sing" in with "Run." I change some other words around to fit and it works really well.
*When you're running for a while, or when your run really sucks, you tend to get creative!*

So for your pleasure, "Run"


There is this thing that's like working except you don't work
Back in the day it just went without saying at all
All the world's history gradually dying of shock
There is thing that's like
walking except you don't walk
You run
You run

Run for the bartender
run
for the janitor
run
Run for the cameras
run for the animals

run
Run for the children shooting the children
run Run for the teachers who told you that you couldn't run Just run

There is thing keeping everyone's lungs and hips locked
It is called fear and it's seeing a great renaissance
After the race you can not
run wherever you want
But for now lets all pretend that we're gonna get bombed
So
run
Run cause its obvious
run
for the astronauts
run
Run for the president
run
for the terrorists
run Run for the soccer team
run for the janjaweed
run
Run for the kid with the legs that refuse to run Just run
Life is no marathon
We don't care what you say
We're inviting you anyway
You motherfuckers you'll
run someday...