You wil do what I say when I say
"BACK IN THE POOL (tribute to Metallica and DISPOSABLE HEROES)"
Bodies fill the lanes I see, hungry swimmers end
No one to play sucker now, no one to pretend
Flailing blind through waves and froth, bred to follow all
Victim of what said should be, a servant 'til I fall
Potato boy, made of clay, now, an empty shell
forty one, silly son but he served us well
Bred to swim, not to care, do just as we say
Wallowing here, watery death, he?s yours to take away
Back in the pool, you will do what I say, when I say
Back in the pool, you will die when I say, you must die
Back in the pool, you dumbass
You servant, you land man
Barking of other swimmers ire, does nothing to me now
Swallowing mouth fulls of H2O, get used to it somehow
More a man, more laps you make, glory seeker trends
Bodies fill the lakes I see, the stupidity never ends
Potato boy, made of clay, now, an empty shell
Forty one, silly son but he served us well
Bred to sink, not to float, do just as we say
Wallowing here, watery death, he?s yours to take away
Back in the Pool, you will do what I say, when I say
Back in the Pool, you will swim when I say, you must swim
Back in the Pool, you deadweight
You servant, you land man
Why, am I swimming?
SWIM, have no fear
SINK, Useless trying
Hell, hell is here
Why, am I trying?
Swim, have no fear
SINK, endless trying
Hell, hell is here
I was born for swimming
Wife planned out before my birth, nothing could I say
Had no chance to see myself, molded day by day
Looking back I realize, nothing have I done
Left to swim with only fear, alone I have the runs
Potato boy, made of clay, now, an empty shell
Forty one, silly son but he served us well
Bred to swim, not to care, do just as we say
Wallowing here, watery death, he?s yours to take away
Back in the Pool, you will do what I say, when I say
Back in the Pool, you will swim when I say, you must swim
Back in the Pool, you carcus
You servant, you land man
Back in the Pool
Back in the Pool
Back in the Pool
Back in the Pool
I have to say I love this song and the memories it brings back. Alsa I could not stay a "Beavis" forever. I had to grow up, cut my hair, and quit smoking someday. I guess it is not bad being a non-smoker but I still think about it now and again. It is pretty cool being able to swim a half mile and call that a "average to weak workout".
Smile Pretty.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Are Shin Splints Inspirational?
Okay so now I have had them I don’t need to have them anymore. They can go away anytime. While I love the local trail’s I have 15 minutes from my house, the trail running is almost never on flat ground. This makes it a challenge to maintain good Chi Running form. This last two hour run I had to really focus on loosening my legs and a back while keeping good form. It felt better than the first two hour run. I was mostly trying to keep the achy shin splint and achy back from hurting more as I ran. When I have the form correct I don’t have these problems but having it correct is easier said than done.
I increased my running time and added trail running versus road running. This is the direct reason why I am experiencing pain at this point. The problem is my inpatient mind wanting to write checks my slow body is not prepared for. This is not following the practice of gradual progress that my mentor prescribed. So listening to my body last week meant resting and it looks like listening to my body this week will also mean resting. Then next weekend I will try a road run so I can really focus on my form. This is a mental challenge.
One of the mental challenges is when I have to take several days in a row off. I feel like I lose my momentum and the questions changes from “When am I going to exercise today?” to “Am I going to exercise today?” and that is not how I want the questions to be. I want to ask myself “When” not “If”. If is bad and when is good.
Another thing about having shin splints is that they inform me where I need to focus in my form practice. Per the Chi Running book if you relax your feet and ankles and keep your lean correctly you can eliminate shin splints. They inspire me to work on holding better form. Of course I am inspired by many strange things. I am inspired when I hear ordinary people doing extraordinary things. I am not inspired by suffering, anyone can do that.
I will never be at the top of this running game; but, if I can be in the game it would be enough for me. If I can compete and finish as a triathlete on August 7th then I will meet my goal I set a year before. My goals are changing and evolving as I am transforming from Couch Potato. I think I am driven more now, I ran five miles plus with some sort of ache for the last 4 runs I have done. What that means too me is that I don’t want to stop anymore. I am not really looking to sit down A.S.A.P. anymore. I recognize there is as much a shift in my head to become a triathelete as there is a shift in my body.
I am grateful that I have scrubbed my brain clean enough to allow myself the ability to evolve into this new person. Into this young athlete trapped in a 40 year olds body. So many people I know don’t seem to give themselves the freedom to change into something they have not been before.
And YET I still have not swum the lake. I have swum the distance (twice the distance in fact) but mentally swimming the lake is the final question mark. That is a bit freaky even talking about it. Swum does not look like a real word!
I am still a work in progress. Fatherhood reminds me I am far from finished and I have more work to do on myself almost every day.
I increased my running time and added trail running versus road running. This is the direct reason why I am experiencing pain at this point. The problem is my inpatient mind wanting to write checks my slow body is not prepared for. This is not following the practice of gradual progress that my mentor prescribed. So listening to my body last week meant resting and it looks like listening to my body this week will also mean resting. Then next weekend I will try a road run so I can really focus on my form. This is a mental challenge.
One of the mental challenges is when I have to take several days in a row off. I feel like I lose my momentum and the questions changes from “When am I going to exercise today?” to “Am I going to exercise today?” and that is not how I want the questions to be. I want to ask myself “When” not “If”. If is bad and when is good.
Another thing about having shin splints is that they inform me where I need to focus in my form practice. Per the Chi Running book if you relax your feet and ankles and keep your lean correctly you can eliminate shin splints. They inspire me to work on holding better form. Of course I am inspired by many strange things. I am inspired when I hear ordinary people doing extraordinary things. I am not inspired by suffering, anyone can do that.
I will never be at the top of this running game; but, if I can be in the game it would be enough for me. If I can compete and finish as a triathlete on August 7th then I will meet my goal I set a year before. My goals are changing and evolving as I am transforming from Couch Potato. I think I am driven more now, I ran five miles plus with some sort of ache for the last 4 runs I have done. What that means too me is that I don’t want to stop anymore. I am not really looking to sit down A.S.A.P. anymore. I recognize there is as much a shift in my head to become a triathelete as there is a shift in my body.
I am grateful that I have scrubbed my brain clean enough to allow myself the ability to evolve into this new person. Into this young athlete trapped in a 40 year olds body. So many people I know don’t seem to give themselves the freedom to change into something they have not been before.
And YET I still have not swum the lake. I have swum the distance (twice the distance in fact) but mentally swimming the lake is the final question mark. That is a bit freaky even talking about it. Swum does not look like a real word!
I am still a work in progress. Fatherhood reminds me I am far from finished and I have more work to do on myself almost every day.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Hey whats up
Hey what’s up? I didn’t quit training I just forgot to write for awhile. I have been running and in fact I made the foolish decision to run a longer race. That has required me to up my training runs and to really focus on running more than the other two.
The longer race is called Sun Mountain 25K which = 15 miles. That will be on Father’s Day so I really don’t have time to waste.
I have never run 15 miles and this will be a trail run in heat with a mountain in the way. It proves my “stupidity of three” theory. Which if something is stupid do it 3 times? Wait I think that’s a rule of comedy not stupidity. Doh! Seriously I am just following Seth who says I can do it. Because he did it last year so he is proving the misery loves company idea. Especially in running, that is how I got out here in the first place.
So once I realized the most I have run is 5 miles and the race will be 3 times that I decided to switch my training goals from miles to time. I predict it will take me 3 hours + running to complete the 15 miles. SO last week I started increasing my time on my runs from 60 – 70 minutes to 90 minutes. Then last weekend I did my first 120 minutes. Ohhh that smarts! I still feel that one and it is Thursday. At this point in time I cannot imagine running for 3 hours. I am scared to think how I will feel during that.
During the two hour run I really wanted to stop. I was no longer enjoying it after 90 minutes and really did not think I could make it. But I did make it. Like a phoenix shooting out of the flames. No that is not the analogy I would use. More like a Cockroach crawling out of the rubble. At any rate this week I did my first short run on Monday which was 60 minutes and I hope I did another 60 minutes today. Ran today at lunch and my back is still buggin. I know I can run through it but I need to figure out what I am doing wrong.
It feels good to know I ran 10 miles and I ran for 2 hours straight but I think it will feel better after I forget how it felt. I have described this place before but I am currently in the “prove it” place. I did the 120 minutes once and so the next time I need to “prove it” to myself that I can do it again. It is a strange way my brain works, inside my head is a cold dark place. My training schedule is to run a couple short runs during the week and one long run going from 120 to 140 to 160 to 180 and then ease off the two weeks before the real deal.
I can’t simulate the heat I am going to face or the Mountain elevation gain but Oh well. I think it is safe to quote Armegeddon “The scariest environment imaginable.”
Swimming is doing okay but I am frustrated at not making much progress. I mean I still have a challenge when I breathe because it throws my rhythm off and causes me to be very inefficient. I feel like I have not made any progress in the pool in awhile.
Biking is on hold until I can get my clip in shoes. One more paycheck and I should be able to get them. I will put more into the biking after the Sun Mt. run
It is surprising how much of this is a mental challenge while I am running. I hit this point of self doubt on every run where the voice in my head is telling me all sorts of excuses and crazy stuff. Fighting off that doubt is this little voice of "Yes I can." Funny because most of the time 90% I complete every run I set out to do. I never thought I would run a mile and half and I did it. Inever thought I would run the Heggenes hill and I did it. I never thought I could run 5 miles and I did it. Hell I did more than that at lunch today. Still even with all these little victories I have to have the same discussion every run.
"I can stop in a minute"
"Your not even half way you probably won't make it."
"You've done this before you don't need to do it again."
"You hate this and have done a lot so you should stop."
This usually goes on about the 3-4 mile mark and can last awhile. Even when you tell yourself you can't do it. Nobody says you have to listen.
Well now that I am running much farther I get a whole new experience.
I have met the monster who lives behind all this self doubt. He a comes out of his cave about the 90 mark and this time he is serious. After 100 minutes he doesn't go away he stays with you. Dancing with the beast and soon, real soon I need to learn to become friends with the beast because we have a ways to go yet. Miles to go before I sleep.
Talk to you soon.
The longer race is called Sun Mountain 25K which = 15 miles. That will be on Father’s Day so I really don’t have time to waste.
I have never run 15 miles and this will be a trail run in heat with a mountain in the way. It proves my “stupidity of three” theory. Which if something is stupid do it 3 times? Wait I think that’s a rule of comedy not stupidity. Doh! Seriously I am just following Seth who says I can do it. Because he did it last year so he is proving the misery loves company idea. Especially in running, that is how I got out here in the first place.
So once I realized the most I have run is 5 miles and the race will be 3 times that I decided to switch my training goals from miles to time. I predict it will take me 3 hours + running to complete the 15 miles. SO last week I started increasing my time on my runs from 60 – 70 minutes to 90 minutes. Then last weekend I did my first 120 minutes. Ohhh that smarts! I still feel that one and it is Thursday. At this point in time I cannot imagine running for 3 hours. I am scared to think how I will feel during that.
During the two hour run I really wanted to stop. I was no longer enjoying it after 90 minutes and really did not think I could make it. But I did make it. Like a phoenix shooting out of the flames. No that is not the analogy I would use. More like a Cockroach crawling out of the rubble. At any rate this week I did my first short run on Monday which was 60 minutes and I hope I did another 60 minutes today. Ran today at lunch and my back is still buggin. I know I can run through it but I need to figure out what I am doing wrong.
It feels good to know I ran 10 miles and I ran for 2 hours straight but I think it will feel better after I forget how it felt. I have described this place before but I am currently in the “prove it” place. I did the 120 minutes once and so the next time I need to “prove it” to myself that I can do it again. It is a strange way my brain works, inside my head is a cold dark place. My training schedule is to run a couple short runs during the week and one long run going from 120 to 140 to 160 to 180 and then ease off the two weeks before the real deal.
I can’t simulate the heat I am going to face or the Mountain elevation gain but Oh well. I think it is safe to quote Armegeddon “The scariest environment imaginable.”
Swimming is doing okay but I am frustrated at not making much progress. I mean I still have a challenge when I breathe because it throws my rhythm off and causes me to be very inefficient. I feel like I have not made any progress in the pool in awhile.
Biking is on hold until I can get my clip in shoes. One more paycheck and I should be able to get them. I will put more into the biking after the Sun Mt. run
It is surprising how much of this is a mental challenge while I am running. I hit this point of self doubt on every run where the voice in my head is telling me all sorts of excuses and crazy stuff. Fighting off that doubt is this little voice of "Yes I can." Funny because most of the time 90% I complete every run I set out to do. I never thought I would run a mile and half and I did it. Inever thought I would run the Heggenes hill and I did it. I never thought I could run 5 miles and I did it. Hell I did more than that at lunch today. Still even with all these little victories I have to have the same discussion every run.
"I can stop in a minute"
"Your not even half way you probably won't make it."
"You've done this before you don't need to do it again."
"You hate this and have done a lot so you should stop."
This usually goes on about the 3-4 mile mark and can last awhile. Even when you tell yourself you can't do it. Nobody says you have to listen.
Well now that I am running much farther I get a whole new experience.
I have met the monster who lives behind all this self doubt. He a comes out of his cave about the 90 mark and this time he is serious. After 100 minutes he doesn't go away he stays with you. Dancing with the beast and soon, real soon I need to learn to become friends with the beast because we have a ways to go yet. Miles to go before I sleep.
Talk to you soon.
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