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Three days in a row, not quite four

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I have always said that in order to get back into running as a habit that you need to do four days in a row. This seems to gear the mind (at least for me anyway) to continue to run. It sets the pattern or habit that all runners need to keep going. Well I only managed to run three days in a row before I took a couple days off. I guess it is up to me to start that four day run period again. So today I think I will do a shortish run as I have rehearsal tonight. If I exhaust myself before I rehears I get really tired and have had a little trouble with the fingerings. I think this is as close to the ms fatigue thing that I have seen in my ms life.

I have become a real wimp about the rain, or I guess I should say I have become lazy about it and use it as an excuse not to run. How lame is that? An Oregon runner who won’t run in the rain. I need to get over that pronto. Then again we have dry weather ahead so maybe I’ll just wait it out.

Next week I will be running in AZ as I am heading down there for my niece’s graduation. I always seem to be able to get running in when I am down there. With the heat all I have to do is wake up early enough to do it. I will!

Busy week just in time for a needed break

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Its been three days since I have run. Part of me is dieing to get out and hit the streets, but another part of me is relishing the rest. I have been feeling particularly fatigues lately which I attribute more to over-training rather than the dreaded (and often spoken of) ms fatigue. But I suppose it could easily be a part of things. Still I think the hard training is making itself known and it is angry! Well not that angry, but certainly it is speaking out loudly enough so that I am listening. The great thing is I have had a very busy set of days and it promises to stay busy for at least a few more. So I am skeptical that I will run soon. Though I could get up early and get a run in tomorrow, maybe a short one as I have band rehearsal later that evening and don’t want to be too tired (running before rehearsal/concerts is a bad idea for me, I get too tired to concentrate on the notes!)

I am reading Matt Fitzgerald’s new book called The Runner’s Edge. It focuses on a scientific approach to training using heart rate and pace analysis. I am curious to see what I can pull from it. It looks like it will contain some good advice about refining what I have been doing lately with HR training. I am hoping that the specifics are worth the time. So far the reading has been very breezy as he talks about the watches and monitors. I feel like I am flying through it. The upcoming sections are supposed to talk about specific zones of training for specific performance increases. I’ll let you know.