#workout fails --> go here

[cinco]

Mar 30, 2014 22:20:20 GMT -5 clseale said:

Well considering my weekend workouts were sick, sick, and sick/but tried, I'm just a big heap of failure over here. Didn't even start 2/3 of my workouts. Although my 5 miles somehow winded up being an 8:08 pace, but the 5 miles is the failure. I tried!  

Mar 30, 2014 13:20:40 GMT -5 cinco said:

I did nothing today! This was the first thing to show up on my FB feed this morning (courtesy of RW) "Anyone can train hard. Do you have the discipline to recover?" - Lauren Fleshman
When Lauren talks, I listen. Hello taper.

It's a well earned rest. Rock this taper!

i actually thought of you today during my 5, sad, wheezing, snot-filled, miles. Lol Weird, right? I was thinking about a fall full, and the fact that it was almost April. Then I realized that exactly one year from this weekend, I'll hopefully be knocking out a final long run before my Boston taper....which of course made me smile when I realized that all of our tough Boston girls were out this weekend nailing their final big runs!  


I then took my pathetic, sniffling, self home. Lol It's a good thing I didn't have 22 on my schedule this weekend. 

I hope you are feeling better. I always get a little emotional on my last long run of a cycle, but it seems to hit me extra hard in a Boston cycle. I am so excited for all the first timers this year and next! 

[skwcm80]

Mar 31, 2014 8:29:26 GMT -5 clseale said:

Mar 31, 2014 8:21:49 GMT -5 wannabe said:

you've done this before?  my biggest fear is (having not been a runner prior to a couple of years ago - like, at all) that i won't be able to get back into it.  i don't want to lose the progress i made, yet i don't have the desire to go out there much anymore

When this happens to me, any of the following help.

1) Back off of volume. (Sounds like you are doing this.)
2) Leave the watch at home.
3) New running route. This one makes a huge difference to me. 
4) Plan a fun run. Do you have a group you run with? My group will plan a run, followed by brunch. My favorite thing do to (this accomplishes 3 & 4) is to plan a beach run. We normally run downtown along the river, but once it hits this time of year, we run at the beach, and follow it up with mimosas & coffee on the sand. 

Basically, take the "have to" pressure off of yourself, and mix it up a bit. 

I want to hang out with guys, mimosas on the beach sounds like heaven.

*stupid landlocked Indiana *

[mainewifey]

Yesterday I headed straight for the gym after work. I get there planning to run 30 minutes, then swim for as long of a distance as I ran, what ever that distance is (up to 2 miles)

There are no available lockers
I forgot my socks
I forgot my regular earbuds and had to wear my short cord underwater ones
I had crazy bad period cramps

Made it 17 minutes and quit running, the squishy shoes, and having my iPod clipped to the shoulder of my tank was driving me bananas.

Go back to locker room, this time I get a locker

Realize my swim suit has bleached marks on it
There are people milling about in the lanes
Girl aqua-sizing on the wall keeps trying to talk to me, even though I'm wearing headphones and obviously swimming sets
Random children are darting back and forth in the lanes

Quit after .5 miles and a few sprint sets

Get back into locker room, locker is jammed.

Go home, take nap.

[Deleted]

Instead of going to the gym at all today I'm going to Opening Day and eating hotdogs and drinking beer. Does that count as a #workoutfail?

[Deleted]

Instead of going to the gym at all today I'm going to Opening Day and eating hotdogs and drinking beer. Does that count as a #workoutfail?

[rfs13]

Mar 31, 2014 8:21:49 GMT -5 wannabe said:

Mar 31, 2014 7:39:19 GMT -5 rfs13 said:

I am in this same boat.  Running has been a real struggle for me the past couple of months and I think after my half at the end of April, I'm shelving running for a while.  Sometimes I need to let it go to rekindle my love for it.

you've done this before?  my biggest fear is (having not been a runner prior to a couple of years ago - like, at all) that i won't be able to get back into it.  i don't want to lose the progress i made, yet i don't have the desire to go out there much anymore

yes and I'm not going to lie, it's hard to not get discouraged upon starting again because you think, "man, I remember when 6 or 7 miles was a breeze" as you are slowly getting back into it. 

[andrealynn]

My running buddy was not feeling well yesterday for our pool running session, so we only did about 45 minutes... and every slowly. Then we sat in the hot tub for a while.

[house]

Blah I was all motivated to get a routine down but I haven't done anything since my last workout mentioned in my first post here. DH went out of town Friday and so I had the kid whole weekend. DH just came back last night. Our gym doesn't do baby sitting on weekends so I couldn't go. The weather was so nice yesterday but I had to go to work since I work retail part time. I just finished my lunch and I just want to go take a nap.

[skwcm80]

Mar 31, 2014 11:39:52 GMT -5 @vtcupcake said:

Mar 31, 2014 9:00:08 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

I want to hang out with guys, mimosas on the beach sounds like heaven.

*stupid landlocked Indiana *

We will do Mimosas on the beach of the Gold Coast after Ragnar. Promise

Yay!! I'm holding you to that.

[Brit]

Mar 31, 2014 9:00:08 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

Mar 31, 2014 8:29:26 GMT -5 clseale said:

When this happens to me, any of the following help.

1) Back off of volume. (Sounds like you are doing this.)
2) Leave the watch at home.
3) New running route. This one makes a huge difference to me. 
4) Plan a fun run. Do you have a group you run with? My group will plan a run, followed by brunch. My favorite thing do to (this accomplishes 3 & 4) is to plan a beach run. We normally run downtown along the river, but once it hits this time of year, we run at the beach, and follow it up with mimosas & coffee on the sand. 

Basically, take the "have to" pressure off of yourself, and mix it up a bit. 

I want to hang out with guys, mimosas on the beach sounds like heaven.

*stupid landlocked Indiana *

Go to Chicago to the 'beach'? Um, when it gets warm?

[skwcm80]

Mar 31, 2014 12:19:12 GMT -5 Brit said:

Mar 31, 2014 9:00:08 GMT -5 skwcm80 said:

I want to hang out with guys, mimosas on the beach sounds like heaven.

*stupid landlocked Indiana *

Go to Chicago to the 'beach'? Um, when it gets warm?

I'm from MD, it doesn't count if it isn't the ocean.

[itsme]

Mar 30, 2014 11:21:48 GMT -5 mandiespharm said:

I fell on my last 24" box jump this morning and scrapped both my shins up

I am terrified of this happening. 

[mandiespharm]

Mar 31, 2014 12:36:40 GMT -5 itsme said:

Mar 30, 2014 11:21:48 GMT -5 mandiespharm said:

I fell on my last 24" box jump this morning and scrapped both my shins up

I am terrified of this happening. 

Sucks. It was my last one on my 5th set so #50. At least I know I can do 20" in my sleep now.

[agswife]

I had everything ready to get up at 5am to run or go to the gym this morning. DD decided that she would only sleep if I was holding her last night (if I wasn't, she was SCREAMING bloody murder . . . the kind of scream that makes the neighbors call CPS.) I'm exhausted. No run/gym tonight, either.

[emuni04]

Mar 30, 2014 11:00:33 GMT -5 Brit said:

I ran one mile and just couldn't. I'm walking home. It was SO hard. WTH?

LOL, I had a day like this last week. I started running for MAYBE 5 minutes and was just like, "um, no." 

[emuni04]

I feel like my workout tonight is over before it even happened. I just got back from a vacation with a 16 month old. I need a vacation from vacation.

[MrsE]

I forgot my freaking socks today. Hopefully it will not impact my workout per se, but DANG IT!

[MrsE]

I forgot my freaking socks today. Hopefully it will not impact my workout per se, but DANG IT!