Comments on: It’s official: I’m completely effed up

By: Summer Basebuilding: Week 6 « Races Like a Girl

Summer Basebuilding: Week 6 « Races Like a Girl — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:02:19 +0000

[...] ago, before a disastrous couple of races and Rip Van Winkelian sleeping patterns necessitated an intervention. So I was a bit nervous and that expressed itself as a tiptoeing into the harder work that started [...]

By: joegarland

joegarland — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:26:51 +0000

Bummer.

By: Isn’t it ironic? « RunWestchester

Isn’t it ironic? « RunWestchester — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:14:11 +0000

[...] taking the first steps to recovery. Julie, in her typical subtle way, labeled her most-recent post, “It’s official: I’m completely effed up”; she’s making herself take a week off. Flo is finally getting over an IT-band [...]

By: TK

TK — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:37:22 +0000

Julie. You are right when you say better to be overtrained than injured. But still: ouchies. No matter the reason, having to pull back on training SUCKS. Whatever will you do with yourself? If you find yourself at loose ends, I am here, in midtown, awaiting you with a glass of red wine in hand. Or we can commiserate, or not. We could just go shopping and make fun of stupid people. That's always fun, too.

By: Robert James Reese

Robert James Reese — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:20:48 +0000

I’m sad to hear that you’re still not feeling well. I know how frustrating it can be to take some time off, but I also know how good it feels to be running healthy. Just as you’re willing to sacrifice and push through the struggles of hard training, you need to be able to push through the struggles of resting completely when your body needs it. Sounds to me like you’re making a smart move. Hope that you’re able to get to the root of all this and come back strong soon.

By: Doyle Bailey

Doyle Bailey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:49:37 +0000

Sorry about your setback. Your post made interesting reading. I was interested in the part about your use of cast iron cookware. Must be true that it supplies iron to the diet. Take care and good luck. Could not handle the chicken liver part or any other organ meat.

By: threlkeld

threlkeld — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:29:52 +0000

Graham, I love to run, but I exhausted my affection for slow running about four years ago.

Now I run (slow and otherwise) in order to run fast. Lots of people don’t enjoy training and view it as a necessary evil in order to race well. But I look forward to the two or three hard sessions a week. They are the highlights of my week in some ways. The other runs are a time to relax, clear my head, and enjoy the seasons — but those things aren’t really enough for me anymore (one reason why I refer to local 5Ks as “gateway” races.)

So while I still love running for the simple act that it is (and I am grateful that I can run) I most miss being able to run fast.

By: graham

graham — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:28:26 +0000

This might be a good time to ask yourself, “Why do I run?” Competition and tracking your progress are great. But it’s more than that. Perhaps take this time to just enjoy it for a while you body rests a bit.

By: Ewen

Ewen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:01:50 +0000

I don’t think there’s anything weird about it – you’re just out of shape, that’s all. Not worth worrying about that, just get back into shape.

Um, also, I wouldn’t go to the extreme of not running for a week – all that’s going to do is put you further out of shape. Throw the Garmin away and just run easy for 30 minutes to an hour a day. Easy running isn’t going to do you any harm – unless you’re seriously ill.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:48:35 +0000

Sorry, Julie. I’m a woman of extremes myself and I’m feeling your disappointment. I hope the 3 to 5 milers will see you through to the other side and it doesn’t take long to get there.

And I’m curious what your mileage was during your low mileage weeks and how many of these did you have the last two years.

Here’s to you surviving this and getting better, stronger.