Archive for January 1st, 2008

It’s New Years day and I should have made some big symbolic run to mark 2008, but I didn’t. Not because I got drunk out of my gourd last night and have a whopping hangover (I did have fun and get drunk, just no gourd or hangover). I skipped the run because I’ve got a couple grueling voiceover sessions this week and the threat of a head-cold is lurking. Snot is not our friend in the recording studio, so I babied myself indoors today. Annoying though, how I feel guilty for missing the run.

I must say, it’s been a mind-twisting December. Lowell (the coach) said I didn’t need to do any tempo or speedwork before Spring Training, so I’ve been doing mostly easy miles this month. Meanwhile, my psyche’s been a real pain in the ass, teasing me with “go slower still, work on base and don’t sweat it” mixed with “No tempos or speed? You’re doomed!”

Now, I’m not exactly slacking…been keeping a mid-40s base, including strides, fartleks, and even did my first hill repeats the other day, so you’d think I’d be satisfied with myself. But no. I am actually ruining the fact that I don’t have to do tempos or speed right now, by thinking I should be doing them, anyway! So I can’t catch a break, even though I’m the one doling them out. It’s STUPID!

Lol, running is tailor-made for an angst-ridden freak like me. It presents such wild, unchartered avenues in which to nag and worry. From “I’m not doing enough, but will I be able to keep up what I’m doing?” to “when will it stop being fun?” or “how will I deal if I don’t make my goals?” These are some of my time-wasters, anyway. :?

Eh, maybe it’s just too many grey winter days (I miss the sun) or most probably these are the growing pains for my first year of running while I learn how it all works. Either way, I probably won’t relax till I add the hard workouts again and then I’ll be wishing I had it easier. Yes, I’m rambling but it’s my party, so I can.

And now let’s segue from running to my voiceover job from hell. Check out the type of shit I had to read yesterday:

… caused by Staphyloccoccus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Serratia mercescens, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Bacteroides fragilis…

120 pages of that crap. I didn’t get to look at the script until I arrived at the session. I get to do it again tomorrow and the next day. Hmmm…by Thursday I’ll be ready to run a hard tempo to Texas.