March 13th, 2008
Did a short 3 with strides today as a taper for Saturday, using my new-found “belly breathing” method from yesterday’s post. I think this is for me – felt like I was getting more air into my body and it had a sense of relaxation to it. And need I say? No cramp.
An interesting bit of useless information is that while I usually run with a 2-2 pattern (2 steps inhale, 2 exhale…not because I’m trying, it’s just something I notice), I realized today that by focusing on the exhale, I was exhaling 3 and inhaling 2, which was kind of weird.
I’d like to have tried it for longer and with a chunk of speed beyond strides, but I’m trying to behave taperwise, so today’s taste will have to do.
Tomorrow I rest and then a little racy-poo on Saturday. Fun, fun fun!
Late Edit: Read Dave’s comment in Light Bulb Moments for a very cool addition about breathing.
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Flo: Glad to hear you had good results with the “belly breathing”. I hope to have some discipline with this in my marathon in two weeks. It is so easy to get lazy with breathing form after 3 or 4 hours, (besides losing focus every time a good looking female runner passes me).
Speaking of that, when are you going to do a race in my neck of the woods?
Race and Poo, never a good combination.
Tobey, ya big flirt! I say you come over to my neck of the woods because we’re going to have some great FEs coming up. The PDR in September will be a blast and there’s always Steamtown (because you know you need another marathon to do in October, right?).
Hey, two weeks now, huh? Woohoo!! Best of luck to you, can’t wait to hear how it goes.
Bruce, good point. I rescind my poo and hopefully will not replace it with a racy-pee, which I’ve been known to do in trace amounts as I near the finish line. Ah, the benefits of aging.
Sure glad you shared that last tidbit with us Flo!
I consider it my civic duty.
Thanks, I have learned that you dont know the meaning of TMI.
If I was the only babe this happens to, I’d think twice about publicizing it. As it is, I am here to let my fellow aged runner chicks know they are not alone. Besides, I hafta read about you guys’ bloody nipples and frozen man-packages – it’s all part of the beauty that is Running.
Hah, you said man packages! I have found that running, like golf, works better when your balls are warm!