LSD Daydreaming & Interval Runs
LSD is
runners’ favorite drug! It’s great for sightseeing, exploring new zones,
chatting with running buddies, admiring views, meditating. It’s relaxing and
energizing at the same time. But, when you mix your long run with a complex interval
workout, the going gets tough. And, when the going gets tough, the tough get
going, or get hurt. I got hurt.
When it’s more than just a crush
It
was a sunny Sunday morning of December 12th. I was looking forward
to doing this long interval running. I wanted to give my best, to test my
limits and try to go beyond them. Yes, I asked for it, I wanted it to be hard,
to be challenging, to make me regret asking for it, to make me ask myself why the
hell I am doing it, cursing that warm October evening of 2005, the day I
decided to be part of the crazy running community. Be careful what you wish
for, they say, you might regret it, they say. And they were right about it.
The
great day arrived. I was so excited I couldn’t sleep well. My workout should
have been: 20min of warm-up in the easy aerobic zone, 5 x 200m, 5 x 1000m, 5 x
200m and a cool down. It was a tough period of the year, I had some decisions
to make, a bit of pressure at work, but my focus was pretty much on that
Sunday. I had a date with that work-out. I put on the most beautiful running
clothes I have, I got pretty and I even put a bit of mascara. I wanted
everything to be impeccable, so I put a pair of compression socks and planned
my work-out on Garmin Connect.
I
was doing the second split of the last five (5x200m), I had been running for an
hour and a half, when, all of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain a few centimeters
above my ankle. The pain was so raging I couldn’t run the last 5-10m. I
walked a bit, stretched and, after a pause, I decided to continue my workout (after
all, I had already run for more than 13K and had just 600 more meters before
the cool down. The finish line was in my eyesight!). I ran just 8m of 200m when
the excruciating spasm literally made me cry, made me put my tail between my
legs and go home (link to the training).
I couldn’t walk for a few days. When I realized the
time itself won’t heal it, I went to see a doctor. The ultrasound showed 4cm
long and 1cm deep tissue damage. The antibiotics therapy didn’t help me. In a
few days I will take the Echo Doppler test and start with a laser therapy. I
really hope I will be able to run again soon because it’s running that makes me
smile, charges me up, fueling me with positivity and motivating me to try
harder, to give more. But hey, obstinacy is my second name and two lousy runningless
months won’t stop me achieve my goal! IM 70.3, I'm comming!
I've been missing you
I’ve been missing you
A lalalala long
A lalalala long long lee long long long, come on
A lalalala long
A lalalala long long lee long long long, hey-a
Daydreaming ‘bout that run
made me smile,
I knew I would be Ex-Haust-Ed
for a little while.
But before I began my run
my emotions started running wild.
I was excited
and that’s no lie.
If you’d looked in my eye-ye-ye-ye-eyes,
You’d have seen panic in my eye-yes, ooh ya.
Now got this to say to you, yeah
Boy, it really made me sweat
Sweat ‘til I could sweat no more.
I was ‘bout to cry out
but I pushed ahead some more-ore-ore.
Boy, it really made me sweat
Sweat ‘til I could sweat no more.
I was ‘bout to cry out,
but I pushed, pusched ahead some more.
A La La La La Long
A La La La La La La Long Long Lee
Long Long Long, come on!
A La La La La Long
A La La La La La La Long Long Lee
Long Long Long, ooh
So I asked myself
if I could do it or not
But the answer was
really close to get
And with a little bit of this
and a little bit of that
There comes the pain attack
My legs got tied
And that’s no lie
If you’d just looked in my eye-yes
You’d have seen the dreadful pain in my eye-eyes
Ooh yeah
(and I’ve got this to say to you)
Boy, it really made me sweat
Sweat ‘til I could sweat no more.
I was ‘bout to cry out
but I pushed ahead some more-ore-ore.
Boy, it really made me sweat
Sweat ‘til I could sweat no more.
I was ‘bout to cry out,
but I pushed, pusched ahead some more.
A La La La La Long
A La La La La La La Long Long Lee
Long Long Long, come on!
A La La La La Long
A La La La La La La Long Long Lee
Long Long Long, ooh
