Running Update

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Regular followers of my irregular updates are no doubt aware that I have disparaged the training schedule I've been "following" for the upcoming half marathon as being "pansy." Well, that's not entirely true. See it's pansy until you get towards the end, at which point you have to start doing some pretty serious runs. Since I updated to Win 7 and my palm datebook isn't as useful, I hadn't really been paying as much attention to the lengths of the runs I was supposed to be doing, confident in the fact that I was far surpassing what I needed to do. (And I was.) Today is the day I do the long run of the week, so I decided to check in on how much I was supposed to run.

Six miles, as it turns out. Next week is up to 8. Clearly things are starting to get serious. Still, six miles is roughly 10k, so it wasn't a big deal. I did decide to turn it into a gear check run, so I was fully suited up when heading out. Camelback, check. Sport jelly beans, check. New running socks, check. Lycra shorts under my normal running shorts to prevent chafing, check. New running shoes, um, need to get those and break them in on some short runs. No matter, I was good to go.

After working out the normal early run aches and pains (yes, I stretched first) things went pretty smoothly. I kept my pace down and my heart rate was about the best I've controlled it in years. My normal running loop is about 1.3 miles, and my baseline pace for it is 15 minutes per loop (a fast run is closer to 12-13). Today I was a bit slower than that, probably 15 min, 20 seconds, but I ended up running for an hour 41 minutes (a bit over 8 miles, I'm guessing) and I could probably have done more. However, I'd run out of sport beans and water by that point (I only put in 2 pints) and my stomach was feeling a bit off, so I figured I'd call it a day.

In far more important news, I've made my preliminary playlist for the actual day.

The listed mile markers assume 12 minute miles, which may well be pushing things, but it's what I'm shooting for. Here's the course map if you want to follow along at home.

Race Start
Space Mountain Theme - Dick Dale (Great countdown to actually get going.)
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Drunken Wagoneer - The Paperboys

Mile Marker 1
Spy Hunter Theme - Saliva
Rock Anthem for Saving the World - Martin O'Donnell & Micheal Salvatori
Digital Monkey (Soulico Remix) - Balkan Beat Box

Mile Marker 2
Final Combat - The Immortals
Companeros - LucasArts (A reminder I'm doing this for pride, beer, and Team Volare!)
I Know You Know - The Friendly Indians
Code Monkey - Jonathan Coulton
The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room - Walt Disney Records (Entering Disneyland about here.)
He's a Pirate - Klaus Badelt
Grim Grinning Ghosts - Barenaked Ladies

Mile Marker 3
Powerhouse (live) - Lee Press-On and the Nails
I Wanna Be Like You - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (And leaving Disneyland)
A New Game - NFL Films
TiK ToK - Ke$ha

Mile Marker 4
James Bond Theme - Moby
Kung Fu fighting (Dance Remix) - Fatboy Slim
Metro - The Vincent Black Shadow

Mile Marker 5
Queen Anne's Revenge - Flogging Molly
Espionage - Green Day
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme - Nerf Herder
If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues

Mile Marker 6
The Powerpuff Girls (End Theme) - Bis
Naturally - Selena Gomez and The Scene
Canta Per Me - Noir

Mile Marker 7
Whenever, Wherever - Shakira
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis vs JXL
Objection (Tango) - Shakira

Mile Marker 8
Mission Impossible - Moby
California Gurls - Katy Perry
Weapon Of Choice - Fatboy Slim
Batman Beyond Theme - Jon Button
The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers - Disney (I figure my music should match the mental breakdown I'll be having about here.)

Mile Marker 9
Mambo de Chocobo - Nobuo Uematsu
Yes, We Have No Bannanas - Louis Prima
Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Prima

Mile Marker 10
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python (End mental breakdown)
All Things (Just Keep Getting Better) - WideLife ft Simone Denny
Super Hero - Stereo Fuse
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

Mile Marker 11
Maelstrom - Lee Press-On and the Nails
Tank! - The Seatbelts
Johnny Q - Crazy 8's

Mile Marker 12
Mr. Pinstripe Suit - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Reptile vs Liu Kang - The Immortals

Mile Marker 13
Man With The Hex - The Atomic Fireballs (Because I can think of nothing that will push me harder at the end.)

Overtime
Back In Black - AC-DC
Drunken Lullibies - Flogging Molly
21st Century (Digital Boy) - Bad Religion
Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) - Big and Rich

Questions, comments?