So It's been about two weeks since I started training. I haven't been keeping a good record of what I've been running, which I really need to do, but I think I've done around fifty three miles over the past two weeks. Crazy to think that I'll need to be doing more than that every week. I had hoped this blog would help me to keep track of what I was running every day, but I've been way too into actually doing things to update this.
My father used to run marathons and biathlons when he was younger so he gave me some training schedules to follow. All of them are about four or five months long so I've still got a month or two before I need to do this for serious serious and I think I'm going to enjoy doing this for fake serious for a little while. Giving myself a little leeway (cue Marathon) here and there and running more for the fun of it rather than as a chore.
I got a new mp3 player, which absolutely rules. It's a massive 2GB, but to me, who has been using a 250MB player for the past four/five years, it actually is massive. It's crazy to me that I can put more than four albums on it at one time. It's crazy to me that I can go out and not know what I want to hear and just skip albums until something comes on that I'm psyched to hear. Music generally makes any run better though. Today I did four miles to Blood For Blood's Living In Exile and Sheer Terror's Love Songs For The Unloved (side A). Skinhead Girl has to be the heaviest song ever written.
I'll be using this marathon running thing as a way to raise money for a really great charity. Nothing is set in stone so I shouldn't say more than that, but it's gonna rule to be doing this for a cause I care about and not just some abstract impulse I have.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
I like running. And I like punk music.
Question: What are you doing?
Answer: I'm training to run the Long Island marathon (26.2 miles) on May 4th, 2008.
Question: Why are you doing this?
Answer: Because I like to go and run for prolonged periods of time. I also like to torture myself. The two go hand in hand.
Question: No, why are you writing about it and posting it on the internet, you self-important twit?
Answer: Good question! For one, I'm anticipating a good amount of funny, odd, or just interesting things to happen during all of this running and I figure it will entertain people between stealing music and jerking off to free porn. I'm also hoping other runners will see this and comment with tips, advice, whatever, since I don't know what I am doing. And there is the off chance that I'll hit on some deep philosophy about life or junk.
Any other questions? Good, I'm not here to chit-chat.
I'm into day three of my training. Let's recap;
Tuesday, October 16th, Day 1 - Ran seven miles after work (about 9pm) without any stops. I listened to Mind Eraser's Cave, the New Lows demo, and 86 Mentality's Final Exit. It was one of those runs where no matter how much you're pushing yourself, you just don't get tired, which set off my final decision to start this whole thing. Last summer I had gotten into a bad bicycle accident which I don't think I ever properly recovered from, since I had no health insurance. Later on I had a nagging pain in my knee which I kept ignoring and further injuring until I had to stop running altogether. I had wanted to train and run a marathon for quite a while, but with the constant hindrance of my bad knee I knew it was just not possible. With my knee feeling fine I'd begun running a good amount again and after Tuesday night I knew it was time to do this for real.
Wednesday, October 17th - I was mildly surprised that I felt fine after seven miles the night before, so I went out for another six when I woke up. I ran three to a beach nearby while listening to American Nightmare's Background Music and then three back to Black Flag's Slip It In. I took a brief break in the middle and stretched on the beach to Antidote's Thou Shalt Not Kill. I forgot how great beaches on Long Island in the fall/winter can be; nobody goes there so you can be alone and appreciate your surroundings. What is best in life? Hardcore, isolation, and nature.
Thursday, October 18th - I had to go to Sayville Bike Works to get a new tube since I got a flat tire last night in some backwoods area of Oakdale. The bike shop is about two miles away so I woke up and ran there and back for a four mile run. Deathcycle and The Dicks on the way there, Ramallah on the way back. Sore as hell, but I got the job done. Running early before work has it's advantages and disadvantages. It feels more like a chore, my muscles aren't very loose, and I can't really appreciate the experience as much, but I feel like I have a lot more energy and my spirits are a lot higher the rest of the day. There are also people around, unlike at night, which is a bother. Some asshole almost ran me over by one of the many gigantic Churches in Sayville. I'm sure Jesus was pleased.
Answer: I'm training to run the Long Island marathon (26.2 miles) on May 4th, 2008.
Question: Why are you doing this?
Answer: Because I like to go and run for prolonged periods of time. I also like to torture myself. The two go hand in hand.
Question: No, why are you writing about it and posting it on the internet, you self-important twit?
Answer: Good question! For one, I'm anticipating a good amount of funny, odd, or just interesting things to happen during all of this running and I figure it will entertain people between stealing music and jerking off to free porn. I'm also hoping other runners will see this and comment with tips, advice, whatever, since I don't know what I am doing. And there is the off chance that I'll hit on some deep philosophy about life or junk.
Any other questions? Good, I'm not here to chit-chat.
I'm into day three of my training. Let's recap;
Tuesday, October 16th, Day 1 - Ran seven miles after work (about 9pm) without any stops. I listened to Mind Eraser's Cave, the New Lows demo, and 86 Mentality's Final Exit. It was one of those runs where no matter how much you're pushing yourself, you just don't get tired, which set off my final decision to start this whole thing. Last summer I had gotten into a bad bicycle accident which I don't think I ever properly recovered from, since I had no health insurance. Later on I had a nagging pain in my knee which I kept ignoring and further injuring until I had to stop running altogether. I had wanted to train and run a marathon for quite a while, but with the constant hindrance of my bad knee I knew it was just not possible. With my knee feeling fine I'd begun running a good amount again and after Tuesday night I knew it was time to do this for real.
Wednesday, October 17th - I was mildly surprised that I felt fine after seven miles the night before, so I went out for another six when I woke up. I ran three to a beach nearby while listening to American Nightmare's Background Music and then three back to Black Flag's Slip It In. I took a brief break in the middle and stretched on the beach to Antidote's Thou Shalt Not Kill. I forgot how great beaches on Long Island in the fall/winter can be; nobody goes there so you can be alone and appreciate your surroundings. What is best in life? Hardcore, isolation, and nature.
Thursday, October 18th - I had to go to Sayville Bike Works to get a new tube since I got a flat tire last night in some backwoods area of Oakdale. The bike shop is about two miles away so I woke up and ran there and back for a four mile run. Deathcycle and The Dicks on the way there, Ramallah on the way back. Sore as hell, but I got the job done. Running early before work has it's advantages and disadvantages. It feels more like a chore, my muscles aren't very loose, and I can't really appreciate the experience as much, but I feel like I have a lot more energy and my spirits are a lot higher the rest of the day. There are also people around, unlike at night, which is a bother. Some asshole almost ran me over by one of the many gigantic Churches in Sayville. I'm sure Jesus was pleased.
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