Training: Higdon week 3

      This week my training was all over the place. I did miss a few workouts, and I have already altered my plan for the up and coming week in order to take that into effect. I also was sure not to overload myself just to make up for one week.  That is one huge mistake people make and I have made that same mistake. You start to get down on yourself for missing some workouts and then you crunch everything into a small period of time, and the damage is way worst than the benefit. So this upcoming week will be just a bit more intense.
      What can I say about winter at this point except I am over it. I am done logging onto Facebook and seeing people update the weather like the rest of us don't know what is going on. I am tired of seeing pictures of peoples car temperatures. I am flat out just tired of winter.  You will never hear me complain about the heat, but these cold temps. are killing my runs. This week was all treadmill workouts, and I can not stand the treadmill. 

So this is how this week went down for me: 

MONDAY: 3 miles 26:34 and a shoulder workout.  One thing I have noticed is even though Monday, Wednesday, and Friday's are usually only 3 miles, my casual pace had dropped in this short amount of time on this plan.  I am now going sub 9 minute miles and I am hardly breaking a sweat.  I feel really good on these runs and I am now starting to believe that if you work on the short runs the long runs will really benefit.

TUESDAY: My workout called for a hill workout, but I had free passes to go see McFarland.  You can read my review that is a  few post's back.  I highly recommend you go see this movie. I am already putting this in my top 10 list.

 

WEDNESDAY: 3 miles in 26:38. I also did a arm and ab workout. 

 

THURSDAY: 30 minute tempo run.  I broke the run up into 10 minute sections. I ran the first 10 minutes at a 9:13 pace then I dropped down to a 7:10 pace for the next ten minutes and finished back at a 9:13 pace.   Shins were on fire for this run, and I am really dreading doing speed workouts on the treadmill. 

 

FRIDAY:  REST DAY

 

SATURDAY:I had all plans of waking up and doing a 5K at race pace.  Unfortunately on Friday when I was driving home from work my car basically kicked the bucket. Saturday morning was spent sitting at the car dealership buying a new car.  By the time I left the dealership in my new ride, the roads were a mess and cars were sliding everywhere. I couldn't even make it up my hill to get home. I had to park down the road and walk. Not the day I had in mind.

 

SUNDAY (Today): Even though my plan calls for a rest day, I am going to do some cross training. Nothing major just  some small workouts I can do around the house.

 

 

Hopefully next week I don't run into any issues like this week, and I can get in my entire workout. 

How did your week go?

What is your all time favorite sport movie?  mine is McFarland and Without Limits... 2 great running movies.

 
 
 

McFarland Review

Tuesday February 17th I was able to see a sneak preview of the movie McFarland. The Steel City Road Runners Club gave out tickets on their Saturday run that I took part in. I was really pumped to see this movie. Ever since I saw the preview I wanted to check it out. It was nice because the theatre was not crowded at all, and I got to see some of my other running friends. I thought I would give you all my review of the movie, in hopes to give you a better idea of what the movie is about and if it worth your time to go check it out.

THE PLOT: Based on the true story, Kevin Costner plays Jim White a former Football coached who is forced to take a job in the small, mainly Hispanic community of McFarland, California. While teaching Phys. Ed. Class White notices that some of his students are particularly fast. After some convincing he is able to get 7 of them to commit to starting a cross country team. Besides dealing with no experience of running White also has to deal with the students working in the fields to help their families survive. White is able to turn the group of talented young men into champions, and leaves behind a legacy that is still holding true today.

NOTES ABOUT MOVIE: The movie was partially filmed in the town of McFarland.

Three of the main actors were actually guys from the town of McFarland, and this was their first film.

In the movie it never says any of the rival schools runner’s names, but apparently there was a few runners that went on to have really good running careers.


MY REVIEW: First I will say I think Disney always does a great job with any sport movie they make and this one was no different. From start to finish I was interested in the movie, and never found my mind starting to drift away from the film. The movie had just the right amount of humor to add to the drama. The film may have been predictable to some degree, but at no point was I upset about the outcome. Like any movie there is a few unpredictable parts that make it great. Besides the running aspect the film teaches some valuable lessons, never judge a book by its cover, believe in yourself and the people around you, and sometimes you can find happiness in the least expected place. On a scale of 1-10, I am going to give this movie an 8. I highly recommend you go check it out, and as I found out from taking Amanda with me, you don’t need to be a runner to enjoy this film.