Comments on: I’m a wreck! http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/ Honey Bowtie Music blog: where sticky songs meet (occasionally) overdressed ideas. Sweet. Fri, 18 May 2012 19:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: kateo http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/#comment-32 kateo Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:00:09 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/#comment-32 I've run every day for the past six months (minus one or two here and there), but I do vary the intensity. My "rest" days are when I do slow 1 or 2 milers. I don't like to take days off completely from running, but I do recognize the restorative value of taking it easy on alternating days. But we're talking about a lot of muscle downtime! I did 3 hilly miles on Sunday and 4 hilly miles on Monday, I didn't run at all Tuesday, did a slow 2 miles on Wednesday, and I was <em>still</em> feeling sluggish this morning. So I sure hope my legs appreciate the rest, and they'd better be ready to push it tomorrow morning. ;-) I’ve run every day for the past six months (minus one or two here and there), but I do vary the intensity. My “rest” days are when I do slow 1 or 2 milers. I don’t like to take days off completely from running, but I do recognize the restorative value of taking it easy on alternating days.

But we’re talking about a lot of muscle downtime! I did 3 hilly miles on Sunday and 4 hilly miles on Monday, I didn’t run at all Tuesday, did a slow 2 miles on Wednesday, and I was still feeling sluggish this morning. So I sure hope my legs appreciate the rest, and they’d better be ready to push it tomorrow morning. ;-)

]]> By: krasota http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/#comment-31 krasota Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:48:20 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/#comment-31 Not to mention--running on concrete/asphalt is really *not good* for one's feet/knees/hips. Adding in our hills can make it really painful. Not to mention–running on concrete/asphalt is really *not good* for one’s feet/knees/hips. Adding in our hills can make it really painful.

]]> By: klwalton http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/#comment-30 klwalton Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:59:20 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/#comment-30 Let me just take this opportunity to say, again, that it was *so* good to see you!! I've only been walking around here, and I'm sore. I don't know if that says something about how hilly it is here or how much more I have to work on staying in shape. Probably a bit of both, but I suspect more of the latter than the former :). Let me just take this opportunity to say, again, that it was *so* good to see you!!

I’ve only been walking around here, and I’m sore. I don’t know if that says something about how hilly it is here or how much more I have to work on staying in shape. Probably a bit of both, but I suspect more of the latter than the former :).

]]> By: red_frog http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/#comment-29 red_frog Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:45:58 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2003/10/30/im-a-wreck/#comment-29 There's hilly, and there's HILLY. And it is, here: we're in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. I didn't even send you along my biking route, which is able to give me a decent workout in only six miles. Are you running every day? When I was running five-mile days, I stuck to every other day at most. My body needed some time off to recover. Same thing for weights: I work out most days (okay, not this week, but I have priorities) but do not do the same muscle groups two days in a row. There’s hilly, and there’s HILLY. And it is, here: we’re in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. I didn’t even send you along my biking route, which is able to give me a decent workout in only six miles.

Are you running every day? When I was running five-mile days, I stuck to every other day at most. My body needed some time off to recover. Same thing for weights: I work out most days (okay, not this week, but I have priorities) but do not do the same muscle groups two days in a row.

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