1. Because of a crazy stressful work week, I have two mornings where I did my runs @ 4:30am. They were awesome. Speed work that early in the morning is easy when you pretend zombies are stalking you. Or you are basically a zombie at that time in the morning.
Zombieland rule #1": Cardio
2. Last night, the CBC aired a very interesting documentary: http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/the-perfect-runner.html
The Perfect Runner celebrates the modern love of long-distance running by exploring our evolutionary past as a species defined by its ability to run. How did our ancestors survive the shift from trees to land? How did Homo sapiens evolve to dominate the planet? How did our ancestors hunt before they developed weapons?
The answer, you’ll be amazed to learn, is that humans became nature’s perfect endurance runners. With a skill that evolved far earlier than the development of our powerful brains, our African ancestors had the ability to outrun all animals around them, allowing them to endure and ultimately thrive.
I LOVE this quote from it: “People think running is extreme but, in fact, it’s sitting at a desk that’s extreme,” he said. Today’s much lamented obesity epidemic “is the result of thinking an ordinary act is extreme.”
3. Sunday is another long run ramping up to my 30km race. The temperature is telling me I can wear capris and a TShirt. Yessssss.
4. I have my second run test of this training session tomorrow. I plan to bring a napkin so the treadmill know it got served. (props to The Big Bang Theory for the quote)
Run on Friends..and don’t get caught by zombies.
10 comments:
4:30 am runs are hugely impressive....I bow down! I have PVR'd the documentary but haven't watched it yet.
Cool documentary that you saw, I want to see it! Sounds really interesting.
I did a 4AM swim this week, yup, zombies don't like chlorine so much!
Just watching that doc right now on the pvr. You can probably see it on CBC.ca under Nature of Things.
I was up and at it by 5 3 mornings this week. Not easy to do!
I was all set to watch the document but ended up falling asleep...sounds like I missed a good thing.
And yes, any soreness I have is from sitting waaay too long at my desk at work.
Have fun at the ATB, it is a really fun race!
That is early. I'll get up at that hour, but to actually be running at that hour--hopefully not!
I love the concept behind that documentary. Will look it up!
I watched the documentary last night. I also liked the part that sitting all day isn't natural. But my favorite quote was something like "chimps don't have big butts".
ayaye that is early...you are dedicated. like miss Zippy I can get up at that hour to get ready but I am not out the door at 4:30!
That documentary sounds great! Hopefully it will come out on DVD soon so my cheap self can find it.
4:30 a.m.....I can do it occasionally but I usually pay big-time later.
I ran at 5am. I don't think I could go any earlier, unless it's a long run, and it's summer.
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