gasp... running

I've been all over the map on Running for CX.

Last couple years I've been in the "pointless" there's not enough running in cross to make it worth spending the time to run.  Esp here in New England.
Myerson actually talks about it, but takes maybe a minute longer than needed to say what he said:
http://dirtwire.tv/2013/08/cycle-smart-camp-seminar-adam-myerson-on-the-unimportance-of-running/

I've run, it has helped maybe, but usually by the time december rolls around I've tapered off the running so much that Goddard Park is painful.

Last year, the year before no running. Last year i paid dearly for not running.  Pulled an adductor big time at Vermont. Crippled for a few weeks, barely healed and still painful at G-ster, and White Park? well Chipper remembers white park. Disaster in some ways, brilliant in others.

Running.  I'm trying it again.

three runs so far. first was short, second was shorter, third was same as second. Trying it differently. Focusing on speed, short distances and pairing the running work up with a cycling one.

Keith Kelly got me set up with some sweet New Balance shoes some 1080s and Leadville shoes.
They are awesome. Light, and so far no problems at all, not one tiny bit. I've walked around in them all day without issue and run in them without issue.  Sure kind of impossible to tell only running for a mile and a half.

But I think that may be enough distance to both tell how awesome the shoes are (for my feet) and enough distance that I can get a level of conditioning and durability out of the little used muscles without taking too much time away from pedaling.

Call it a compromise. Pendulum has stopped swinging maybe.

The running I'm focusing on form, regular stride, consistent footfalls. Right now rear-mid foot striking at the sub sprint pace, and running hard enough that it is an effort and a pace I can't sustain much longer, but not feeling like i'm maxed the whole time.

So far though only one skills day on the bike (last sunday) i need a few more. I'm not rusty, still hoping on and off easily at 20+ mph, but there's a bit of the body saying hey we know what to do but we haven't done it in a while, best get on doing more of this shit before we fuck something up for you.

efforts to set up a tuesday night CX series down here on the East Bay in RI have sort of fallen a bit flat. Considering just an open bandit tuesday night here at my park. We'll see. Hoping the RISD kids can pull something off.

Looks like Dawn Patrol in the AM, maybe some bike shop wrench turning...  next week is going to be crazy too. unsettled and irregular. hopefully i can salvage long standing plans for Friday. Would kind of suck if i couldn't.

Today has been mostly spent sitting with the youngest. She has been dragging her feet with the computer math summer assignment. we are almost done with the last one...  only way to have gotten her to do these last four modules has been to sit at the computer with her and keep her focused and on task.  Hence my opportunity to write. She's actually pretty damn smart, so few mistakes but she's just not motivated and mostly just annoyed.  Doesn't want to do them. Almost done though.  Almost. And we're finished with that stuff.

still piles to do but that's done.

and so am i

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