12.26.06 Effort Levels 2-3

Practice was a joy compared to my day in the office. For some reason my office thermostat has two temperature settings: Yucatan Hot and Siberian Cold.

Today was Yucatan Hot. Hot and humid. I am not kidding you when I say that I was sweating at work. I mean hot.

I wore a sweater and a collared shirt under it. Well the sweater came right off as soon as I got off the elevator. Then in the ten feet it took me to walk to my office the shirt came off. Then my co-worker walked in on me with my shirt off. Ooops! I guess this took her by surprise, cause she kind of looked like this: Cause I looked like this:

Give or take a muscle or two.

I put the t-shirt on, but it had this huge silk screen print on the front that felt like a layer plastic coating my chest. Then it hit me. I have my running gear with me, which means I have a moisture wicking t-shirt. So I doff the t-shirt and don the running t-shirt. Again my co-worker comes in while I'm changing. She had a similar reaction:

I think it may have something to do with not having sun on my upper torso. I'm so pale, I look like a new born fish. A hairy new born fish at that. I guess that would be kind of freaky.

NOTE TO SELF: LOCK OFFICE DOORS WHEN CHANGING

I drank a lot of water through out the day, cause I was sweating it out just as fast I could take it in. What a relief it was to finally get to practice.

It was a light turn out because this was the day after Christmas. But those brave souls who turned out, God Bless them, had a good time. Effort Level Tuesday in the park. We started our run with a warm up run to the 107th street traverse. There we turned around, and it was ON!

Ok, for five lamp posts we run at effort level 3, then two at effort level 2. What's the difference? The depth of the breath. The length of the breath is the same, but at effort level 3 the breath is a little deeper and goes a little a lower. Make sense? No? Well then get out there and run for a little bit, and you'll get it.

-Jim