I feel bad. Not really bad, but I do feel like I’ve been letting something get the better of me.
Here’s the deal: I haven’t been climbing rocks. I think its been a little over two months since I pulled myself off of the ground with anything other than my piddly little hang board. Truthfully, I was starting to get a little worried that I wouldn’t get the urge to climb back. I’ve been seeing my gear in the spare bedroom, and the pads in the back of my car looking very lonely for long enough. Luckily its back, the psyche that is.
I suppose I’ll let everyone know what I’ve been getting into. Running…yup, thats it….a lot of running. I really don’t know what got into me. About three months ago I decided to join a running group at Lululemon downtown, the group was being coached/led by a very nice UltraRunner named Merideth Terranova (check out her blog and services). The initial drive to join the group was free Lululemon gear, and a little bit of getting some free coaching. The running group was to prepare for the Cap10k, which Lululemon would pay for if you attended enough early morning runs.
I initially set the goal of running a 5k race in under 20 minutes. I had run one 5k previously, which took me a little under 22 minutes to finish. Which isn’t bad by any means, and was just fast enough to allow my brain to run wild with “I’m a born runner” thoughts. So, I figured I would make my goal for the Cap10k to finish in under 40 minutes.
My goal to run sub-40 at the Cap10k did not come to fruition. After doing a good bit of running and reading since then I now recognize that my goal was quite lofty. I ended up running the 10k in 45 minutes exactly. Since then I have run quite a few 5k races and am happy to announce that I have settled into a comfortable solid 19 minute 5k, and I still feel like I have quite a bit of room to grow.
In short, I have decided that I will be a rock climbing runner. Which means I’m going to attempt to continue training for running and resume training for climbing. In case you were wondering…
Current Goals:
Running -
1 Mile – Under 5 minutes
5k – 17:xx
10k – 39:xx
Half Marathon – 1:20:00
Marathon – 3:00:00
Climbing -
Bouldering – V10
Sport Climbing – 5.13
Boom.
-Travis
