Dreamer with a Day Job

Kate Ziegler. Runner of Silly Long Distances. Designer of Beautiful Things. Rider of Bicycles. Culinary Guesstimator. Travel Fanatic. Contemporary Art Enthusiast. Fashion Magazine Addict.

Full-time Master of All Things Logistical, after-hours Partner at Union Jack Creative.

A few things I am not:
-pro-ana
-a speedy runner
-shy about public speaking
-opposed to cocktails before noon
-sorry for including all of my interests in one confused tumblelog

This blog contains my personal musings, adventures and inspirations.

Shenanigans, beautiful finds and Instagrammed shots from daily life, you can follow here. Shoes, cocktails, feathers and food; fashion, running, bikes and art. Sometimes politics. Sometimes athletics. Sometimes all of the above.

My full account (running only, no stilettos) of my athletic ambitions since running the 2011 Boston Marathon for charity is at KateRuns, though I share snippets here as often as possible.

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Repeated This week, I’ve been feeling a bit tired of marathoning. “It’s not you,” I said to my Frees, “it’s me.” By now, I know that once or twice a training cycle, I get sick of the mileage, the time, the weather, the daily laundry, the constant feeding – but this year has truthfully been less stressful than last, and I’m feeling a bit guilty about my early fatigue. I know that Hollaback!, Union Jack, a day job and the fundraising are partially to blame for my mental malaise, but I’m not quite ready to take a training break this cycle. And so, a change of pace was in order. Jack and I headed to the track for 800′s instead of our usual long, slow, chatterbox run. The run to the track from our apartment is a mile and a half, and we did four sets of 800m (negative splits – woohoo!) before running home, starving. Total mileage: five. Total number of miserable-looking high school boys I passed running my laps: seven, on each set. (They were hardly moving…) I’m partial to track workouts when running and I are in a rough patch, because it breaks up the monotony of long, slow miles and gives me something else to focus on. Speed work means I cover the distance more quickly, and 800 meters (two laps around the track) is both long enough to cover some ground, and short enough to seem approachable at a quickened pace. What do you do when you’re tired of the things you love to do? TL,DR: 800’s, on repeat. Comments?

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This week, I’ve been feeling a bit tired of marathoning. “It’s not you,” I said to my Frees, “it’s me.”

By now, I know that once or twice a training cycle, I get sick of the mileage, the time, the weather, the daily laundry, the constant feeding – but this year has truthfully been less stressful than last, and I’m feeling a bit guilty about my early fatigue. I know that Hollaback!, Union Jack, a day job and the fundraising are partially to blame for my mental malaise, but I’m not quite ready to take a training break this cycle.

And so, a change of pace was in order. Jack and I headed to the track for 800′s instead of our usual long, slow, chatterbox run.

The run to the track from our apartment is a mile and a half, and we did four sets of 800m (negative splits – woohoo!) before running home, starving. Total mileage: five.

Total number of miserable-looking high school boys I passed running my laps: seven, on each set. (They were hardly moving…)

I’m partial to track workouts when running and I are in a rough patch, because it breaks up the monotony of long, slow miles and gives me something else to focus on. Speed work means I cover the distance more quickly, and 800 meters (two laps around the track) is both long enough to cover some ground, and short enough to seem approachable at a quickened pace.

What do you do when you’re tired of the things you love to do?

TL,DR: 800’s, on repeat.

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