Running in December - 12/01 to 12/15

[Bike Chick]

Since it's a new month, I thought I would start a new running thread.

I ran a 2 mile recovery run after my 10 miles on Sunday. This is my taper week before my HM and my tendonitis has really flared up along with a blister I'm trying to heal before Saturday. No more running before the HM. Resting and icing my feet are more important at this point.

[katluvr]

Bike Chick, good luck this weekend & have fun!
K

[skhill]

Good luck, bike chick! Tendonitis and blisters, yuck, but at least they're enforcing a taper week...

I had my first run of the season in a flurry this morning-- 3 miles. Perfect.

[kacie tri-ing]

Can't wait to hear about the HM. Tapers always come at JUST the right time!

I ran 6 on the treadmill last night. Boring, but we had crazy weather in the ATL last night, so it was too scary to run outside!

[Crankin]

I started the month with a run. We are awaiting the storm that's hit the rest of the east coast, but for now it's just cloudy and a bit misty, but it's 50 degrees. The roads are kind of wet, so I decided not to ride.
3 miles, mostly running, but slowly. I stopped wearing my Garmin, because I just want to enjoy being outside for now. Also, I'm trying to work on my form. Now, I have to try and work on stretching or something to avoid the various pains and such I always have after I run.

[indigoiis]

I ran barely 3 (2.9878 or something like that) this morning, in the above weather (50 degrees - balmy! - and kinda humid.) I was overdressed and that was a little uncomfortable. Other than that it was o.k... 10:11 min. miles because I felt lazy and it's a hill all the way back home.

I wore my new "vegas vest." That's what DH calls it. It is flashy!

[solobiker]

Went on a 4 mile run today after work. It was pretty warm out...50 with a fair amount of wind which made it feel cooler. Glad I wore tights. Have a great day everyone:D

[Jolt]

By the time I finished doing other things today it was kind of dark to run (especially given that it was also pouring rain) so I did something I haven't done in a while: I went to the Y and used the tiny track there for about 35 minutes. Barefoot, of course. There were a bunch of teenagers (mostly boys, mostly practicing boxing etc. rather than running) up there...surprised none of them made any smart-aleck comments about my lack of shoes. It wasn't a bad run, actually--I was fairly relaxed given how awkward I felt walking into the track area and seeing how crowded it was. Maybe the fact that I was listening to some good music helped (I don't normally run with music, but if running indoors I need it to help with the boredom). I would have done some pushups and pullups (there's a bar on one wall by the track) but didn't really want to put my upper-body wimpiness on display for the kids who were up there; I had hoped there wouldn't be anyone else there but apparently that doesn't happen between 5 and 6 pm.

[colby]

I, uh.... shoveled snow a couple of days in a row. ;) My dog really needs a walk/run, though, so I might have to suck it up and take her out. Today was more wet snow on top of frozen stuff, no fun for anything, but have to shovel the driveway or it turns into an ice skating rink.

Feeling pretty good, but I'm moving my husband down to LA for a few months so I am not sure what I'll get in for exercise. December is usually a weird month, just hoping to stay somewhat on track so it's not such a shock when I go back to 6 days a week of training in January.

[limewave]

First recorded mile under 8 minutes: 7:52 pace! It was only for one out of 5 miles, but STILL!!!!! WOOOT!

[7rider]

Did a 4 mile jog this a.m. - leaving the house at 6:15. Pitch black at the start. Wore a headlight, as my route took me down some dark cul-de-sacs in my neighborhood. :cool: It was weird to have the light on my hat at my forehead. I kept thinking "Wow....what a bright full moon we have. Wait. Wasn't the full moon last week?" Then I realized that the light of the "full moon" was really the headlight! D'oh!! :eek::o

I could see I was definitely visible to my early car-commuting neighbors (wore my high-vis day-glow and reflective Carhartt work vest, too), as most gave me PLENTY of room. But the idiots who treat narrow residential streets as their personal race track are STILL going to be idiots who speed down residential streets regardless to what is going on around them and who is there and what they are wearing or flashing at them. :mad:

[Susan]

Christmas feelings on my 5k covered in deep snow yesterday :)

[kacie tri-ing]

6 slow and easy last night.

50K is in 8 days!

[GLC1968]

Did my first run for Dec last night - on the treadmill. 4 miles closer to my 100 mile goal (by Jan 8th). I'm at 19/100 so far.

Discovered two things:

1) running on the treadmill with a DVD playing is less boring than running with headphones because I get visual stimulation as well

2) our treadmill is calibrated incorrectly! I've been doing so much running outside that I've gotten really good at telling what RPE gives me what overall pace. As soon as I got on the treadmill last night, it was obviously off. It said it was moving at a 5.0 mph pace, but it FELT much closer to a 5.8 or so. I think the belt moves too fast (the speed of it does shift periodically during a run). Ah well - it is still better than running on busy country roads in the dark anyway. I won't die from a 'too fast' treadmill. ;)

You know...now that I type this, I think I might try a couple more outside runs and then an indoor run on a treadmill at my gym. We'll see if my RPE is as accurate as I think it is (assuming the gym treadmills are correct)! ;)

[indigoiis]

Ran a nice fast 3.12 out and back from the house with a couple of big hills. I felt like pushing and it paid off. I'm trying to punch through the top of my comfort level. When I go up the hills I think "little devil feet" and for some reason, it makes me pick up my feet. I visualize a little goat. 28 mins. total which is something like 9:12 mms so I am happy - consistent improvement. Tomorrow is my long run. I think we'll do the same 10 we did last weekend.

[skhill]

Friday was my long run-- well, not really all that long, just 9 mile. It was "freezing fog" at the time, and while the footing on the sidewalks was pretty solid, the streets were very slick. Every time I got to an intersection, I had to way slow down and step carefully. Exhausting...

Today, I wasn't planning on running. But my dog insisted at 5 am that we really, really had to get up right then. Since I was up, I ended up running anyway. We'd gotten less than an inch of snow overnight, but sidewalks and street were clear, and it was absolutely beautiful. Ran a relaxed 5 miles, and enjoyed the christmas lights downtown. But right after I got home, it started snowing again, and when I took the Pokey dog out for his walk an hour later, everything was covered-- streets, sidewalks, and all. First real snow of the year-- hooray!

[colby]

1) running on the treadmill with a DVD playing is less boring than running with headphones because I get visual stimulation as well

I have the same experience on the trainer - it makes a big difference. ;)

[GLC1968]

I have the same experience on the trainer - it makes a big difference. ;)


Good to know since our trainer just got moved down to the basement right next to the treadmill! :)

Did 4.5 miles with my husband today. He was really hurting from the get-go. I was really pulling out some of my best 'motivational coach' work to keep him going! He had to walk twice, so I stuck with him. I kept telling myself that it's about the miles, not the speed right now so it didn't matter. I felt really good though - could have done it much faster if I'd been alone (or gone much further).

[indigoiis]

Ran ten today and felt great. Everything clicked - I wasn't overdressed, nothing was uncomfortable, I took the hills easy and tried to enjoy it. 9:24 mm - running with DH these days has been confidence-building for me (I used to get so frustrated that he is faster than me, now I don't really care. He runs during the week without me and can go as fast as he likes. Long runs are at my pace!)

[7rider]

I repeated my Thanksgiving "speed work" workout with a friend of mine today.
5.17 miles -
1.3 miles to the local high school track to warmup
3 intervals - .5 mile run, .25 mile recovery
1.1 mile return (without the extra lap around the track).
It was kind of fitting that when I got home, my DH was on rollers in the basement, doing a Coach Troy Spinerval workout and I could hear Coach Troy yelling "c'mon...fast feet, fast feet" - to get them to spin faster. I was telling myself that during my work intervals..."FAST FEET, FAST FEET!" to try to get myself running faster and increase my cadence.

[kacie tri-ing]

So I did my last long run. 20 miles on the trails saturday. I felt fantastic. Seriously, I felt amazing. I am off to get massage, chiro, a few workouts, obsessively watching the weather, and tweaking my diet this week for the 50K on saturday!

[Susan Otcenas]

Limewave - Sub-8:00!! Awesome! I'd like to be you when I grow up. I think my fastest mile yet has been 8:30-ish. I *might* be able to run a sub-8 if I wasn't planning on running a second mile afterwards...:D

Kacie - Best of luck on the upcoming 50k! Sounds like you are well prepared. I'd like to be you too when I grow up. :)

After a VERY VERY windy and VERY cold 6.5hr bike ride on Saturday (and a night on the town afterwards), I totally bagged my Sunday trail run and slept in. And ate brunch. And was just generally lazy. :o In penance, I dragged my butt out for a 4.4 mile run in the rain at 6am this morning, but it wasn't pretty.

[Susan Otcenas]

Susan I want to be like you when i grow up... ;) sounds like a perfect Sunday!
....It's coooooold, and I'm in the market for a good base layer, plus another pair of warm pants. suggestions are welcome!

Truth be told, Sunday is usually my rest day, but I've been wanting to turn it into a trail run day. I've beeen doing that with mixed success. I do alot of big rides on Saturdays, and on those weekends, I usually end up not doing much on Sunday.

I'm mostly wearing Smartwool baselayers this time of year. Both running and riding. Yes, you can sweat out a wool based layer just like you can a synthetic one, but I feel so much less clammy and cold in a wool base layer!

I tend to wear Sugoi MidZero tights and knickers for most of my runs in the wet and cold. Warm, very soft against the skin (good, because I chafe easily at the waist if I'm not careful) and available with lots of reflective bits on them. They wear like iron too. I've had several pairs in rotation for 3-5 years now. The reflectivity is flaking off at this point, but I can't seem to kill the tights!

Susan

[skhill]

BRRRRRR

My cats are way smarter than me-- this morning, they got up with me, had their breakfast, and immediately returned to bed. I'm not so smart-- I started out for my usual morning run, despite 18 F temps and a brisk wind and icy sidewalks. Stuck it out for 2 miles, and that was enough...

Our average low for this date here in KY is 31 F, about 12 degrees warmer than today's high. Crazy.

[GLC1968]

skhill - that IS cold. Brrr!

Kacie - best of luck this weekend!!

I did my first ever lunch time run today. 4.1 miles from my office. It should have been closer to a 4.25 mile run but I had to walk the first ~0.15 while I waited for my Garmin to pick up the satellites! :rolleyes:

What I'm super pleased about is that an 'easy, I could run forever' pace for me is now an 11 min/mile as opposed to a 12 min/mile back in September. I think that my run description has now officially graduated from a 'plod' to a 'shuffle'. Someday, I'll be a 'jog' like the real runners! :p

[solobiker]

I got in about 6 miles after work today. My legs were a little tired from the first day of skat skiing that I did yesterday with DH. If my legs didn't get so darn tight I could run a lot longer. Sigh...oh well, I am just glad I can still go out and run.:)

[Jolt]

The usual local 5k fun run tonight...29 degrees with some wind. Time was 26:43; I think that might be my slowest yet--I blame the wind and the fact that I was running on two hours sleep :eek:. Also probably got thrown off a bit when I had to yell at a random guy who walked right AT me and another runner as we went by and was practically on top of us (and it's not like there wasn't plenty of room for him to not do that, so it was completely uncalled for and came across to me as threatening). Obviously he was a jerk, because after I told him he shouldn't have gotten so close he swore at me as I continued on my way. Not cool...why do some people have to be such creeps?

[limewave]

The stomach flu made its way through our house. Not quite 100%, but much, much better. Went for a bitter 2.5 mile run today.

Very snowy and icy. It was good to be outside :)

My grandmother also passed away. So we have visitation, funeral, family gatherings, etc. this week. I won't be able to run or bike much. Just trying to fit a little in here and there--it helps with the stress and dealing with the grief.

[Crankin]

Sorry about your grandmother, Limewave.
We haven't had any snow yet.
I ran on the TM yesterday. Had a bit of a headache when I got up, but did 30 minutes (about all I can stand) of walking hill intervals, interspersed with running intervals, and a couple of regular walking breaks. The running feels so much harder than the running i've done outside in the last 2 weeks. I think it's because I am not keeping track of my speed outside and I am just running slowly for the entire 3 miles or so. When I push the TM up to a 10 mm, I feel like, well, not so good. I wish I hadn't stopped running last summer, but it was killing my legs for riding. I've been stretching, especially the piriformis, after running, and it's made a world of difference. Duh.

[indigoiis]

Lime, I'm real sorry to hear your grandma passed away.

Crankin - treadmill running is always more fatiguing, because it seems so unreal and yet it hurts just as much as running outside. Bleh! Also it's a new moon so you're not alone in feeling headachey and generally low.

I ran 3.62 here at work at lunch time. It was wicked cold out. That made me run. It was an okay pace for a hilly/windy route - 9:42 mms.

[solobiker]

Lime, sorry for your loss.

[OakLeaf]

Lime, I'm so sorry for your loss. Glad you're making time to run, it really does help.

I spent the last three days on my @ss/cleaning house, because I just don't feel safe running on our roads when there's snow on the ground - the passable surface is pretty dang narrow when it's dry. Plus my shoes would've been soaked by the time I got to the road...

Today we needed to brave the driveway and run some errands in town anyway, so I went in and ran intervals on the fitness trail. It was interesting on the semi-slick surface - I definitely had to watch my footing especially in the turns. Leaning, weighting, feeling out the traction, squaring off the corners, really felt like taking a two-wheeled vehicle around the turns. :)

[indigoiis]

I am on the first week of Hal Higdon's intermediate half training, so today called for 5 x 400 at 5K pace. I have a trail out back that is about a 400 (I run it slow at about 2 minutes and fast at about 1:15) so I did that 5 x with 5 jogs in between.

[skhill]

Tuesday I wussed out and resorted to the treadmill at the Y. Luckily, the only one free when I got there was my favorite, and I was at the end of the morning rush so I didn't have to hop off after just 30 min. Did 5 miles, at a blazingly fast 8:40/mile (I think the machine's not calibrated correctly)...

Today I braved the cold, and managed 2 miles in 6 F. My fingers and toes were numb with cold, while my head and torso were overheating. Next time it's that cold, I'm going to try running in my winter boots, just to stay warm...

[GLC1968]

I'm sorry about your grandmother, Lime!

Today was another lunchtime run for me. It was POURING rain all morning, so I felt stupid lugging in my running AND swimming gear (I swim after work) but I'm so glad that I did! The weather cleared and I actually got to run in the sunshine with a light breeze! It was AWESOME (never thought I'd say that about a run)! The rain started up again just as I was walking into our building. How's that for timing?

It was significantly warmer than I had anticipated so I did something kinda gross. My hair is getting long enough that it was really sticking to my neck and bothering me despite being somewhat contained by my baseball cap. I found myself wishing I'd brought an elastic or something when I ran right by one sitting in a puddle. I picked it up, squeezed out the water, and used it. :o I'm glad I did...I felt much cooler with that hair off my neck!

[OakLeaf]

skhill, 6°F :eek: - yesterday after a 45 minute run at 23°F, when the feeling came back to my big toes in the shower, they really hurt.

Today was another day of errands - I brought my running gear but REALLY had to wrestle with myself. I actually got to the place where I was planning to run and almost drove away. :p Starting out cold - changing into cold clothes in the car - I do NOT like cold (but fortunately I'm not shy about changing in the car ;)). This time I found a golf course and ripped off a quick 3.5. I think there's a real park next door and I just went in the wrong entrance - but it's not like anyone was golfing today. Anyway, the golf cart path was snow-free and the sun was actually shining! So even if there was a wooded path nearby, the golf course was probably better on a cold day.

[7rider]

Today I did 4.1 in 20 degree (-6.6 C) weather....but at least this time it wasn't windy!

I wore my Buff around my neck, so I could pull it up over my mouth. But occasionally, when I do that, I feel like I'm suffocating, so I need to pull it down and really gulp in some air. (I do that when on the bike, too.) Each time I did, the water vapor I exhaled made the Buff wetter and wetter, so that by the end of my run, when I'd pull the Buff back UP over my mouth, it was like pulling a rigid piece of cardboard up over my face - the Buff was frozen stiff! :eek:

[Crankin]

OK, I'm trying build up to running like I did 2 years ago. I think I am not quite back to square one, but I am trying to avoid injuries. After doing my first winter training workout on the trainer yesterday, in the late PM, I got up at 5:30 and did just a 20 minute run, followed by the Shiva Rea upper body/core dvd. This time, I did all running, with 2 one minute walk breaks, but I kept it really slow, between 5.2 and 5.6 mph. Since I didn't feel like i was going to die, I think this is the trick and I am hoping to run outside at least one day this weekend.
The upper body/core work, well that's another story. I am so weak, it's not funny. I am hoping after a few weeks of even my girlie push ups doing 8 sets of 12 of them will do something!

[Jolt]

About a 35-minute run in the neighborhood today in 25-degree temps. I really didn't feel like going out and had to force myself out the door, but the run felt really good. It's amazing how enjoyable it is to run when it's cold out once you get going.

[limewave]

Thanks for the condolences. Grams was the best Grandma anyone could ever hope for. She was 96 years old: lived through the Flu Epidemic of 1918, The Great Depression, and WWII and saw so much more. She had a full life.

Anyways, ran 7 miles today. I shouldn't have, my to-do list is monumental. But I felt the call to spend some time in solace along Lake Michigan. It was a great run. Biting wind, snow flurries, and the yellow wisps of dune grass peaking out of the mounds of snow.

[bluebug32]

Thanks for the condolences. Grams was the best Grandma anyone could ever hope for. She was 96 years old: lived through the Flu Epidemic of 1918, The Great Depression, and WWII and saw so much more. She had a full life.

Anyways, ran 7 miles today. I shouldn't have, my to-do list is monumental. But I felt the call to spend some time in solace along Lake Michigan. It was a great run. Biting wind, snow flurries, and the yellow wisps of dune grass peaking out of the mounds of snow.

Good for you for exercising instead of hitting up the junk food. Sorry to hear about your loss. However, it sounds like you inherited some good, sturdy genes.

[Susan]

Had 2 quite bad 5Ks Thursday and today. I don't know if it is the cold temperature or something else, but I have a hard time running atm.

[skhill]

...and I somehow won my age group! I've done that before, but only when there's been only 1 or 2 of us; official results aren't posted yet, but there were a lot more than 3 of us in our late 30's running. 5k, in about 25:55; lost some time trying to retie my shoe with gloves on. And mile 3 was 8:00 flat, even with a steep hill and headwind. Pretty cool!

Have a good weekend, y'all!

[OakLeaf]

wow, way to go skhill!

Hopefully I'll get out for a run later today ... lots to do around the house, but it's SUNNY and above freezing!

[Crankin]

It was sunny and gorgeous out yesterday, around 41. I felt seriously guilty about not going on a ride, but, it's a pain to take the bike on and off the trainer and lug it down 4 flights of steps. So, I went for a 3 mile run. I felt good, went slowly, and only had to take 2-3 walk breaks, all for 30 seconds or less, mostly when going going up the 10% grade hill, near the end. I am so trying not to push myself. I want to start wearing my Garmin, but I am giving myself another month or so.
The stretching has been helping me tremendously. No DOMS and my hip is no worse than it is usually. I've found that wearing certain shoes is aggravating that, so I am also working on that.

[OakLeaf]

I did get out for not quite 5 yesterday. My quads were a little sore, I think it's from running on the slippery surface - using my muscles differently.

Now it's pouring snow...

[bluebug32]

For those of you who run, do you find that it helps to balance out muscle weaknesses developed from cycling? I'm hoping that running will help balance out my glutes/hips/adductors some, as I find these are weaker from cycling.

[OakLeaf]

Not the hips, no ... just like cycling, running all happens in the sagittal plane, and only in one direction. Weak hips can cause even more trouble for runners than they do for cyclists.

Targeted hip strengthening exercises, or yoga (or both).

What running brings that cycling doesn't is the weight bearing and impact, for strong bones.

ETA: if you wanted to add an aerobic sport to strengthen your hips, try board sports. Do NOT add a cutting sport (like soccer) until you've strengthened your hips - that's a very common way that women, especially, injure our knees (BTDT).

[limewave]

I went for my first snowshoe run this season (and second snowshoe run ever). WOW, is that a workout!

I don't have running snowshoes, just plain snowshoes. They are women-specific, so they are a little narrower. I didn't have a problem running in them. I averaged about 13-14 minute miles. I'm going to try and do one snowshoe run a week--weather permitting.

[kacie tri-ing]

Hey!

I will put a race report together soon, but I ran my first 50K saturday, and I was the first female :D:D It was challenging, but great!!

[OakLeaf]

Wow! Kacie, you rock! Can't wait for the report!

I'm a wuss. :o I haven't even dared try to get the car out since the big snowfall, and there's certainly no running on the roads near me (even if I were motivated ... as much as my lungs hurt after my interval session last week, I'm wondering if I haven't gotten a bit of "regular" asthma in addition to the allergic type I've known about). Nothing to do but clean house. Ugh.

[GLC1968]

Congrats, skhill!

And congrats, Kacie! Can't wait for the race report!

I ran 4.65 miles with my husband yesterday. It was POURING on us and has been for days around here. Our normal route was a no go as it was totally flooded in one area, so we did an out and back instead. It was his first rain run and while I kept telling him that running in the rain was better than riding in the rain, I don't think he really believed me...until yesterday. :D

[solobiker]

I have to take some time off from running:( My feet have really been hurting quite a bit since last Monday. Bummer...time for the spin bike now during the weekdays and skate skiing on the weekends. Happy running to everyone.:D

[Susan Otcenas]

I have to take some time off from running:(


Yeah, me too. I've decided not to run until January, most likely. I've been battling a touch of tendonitis since May, and want to heal it up once and for all!

I'm planning to get fat :( and happy ;) between now and 1/1.

Susan

[Susan]

I did 3 miles yesterday. It was so cold that I was wearing my summer running gear over and under my winter running gear and then my old winter trousers over my newer ones. Felt very padded but warm :)

[limewave]

I did 3 miles yesterday. It was so cold that I was wearing my summer running gear over and under my winter running gear and then my old winter trousers over my newer ones. Felt very padded but warm :)

lol. That's how I felt when I went snowshoe running. I imagined I looked like a derranged Randy stumbling through the woods.

[skhill]

I was hoping that the weather forecast for this morning was all wrong, and it'd be decent running conditions. Well, the forecast was all wrong; instead of 10 F it was 2 F! So it was off to the treadmill at the Y. 6 miles, in 55:55-- faster than I meant to go, but all the tvs were tuned to ESPN...

Can't wait for the race report, Kacie! That's awesome!

[jessmarimba]

It was ridiculously warm in Denver - just ran 3.5 miles (longest run since July, haha) and was way too hot in a light long-sleeved tech shirt and shorts. But I finally found a group that doesn't leave me in their dust!

[colby]

Ran on Sunday, again today, with mah dawg. I love that moment where we're just on a whole different plane together, it's so basic. Run, run, run, breathe. Nothing major, probably 5k-5mi. I've been busy. Back on the bandwagon!

[Crankin]

In celebration of finishing my last paper of the semester, I ran 3 miles on the treadmill. I am fighting a cold and it appears this wasn't the best idea. I managed to do it in 34 minutes and 6 seconds, just 6 seconds longer than my 5k race I did last June. I guess I was running faster, because I did take 2 walk breaks of a couple of minutes. I think there's something wrong with the calibration of my treadmill that shows speeds slightly less than what I think of as normal, i.e. 6 mph is showing as a 9.57 mm. Who knows.
I then decided to do the Shiva Rea core workout with the 8 sets of 12 push ups. OK, as I was switching positions in the intervals, I felt a bit off, but I finished and did better than last time. Then I went to do a cool down video. As I went to move from stretching out on the stability ball, to standing, I felt dizzy, so I sat down. Of course, now I have yet to do the pigeon stretch which is what is keeping me OK with the running. So, other than the 2 cups of coffee, the Claritin, and the fact that it is fairly warm in the room where I work out at home (we have new energy saving windows that have made a huge difference in this room), not feeling that great to begin with, I think I did too much. :).

[limewave]

Crankin! Why do we always over-do it? Hope you feel better soon. Last week I had the stomach flu. I tried to make breakfast for our kids when I started to feel dizzy and blacked out. Landed smack on my face. Woke up a minute or so later with a mouth full of blood. I ended up with 2 black eyes, a swollen cut-up nose, split lip, and various scrapes and bruises on my face.

ANYWAYS . . .
I did speedwork on my inlaws treadmill today. Why does it seem harder to run on the treadmill than outside? The roads are covered in ice. So if I wanted to do speedwork, treadmill it had to be.

[skhill]

Treadmill again for me today... yuck. I'd planned on 5 or 6 miles, but at just 3 I felt wiped out. Then a brilliant thought-- it might be because I gave blood last night. So 4 miles was enough for me today...

It's warming up, and if the sleet/freezing rain holds off I might be running outside over the next few days!! but if the ice comes, who knows.

[GLC1968]

Treadmill for me last night. 4 miles while watching Star Trek. I had to speed it up in the middle of the run or the movie was going to end before I was done and I didn't want to have to run without it! I timed it just right. Credits ran while I cooled down. :D

[OakLeaf]

Yikes Limewave! Feel better soon, and you too, Crankin!

Bad weather in the forecast pushed our departure date back a day, so you KNOW what I got to do with the extra time today. :D Definitely no running on the roads with snow on them, so five laps of the one-mile fitness trail again. Better than nothing. Better than dreadmill. :p

[Crankin]

Geez, Limewave, that sounds awful. All I did was sit down and hold my head for a few seconds. But, I took my time getting in the shower, as I had thoughts of fainting in there. I did manage to get my pigeon stretch in.
The cold outside is really bothering me; I am chalking it up to not feeling well. I don't want to end up being one of those old people who complain about the cold weather. Normally, I'd be outside running or at least walking. I had to go out and buy a couple of holiday gifts this afternoon, go to Trader Joe's, and get $ from the ATM. I wish that my cold would either come out all the way, or go away. I'm occasionally sneezing, my sinuses are a little achy, and I feel achy. I have that "far away" feeling, that's driving me nuts. I hope it's from the Claritin. Early to bed tonight and no running or riding tomorrow, maybe yoga. I'm supposed to ride outside Friday, but it looks like it might be all the way up to 36.

[Susan]

Limewave, that sounds bad :( one wouldn't believe what can happen to you while preparing breakfast ;) Get better soon!


On my last runs, my lower calf started to hurt when I was halfway in. Nothing too bad, but noticeable. I can still feel it today, after a 2 days break. I'm not sure if it's just a little soreness or something I should take more serious. I think I'm just a bit concerned because of the many stories about Achilles-Problems I have heard.
I would hate to have to take a longer break :(

[Bike Chick]

Lime, that's terrible! I hope you and Crankin are both feeling better.

The ice came last night :( and since I don't have a treadmill (I use the one at the gym when I have to) I'm putting the bike on the trainer.....Ugh!

[kacie tri-ing]

Get better everyone!

I tried to run on tuesday. HA! THat was funny. You know how they say you should, "listen to your body?" Well, my body was clearly telling met to go home and eat chocolate. So....I did....:D

[7rider]

Today was my last training run before Saturday's Celtic Solstice 5-miler. Went out and did 4.1 miles in darkness, before our snow today (1-2 inches...mid-westerners, promise not to laugh!). At 2.5 miles, my Sony's battery died, and I ran the rest of the way listening only to my own labored breathing and the slap-slap-slap of my big duck feet on the pavement.