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Yellow - Thanks for posting the pictures! You are very lucky to be able to do trail runs - I would love that. And great job on "Gittin' 'er done!"
Susan - thanks to you too for posting your race report. WOW you have come a long way in not too long a time. And to finish w/ reserve and good attitude :D
Urlea - hopefully things have settled down there and all will be safe and the old Red won't rear her ugly head and surprise anyone. Are you able to get back into your training routine again?
kacie - it is coming up fast! soon you will be having a race report :D
Today was spin class day. I was actually looking forward to going.
I was scheduled to do a 2mi back to back run so thought no time like the present to do a brick.
I did the 2 miles on a 2:1 ratio and was able to do about an 11:30 mile - which is faster again than I have been doing BUT what was exciting was that I was able to do it the day after a longer run!
My calves don't feel as bad so I think maybe the walk/run is working and I am not losing any speed so it is all good.
I am down 6 lbs so that is probably helping some too. Now only about 20 more to go (10 to fit back into my wetsuit :rolleyes:
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Yellow and Susan, congratulations on your events today! I am impressed and envious that you both can run that far. Good for you! :)
I did a trail run today on our woodland trail. It was absolutely gorgeous here in NC -- blue skies (finally -- we've had a very rainy month), breezy, low humidity, low 70s. I haven't gotten in many trail runs this year so took it very easy and only did 32 minutes of running, plus 5 of walking. I don't know the exact mileage, but the running part was probably about 2.5 miles, considering how slow I am on rolling trails (plenty of roots too). Bad weather, injuries, and winter laziness have definitely taken their toll on my endurance, but I am glad I got out!
Editing to add: My DH took a couple photos of me running today - maybe the first pics I've ever had of me running, so here is one of them:
http://emilys7.uuuq.com/Misc/Erunning2.jpg
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Great reports this weekend ladies and thanks for the pictures!! :D
Susan Congrats on an awesome race! That is an exciting accomplishment. Celebrating with you! 10 seconds of your goal pace isn't bad at all, don't beat yourself up about that. Glad you finished strong knowing that your upcoming 1/2 is going to be doable. You can definitely do it!
As for me, thought I would give you a visual since we are sharing photos this week. This is the path I run on that goes throughout the neighborhood...
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...hfloodtwit.jpg
The picture on the right I took today when DH & I got home. Needless to say I wont be running on that for a while, but some of the sidewalks are getting cleared by residents so I'm hopeful that will be an alternative.
The gym I go to is right across from the river so I'm skeptical if it will even be open tomorrow as most of the city is shut down until the middle of the wk. Their sister gym isn't far from here so I can at least get back to my routine & get a ride done on the trainer there. No pool though.
I'll let you know what happens, really anxious to get back to a routine. I had a 6wk stretch there of not missing a single training session and then this flood happened. Boo!
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Yellow, great job, and such a beautiful place to run!
Susan, way to go!
Urlea, glad you're getting a bit of a break - sending lots of levee-holding thoughts and prayers! My sister forwarded me some pictures her friends in Solen had taken - looks pretty much the same as yours. Everyone's okay and property damage is minimal at this point - just hoping their (only) bridge is undamaged, they're not really sure.
Emily, that looks like home.
Well, I'd been totally unmotivated all week, hadn't been for a run since Monday. Our club ride this morning got rained out - which we desperately need the rain, but it was disappointing because Mr. SR500 was planning to join us. Hopefully he'll get his bike out some time this week now that he hauled it all the way down here!
But anyway after the lightning let up, I took the opportunity to get in a long run - 12 miles, out on pavement/sidewalk and back on the beach. Man, my legs are tired. I don't know if it's just that I'm out of shape from slacking off, or the first few miles of beach being pretty soft, or if I've just finally found a distance that challenges me. The latter would make sense, since it's about the same amount of time as the club rides - two hours' hard cardio and then I'm fried. I need to carry more water than the 24 oz. capacity of my belt - I've been putting off ordering that Nathan pack but I think I'll just do that.
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emily - I'm so envious of 70 degrees and sunshine! We won't see that for a while yet. Looks like you're having fun.
urlea - Wow. Thanks for posting the photos. It's hard to fathom so much water... I've heard the water is expected to stay high for a while. I'm sure it will be a relief to be able to get back to a regular routine.
yellow - 25K with 2400 feet? You rock! How do you fuel yourself for that kind of effort?! I hope you were able to get a nice massage for those sore calves. :D
Other than a slightly sore right calf, I'm surprisingly un-achy from this morning's effort. I imagine I'll be a little sore tomorrow, though. I'm off to go stretch some more.
Hope everyone is looking forward to the start of a new running week! I sure am. :)
Susan
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Okay, here's the weird thing. I mentioned I'd been struggling with a glute strain for a couple of weeks?
I started my run yesterday really focusing on adjusting my stride so as not to aggravate it, without limping. It was definitely noticeable during the run but didn't get any worse as the miles went on.
So this morning, I wake up sore in the TFLs, a little sore in the hammies and solei... and the glute strain is GONE. No tenderness, no ropiness to the muscle, even when I press deeply (and I have to press pretty deeply before I even get to the muscle in there :rolleyes:).
Weird. In a good way of course!
