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Urlea... just went to your blog and found out what you are doing in Japan. Sounds like a vacation trip? All play... I hope!?! Funny... I never would have thought about snowboarding and Japan in the same sentence. What a great time. Looking forward to hearing more about it. Stay safe while you are running out there, or just touring around. And enjoy the hot baths!
BTW: The smell of noodles and sushi while running would be enough to stop me dead in my tracks. Who can run BY sushi and noodles? Of course, one MUST stop and eat them! :p
Enjoy the rest of your trip!
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So.... the waiting goes on for my running career to restart!
I did WALK 5 miles or more today at a fairly slow pace. But it was great to be out -- sunny and clear, and our walk today was on the waterfront in Bellingham. Cannot beat it (except for maybe a few more degrees warmer!;)). The calf is tight, but not too painful tonight. I'll rest it this weekend while I work which hopefully will help also. Patience....ugh, I just don't have it! :(
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Urlea, I read your blog also. I loved your pictures!! I've always wanted to visit Japan, you are so lucky!
I've been working on base miles and drills. I'm going to the PT to cure lopsidedness and am also working on core strength. Since 12/15, I've run 130 miles (love the Garmin!) NONE of which were on the treadmill :D I've run through snow and ice and rain and I'm ok with it.
I'm sorry for all of those who are injured. I guess it's a good season to relax a bit though and it's far superior to get better than to make something more chronic than it already is.
Are any Bay Area people running the See Jane Run half-marathon in May? I will be there...I ran it last year and it was a fun course.
I'm going to have nightmares about handstand push-ups. Yellow, you KNOW you make the rest of us look bad, right?
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Been ramping up from my PT for a couple of months now, up to about 45-60 minutes of consistent running. I rolled straight into IM (already) base training this last week or two, which was really hard this week with my PT appointment on Monday (4 weeks from the last one, so they are getting spaced out, hooray!). My glutes...... OOOOOHHH that hurt. I took my workouts a little easier, and skipped some of my strength and swimming workouts to recover through the day.
Tuesday - 10 min jog warm up then 1 mile hard, 1/2 mile jog, repeat to 45min
Thursday - 8 15% grade hill repeats (60 sec up, jog down) after 15 min jog warm up
Tomorrow - 3 miles flat, concentrate on form, 3 miles rolling, concentrate on keeping form/HR
On the PT front (still working on my right hip), we have improved my "lengthened" muscle position strength and my neutral strength, and the "shortened" positions are the one giving me trouble now (I notice it during warrior-type yoga poses, I can't engage the muscles like I can in other positions). My static strength is good, except I still recruit my back muscles some on my right side. In tree pose (one of my "external rotation" tests), I have 10 degrees more movement on my left (left knee up, right foot planted) than right. I am seeing a chiropractor once every 3 weeks - while I can hold my adjustments with stretching and self-monitoring pretty well, I have trouble making it more than 3-4 weeks and I'd rather pay for a chiropractor than slip back into my injury. I don't have trouble running, but I never did, so it's not really a good gauge of recovery. I do have more core strength, more glute strength, and more techniques for self-maintenance if I feel discomfort coming on (not really pain anymore, I can 'fix' before it's painful).
Whew. :)
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Colby, glad you're feeling better.
Urlea, Japan sounds wonderful! My sister spent two years there on a postdoc and I kind of regret not having visited her then.
Well, this morning was my big race, the Daytona 5K run before the Rolex 24. :) Set the alarm for 4:30 a.m., ugh. It was cold, 37 degrees at the track when I left the house, but I kept remembering how I'd been overly warm last year. So this year I wore my microweight SmartWool crew instead of last year's slightly heavier Duofold; a warmup jacket and a knit cap and gloves. We got to the track a little too early. Even though the PA announcer said there'd been more registrants than last year, it didn't appear that way. No real waiting in line for timing chips and gear check, less of a crowd at the start. So I just kind of bounced around trying to keep from getting stiff until it was time to really warm up. I shed my jacket and cap, but kept the gloves. Good decision, as it turned out.
Being my second visit to this race, it wasn't so intimidating. I've been to Daytona as a writer/press aide and spectator many times, but that place is BIG, and as any motor racer who's been there will tell you, you really don't appreciate the scope of it until you get out on the track. I'd already seen the 31° banking from up close last year - so even though I really wasn't sightseeing last year, I had less of a compulsion to look around this time.
Near me at the start, I saw a woman from my hometown, faster than I am. She'd placed in age group (maybe won, I don't remember) in the 10K at the beginning of December, when I ran the 5K. So I seeded myself three or four rows behind her.
The start was slow as the crowd squeezed through the gate. I hit my stride early and felt good. My speed limit alarm went off before we even hit the infield, but I took stock and figured that it was more GPS error than over-enthusiasm. I paced the woman from my hometown through the infield and around the apron under the west banking, but as we exited NASCAR Turn 2, I just felt faster than that. I was a little nervous about it, but I went ahead and passed her, and she stayed passed. All down the back straight I felt good... even when I could distantly hear the PA at the start/finish line announcing the winner crossing the line (in 16 minutes and change).
This time I'd set my GPS to turn the speed limit off with 1K remaining, instead of 1 mile. Just after we rounded NASCAR 3, the speed limit came off and I started pushing the pace a bit harder... at the same time that we came into campfire smoke from the crowd set up for the Rolex 24. I sucked it up, sucked the particulates in, and ran. When I crossed the line I felt like I'd paced myself right, and my gun time was already better than my last year's chip time, so I was happy.
PowerBar was an event sponsor, but there weren't any PowerBars at the post-race refreshment stands. :confused: I guess maybe they got caught in the peanut recall. [EDIT: Nope, PowerBars are clear, they just didn't pony up any product. :p] They're not my favorite anyway (too much sugar, and whey protein which I'm allergic to), but I could've used something like that. Oh well. Banana; water snuck from the unopened cases behind the ice chests. I grabbed another warm-ish water for a woman who was trying to get the feeling back in her fingers. I was very glad I'd kept my gloves on. It was still 37° when the overall results began to be posted.
Most improved had to be an older gentleman who'd taken 21 minutes off his last year's 60-minute finish! He got some hearty congratulations from those who heard his proud announcement. My chip time was 25:42 - slower than I'd hoped, but a big improvement over last year, so I'm happy. I figured with the times that had been posted in the last two races I'd run this winter, it wasn't nearly enough to place, but I wanted to know my age-group results, which hadn't been posted by the time they started the awards ceremony. So I stuck around which was a good thing because I won my age group :eek::D.
So, home and yoga. Back to the track tonight to watch the 24-hour car race. DH is napping. I'm all wound up! :D I just wish I knew how my body is supposed to feel after a short race like this. It really didn't feel like I was leaving anything out there... my average HR was 176 overall, and 94-95% of GPS-calculated max for the final kilometer... but it sure seems like I've got more energy now than I ought to. I'll figure it out one of these days. :o
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Well, I finally did some running today, after climbing at the Y rock gym. Just 15 minutes on the indoor track, barefoot. Felt pretty good, though I do have some nasty trigger points in my quads right now and they started to bug me a while after the run. I've been using the Quadballer today since the foam roller wasn't really doing the job, and boy is it painful!! Helps though.
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I skipped my thursday run and I'm glad I did I was able to get out today and do 4.75 km and felt ok. I think the shin thing is better now but I'm going to wear my compression sleeves today anyway.
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Went for about 4.5 to 5 mile run today. Initally was planning on just 3 miles but when I was walking my dog early this am I saw a friend and she invited me on a trail run she was going to do. Very nice run with cool temps, in the 20s I think with plenty of sunshine and beautiful views of the mountains. Felt great afterwards. It was more enjoyable running there vs around my neighborhood. Before we new it was already over. :p
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And just finished a Core Cross train Yoga tape. Have to increase that core strength.. Hope everyone is doing well.
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oakleaf, congrats on your 5K! That is a really good time (I'd be thrilled with it). Good job!!!!!!!!!!! :p
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Done with Week 1!
I started the Hal Higdon Marathon training guide this past week. I just completed my first long run- 6 miles! It felt great...until about mile 5.5 when I realized how freezing cold my butt was. :( It's about 9 degrees here with a windchill of 2. That's ok...it can only get warmer I expect. I'm looking forward to the next week of training!
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Minn-Congrats on the first week!
When is your marathon?
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I am doing the Madison Marathon on May 24th (I'm very excited)!
It will be my first Marathon and I am 99.9% sure that my Dad will also be signing up to run. :)
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Awesome! I started on a Hal Higdon plan, but I ended up hiring a coach partway into it (even though my coach said that plan is a solid one!).
Keep us updated!!!
I am not running much since my marathon and switching to tri training, so I will live through you!
