Run for February, week of 1/31-2/6/10

Hey Ladies,
I had a nice 10.73 hilly run with the Mister and we averaged 9:19 minute miles!!! Yay! It was a about 30 degrees out, sunny with a good strong breeze that was sometimes in our face, sometimes at our backs. I was in VFF classics with a pair of wool socks that I cut the toes off of. Clothing was a wicking tank, lightweight woolish long underwear, wicking t-shirt over that and a lightweight windbreaker. That was just about right for the temps. I like it when it all comes together like that!

Did anyone race today? How was your long run? What's up? What are you planning for this week?

What a day!

It's about 9 Celcius in Vancouver and misty, just beautiful. There are a few cherry trees blooming and other flowers here and there. If the World is not impressed with our snow (there's not a lot of it for some of the Olympic events held in a lower-elevation mountain), they'll certainly be impressed with our flowers in the middle of February!

I was out to do a 20 km run and I ran 21.6 so I'm pretty happy. It felt great and I was full of energy. Happy days. I love to run.

No run for me today-- it was all of 2 degrees F when I would normally have headed out, with very treacherous footing. (I've run in single digit temps this winter, but only when the pavement was clear). And no run yesterday, either-- it was 15 F with 15 mph winds (that was ok), and 2 or 3 inches of pristine, untouched snow on the ground with more still falling pretty hard. I did start out, but after .25 mile decided it was crazy and turned around.

Instead of running, I've gotten in some brisk walks-- about 4 miles on Saturday, and more than that today probably. It's not the same as running, but walking 13-15 min miles on snow and ice while carrying a full backpack is a bit of a workout....

I can't wait for the thaw! And I'm totally in awe of people who keep on running in these conditions!

I ran my very first 10k today. Not an event, just a run through town. It was beautiful, sunny, and about 60ºF.

At about the 5k point I stopped at a park to use the restroom and get a drink. (I planned my run with that in mind.)

I averaged 4.9 mph/ 12.07 pace. Slow but steady! I can't believe I am running 6 miles after starting last July. I always hated running.

I didn't run, but I did walk 7.6 miles into town and back, in exactly 2 hours. Not my fastest walk, but DH was not feeling that well. We stopped to have a coffee and headed back. Saw lots of cyclists, including SheFly, and we yelled greetings to each other. I regretted not going for a ride or a run, but it's fine. My back needed a rest from my run on Wednesday. Did my core and back work out when I got home and all is well.

Way to go FBG! It is always a great feeling when you reach a milestone.

Today was my first run in my new shoes. Unfortunately being a wimpy Texan I did it on the treadmill because the temperature refused to budge out of the mid-30s. I did 7 miles on the treadmill but couldn't tell if I loved the shoes yet. I find the treadmill to be a much harsher run and doesn't give me a real nice stride or cadence like outside. I hope to get a run on the road or path Tuesday.

Just did a 7 mile progressive run. That's the farthest I've run in quite sometime. It felt good.

I kind of had a milestone run yesterday. It was my LAST run where my walking minutes will out-number my running minutes! On Tuesday I go to 16/14 run/walk! Yay! Yesterday it was 14/16 in 2x3 min run intervals and 2x4 minute run intervals - did about 2.5 miles in 30 minutes.

Then I added 2 x 2 minute barefoot intervals at the end. I was was ready to do three since I was running at a 12-min pace that would give me 1/2 mile barefoot, but I had some digestive issues settle in. More like 'screaming' at me, actually. :o So I stopped.

Oh, I also removed my orthotics from my running shoes and put in some plain foam insoles from Walgreens instead. This was awesome! I found that a mid-foot strike was much easier without that stiff orthotic, I had no foot pain and the thinner insole gave me way more room in the shoes so they were much more comfortable. Another 'Yay'! :D

Speed workout on the treadmill this morning.

1% incline
10:00 warmup
3 x (1200m @ z3+ , 2:00 RI, 600m @ Z3+, 2:00 RI)
10:00 cooldown.

Intervals were done at 6.3 (9:31 pace) or 6.2 mph, with my heartrate coming down fairly well on each RI until the last one. I felt really good on all intervals, even the last one.

BTW, I found a cool treadmill pace conversion chart.
http://www.funfitnesssolutions.com/t...conversion.htm

It gives you "equivalent" paces for each incline on the treadmill.

Susan

I'm back to "running" and posting my runs.
Yesterday I did a 7 miler. I had issues w/ my Garmin (*&*&%#@*!!) so just ran w/ my reg watch. So no watching my pace. Just out for an "easy, just run as I feel" type run. It was overcast adn upper 50's...so actually GREAT for a run. I think my loop is a bit more than 7miles. Did it in 1:18. Felt pretty good and needed a "good" run since I have not been that into it with only 3 weeks til my marathon.

So I rested most of yesterday, I did not get to bed tooo early, but earlier enough. I hydrated well. I did, howerver, start my (.), aunt flo, or what ever you wanna call it.

Felt OK this AM determined to go out w/ good thoughts...hey it's only 22 miles. Just do it however slow. Well, I definitely had a slower pace today. Not sure why, but wanted to get into a pace/rhythm that I could "run all day at". I would say my first 8 miles were pretty darn comfortable. By 10 I was OK, but tired adn still thinking "what am I doing??". I took a bathroom break at miles 12+ and it was my "turn around point". Mile 14 always does me in. By miles 15 - 16 I was really wanted to just throwin the towel. By mile 17 I was pretty sure I was calling home and calling for ride. Just tired, heavy legs--and doubts. But I just did a shorter loop home and ended with 19.5. So I had 2 other runs at 20 miles. Today was not my best. I had lots of doubts about finishing...well finishing under 5 hours. I maybe walking the last 5 or 6. I added accelerade in 2 of my bottles, therefore I really didn't "eat" anything (Gu). My SO thinks that may be the issue, I am under fueling. So I had about 250 cal cereal/milk breakfast, 16 oz accelerade = 160 cal (oh, less than I thought), 16 oz G2 = 50 cal, 1 Gu = 100, twizzlers about 90 cal. So during my run (of about 4 hours) I had about 400 cal. So I guess I have some leway to add more calories.
So I got inthe pool (cold water) for the legs and have compression stocks on now. I am a bit disappointed in my run and worried about the REAL thing. Hopefully some of my training and the excitement will carry me through. But I must say thoughts of just not doing it DID come into my head today. Oh well. I'll muddle through!

We will see what week brings and what next weekend's runs are like. :o

5.15 mile run with DH this morning - it was 18 degrees and for some reason, this slows me down! My feet in VFFs felt very slappy and hard even though I was trying to keep my cadence up. It's downgrade all the way down to the river to the turnaround point and then upgrade, maybe 3% - pretty much all the way home. It took us 53 minutes. After Sunday's faster long run I was kinda hoping my slow days were done.

Anyhow I punished myself by making me ride the mb down to the bus, and then back home tonight. There.

Also, did Pilates last night and she had us working hamstrings, so that might have had something to do with the slowness. Maybe.

5 hilly miles on schedule for me. Getting ready to head out.

19 miles, and I felt like I could keep going. Of course, as soon as I stopped, I could hardly walk. :rolleyes:

Kat, sorry your run was such a struggle. But y'know, we all have those. It's okay to have days like that. You did a LOT, even if it wasn't everything you'd planned - and not doing exactly what you'd planned is okay, too. You did great - and you'll be fine in your marathon. Underfueling will definitely make me feel that way though, so I think for sure you should try more next time.

Battling a very nasty cold right now... I did a slow 4.5 today and apparently that was a bit too much. I started feeling more sickly towards the end of today and super worn out! It may be the impending drain of PMS... I hate being a girl sometimes. Over it! Taking extra vitamin C, B and Iron to ward off the sickliness.

Hope you get to feeling better, Winding. Sounds like you need a hot toddy and a good night's sleep.

Week 2 of HM training....3 miles tonight in sloppy, melting snow. Ick!