I didn't run but saw no one started a new thread so I decided to.
Have great runs today ladies! - I swam my mile and a half instead :D
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I didn't run but saw no one started a new thread so I decided to.
Have great runs today ladies! - I swam my mile and a half instead :D
I am scheduled for intervals tonight and my legs are SCREAMING angry from the 8 miler Saturday and some mountain biking yesterday. But my mind is also upset, the running will do me good. If the legs are too sore I will just do tempo. Got to remember to put batteries in the MP3. ;)
I did an 8 mile trail run yesterday. I had a tough 57 mile ride on saturday where I let me nutrition just about kick me....left my legs feeling like spaghetti on the trail run, but I made it though. Enjoy your runs!
Awful 25-minute run in the neighborhood this morning. Ice everywhere!!
First time in double digits! w00t! I'm getting such a feeling of elation on my long runs, each time I pass a new milestone.
Another windy day. Once again my out lap was 14 minutes longer than the return leg. Mostly the wind, but I also felt like finishing strong.
Aggie, when my mind wandered from my own body/meditative state I started thinking about other people's bodies :rolleyes: and specifically your HR on your long runs... you mentioned having your DH along for company and "being able to talk." You weren't actually conversing with him the whole time, were you? That would definitely rob you of oxygen and send your HR soaring. FWIW, on my long runs I inhale to a count of three steps and exhale the same and my AHR today was 157.
Only on lap 8 when I was starting to lose my mind. If you look I had to run 10 mind numbingly boring laps to get to 8 miles. It was dark. Just the path lamps, his bike light, the feral cats, white tail deer and my steps. The MP3 batteries went out on lap 4. About 8 I was just trying to keep going, I was tired and bored so I started talking to him but no not the whole time and not even the whole .8 mile lap. At several points I lost count of laps! I gave myself incentives like "you can stop at the water fountain on lap 3, 6, 9" but then I couldn't remember if it was one of those laps!
But FWIW on a normal run I hover around 170-175. It was very cold Saturday evening and when it is chilly I find my HR is a little elevated. I am really hoping as I get myself back into shape my HR will come down because the runs really wear me out. When I ran all the time a few years back they energized me but now I just want to come home and hit the couch.
How did you stay upright? Great job!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jolt
Had a nice short run today, the first since my half-marathon a week ago.
It felt great, and it was so beautiful outside.
But now my knees are acting funny, especially when I stand up from a seated position. Dear Partner (a doctor with kin. training) will have a look tonight. :(
Just did a little 5K on the treadmill today -- re-building fitness. The good news is that my knee felt fine. :) Good job, all!
Well, there was some walking on the worst parts. And I did take one minor spill...Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
I managed to cautiously run 3 times this last week without too much pain. Hopefully my shin splints are behind me once again. I can't wait until I run as easily as you guys. You are my heros. Heroines?
I did 1.5 miles on the treadmill before meeting with my trainer. Today was a ladder day. She spreads out this long ladder on the floor in the basketball court and then I have to make my way down it in various ways and sprint back to the start.
It's been really good for my agility.
Veronica
I drug myself to the path for the intervals on the schedule. All 40 minutes of them. My legs are still angry (sore) but I am glad I went because it ran some of the stress of my Mammaw being ill out. My HR was a little more normal tonight although still a lot higher than you guys. My feet are really hurting, but more at the bone level. I wonder if I am tying my shoes too tight?
Good job everyone who got out there, we are waking up from our slumber of winter!
I did a little searching on the web about the high HR and most things I read suggest it is because of my fitness level. I really just got back into running so despite the miles I am doing, I consider myself out of shape. I have not been doing a lot of consistent riding the past year either. From what I read it should come down over time, so now I can rest easier. The sites all seemed to recommend tracking your HR monitor stats, so I will start doing that. Not that I have quite figured out all I will do with the information.
Aggie_AmaQuote:
Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
I keep waiting for the time when it will come down. What is happening to me is I am running longer or faster so it always ends up staying up there.
It is interesting how different activities affect it.
I have had to switch to doing some butterfly in the pool to get it way up - when I do freestyle my muscles and breathing give out before my HR
and in spin class I have to work harder to get it up whereas before on a standing climb it would skyrocket.
Running . . . . . now that is a different story . . . it is up in a heartbeat :D
Ran 3.25 today as per my training program requirements for the full. I realized as I was getting ready to go run that I couldn't remember the last time I had run under 5miles outside. It was difficult to think up a route that was that distance, but I managed. Went .25 over my allotted, but that's okay.
Overall pretty good run. I ran without headphones. I've been spoiling myself with ipod use this winter as a means to distract me from the cold, but since it was a balmy 20 above I left it at home today. The birds were chirping again, it was nice. :)
On to my odd question of the day, why should small busted women wear sports bras?
After my long run on Saturday I woke up Sunday morning with pain right where my sport-bra strap hits on my left shoulder. I've been debating if it may have been how I slept, but the top of my shoulder felt okay before I ran today and now it's a little tight. I did wear a looser fitting bra today though. :rolleyes:
I didn't swim over the weekend and yesterday I felt fine when I did so I have a hard time believing it's from that. *shrug* I don't know what to think!
I've recently re-introduced running to my training after a stress fracture in my heel 3 years ago. I guess you could call me a returnee. I've done some running on the treadmill, and recently adding spurts of it to my morning walk with Karma, my Whippet.
She injusred her leg on Friday (she's fine now) so we kept it at a walk this morning, but will begin running again tomorow!
I had a similar experience yesterday, 'cept my schedule called for 2 miles. 2 miles? I can't remember the last time I ran only 2 miles. So I did 3.4. and then today was supposed to be 5 and I did 6.25. :rolleyes: I am taking tomorrow off even though it's a run day; I have a book club meeting (note that the "book club" that I belong to does not read...we just drink beer and chat).Quote:
Originally Posted by Urlea
Bras are totally overrated for us less endowed women. I usually just wear a camisole to prevent rub (I like the active camis from Patagucci). Works fine. Currently my pecs stick out almost as far as my b00bs. Pathetic. The older I get, the more they disappear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Urlea
Someone please knock me upside the head.
I just committed to a half-marathon to celebrate my 40th in October. :eek:
***KNOCKS Susan Upside the head!*** but only for not doing so sooner! :D
Train smart and you'll do great. Best of luck, I look forward to hearing about your training runs!
Susan! Awesome!! Enjoy the training!
I did 7 miles last night (and a swim on monday). When I got home from my run, I just kept thinking, "I love running." That must be because nothing hurts at this exact moment!
I don't get to run again until sunday (plenty of swimming and cycling between now and then), but I am going to the trails sunday, and I am already looking forward to it!
I don't know about machine :-) As the volume has increased, my coach took my third run of the week out, and increased the lenth of my other two, so I have Friday off. I have found that I am more tired, so I am going to bed eariler to make up for the additional training:)
I am pretty intimidated by the next four weeks of my training. The buildup is a little bit insane, but I think I can do it...I hope....I might need to take a day off just to get some extra sleep :-)
Enjoy your runs!
Did my 30 minute easy run last night. My foot is still hurting dagnabit. I think maybe I need some arch supports, I dunno? Everything else feels great but that right foot is painful and from what I can tell it isn't a normal running injury pain (at least from the web resources I checked). My HR was at 170 which according the Polar "Own Zone" is at the top but not out of my hard zone. So that was my goal. I wanted to stay under 170.
Eclectic- I can't swim, if I did laps I would probably be in the 190's! Good cross training though, this weekend after my 10 miler I am going kayaking. I can't wait! :)
Urlea- I keep having the same problem. My training schedule calls for time and I go to a local walking path. I keep stopping mid-lap at time which is annoying because I am in the back of the park and I do a super duper long cool down which gets me impatient!
Tofu- Welcome back! I am just coming back and I feel like a total newbie. It is frustrating. Stay injury free.
Yellow- My husband's boss has a "prayer group meeting" that is really a beer bust! :eek:
Susan- Congratulations! I would be lying if I said I am not ready to be done with the 1/2 training so I can get back to riding. And I still have this crazy idea about doing a full for my 30th birthday in 2010. :confused:
Syndi- I made DH ride his bike along so I could ask what lap I was on!Normally I wouldn't do an 8 mile run where I had to do 10 laps it is a recipe for insanity. I think Eclectic said she bought a lap counter?
Kacie- Your enthusiam is both sickening and inspiring. Keep it up you are doing great!
Ditto on everything Aggie_ama and Syndirelah said
Susan - YOU GO GIRL ! !
Is this your first one?
Yellow - I am going to look up that cami - I just find any sports bra too hot and annoying to wear in the summer. I did however find some inexpensive ones made by danskin - they are actually comfortable and not too warm - I wear them anytime I can get away w/ it (neckline makes the difference)
Lap counting I did buy an inexpensive lap counter - works great if you have the presence of mind to click it. Another trick I use is to take a set number of rubber bands on my fingers. I transfer them from one hand to another every lap so if 8 laps make a mile I will take 4 bands. Hopefully the miles aren't to hard too track - your time should be able to tell you that. and anyway I don't do enough to get confused :p
Now for MY NEWS I did it ! ! ! ! happy dance, happy dance whoo hoo. :D :D :D
I did the longest run of my life last night. It was on the treadmill but in my world that counts. I did the full 7 miles and didn't do any walking (except for about 3 steps when the treadmill unexpectedly quit at 60 min.)
I decided going into it I was only going to run a 12:30 mile. I have learned it really is a mind game. Starting out I thought "I will run 2.3 on the treadmill, 2.3 on the track and then 2.3 back on the treadmill - I can easily run 2.3 miles." When 2.3 came I thought "I am doing fine I will do 3" and that is how it went - I took it by songs, 12:30 minutes, daydreaming etc etc etc
I was able to carry on a conversation w/ decent sentences at varying times in the run. My HR average was 157 which is good for me. AND I was able to bump up the last .5 mile to an 11:30 mile. I wasn't exhausted when I was done - I felt like I could have kept going.
This was a huge break through for me - The 1/2 mary actually feels like something w/i my reach now.
I still can't say I like to run but I can say I don't dread it as much
Congrats! You know my first 7 miler is what made me think "I can do this". It is the mental hurdle first for me, then the physical and not the other way around. When I used to run I used to look forward to getting home, putting on my shoes and going but not yet. I am hoping I will get there soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by eclectic
Susan, yee-ha! Think of how much time you've left yourself to train for the full marathon you'll do to celebrate 50! :D :D :D (I, on the other hand... :rolleyes:)
Urlea, wear whatever makes you comfortable. Personally I'm small busted but very floppy (even when I was younger) and need a ton of support. If I ran bra-less the bounce would probably wrench my shoulders out of their sockets. :o Last year someone posted a video some bra company had made about bounce - their findings were that breast size really doesn't correlate with bounce. But yeah... cami, nip-its (or whatever they're called), band-aids, whatever makes you happy! I wish I could go "free!"
1 1/2 hours of snowshoeing last night. I know its not running . . . I'm not running for the rest of the pregnancy.
I'm hoping to get out to do 2 more long walks this week. I really miss running and can't wait to get back at it. We're already looking at the car-seat attachment for the jogger.
Thank god, I realized I don't turn 30 until 2011 and that is when I am looking at a full. The day is already getting better. :p
lime A few years ago I did a fun run with a woman who was 7 months along. Seriously?! Who can or wants to run then? She naturally looked like she had a basketball under her shirt and not big old fat ankles. I hate those types, if I ever have kids I know I won't be one so I hate them. :)
't'was about time, Susan!
Enjoy the process!
I would waaaaay rather be snowshoeing than running!Quote:
Originally Posted by limewave
Me too, on the snow shoeing.
I took 2 days off of everything to deal with my weird medical stuff. This morning, I should have been studying, but I felt better, so I went to the gym. I ran 2.5 miles, in 24.5 minutes, so that was mostly at 5.5-6.2 mph. I took 2 two minute walks after 10 minutes of running. My legs felt a bit heavy, but I noticed my HR was a bit lower (159 instead of 167). I really need to work on running more distance and forget about the speed, but after my run outside, I realized that I think I run faster outside.
I think I might actually be able to ride outside tomorrow, so no run until Friday.
My head was very clear when I went on my internship interview this afternoon. I have 2 semi offers, so I have to decide tonight. OK, I have to go read.
Got home from my trip/vacation in Florida last night. I was able to get in 2 3 mile runs while I was there. Gosh, how do you ladies handle running in all that humidity?? I can only imagine how bad it is in the summer. Those of you that deal with,I give you my highest respect. When I run here in CO the humidity is in the single digits to low teens. Give me my altitued over the humidity any day. Overall the runs were great. I was able to wear shorts vs tights which was awesome. Hey Oak...I did go for a short run on one of the beaches. Very nice and beautiful My goal is to do 4-5 miles later this week. I will have to see how my calf feels. Congrats to everyone on there great runs.
Well, it was nice out today so I decided to go and run on some local trails this morning. However, I got there and found most of the trail to be a sheet of ice. Ugh. Needless to say, I didn't get a good run in there. Then this afternoon I went to visit a friend in Lynn (on the North Shore) and was still in my running gear since I hadn't had time to change, and realized I could stop for a run on the beach before going home. So I got in a little over 20 minutes of running on Revere Beach, actually my first beach run. It was nice. Not quite as good as a trail run, but pretty darn good!
Went for my 50 minute run tonight, which was awful! We are in a February heat wave and it was 84 today. The only win was the sprinklers were on and that cooled me down. My HR is coming down for average, so that is a good sign! Still can't figure out my foot issue, maybe I need to tie my shoe tight tomorrow. DH is getting concerned I might injure it but I think it isn't that serious, I am jsut whining a bit.
crankin- Congrats, hopefully. Glad the run cleared your head.
Solo- The humidity is awful but I get altitude sickness so I wouldn't trade my humidity for that. I guess if I lived there I would adjust.
Jolt- You don't have the power to float over ice? :p
Unfortunately not! Such a bummer...Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
Ha Solo, last week was really dry here! :p It only takes a couple of weeks to adjust. But you can't imagine the summer. I'm from Ohio and I had no idea of humidity until the one summer we spent here. It p*sses me off to have to run the AC when it's 75 degrees out, but you have to or everything in the house will turn to mold, literally overnight.
Crankin, glad you're starting to feel better and that you've got a choice of prospects.
Aggie, yeah, until I bit the bullet and started running the very hard country roads in Ohio, I'd do laps around a 1 mile fitness trail. I still go there to do intervals since it's flat, but any more than 5 laps and it starts to approach treadmill boring. So I feel your pain! Also, I am totally not an expert, but I've read more than one place that three quality runs a week are enough if it's not your only cardio, and it seems to be working for me to run and ride on alternate days. I'm just pretty much maintaining on the bike while I build running mileage right now. Then over the summer I'll maintain the running while I build strength on the bike - that's the plan anyhow.
Way to go eclectic!!! :D:D Definitely for me, adding mileage has been all about form and learning to run more slowly. That's exactly what I said to DH about the half-mary when I ran 7 for the first time just four weeks ago. "I can do that twice!"
Intervals for me tomorrow, but I haven't decided which workout. And then some consolidation for a week or two before I add any more miles.
Tonight I went to a slightly longer trail it is a bit of a drive but if I am running 50 minutes I need it to be a longer time before I pass the car again.
I am definitely scaling back the running to 2-3 days a week after the half marathon. Unless I just suddenly become the runner I was in 2005 but I don't see it happening! Friday I think I may ride my bike home from work though. It is supposed to be a southern wind which means a nice tailwind for the 28 miles home. :)
2.85 miles for me yesterday. It was my first run with the new Garmin we got. It was kind of cool to see just how hilly my run is and what my pace is at different points on the run.
Veronica
V- There are some things I only like to know in the pain of my legs- like elevation. Does the Garmin tell you distance though? Now that I am training for the half marathon I really wish I had something to tell me "Yes that was a 10 miler". :rolleyes: I won't be getting anything in the next month but something to keep in the back of my mind if I do talk myself into that full marathon.
We got a Forerunner 305 and it does give distance and you can set it up so will show other things while you are running. I really wanted something that would show me my distance and pace.
Thom it uses it on his bike as his HRM and computer. So it's fairly versatile. It's a little bulky on the wrist, but definitely better than carrying my hand held GPS and I like that I can change my route and still get mileage.
Veronica
Woohoo!! Another active week for everyone. :D Keep it up!
Despite having a good deal of difficulty pulling myself out of bed at 4:45 to join everyone for my thursday morning group run at 5:30, I made it!
Perhaps being so tired was an asset today, because as I exited the underground parking at my apartment I realized that it was snowing and windy. Kind of blizzardy. At that point it was affirmed that my last minute decision to grab an extra jacket & mittens on my way out the door was a good idea because I would definitely need them. :o
I knew the day would come that I would have to run in crappy winter weather eventually and now I have. Other then not being able to feel my right cheek even with the face warmer on top of it, it really wasn't that bad. I'm guessing the 20mph or so winds put the windchill at about -15 so that accounts for the frozen cheek.
When I returned to the shop those runners that had finished before me still had the same expression I did, which was, "well, that was tough. I'm glad I don't have to do that again today."
Anyway, I'm proud of myself for still going and finishing my 5 miles.
Eclectic Congrats on the 7miles!!! :D I agree that a lot of going longer distances is mental. It does get easier, I still remember needing to be a little distracted from how long I was actually running the first time I covered that distance.
Solo I'm with you on the humidity. Its really hard to run in! But I'm sure it's primarily a matter of what each of us has acclimated to.
Aggie I know the Garmin 305 tells you distance right on the watch. My hubby has one & loves it. I'm eyeing the 405 just because it's so much smaller and would actually fit on my wrist, but until then I'm using http://www.mapmyrun.com . Sometimes I will pre-map a route just so I can know for sure before I leave how far I am going. Other times I check when I get home. Use the satellite or hybrid view though, it helps.