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How goes everyone's running? I went out for another HOT trail run today (it's in the low 90s and humid). It was pretty good, considering the weather. I think I startled someone who was walking along the trail as I was coming back to the parking lot--she said "whoa" or something as I passed her. Guess I should have called out "on your right" before passing...oops!
Well I have run 2 mornings in a row. Both at the crack BEFORE dawn (5:30). With the sliver of a moon the stars have been very bright and nice to see.
Only did 3 miles each day. I am at a 12 mmp--slow, very. But still HOT. Yesterday we had some breeze d/t the left over tropical depression out in the gulf. Today, stagnate and humid! I think it was only in the 80's!
My focus and energy remains on swimming (tri soon) and long biking on weekend (bike trip soon). But I have put in some miles.
I can't wait til the first cool morning! I have a trip to CT in Sept....hills and cooler AMs--that will be nice!
I took a very early run this morning (around 5:20) so as to avoid the heat! It was actually really pleasant out. I did a 6.5-mile run in a nearby park...mostly flat road and some trails.
Both of my pre-50k training runs this week have been savored. The last was this morning a comfy 5.5miler. I beat the rain home, but am disappointed that this morning was the morning that apt. management decided to turn off all the water in the building to fix some plumbing. Yep, I'm still sitting here in my post-run dew and not quite sure what to do about it. :p
In other news: I am feeling pretty confident about the race this Saturday, just a little concerned that my body is trying to do it's "usual" of attempting to get sick during the taper. I've had a pretty constant headache for the past 5days and my sinuses arent' quite 100%. Will be hydrating a lot and sleeping more leading up to Sat. that's for sure!
I'm very pleased with my treadmill workouts. I'm feeling stronger, and my heart rate seems to be adjusting. I've had some soreness on the outside of my right knee the last few runs--probably the IT band, but I've never had issues on the right side before. I thought it might be my shoes (I think they're a tad big), so I used my old shoes today. Still some soreness, but not as much as the last run.
I'd skipped running so far this week because I've taught aerobics Sunday, Monday and I'm teaching again this afternoon - so hard on my calves! This morning I went for an easy 5 miles just to get some cardio and work on my form.
Just noticed something strange this morning-- I go out for my run very very early, come home, shower, and then take my rather elderly dog out for his walk. I let him take the lead on determining our route, and lately he's been consistently starting out on the same route I just ran... The wonder that is a dog's nose!! Maybe he just wants to find out what I've been up to while he was waiting patiently at home...
Left the house at 4:45 this morning for my 11-mile run. 2:02:32, about 3 minutes longer than my 11-miler 2 weeks ago. This was not surprising, as I just completed a weeklong 454 mile bike ride with 35,000 feet of elevation gain. The ride finished Saturday, and even though I *feel* fully recovered, in reality my legs are probably not 100% yet. In particular, the last 3 miles of my run were difficult. Heavy legs, and I was unusually hungry, despite fueling myself consistent with previous long runs. I've been really really hungry since Sunday; again, my body is wanting more fuel to recover from the long ride. I probably should have added in an additional 100 calories on my run, as it was the last 15 minutes when I felt like i was starting to bonk.
Urlea - sounds like you're well prepared for your 50K! I hope your cold holds off. Wait until *after* the event to get sick! :) Is your event this weekend?
Susan
I have been struggling with a knee injury for several months, which was meniscus and patella tracking related. Yesterday was the first time I have been able run more than 3 miles since March, with a 3.5 mile run. Small accomplishment but hopefully I can only improve from here!
Ran 3.5 miles tonight. Was 97 degrees. Ran with my friend (former elite runner) and her dtr, who was at my pace...Sloooowww. We followed "speedy" out, then she took off. Caught up at 2 miles. Her last mile was 6:45min. I can only hope I was in the 10 min zone, as my heart rate was the highest it's been all summer. Was anaerobic longer than I should have been. Skipped my favorite spin class tonight to run. Sometimes it's good to be pushed.
Susan- Yes, the ultra is this Saturday the 22nd! My running buddy & I leave tonight at midnight to make the 9+ hr drive to way South Dakota. Packet pick-up & the pre-race meeting are mid-day tomorrow so we wanted to be sure that we would be there in time for that. :) I'll be sure to keep you ladies posted as best I can, I'm guessing the only means for me to get word out will be on Twitter as I probably wont have internet access, but you never know.
Good luck Urlea!
Good luck Urlea!
I got out for a horrible, no good, ugly 2.75 miles tonight. So much for the planned 4! My legs felt like they were trudging through mud the whole way and I couldn't seem to locate my comfort zone. The lingering 90 degree temps didn't help the cause much either.:(
Susan, I see that you're registered for the 24 hour at ROFTT. I'm surprised you're running too. I'll be seeing you there. I'm doing the 12. I'm not registered yet, I suppose I should get on that.
Are you doing another event that involves running too? Sorry if you've already explained yourself many times... I'm just fresh back on the forum. Been away for a while.
Yet another hot humid day today! I did my half-hour run around the neighborhood at 8:30 this morning but was still extremely hot.
Jolt, I was power walking at the same time and it is just horrible out there. I don't think I can remember such a long stretch of heat and humidity here since i moved back here or when i was a kid. The dew point is 75 now! My asthma is acting up and I am on Claritin, too. Can't wait for Monday when it is supposed to be clear and cooler again.
I have been super busy this week. But I've managed to squeeze in some 20 minute runs. It's not much so I've been trying to make them count.
3 runs for me this week. Each 20 minutes long, intervals and hill training.
A cold front came through here yesterday, and so the conditions for running were much nicer this morning. It's amazing what a difference 15 degrees F can make... Unfortunately, I had a busy morning scheduled and didn't drag myself out of bed early enough to do the long run I had planned. But tomorrow looks to be just as nice-- and so I might finally try doing a long run and a long ride on the same day (and just let the lawn grow a little higher meanwhile)....
Made it through my first ultra marathon strong!!! My running buddy landed 1st place women for the 50k & I took 2nd!! Which shocked us both. Not the most competitive field, but people struggle w/ the hills & the heat while we just kept pushing through. :D
Race report to come when my brain cells are some place other than my legs!
Happy runs this wknd ladies!
CONGRATS URLEA!!!!!! That is so amazing! I hope you are feeling great and recovering well!!! Can't wait for that race report!
Urlea, you ROCK!
10.5 for me yesterday, squeezed into the family activities. Heard an owl and a hawk and saw three deer, so unexpected for such a congested area!
Longest run ever for me today--9 miles on the Midstate Trail (I usually run 3 or 4 miles). I did do a little walking and had to make one stop, so the whole thing took 2 hours and 20 minutes, but I was pretty proud of myself! And I think I am finally getting the hang of downhills; it probably helped that there was one LONG one on today's run.
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I got back into doing triathlon more seriously this year. I did 4 this season. Plus, I made a goal to run a half marathon for my 40th birthday, which is October 23rd. I'll be running the Girlfriends Half Marathon on Vancouver WA on 10/8, 5 days before my birthday.
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So many women doing ROFTT this year! I did the very first one in 2005. I did the 12, and I was the only solo woman entered in any event that year. This year, there are already 4 signed up for the 24 (I think only Sandy Earl has done the 24 solo) and 5 (6 after you sign up) signed up for the 12 hour. I think that rocks. I'm hoping to do 250 miles, but that would mean about 23,000 feet of elevation gain. I've never attempted something that ambitious before, so I've no idea if I can manage it. But it'll be "fun" to try! Looking forward to meeting you at the pre-race meeting.
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I ended my run week on Friday with 5 miles, for a total of 21 miles for the week. I need to think about replacing my shoes soon.
Susan
Woohoo!!! That's awesome. Congrats to both of you!! :DQuote:
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Aside, I did an 8 mile hike (some jogging on the downhill/flats) this weekend, but no running. Last week I did some intervals during the week. This week looks to have cooler mornings, which I'm excited about for running.
I did my first 10K trail run on Saturday in Spruce Pine, NC. It was hot but I hear it was hotter up North. Very muddy, 4 stream crossings, lots of climbing, serious slick downhills, and lots and lots of friendly North Carolinians (when I passed her, one woman yelled, "you go, girl!" - that would never happen in RI.)
I finished 291 of 350 so not bad for my first time.
This week I will likely run 3 or four days, 3 miles apiece. I am riding too, so trying not to overdo it.
Ran this morning for a half hour on the trails out back. I have no idea how far I went because we haven't measured them... but I am thinking I probably went 3 miles.
Urlea--WOW! Awesome!
So should we start a new week or just wait til next week since this one is 1/2 way over!
I did get out of bed for a little 3 miler. Still HOT here...the "cool" front stalled mid Florida. So still close to 80 degrees at 6 AM. I think just a little less humid.
Just trying to get back into the swing of the run.
First run post-50k this evening. I can't even begin to express how happy I am that my body remembers how to run this soon afterward!! :D
Yes, my legs ache. But it's the normal post long distance race pains & momentary toddler walking for me. I'm getting more comfortable. The run tonight actually helped a lot to stretch the muscles out a little bit.
Was able to make it 2.5miles of 9:40-10:40 run w/ sections of walk mixed in. Not sure what my overall pace was. It felt fast all things considered! I ran on grass & in my VFFs. Both felt great and were good stabilizers for the tired quads.
Hoping to have a race report ready for you all sometime tomorrow!
Urlea that is awesome.
I ran 3.2 this morning, on road, in the new Brooks. A little sloggy but not so bad.
Stiff from 240 miles of freeway - DH has a cold and didn't feel up to twisties. Hot, blood sugar's low, wearing an old pair of shoes since space is so tight on the moto. 2 laps around the industrial park, 4.25 mi.
URLEA: You are amazing! Congratulations on the race, and the incredible finish. And that you aren't so sore you cannot move for a week! Keep up the great work!
I myself have been walking -- it's that time of year -- the Breast Cancer 3-day is in about 16 days. So I've put running on the VERY BACK burner over the last month! I miss it, and my weight is showing it.
I can walk 8-12 miles daily and only GAIN weight! I think I need to start putting in at least 30-40 minute of running intervals prior to walking. Then my waistline won't be such a mess!
Saw a cool thing while out on my run this morning-- a mom and two girls in catholic school plaid riding bikes to school. All in helmets, btw! The older girl in front, then the younger, and mom bringing up the rear, with backpacks peeking out of her panniers. Awesome! I also fell in with a college women's soccer team out on a training run for about a mile-- they may be nearly 20 years younger, but I kept up. They were a neat bunch of kids...
All in all, 5 eventful and pleasant miles...
My last 11 mile run was this morning. The first hour felt great. The 2nd hour was more of a slog. I also misjudged the temperature and chose a short sleeve tee instead of a long. As a result, my hands and arms were quite cold, and I had a fair bit of trouble managing my gels. Couldn't seem to get them open! :o :) Guess I'm just not ready to admit that summer is coming to an end.
Next week's long run moves up to 12 miles. Yikes!
Ran 4.3 at lunch downtown... a bit sloggy since I am riding and running both a lot these days. But certainly a fine run regardless.
Got in a nice 5K tempo run today. It was 74 degrees when I got home from work this evening - amazing since it's usually in the 90's this time of year! :) It was overcast when I started and then coming home (headed west) the sun came out and I really felt it. That last mile I had to settle for run/walk intervals, but the pace for that mile was only 30 seconds slower than the first 2.1. I've been running for 7 years now and it amazes me that I can take walking breaks (sometimes walk 1/4 to 1/3 of the time) and it doesn't slow down my pace much - if any. I'm a slow runner, but not that slow - ?
Deborajen, did you see this article in the NYT a while back? Walking is not all that bad and apparently can make you faster! Just what I needed to read! (Of course I take walk breaks often on mountainous runs. It's faster than trying to run up a 30% slope.) My attitude is that the sun will always come up tomorrow, even if I take a little walk break. :rolleyes: I'm getting slower as I get older, but oh well.
Susan, your dedication to The Program is admirable. I can't seem to stick with anything more than a couple of weeks these days...
I've been kind of slacking...went on vacation and only ran once in 10 days (yikes!) and am currently in one of my bad-back-flare-ups. PT for 2+ months made no difference and it seems to be getting worse the more I back off of everything. My doc and I have a plan! Or I should say he has a plan but I'm still pondering it. So in the meantime I'm running a little bit, trying not to drive my husband crazy, and trying to stay positive. It is what it is! I am still planning to complete my Mt Whitney run 09/09/09 but I suspect we'll do more walking up than I originally thought we would do. I was probably being optimistic thinking I would be able to run once we got above about 12000' anyway :p
Run on!
Yesterday's run was a little over half an hour around the neighborhood, wearing huaraches (the sandals that the Tarahumara in Mexico wear when they run their crazy distances) that I made. Not one of my best runs; not sure if it was the sandals (it did feel a little weird running in them) or just an off day. I have realized that it is much easier for me to maintain good form on rough trails than on roads--why is that? Today's run was a little different--a friend of mine was having day surgery at a hospital about two miles away, so I decided that I would run there to keep her mom company in the waiting room and see her when she came out of surgery, then run back home. The route involves going up and over a huge hill so it was a good workout--when my friend was ready to go home, her mom dropped me off at the top and then I ran the rest of the way back home (mostly one long downhill!). It was a much better run than yesterday and I might start doing more runs with a destination (like errands that are not very far) to change things up a bit.
The circus is in town, and my run this morning took me over a viaduct that overlooked the parking lot where 6 elephants are staying. What a delightful surprise! I just had to stop and watch them from above for a few minutes.... What a great incentive to get out and run-- you never know what unexpected moment of beauty or adventure or oddity you'll find...
I just got this month's AMC Outdoors magazine yesterday and was quite pleased to find an article about the benefits of going barefoot and strengthening the feet. Looks like it's catching on...