Running week of 09/20/09-09/27/09

I did a 5K today in a very crowded scene and although my time was not as fast as last week, I was very proud of my overall stats. It was hot and sunny and I really hate running in the sun. I wanted to rip my clothes off (sounds more exciting than it was.) My time was 27:44 and I came in 123/714 women in my age group and 1958 out of 5300. Yeah baby! Okay so that says nothing for how well I will do when it is thirteen miles in October but here is my goal: I want to do the half marathon with a 9:15-9:30 mile. I think I can do this and not kill myself.


We'll see.


Got the century this week then I can fully concentrate on the running more than the biking.




Doin:

Seacoast Century 09/26 NH
Amica Half Marathon, Newport RI 10/18/09
Charlestown 10K Trail Run, RI 11/22/09

Done:

09 Westport MA 8K - May 2009
09 Cox 5K Providence RI - May 2009
09 Ocean State Tour de Cure Narragansett (century ride) June 2009
09 10K Springmaid Splash 8/22/09 NC - awesome trail run in the beautiful mountains.
NK5K 9/12 North Kingstown RI (11/43 in age group: 26:40 whoo hoo!)
CVS Downtown 5K 9/20 (123/714 in age group: 27:44

indigoiis - congrats on your 5K time! I'd love to be able to run that fast. :) I'm doing my first half marathon in October, and hope to run 10:30-10:45. My 10K race pace in May was 10:11, so I think that should be doable.

I ran 12 miles this morning. Geez, I hate getting up that early! I didn't even hear the alarm the first 2 times it went off (it's not on my side of the bed) and didn't get up until 4:30 (meant to be up at 4:00). Made it out of the house at 5:00 and was back by 7:15. I started out feeling sluggish, but felt GREAT from mile 5 to mile 11. I kept expecting to feel the soreness creep in as it usually does by mile 8, but it didn't hit until mile 11. Yay!

The only real negative this morning was my bra. It chafed the %^$# out of me under my arms. It started bugging me at mile 2, and by mile 10 I felt like it was wearing a hole in my skin. :eek: It's time to retire it. It's still in great shape, but I don't quite fill it out anymore, so it was moving around too much. :o For a girl who has always had trouble finding bras BIG enough, this is completely disorienting.

Indigoiis - Nice work on a hot day! (hate those hot days.....)

Susan if I ever get chafing, it's the underarm one - ouch. But it happens sporadically - I've not been able to figure out why.

Everytime I set the alarm to run early, I turn it off and think to myself "Susan is up and running." "Go Susan Go." Then I go back to sleep. :D

All of my races are done, so I'm on a month of no structured workouts; am doing what I feel like. I'll stop rambling...this is the running thread.... But my body needs a good break it and so does my brain.

Go Susan Go

After not doing any running for several days (other than a ten-minute beach run to warm up after swimming in Cape Cod Bay on Sunday--I would have gone longer but the tide was coming in and the sand was too soft) I finally got out for a decent trail run this afternoon. It was pretty good once I settled back into the right form (after tripping on rocks three times...pretty good indication that something is off) and I also did some random climbing and balancing on the fallen trees along one part of the trail. Sometimes it's fun to mix things up like that.

Same bat time, same bat place. Jogged 2, recover 1. Some excitement tonight, as a running group was doing their recovery jog, I tried to keep up for a better time on mile 2. :)
I like to "pretend" to keep up with faster people, I need the motivation.

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Everytime I set the alarm to run early, I turn it off and think to myself "Susan is up and running." "Go Susan Go." Then I go back to sleep.

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I totally did this this morning when my alarm went off at 5, except I am riding today (30 miles in and 30 miles home) and just did not want to up and ad-em. But I remembered the "Susan is up..." thing and it got me up!

Ran 8 yesterday down trail and dirt road from the bus to home. Took 1.5 hours. A good run but I think it will unfortunately be my last running commute of the season as the sun went out at around the time I was pulling into my driveway. I have a girlfriend who might run it with me next Monday but then I think that will be it. I have a headlamp but out on the trail and the dirt roads there are some shady boy characters who go in to the management area to smoke, and I just don't want to be on the wrong side when it's dark out! Although probably they are pretty mellow. It's still creepy. Yesterday they emerged out of the woods off trail onto the dirt road trailing a lovely sensi odor and I smiled and said hello and none of them said anything. Ran a little faster.

Jolt I totally do that too - when I do barn chores in the morning I jump all over the stall doors and beams and up onto the tack box. My own personal gym!

Today I am not running as I am riding... tomorrow I will run 3 and Thursday I am running 5. Saturday is a Century.

You know, Susan is three time zones earlier than I am, and she's still out running before I can drag my *ss out. :p

Very little running this week in preparation for the weekend's big ride... but I just got a new Garmin 310XT. O frabjous day! Callou, callay! So I'm almost glad it's raining this morning and the club ride was off. I'll go for a little run this afternoon.

'Course I was having trouble with my ancient copy of Parallels that allowed me to run SportTracks, so I upgraded that, and now I'm having trouble with the upgrade. :rolleyes: At least I'll have Garmin Training Center on the Mac side.

Indigo, great job! I sure hope I can do my half marathon (same day as yours) as fast as you're hoping to.

You guys crack me up! But hey, if the thought of my oh-dark-30 runs is an inspiration to get you out of bed in the morning, then color me flattered. :)

So, tonight I head for Vegas for our annual industry trade show. I have my run clothes all packed, and plan to run on the strip in the early a.m. tomorrow (6 a.m. the strip is a ghost town). When my alarm goes off and I start questioning the value of going for a run in the morning on a day when I know I'll be on my feet constantly from 9-6, I'll be thinking of YOU all, knowing that I have a lot to live up to! That ought to get me moving.

Neighborhood/park run today, about 35 minutes. Nothing too out of the ordinary.

5 pretty easy miles yesterday, just to break in the new watch. Yay!

Did a short run last night. I'm taking a few days off. My feet have been really tender in the AM. I'm worried I might have plantar fasciitis. Doctor appt. on Monday.

I managed to get in about 4.5 miles between heavy rain showers this morning. Due to the rain, I went without my glasses-- and it was dark out too. I stuck to a very familiar route, but it was still kinda freaky, not really being able to see where I was going. It might be time to check out the treadmills over at my local (and free) community center...

5 miles on a full stomach. Felt tight blah, but I didn't mind because the weather was beautiful and I know these *perfect* days are nearing their end...

6mi run home after training Brazilian jiu-jitsu tonight. It went well. Especially the last 4miles. I noticed about 1/2 way through that since I've been trying the barefoot running off & on since August, that I don't heel strike nearly as bad in my Mizunos. I'm also wearing Injinji socks instead of Tekos. Very encouraged by this! :D

I went for an easy 5 Tuesday, trying out my new watch and also a pair of Injinji socks I just got. Loved the way they felt on my toes, but started to get the beginning of the old hot spot on one arch. I think I just can't run in anything but wool... and no one around here stocks the wool Injinjis. I might have to mail order a pair or two.

Ran 5 more miles at o'dark 30 w/ my running group. Legs felt good considering the BJJ & 6 miles from yesterday evening. My headphones stopped working 1/2 way into it, I've probably sweat too much for them to handle anymore, but it was nice to hear my feet hitting the ground quietly. :)

Oak- That's a bummer about not being able to get injinjis in wool. I've got a pair of the wool ones too, I actually wore that pair out, they are nice. They didn't have wool at my LRS either so I picked up the normal blend, whatever that is, today after my run just to have a few more pairs since I'm thinking they will become my primary running sock. We'll see.

Got out for about a 45-minute trail run/walk/workout today, mixing things up yet again. Would have stayed out longer but had to get ready to go somewhere--maybe a longer one tomorrow.

I ran five tonight up on College Hill and up to Blackstone Blvd, through some lovely neighborhoods that I didn't know were there.
It took me an hour.
So I'm a turtle but I'm happy. I felt great during and after, so I am happy about that. I used one of those handheld water things I bought today. At first I hated it but by mile 3 I forgot it was there. Had the cell phone in the other hand to balance things out. It works.

3 miles at lunch, in a residential neighborhood. Very warm, but quite nice. It's fun to see different scenery.

Last week during my trip up to CT I had ran 3 days in a row...a bit more than 3 miles each day in cool 50 degree weather (ah heaven compared to 90 degrees) on a gravel, off road, hilly trail near the water (yes, again heavenly).

Went out for run last night (back in in FL)...planned 4 miles. Keeping pace really slow just wnated to get the miles in (hot still!). About 1.5 miles in started to rain, big drops but not a lot, felt good. Then it rained more. I was running in a full out rain and loving it. It was cool. Heard thunder a bit a ways off w/ 1.5 miles still to go. Picked up pace (felt good). I knew if thunder and lightening got worse/close S.O. would come pick me up. I really hated that the lightening was happeninc cuz I was having a great run in the rain. Got 3 miles in before I jumped in the rescue vehicle. It was fun!

I have been tapering all week....very little excercise but a whole lot of energy!!!!

As intended, I did get out for a longer trail run/walk/"circuit training" today--about an hour and a half. I found a route that has lots of fallen trees to walk across, rocks to jump on and off, a stream to cross, bigger rocks to climb on, and one spot with a rock that is perfect for doing pushups and tricep dips. Lots of "monkey business" and I am glad there aren't usually too many people on the trail to see it!

Jolt - I think doing the monkey business is the best part of a run! ;)

We had a nice century ride yesterday - I would say my best out of five centuries ridden in three years. It was a lot of fun and we kept up a good 16.5 mph pace the whole ride. That was pretty good considering the coastal headwinds both up and back.

Today I ran 7.8 miles. Vacation runs are always more fun than home runs. Nice running along the coast with the wind and the rain. I was the only one pretty much out on the roads. It took me an hour and 20 min.

Tomorrow is a rest day. My legs feel good considering how much I beat them up this weekend!

Take care,

Anj

It's finally not raining!! At long last... I did 3 soaked miles on Friday, and then Saturday morning it was raining so hard I didn't even try (plus my shoes were still damp). But today-- beautiful (but windy). So I did a very pleasant 9.25 miles, my longest run yet, and kept it just under 10 min/mile. Awesome! Yesterday's unscheduled rest day did me a lot of good-- no running and only about 4 very wet miles on the bike, going to the farmer's market. Right now, my legs feel great, but we'll see about tomorrow...

Mmm, fall marathon season! ;)

This is my first week of running with not much else. Today, 8-9 miles easy, which is the longest I've ran in a while. It took about 90 minutes, but I was focusing on keeping my HR low and keeping things even since I am jumping in on a relatively abbreviated schedule.

Since my car accident in July, my neck/shoulder have been steadily improving. After a hard or long run, things get pretty stiff - different than the rotator cuff problems I had before, much more concentrated toward my spine. Oh well. Keep on keepin' on.

Was in Seattle Friday thru Sunday. Nice to run at sea level. Staying downtown, jogged 3 miles Saturday morning. Walked 5 miles at Public Market.
Jogged 4 days this week, might be making progress.....