Running against the wind, week of 4/21~

[runner2]

Hey,
Don't you just love the spring breeze?
I did an easy 5 miles trail run yesterday, the earth was soft from the rain shower the night before, the wind was tough on me so 5 miles was enough.
How's your?

Runner2

[crazybikinchic]

Ran 2.4 miles today (or should I say run/walk combo). Had a great day at school and was in a good mood. It was 90 degrees and humid (nothing like Texas weather). It felt really good to get out there (dog enjoyed it too).

[emily_in_nc]

Did 4 miles on the treadmill yesterday. This is the first time I've had to switch treadmills partway through b/c the guy next to me had such bad BO! I guess he figured he didn't need to shower before coming to the gym, or the icky old (cotton) tshirt he'd worn a zillion times to work out in before was just holding the funk in despite being (presumably) washed; or he's just one of the unlucky folks whose natural sweat smells to high heaven.

Whatever it was, it was almost sickening to breathe. I'm just glad I got my run in despite it!

Emily

[Veronica]

A beautiful morning run today for me - 2.2 miles again. It was 48 degrees out at 5:15 and a full or nearly full moon. We've got some clouds coming in so I got to watch the clouds and moon play hide and seek.

I'm running in a housing area just up the hill from me. It's a nearly flat, climbs 20 feet over the lap, nearly .5 mile loop. The first lap my breathing is a little raggedy and I'm wondering just how crazy I am. The beginning of the lap is really flat and I have a tailwind. As I turn the corner into the wind the road tilts ever so slightly upward. I enjoy the slight cooling effect of the wind. It's not blowing that hard. Turn the next corner and the road bumps up, a little hill. Then a nice little downhill, back to the beginning. It's on this downhill that I really get to enjoy the moon.

By lap 2 I'm into a nice groove, my breathing is nice and even and laps 3 and 4 go well. I wonder how long I'll be sore this time.

V.

[roadie gal]

4.33 miles on the treadmill yesterday, after swimming. It was in the low 30's with 20 mph gusts, so I weenied out and ran indoors. I am SO done with winter... and it's supposed to snow again for the next few days. feh

[Wahine]

Yesterday, I ran 4 miles outside at a sub 9 min pace. My leg doesn't hurt today.

[rocknrollgirl]

yeah yoda!!!!

[Veronica]

I want Yoda's legs. Not the green Yoda, the Wahine Yoda.

V.

[Wahine]

I want to go for another run today. My Triathlon brain is chomping at the bit while my logical PT brain is saying "Don't even think about it!!" I'm feeling rather schizophrenic at the moment.

[Veronica]

Do some yoga.

V.

[solobiker]

I went out for a little over 4 miles today. This is the longest run I have done in a few years. My darn hamstrings always seem to tighten right up. Have to focus more of my time on Yoga and stretching. I am not getting any younger

[kelownagirl]

I missed my run on the weekend - just didn't feel up to it. Today, I went for a run at school, 1 k alone, 3 with the kids and another alone. Only took 4 - 1 min walk breaks. Hopefully, next week, I can 15 minutes with 1 min breaks.

[alpinerabbit]

35 min s-l-o-w-j-o-g along the banks of the Danube in Vienna yesterday. Still tip-toeing the line to where my shins are getting worse.
I have a 5.8K relay leg to run on May 17; I´ll do whatever I want that day even if it means another no-run month.

I went back to the hotel room to do hot-cold showers on shins (no dip pool by the sauna); that made them feel real good.

Again, running makes it better before it comes back the next morning - lucky muscle ache is not getting worse, it is just like a transient, deep ache that moves around the shin / tibialis area, sometimes it´s a burning feeling too but it is the muscle itself.. I need another series of trigger pt. massage there, and all the way along my right leg up to the hip.

it´s so weird all these little achy overloaded spots are on my right leg. Leg length, could it have something to do with it? I´m getting paranoid.

[Kimmyt]

I'm so happy. Started increasing by 10% last week and I feel GREAT. Today did almost 3 miles on the dreadmill, and at no point did I feel bad. In fact, my legs felt great. I also got on the bike for the first time yesterday (I know, it's shameful), and no residual pain except for the usual early season butt-adjustments.

So this week its three runs at 2.9 miles and then next week I can do a 5k! Once I get to 3 mile runs I'm very psyched because I can run outside during work. I hate the treadmill, especially in this spring weather when it's warm and balmy and sunny out.

I'm also psyched to ramp up the miles because I've been having a bad body image week, aided by the possibility that my pants I'm wearing today may have shrunk. I feel like I gained weight and feel gross all around, but I don't really think I have, so hopefully it's the pants.

Cross my fingers, anyway.


K.

[teigyr]

I ran almost five miles of hills last night. I felt a bit sluggish but did about the same as I always do time and distance-wise so perhaps it was in my mind?

The strange thing was on the downhills, my HR was dropping faster than I've ever seen it. I guess I won't complain but my max was 11 bpm less than last week and my average was about 20 bpm lower. I'm not sore today so maybe I didn't push it enough.

Kimmyt, you DID was those pants in hot water, didn't you?