Finding our stride; Week of June 02 Miles!

[Kimmyt]

Tattiefritter's last post and pics inspired me. I just loved the juxtaposition of the first picture where she looks unsure with the next where it looks like she's literally trying to keep herself from flying off into the air!

So post your runs for the week!

I did 3.5 of hills today. I felt much better, temperature-wise, than last time. No cold sweats at my desk. I'm still working on figuring out the warm-weather thing. I'd much prefer it to be 50 and overcast all the time when it comes to running*

So, speaking of finding strides, I've been feeling much better. I had a hell of a week last week, feeling tired and beat down. I ramped up the training, with the upcoming tri, and was feeling it. But like usual, it just took me a bit to adjust, and I feel great and 'into it' right now.

A friend invited me to her track workout tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. I really want to go (they posted a set list that looks intriguing and fun!) but I think it would be better if I just focus on slow and steady distance until after the tri. Then I can work some speedwork into my weekly training for the halfmarathon in the fall.

What do you guys think? Is it dumb to add speedwork in this late before the tri? Should I do like my brain is trying to tell me, and wait a few weeks before joining them for the track workouts?

K.

[rocknrollgirl]

Kimmy, when is the race????

[Kimmyt]

It's June 22. I'm not as prepared as I'd like to be, but we'll see how it goes...

[roadie gal]

I ran 32 minutes yesterday. I have no idea how far. I ran with a friend who is slower than me. I'd run ahead, circle back, and then do a sprint to catch her.

My first race (an oly) is on Sunday, so I'm taking it easy this week.

[teigyr]

Good luck to everyone racing in the near future

Since my half-marathon was saturday (and we did a LOT of walking that day), I only did a short walk on sunday. Yesterday I decided I had to do something and I wasn't that sore really so I did a 3 mile light jog. It felt great! Around 2.5 miles or so I could feel that I had a bit of fatigue still so I walked a bit.

It was kind of cool, actually. I felt like more of a runner than I usually do on my short slow runs.

[alpinerabbit]

triple brick today (20 mins bike, 8 [shoulda been 10] mins run each). It took some self-butt-kicking to go but it was fun.

Got into a major downpour on the way home, never practiced so much super slow cycling. Had to "dry off and feed" my horse before feeding myself, just like a good owner would.

[limewave]

I did something I haven't done in a long time--speed work! It actually felt good to push myself for once. I had gotten really complacent in my running and cycling, staying at a comfortable pace or cadence. Hopefully I'll be better about doing speed work on a regular basis so I can actually get faster

[jesvetmed]

Yesterday's run for me was "speedwork" also.
4.5 miles, 43 minutes.
22 minutes "at tempo" -- meaning an uncomfortable cadence. I took 30-60 sec breaks 4 times in there, in order to be able to continue! The rest was at a comfortable jog.
And the RAIN CAME DOWN SIDEWAYS... ugh! It felt like March out there!

[teigyr]

Am going out in the rain right now. I've been watching it through the window debating on if I should just go to the gym. I guess I'd rather get wet than experience treadmill boredom It's getting old though, very very old.

And why does it rain every day I have to go to Costco?

***

Ok, I ran about 8 miles. It was great! I always dread running in the rain and I always love it after I do. I saw a nun, a robin, and a parking enforcement officer. I spoke to each of them though the robin looked mildly concerned.

[limewave]

This morning I ran a European Style XCountry Race. It was a lot of fun. We started in large barn and then ran out into the fields where we had to jump hay bales and over mud holes (we had huge storms come through the night before). Then up and over two steep muddy hills and into the woods where there were downed tree after downed tree that we had to jump/climb over.

I was feeling very sluggish and the humidity was killing me. I'm a cold-weather runner, I don't do well in heat. But I pushed on, one foot in front of the other. Until I finally made it to the mud-pit just before the finish line. I was so wiped out by this point that I walked through the pit and then sprinted to the finish.

I have no idea what my time was, I was just focusing on finishing. IT was a GREAT TIME! All the finishers received a tree to take home and plant.

DD participated in the kids 1k race. Her event was much more exciting than ours. There's a race report on "Sage's Plunge Into Racing" on my blog. Worth checking out

[kelownagirl]

Had my 5k race today. Wasn't sure if I'd push or not but I felt good so I did. Didn't PR but came close. Last year's time was 26:17, 5th place in my AG, and 23rd over all.

This year I ran 26:26, 3rd place (won a prize!) and 18th over all. I haven't a 5k faster than 30 minutes this year so wasn't sure I had it in me. Now I think I can get it down to 25 minutes if I work at it.