Running into daylight savings time - 11/01-11/7/09

[indigoiis]

Hello everyone! How did everyone do this weekend? Jolt I read your cc report and that sounds like you had a blast! And in vffs, too. Impressive!

I was out all day Saturday on the mountain bike and we were staying at my MIL's overnight so Sunday I did not get in my long run. It was just hard to get out of the house without feeling rude (though I wish now I had. I figured I'd get a run in when I got home but we ended up raking leaves all afternoon.)

Today I will walk the hills at lunch, and tonight I have my 2nd Pilates class.

Tomorrow I ride, Wednesday I will run. My plan is Wed. 6, thur. 3, Friday 4 and Saturday off. Sunday I think we are mountain biking again so I may have to adjust that plan but for now it will work.

[Becky]

I walked a very slow half-mile in socks on the treadmill yesterday. I ran Friday and, despite my best efforts to land on the midfoot and keep my feet and lower legs relaxed, I ended up with shin splints. The treadmill walking was an attempt to ingrain in my head what my feet are supposed to be doing when my form is right.

Grrrrr DH says that I'm impatient. Persistant, but impatient. (He's right, of course.) I so badly want to get my form figured out so that I can start building mileage and speed.

I won't run again until Wednesday. Bike commute today, and night mountain biking tomorrow

[Jolt]

I walked a very slow half-mile in socks on the treadmill yesterday. I ran Friday and, despite my best efforts to land on the midfoot and keep my feet and lower legs relaxed, I ended up with shin splints. The treadmill walking was an attempt to ingrain in my head what my feet are supposed to be doing when my form is right.

Grrrrr DH says that I'm impatient. Persistant, but impatient. (He's right, of course.) I so badly want to get my form figured out so that I can start building mileage and speed.

I won't run again until Wednesday. Bike commute today, and night mountain biking tomorrow

To really work on the form, I'm not convinced that the treadmill is a great way to go--I feel like it can throw things off b/c it's the ground moving under your feet. This sounds awful, but I would suggest finding a gravel path or similar and walking barefoot on it--it helps sort out your form because if you aren't doing it right it's uncomfortable! Not that walking/running on gravel is entirely comfortable even with good form, but it should be tolerable. I still use this on my runs sometimes--today, for example, there were a couple of areas of gravel on my route and I ran over it on purpose (in VFFs) to check myself.

[OakLeaf]

Not that walking/running on gravel is entirely comfortable even with good form, but it should be tolerable.

You have a different standard of what's tolerable I think... Or else you really mean "gravel" (aka river rock), and not "crushed stone" which is what most people mean when they say "gravel."

I know my form is far from perfect. But I can't walk slowly and carefully across my driveway without excruciating pain. I'm not sure what grade of stone we have, but those rocks are big and sharp, and when they're at least half the size of the part of my foot I'm supposed to be landing on, how does that get comfortable???

[zia]

ASammy1: I'm using Hal Higdon's Novice Half Marathon. I broke it out into 3 segments, and added 3 weeks of semi-rest (read: sleeping in!), plus an extra week at the start, and another toward the end.

My goal is to know I can run 13.1 (which I haven't done since I was much younger, and mentally need to know I can do if I want to do a half iron), not to set any PRs, so this program works well. I love the options for cross training, and am running 3x a week, swimming 2x, and spinning 1x. I may toss in a few interval sessions from the intermediate plan... if I can find a track not covered in ice!

Is your half at least somewhere warm? (Mine is definitely not!) Good luck with your training!

[ASammy1]

ASammy1: I'm using Hal Higdon's Novice Half Marathon. I broke it out into 3 segments, and added 3 weeks of semi-rest (read: sleeping in!), plus an extra week at the start, and another toward the end.


Is your half at least somewhere warm? (Mine is definitely not!) Good luck with your training!

Zia, the only problem I have with this program is the longest training run you do is only 10 miles! I can't imagine only training 10 and then running 13.1. I would be adding some at the end too!

This will be my first half (in Virginia Beach in mid-March) and at this point my only goal is to finish it. I will worry about speed and time down the road. Good luck with your program too!

[Jolt]

You have a different standard of what's tolerable I think... Or else you really mean "gravel" (aka river rock), and not "crushed stone" which is what most people mean when they say "gravel."

I know my form is far from perfect. But I can't walk slowly and carefully across my driveway without excruciating pain. I'm not sure what grade of stone we have, but those rocks are big and sharp, and when they're at least half the size of the part of my foot I'm supposed to be landing on, how does that get comfortable???

I guess what I was thinking of was closer to river gravel than to what you're describing--your driveway does sound like it would be a bit rough.

[ASammy1]

Re-started my C25k program today and I'm happy to report that I am blister free! It took awhile for those things to heal... Anyway, it felt great to get out there in 55 F, 20 mph winds, and a light mist weather.

One thing I noticed is that during the walk sections, the outsides of my ankles feel really sore, but it eases up during the run sections. Anyone have any ideas?

[Crankin]

I ran at 5 AM and it was serene. It was 35 degrees out and I didn't see one car for the entire 3 miles. It was even starting to get a little light because of the change in time; well that and the full moon.
I felt much faster today and nothing hurt. My Garmin Forerunner is kaput. DH is giving me his 305. But I know I was faster today.

[limewave]

I took advantage of the time change Sunday AM and went for an early run. Hoping to keep the momentum going. Now, instead of getting up at 5:45 AM, get up at 4:45 AM every morning so I can run . . . .

That's the plan anyways.

[zia]

Started week 1/17 of my half marathon training today. Nice to have light at 6 am! 2 slow and easy miles today... 3 later this week, and 5 this weekend. Nice to be running again after a long break!

[Jolt]

A regular half-hour run in the neighborhood today, half on the roads and the other half on grass etc. in the park. Now it's time to work on some school stuff...

[ASammy1]

Started week 1/17 of my half marathon training today. Nice to have light at 6 am! 2 slow and easy miles today... 3 later this week, and 5 this weekend. Nice to be running again after a long break!

Zia, which training program are you using? Just curious because I'm registered for a half in March.

[colby]

Week 6 (of 10): 18 miles yesterday. 4 weeks to go. The plan calls for 20/22/10/marathon. At this point, I know I'll make it. The usual aches and pains are starting to appear that you get at 18 miles but not 10 or even 15 - different blisters, more bodyglide required, more soreness the next day.

I ran from my office (around mile marker 1 of MUP) to mile marker 10 and back. That includes a significant 1+ mile climb (up, flat, up, flat, steep, flat, up, steep, flat) between miles 9-10. That made a difference to my return trip, for sure, so I really like including it as a realistic test of the long run.

The 18 miles took me 3:05 - a 10:16 mile. I know some of them were done around 11, some of them around 9:30. I did not stop to eat, I ate on the run, except at mile marker 9 when I stretched my core by standing tall and walking, and then at mile 15 when I put away my flask into my camelbak.

I set my goals (out loud) this week. A goal: 4:30 - a 10:18 mile. Doable, just keep doing the training pace for 8 more miles. B goal: 4:15 - a 9:43 mile. I'm doing many miles at this pace now, but 26.2? Stretch goal: 4:00 - a 9:09 mile.

It's becoming more rational in my head that this is possible at a faster pace. I have an angel voice and a devil voice. Devil voice: but the marathon course is different. But the weather is different. But water and fuel may be different. Angel voice: but we're running in more varied conditions. But we added that big freaking hill with no real loss in time. But we did more miles at the 9:30 pace this week than ever before. And the calculator says so!! (They flip each other off here)

Still working on it

[OakLeaf]

Andrea, what do you think of the course for the Shamrock? Is it really windy?

Have you spectated at it before? Do you know anything about it?

I really don't want to travel that far for my first 26.2. But that's one of the ones I'm kind of looking at, anyhow...