Superbowl through Mardi Gras and Games Opening week of running!

[indigoiis]

Hi all! That last thread was getting long - so psyched that so many more TEers are running!

Happy Superbowl Sunday everyone! We're going to make nachos and play cards and then turn on the game at 6:30. It's going to be a great game.

Well, I ran my fastest 5K today! Yay! Oh and I was wearing the Vibram Five Fingers too. I got a few comments on the footwear. One group of guys I passed said to one another, "See those funky feet shoes?" and the other guy goes, "those are sick!" I was laughing because - sick or not - they just got passed! HA!

So DH went right out as I suspected he would and I stuck on his heels past the seawall, about the first half mile. Then I mentally wished him luck and watched him disappear to the front of the pack I was running with, and then I focused on my own thing. It was a great race and I really pushed myself and I am proud of that! I think it helped that we did a mile warmup run beforehand because it was really cold out today. I had never done a warmup run before but I will be doing it from now on. I PR'd one minute ahead of my last PR! 25:10 averaging 8:06mm!!! DH did really well too - 7:34mm and 23 odd minutes for him - not bad for his first 5k. And I met some nice folks! All around a great race and a super day.

Hope you are all having great runs!
Yellow, I am thinking of you and hope your surgery goes well....
Indy

[Aggie_Ama]

No run today but I did do the core workouts in the latest Bicycling Magazine. I liked the workouts and am going to try to continue doing them several times a week. My core is sadly very weak.

[hammertime]

no run today... did spin class.. one hour on my new trainer

[kacie tri-ing]

Way to go! I think he was impressed with your shoes

I had good and bad running news from the week!

Good news: I ran a 10K in 49:09, which I was happy with.
Bad news: I was out of town last week on a field trip with my students. I was running in the dark very early in the morning, and I tripped over a very black speed bump, and hit the ground really hard. A little sore/bruised/bloody, but I was back in time to run the 10K!

Happy running!

[OakLeaf]

Whoa, way to go indigo and kacie!

Kacie, hope you're not too sore.

[Grog]

Cool runs ladies!

I am happy to report that I ran 23.6 km in 2 hours 30 minutes - on very flat ground for 2/3 of it - and I feel pretty good. My toes are bummed (they always are when I increase mileage), my left hip is a bit sore (I am getting massage on Thursday and it's going to hurt) but other than that it's all good.

Very happy runner!

Now it's time for a well-deserved rest week. I'm just going to have gentle runs this week and most likely a 16 km next weekend. Then it's preparing for my half-marathon race on the 21st.

Yay!

[Aggie_Ama]

Kacie I am so jealous! I bruised my knees two weeks ago and still feel it some running. I bruise easily and heal slowly, guess I am just lucky like that.

[Urlea]

Wow Indi & Kacie, great times for both of your races! Very nice.

I'm a little late on the posting, but I got two runs in last week despite still being sick with a cold earlier in the week!

DH brought home an adapter to get my old Ipod shuffle working (yay!) so now I can use Cardio-Coach workouts during the bike/run bricks again. Turns out I had a lot of "Let's go run" music on there so that prompted my first run of the week. 3mi in the VFFs, lungs weren't quite 100% yet but it was a decent run.

Being healthy enough for Saturday's long run was my focus. Thankfully I was feeling more normal & good to go by then. Three inches of snow fell Friday night & with the warm temps mid 20s-30s that snow turned to slop which made getting footing a huge challenge. There are bench mark runs for me in training that I remember as being really hard character building runs & this was definitely edging it's way up there. At mile 20 we almost called it quits, but pushed on old man shuffle style walk/run for the final 3.5! Glad I did it. Body recovered better than expected too which is encouraging because I need these 20-25 milers to start feeling easy leading up to the 100 in August. It's a process. I'll get there eventually.

[Urlea]

Didn't realize so much snow fell over the weekend. Sidewalks were covered/drifted over in most places & the roads were drifted/icy too. In conditions like that it doesn't matter what kind of shoes you are wearing so I decided to go with the VFFs, sometimes I have a better shot of grabbing the ground with my toes then. It worked. My pace was all over the place sub 8mm to 10:40mm depending on footing & after checking it is as windy as it felt out there. 20-25mph! Made it 9 miles though. Happy with that.

[OakLeaf]

Twenty.

[Bike Chick]

Yeah! Good for you, Oak!

[WindingRoad]

Dang I dunno if I'm qualified to post here anymore, all these long miles.... all I did was a mere 5 or so on the treadmill. Great work everyone!

We have another snow storm heading in tonight so it looks like the treadmill and I will have to get reacquainted for now...

[Bike Chick]

Dang I dunno if I'm qualified to post here anymore, all these long miles.... all I did was a mere 5 or so on the treadmill. Great work everyone!

We have another snow storm heading in tonight so it looks like the treadmill and I will have to get reacquainted for now...

Ick, Winding! You poor folks have just been hammered. FYI. That snow storm blew through here last night. We were supposed to get 4-7" and we got 3". I hope they are wrong in your case also. And if you aren't qualified to post here, then I'm certainly not. I won't do 5 miles until this weekend and that will be the longest run I've ever done!

[rocknrollgirl]

Dang I dunno if I'm qualified to post here anymore, all these long miles.... all I did was a mere 5 or so on the treadmill. Great work everyone!

We have another snow storm heading in tonight so it looks like the treadmill and I will have to get reacquainted for now...

I know, I feel the same way sometimes, but we are running!!!

We did 5 on the road last night because the trails are buried with more snow coming today. It only served to remind me why I do not run on the road...because I HATE IT......there, I said it out loud. I AM A TRAIL RUNNER!

Whew, I feel better now...time to go ride my trainer, to which I yell...I AM A MT BIKER.....

Oh well do what you gotta do...

Great running everyone and Urlea, I am embracing the Fargo ice bath. Snow banks are good for something.

[colby]

Wow, just catching up on this week... I have had a heck of a week at work. You ladies have been busy. 20 mile runs, fast 10ks, negative splits, just running at all, all good!!

Let's see, Sunday I did about 6 miles, observing pace and relative effort (brain check). Tuesday was hill repeats - 2 minutes up and over, finishing strong (teaching me to keep pushing OVER the hill, not just until I see the top ). Thursday was intervals by # of steps - 100 hard/50 easy, 200/100, 300/150, 400/200, start at 100 again and repeat for 20 minutes (I make it through one full round and about halfway through the second).

I finally got my VFFs (they are in super short supply and I wear a small mens size), I think I want to marry them. The shoes/toes are long enough that I can wear socks with them and get in and out comfortably. I have been wearing them every day since Tuesday, but have not ran in them. I can't tell the difference between normal end of a long week muscle fatigue and anything from the shoes. I am really looking forward to running in them. Freedom for toes! I love being barefoot, and I like the safety of the VFFs considering the gravel and glass and other nasty stuff I see on the trails and sidewalks.

My next race isn't until May (12k), so I'm just doing Ironman training... long runs upward of 10-12 miles right now (looks like this weekend is a warm-up, 8-10, cool-down).