Running On, Feb 21-27

[Susan Otcenas]

12 miles last night. In a snowstorm. In the dark.
Life in MI.

You definitely have me beat! Despite my grumbling about the rain, I'm really grateful to live someplace where it snows so rarely and the temps are so mild. I'm AMAZED by the conditions some of you run in. !!

[Susan Otcenas]

Despite the windchill of -17F & my fuel freezing toward the end it went surprisingly well.

See, this is what I'm talking about. Urlea probably reads "11 miles in the rain" and thinks "Heck, I could do that with my eyes closed! "

[rocknrollgirl]

Six in the snow for me this morning at 5 am...it was actually kinda nice....

[katluvr]

[QUOTE=Bike Chick;493382]We haven't heard from Kat, have we? I wonder how she did.QUOTE]

Hi!
Just posted my race report. Been busy!

Hope to be posting a few runs here in the near future. In fact I need to read some to get caught up on what everyone is doing.

K

[OakLeaf]

Nine miles with shoes on, then one barefoot.

It didn't feel like yesterday, but with the fatigue, I wasn't really expecting it would. Definitely some tiredness and even a little muscle soreness in the arches and lower ankles. Everything felt good though - another beautiful day.

[colby]

Hill repeats today, 6x30s ALL OUT UPHILL BATTLE with 4min recovery. That last one I did up to about 45-60 seconds, oh my. It was probably about 4 miles of actual running, all told, I didn't get a chance to download.

I ran them in my VFFs. Lesson learned: relax the ankles. Running in the VFFs has made all those muscles I tried to grow during PT for my hip feel stronger (and even sore). Today, running those hill repeats really made my glutes and outsides of my upper legs/quads sore. My ankles and calves are tired, but feel really good (relaxing the ankles helped).

Next stop, long run on Sunday. I am traveling next week and debating doing part or all of the long run in shoes so I can do my Tues/Thurs runs on the treadmill both in the VFFs. It will be nice to not carry heavy (by comparison) shoes, if so.

[limewave]

4 maintenance miles. Very cold, windy, snowy, and icy today. Felt like I was continually being stung by 100's of little bee's for 40 minutes.

But, it's done! And I feel great.

[limewave]

A lot less rubbing of the thighs on this run! Yay! The decreased friction alone has to be shaving seconds off my pace

[skhill]

Yesterday's run was interesting. There was an inch or 2 of fresh snow on the ground, and I took a looping course through my neighborhood. It was really interesting when I came back around to where I'd been before, and could see my footprints as clear as anything. Looks like my right foot turns out slightly more than my left (just a little bit). And on my second pass down that stretch of sidewalk, my stride was definitely longer (maybe because I was warmed up by then, or maybe because I'd relaxed a little when I was confident there was no ice lurking under the snow).

[OakLeaf]

9 x 1 minute intervals in shoes, then 1.2 miles barefoot after a bit of a cool-down.

A little bit chilly and cloudy here today... it was actually nice to have my feet a little bit numb for my 1/4-mile walk barefoot back home on the road. Toughening my soles up little by little.

skhill, yeah, it's the same with running on the beach, really instructive to be able to see footprints!

[spindizzy]

4k trail run in 6 inches of snow (we finally got some....) with CrossFit buddies. it was hard, fun..perfect.

[skhill]

Today, I was planning to go 13 miles or so, but my right hamstring has been barking for the last few days. So I changed my route, winding my way through town, with many opportunites to bail early and head home if it got worse. Thankfully, it didn't-- but it never really loosened up, either. I ended up doing a slowish 10.5 miles, and could have gone a couple more, if it weren't for a full bladder (I finally hydrated enough (or too much)).

At 35 miles, this was my highest milage week of 2010. And I only need to do 2 on Sunday to bring Feb. to 115. Not bad for an unusually cold and snowy winter!

[Urlea]

18.7 for me today. Was shooting for 16miles, but I've decided that most runs for me end up with Rachel-miles which are about 3 miles further than the intended allotment. Knees felt pretty weak today, which was a little tough with how icy the sidewalks were & the piles of snow at the intersections, but my will to enjoy the run and log the miles overcame that.

[rocknrollgirl]

4 easy for me yesterday, I tried to get on the trails...no way, not yet, so I am embracing the road running as best I can. Do what you have to do.

[yellow]

I was so proud of my bad self yesterday. I walked in total a little over a mile. My longest single walk was 0.5 mile with my pack (hubby and dogs). I got passed by a toddler, but I got over it. Felt good to be outside.