Long and Less Long Runs: 3-12 to 3-18

[kelownagirl]

Run #5: I ran 2 km again this morning. I wanted to try biking followed by running so I did 5 km with one tough hill and then ran 2 km without stopping. I feel fine so I will try it again next week and so 10 km bike first instead.

[Shiraz]

Well, I had one of those runs that you just want over. I ran with two running buddies and I seriously bonked at 8 miles. We were on an 11 mile plan and I ran walked the last three. I had the perfect sleep, breakfast and prehydration. I had my h2o and glu at the usual time. The only thing I can think is that the temp was almost 70 degrees and and my body has not adjusted to the warm condition yet. I felt like I was getting heat stroke. What a terrible run. I would have jumped in the first car who offered a ride, seriously! Once I got behind the "eight ball" I just could not get the grove again. Oh well!!! Hope next week is better. I am riding my rode bike tomorrow, yeah!!

[yellow]

Well, I had one of those runs that you just want over.

Anita...sorry to hear that! I think it'll take our bodies a while to get used to the temperature change. I ended up going for a mountain bike ride in Park City yesterday (thinking: it'll be cooler up there) and thought I was going to keel over and die between the temp (it was 70* up there too) and sucking wind (it's not THAT much higher than Salt Lake--only about 1500' higher where we were--so I can't blame it on elevation). I am so out of shape for riding.

Went for what ended up being a nice, slow, recovery 9 mile run on trail this morning. It was only 40*, so it felt great. I was looking back at my log and I haven't taken a day off of running, riding, or skate skiing since March 2. I feel OK (probably because I really haven't been going at it super hard) but maybe, just maybe, I'll take Tuesday off since it's supposed to rain!

BTW, I love reading tattiefritter's posts. I just love that over the pond speak. Thanks for the smiles, TF!

Eagerly awaiting KSH's report...

[Grog]

Wooohoo! Don't want to steal KSH's duathlon thunder but I just finished a running race and I'm happy!

I made it 5th in my age group (30-34), and three minutes faster than last year for the same race, same 8K course. It's the place where I usually run on Sundays (and it was just as foggy/wet as usual) so it was fun to see the same setting but with even more runners than usual, and so many woman! (It's the "Divas' run", a women-only race). Some of the women had really cool accessories like feather boas and sparkling tiaras, quite funny! And such a good atmosphere!

LogDiva32 was supposed to be there somewhere but I didn't see her. I was hoping for the organizers to post the race results sheet with all the names so I could figure out her race bib #, but they only posted part of it and I couldn't find her.

I'm now 6 weeks from my half-marathon. Two years ago you would have told me I would be doing such things and I would have laughed SO hard.

[KSH]

I made it 5th in my age group (30-34), and three minutes faster than last year for the same race, same 8K course. It's the place where I usually run on Sundays (and it was just as foggy/wet as usual) so it was fun to see the same setting but with even more runners than usual, and so many woman! (It's the "Divas' run", a women-only race). Some of the women had really cool accessories like feather boas and sparkling tiaras, quite funny! And such a good atmosphere!

WOW! Way to rock it Grog! That's so cool! Sounds like it was a fun race.

I made 5th in my age group.... on the bike today! HA! Running? Not a chance. I posted the "being last" and "snot" details in the Race Reports section.

[Wahine]

Wow KSH and Grog. You both did really well. Congratulations!!

[rocknrollgirl]

Hi Everybody.

We did a hard 30 min run today as a brick. 1:21 of mt biking, and then a 30 min run.

Hard but good.

[logdiva32]

Wooohoo! Don't want to steal KSH's duathlon thunder but I just finished a running race and I'm happy!

I made it 5th in my age group (30-34), and three minutes faster than last year for the same race, same 8K course. It's the place where I usually run on Sundays (and it was just as foggy/wet as usual) so it was fun to see the same setting but with even more runners than usual, and so many woman! (It's the "Divas' run", a women-only race). Some of the women had really cool accessories like feather boas and sparkling tiaras, quite funny! And such a good atmosphere!

LogDiva32 was supposed to be there somewhere but I didn't see her. I was hoping for the organizers to post the race results sheet with all the names so I could figure out her race bib #, but they only posted part of it and I couldn't find her.

I'm now 6 weeks from my half-marathon. Two years ago you would have told me I would be doing such things and I would have laughed SO hard.

Hi guys , I was there. Got really sick the day after the run lost 5 lbs in the past 3 days, yuk. Time 49:19, 23 in group, same as grogs group 30-34. Don't know why I sucked so bad in the begining. But really pulled it out in the last 6k. Well I definatly have some "lessons learned" for next race. 1 April dualathon, Olympia, WA. Bless you all.