Long and Less Long Runs: 3-19 to 3-25

[rocknrollgirl]

Good Morning,
I just got back from a long slow run, well long for me. 6 mile trail run, nice and slow. The DH had practice, so one of our training buddies went with me. It was pretty in the woods this morning. It had just stopped raining, so everything was fresh in the woods.

Also on the schedule, I am trying my wetsuit in the pool today..woo hoo

[alpinerabbit]

I had the sniffles, coughing , congestion all week, so no sports. I will hit either the trail or the pool for the first time in 2 weeks tomorrow.

[Wahine]

I was wondering where you've been Alpine. That's too bad about the sniffles, cough etc. But you seem to progress quite quickly, I'm sure it'll be no time before you're back up to the longer runs.

[Grog]

Took the Sweet Partner on a run with me this morning. I was running slow, focusing on controlling my heart rate and keeping it low, and he ran with me a lot of the time, sweet.

That was the only dry hour of the day. It started raining again while we were having breakfast at a neighborhood cafe, just so we'd be a little more cold walking home. That's life. We're expecting a few more INCHES today. I'm sick of the rain.

[KSH]

Rode 35 miles at a 16 mph average.... ran 2 miles at an 11 minute mile.

Today was a good day! I really pumped it out on the bike! Up until mile 18 (rest stop), I had a 17.5 mph average. That's fast for me.

[yellow]

Is it my imagination, or has KSH broken the plateau and moved to the next level???

Nice enough to ride today, but I chose to run. There's a mountain I've been wanting to tackle for a while now, so I went for it. It's part of a 17 mile trail run that they do here called the Wahsatch Steeplechase, so I'm calling it the Wahsatch Steeplechase Lite. You can watch my bad videos of the adventure here (in this sequence...it's a little point & shoot camera and unfortunately it really picks up the air pollution!). I used my new Forerunner 305, and I won't even tell you heart rate gurus where I was most of the time. The total ascent was 3,989', distance 10.78 miles. I also won't tell you my pace since it was greatly affected by all the walking I did in the last 0.75 miles to the "summit". BTW, KSH, I thought of you as I got a SIDE CRAMP at about mile 9.

Clip 1: http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=WS_Lite_2.flv

Clip 2: http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=WS_Lite_3.flv

Clip 3 (actually only about 4.6 miles, not 5 as I state in the video):
http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...=WS_Lite_4.flv

Clip 4: http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...Lite_False.flv

Clip 5: http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ite_False2.flv


I took an ice bath afterwards. I haven't done that in a long time. All in all, it still hurt less than cycling does. I think I have another year of training before I can even THINK about doing the full Steeplechase.

[rocknrollgirl]

Hi Yellow, what time are we running tomorrow? I will be there!

Loved the video clips. I just watched them with my husband. How did you get them to post without crashing the entire network! My camera takes amazing video, but I can hardly get my pictures to post.


Ruth