Long and Less Long Runs: 3-26 to 4-1

[KSH]

KSH--I'll skip a workout here or there too. I wish I was up to riding 64 miles already!

HA! HA! HA! Who said I AM?!

I did a 60 mile ride with hills a couple of weeks back, I barely finished. I was seriously on my last leg for the last 10 miles. My thighs were burning so bad. It was painful!

[yellow]

Easy 5 miles on the trails this afternoon. Storm blowing in but it's warm, so it felt good to get blown all around.

OK, I'll play:

Monday: weight training and easy run

Tuesday: Day Off! (it's supposed to snow)

Wednesday: run and probably weight training

Thursday: sit on a plane all day!

Friday: sit in a conference all day and evening thinking about how nice it would be to run instead of talk about superior internal customer service blah blah blah!

Saturday: sit in a conference all morning and afternoon then a plane all evening!

Sunday: run on the beach in Cali!

Monday: repeat Sunday!

Tuesday: repeat Sunday!

Wednesday: sit on a plane all day!

[Grog]

Hum.

I'm six weeks away from my first official half-marathon now (although I've run the distance before). As the weather gets better and better I have more motivation to cycle and less to run. Let's come up with a plan for the week so I have something to be accountable for.

TODAY
Relaxed bike ride to rest.

TUESDAY - 27
7am: Run 7km.

WEDNESDAY - 28
Swim 1000m or rest.

THURSDAY - 29
Will depend on the weather. Either easy 30 min run or bike ride.

FRIDAY - 30
Run some speedwork, 45min.

SATURDAY 31
Long bike ride (3h)

SUNDAY 1st
Long run (1h30)

We'll see...

[rocknrollgirl]

OK..I will play too...

Monday-rest

Tuesday-lift weights, swim intervals hard

Wed-trail run intervals hard, 1.5 hours mt biking

Thursday-recovery run, lift weights

Friday-rest or easy ride

Saturday-long easy swim, long slow trail run

Sunday-sufferfest mt bike ride, probably 2-3 hours

I may move my Saturday run to a post sufferfest brick. Next week is an easy week....yea!

yep, I can have two rest days if I want them cuz I be "older" he he he....turn 45 and you can have two rest days too.....

[KSH]

5m 5.00 miles 11m /mile

2.50 Mile Run from House - Climb: 85.00 feet

Ran my loop from my apartment after work.

This was a good run for me. I felt strong and the side cramp stayed at bay! It started to rear it's ugly head towards the end, but I kept it off.

Otherwise, my legs felt pretty good. I made sure to Bio-Freeze them before the run!

[Grog]

What's that biofreeze thing, KSH??

Whatever it is, I could have used it on my run today. I was more tired than I thought from the bike rides (hadn't ridden much in a while), it felt like I was funning in jell-o, my legs were just not responsive. "There are no legs at the number you have dialed. Please try again..." was all I got for a response when I tried to run faster.

Oh well, I still went for a little over 45 minutes on nice trails on a gorgeous afternoon in Vancouver. There's worse lives than mine!!

[Wahine]

I was funning in jell-o,

There's worse lives than mine!!

I'll say. Funning in jello sounds like a good time.

I'm not posting my training week. I'm on a rest week. I was supposed to run today but I had to take an emergency client on my lunch hour and I missed my window of opportunity. I could've run after work but I was too burnt out from my work day. That's OK. Rest week is for goofing off guilt free.

I think I might try funning in jello later this week.

[KSH]

What's that biofreeze thing, KSH??

Whatever it is, I could have used it on my run today. I was more tired than I thought from the bike rides (hadn't ridden much in a while), it felt like I was funning in jell-o, my legs were just not responsive. "There are no legs at the number you have dialed. Please try again..." was all I got for a response when I tried to run faster.

Oh well, I still went for a little over 45 minutes on nice trails on a gorgeous afternoon in Vancouver. There's worse lives than mine!!

It's kind of like a icy-hot gel that you put on painful areas. It seems better than icy-hot though. You can only get it from a chiro, or a Dr. or something. Maybe? I know I haven't found it in stores.

Not sure if that would have fixed the jello legs though.

45 minutes is a great run though! I got to run for 55 minutes next to traffic and fumes... so you certainly do have a nice life