Long and Less Long Runs: 5-7 to 5-13

[Deborajen]

I've been kind of a slug this week. Got the 5-miler in on Monday vs. the 8 miles I'd meant to do, and then I did 2 miles yesterday morning. The 10K is tomorrow morning so I'll either be well rested for it or I'll be tightened up and dragging. Oh, well. At least the weather is supposed to be good so it'll be fun.

The good news - I got a new toy! I bought a Garmin Forerunner 205 yesterday. I'd ordered one through Amazon about three weeks ago and UPS lost it. I never got it.-- Finally found one locally yesterday. More expensive, but no shipping costs or worries. Can't wait to try it out.

Deb

[Shiraz]

I have been sick all week. I have not ran since last saturday when I ran 9.6 miles with by buddy who is running the Ogden Marathon. I think I should have called in sick and tried to recop, but I didn't.

I hope to get the energy to ride and maybe run some this week end. It is warm but breezy.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY LADIES!!!!

[Deborajen]

Did the 10K race yesterday. It went well and was fun, but man was it hot - about 80 degrees, humid and no wind whatsoever. It's too early in the year for that - nobody was used to it. People were walking more than usual and the leaders looked like they were struggling when they passed as they were heading back.

The first half of the run felt pretty good. Although it was warm, there was a fair amount of shade and at the time splits I was ahead of my goal pace. The second half, though, I had to walk several times because of the heat. There were plenty of water stations and they were busy. I usually don't drink a whole cup at the water breaks but I did this time except for the little bit I splashed on my face. Managed to finish almost two minutes better than last year - and just 15 seconds short of my goal. I didn't expect that with all the walking, but it sure felt good - especially against the heat.

DH, son and I went for a short 10-mile bike ride this morning to ride our big training hill and do some sprints. Will do some more running and riding this week - maybe the annual 50-mile ride next weekend, if we're ready.

Deb

[alpinerabbit]

another 1h run (8.5k) yesterday which brings me up to 2.5 hours for this week.

That stupid cold still hasn't broken out for real except for making me feel miserably tired.

I had plans of either a short ride today or a swim but when I came home from a sunday of singing, I dropped to bed. I would have either fallen asleep on my bike or in the pool (with more likelihood to be saved in the pool as there are lifeguards)

[KSH]

Brick day!

BIKE:
1h 21m 44s
23.67 miles
17.38 miles/hr


Went and rode around the lake. Did my best to sprint 10 miles of that. 5 slow/5 sprint/5 slow/5 sprint/3 slow.

My legs were TIRED today. Oh, and my butt hurts so bad from yesterday! OUCH! (I did a 65 mile/100K ride yesterday, for the second time this season.)

After the ride went to run.

RUN:
33m 30s
3.00 miles
11m 10s /mile


This time my goal was to pace myself and NOT get a side cramp. Done.
I ran the entire way.

[KSH]

3k = 1.8 miles (is that all?? km's sound better.

3.6k = 2.2 miles

6 min per km = 9.6 min mile

5:40 per km = 9 min mile

My current 5k time is about 30 mins. My goal is 25 minutes.

22 C = 72 F

The next 5 days it's supposed to be 75-80 degrees.

Ah, thanks for the conversions.

Yea, I have been riding and running in 88-90 degree heat here. And that's not as hot as it gets. During the summer we ride in 100+ degree days.

Your 5K time looks great!

[colby]

This week is more of the same, Monday strength, Tuesday 5 miles (3 miles run + 12 mi bike commute), Wednesday 45 min tempo, Thursday 3 mi + strength (usually I skip the run and commute unless I have extra time), Friday rest, Saturday 5 miles, Sunday 11 miles.

Thursday 12 mi bike commute + strength, Friday rest, Saturday 5 miles (about 45 minutes), Sunday 11 miles (about 2 hours, minus the time I spent giving my doggie some water, which was about 10 minutes, and various parts we had to walk or stop for other doggie reasons). A little slow, but I'm trying to take my weekend long runs easy. It was windy! On our return trip, we were passed by a couple of casual people on bikes that would stop and take a break, we'd catch up, they'd get ahead, stop and take a break, we'd catch up... I just hope they learn the "on your left" mantra, I had no idea there were people behind me because of the wind.

I bought myself a couple of jugs (not sure of a better term ) of Hammer raspberry and banana gel, and I mixed some of each together in a container that stores 5 or 6 portions. MMmmmm, tasty. The Hammer gels taste more like fruit than Gu. Once I get the hang of it, I'll be able to take it in faster without stopping than the packets, AND with less waste.

[yellow]

I bought myself a couple of jugs (not sure of a better term ) of Hammer raspberry and banana gel, and I mixed some of each together in a container that stores 5 or 6 portions. MMmmmm, tasty.

Other great combos...raspberry + vanilla, orange + vanilla, raspberry + orange. Mmmmmm tasty! (well, as tasty as gel can be) I should own stock in Hammer.

I really haven't been running much since I've been cycling (both road and mountain). I did 2 long-ish runs this past week: 8.5 on Tuesday and 7 on Thursday. Other than that riding, mtn biking, yoga-ing, and recovering. It's been record-setting-temps warm here, so my heat sensitive self needs to get out early. I'm going to try to get in a long run tomorrow AM before it heats up (though it's supposed to be cooler tomorrow).