We go running! L&LLRs May 21 - 27

[Wahine]

New week girls.

I went out for a totally intense trail run with the guy that owns my fav coffee shop this AM. It was total luck that we hooked up and I had a blast. 1 hour of up to Z5 running, complete with mud and everything. Aaaaaaahhhhh. To have someone to run makes all the difference in the world. I have no idea how far we ran. Don't care either.

[KSH]

Sounds like it was fun! That's good!

[HappyAnika]

Yesterday was supposed to be a nice easy zone 2 for 40 min. I've been working on increasing my long run time 5 - 10%/week. However my heart rate was really high, I had a hard time keeping it down, I ended up running soooo, sloooooow. About 13.5 min/mi. I felt like I could have been walking faster. My theories on why my hr was so high: a) stress, b) heat (I'm used to running in 55 - 60 degree weather, yesterday afternoon it was 78), c) not yet recovered from mountain half century on Saturday, or d) all of the above. It was discouraging to say the least. I'd started seeing some real progress in my pace for the same heart rate the last few weeks, this felt like a set back. Oh well. I accomplished my time goal, hopefully next time out will be better.

[KSH]

Hey HappyA. don't stress over your bad run. Sometimes, we just aren't feeling it, for whatever reason.

Shoot, 1 weekend I do a brick and I can't even run further than a mile (out of 3)... and then 2 weeks later I do the same brick and run faster than ever. Who knows why.

Don't let it get in your head though. Next time, you will have a better run.

[Wahine]

Yesterday was supposed to be a nice easy zone 2 for 40 min. I've been working on increasing my long run time 5 - 10%/week. However my heart rate was really high, I had a hard time keeping it down, I ended up running soooo, sloooooow. About 13.5 min/mi. I felt like I could have been walking faster. My theories on why my hr was so high: a) stress, b) heat (I'm used to running in 55 - 60 degree weather, yesterday afternoon it was 78), c) not yet recovered from mountain half century on Saturday, or d) all of the above. It was discouraging to say the least. I'd started seeing some real progress in my pace for the same heart rate the last few weeks, this felt like a set back. Oh well. I accomplished my time goal, hopefully next time out will be better.

Heat will make a huge difference on the HR. You still need to respect your parameters, you're body is stressing, just for a different reason. It is likely all of the above. You did the right thing to slow down and like KSH said, it'll be getter next time.

[HappyAnika]

Thanks ladies. I went outside after work yesterday and it was 51 degrees, should have run then instead! I tested my resting heart rate this morning and it was 10 bpm higher than normal, so something's going on . . . I don't feel like I'm overtraining. But I am overstressed due to other life issues at the moment. I hope this passes quickly.

[KSH]

32m 20s
3.13 miles
10m 20s /mile

3.13 miles from office - Climb: 49.00 feet


Went and ran at lunch. I was feeling pretty good, so I went with the speed.

I did a great job!

Gosh, it is so humid these days. The amount of sweat I produced out there was impressive!

[yellow]

Wahine, I always say that if you get muddy, it was a good run!

Ran an easy (well, as easy as 2200' of up can be) 9.2 this afternoon. I was shooting for a time goal and not a distance goal but ended up turning around about 5 minutes early, and of course what took me about 55 minutes to get up only took me about 40 to get down. So I didn't make 2 hours but oh well.

I might run on Friday but it'll be easy because I need to rest up for my White Rim ride this weekend!!!!

Happy running, ladies!

[Wahine]

I might run on Friday but it'll be easy because I need to rest up for my White Rim ride this weekend!!!!

Happy running, ladies!

Are you doing the *whole* thing? As a semi-professional know-it-all, I feel obligated to say that it might be too big a jump in your mileage.

I did a sprint tri workout with some of the big wigs around town. Got my butt kicked. But it feels good to be getting a push. The run part was 3 miles.

[tattiefritter]

That White Rim ride looks so cool (actually it looks hot and dusty), what a great place to ride! Not sure I'd want to do that whole thing in a day, the most I've ridden offroad in a day was 50.5 miles (that 0.5 was very important at the end) with about 7000ft of climbing, my legs were toast.

I had half decided yesterday I was going to run this morning however my calf muscles are now protesting at Tuesdays hill repeats, not too bad, but still a little tight and tired which is good as it means I did some work. I was also riding offroad last night and put my flat pedals back on my hardtail which just makes things much harder, I generally have to ride everything a gear or two higher than I would choose if clipped in just to stop my feet flying off the pedals, its a good strength workout but the quads are paying for it today so I decided not to run. My plan is to run tomorrow lunchtime at a nice steady pace as I want to get a trail run in this weekend and I thnk I'll want frisky legs for that. My new trail shoes are by the front door and I can't wait to show them some trail, they feel very low to the ground, almost slipper like, a very different feel to my road shoes.

[yellow]

Are you doing the *whole* thing? As a semi-professional know-it-all, I feel obligated to say that it might be too big a jump in your mileage.

Gawd, no, not in one day! 2+ days, and on a mountain bike, not feet. We actually have a permit for 2 nights, 2 support vehicles, and a lot of water. Should be a blast!

[RedCanny]

I am jealous of Wahine's muddy run. My run this am was in the rain, but it was a city run, so no mud
42 mins
4.5 miles
9m 33s /mile
avg HR: 150 (entirety of run: one long downhill, then one really long uphill)

Still testing out my new pair of Brooks Adrenaline GTS, but I think it's a keeper.

Ran hard enough to decide against getting right onto the bike to commute, today.

[KSH]

Last run before my race on Monday!

1h 7m
6.00 miles
11m 10s /mile


Well, it was raining when I got off work, so I went to the gym and got on the treadmill.

Ran the first 3 miles in 34:30.

Then I had to use the little girl's room.

Finished off the last 3 by doing intervals of .25. Made the miles go by quick. I did the last 3 miles in 32:30.

My legs feel pretty good, a little tight and sore though.

I feel STRONG though! Strong and ready!

[kelownagirl]

Good luck on your race KSH!

I finally got out for some exercise - first time since Sunday! I tried to do a run on Tuesday but only got thru 1km and came in. Thought the same thing might happen tonight so I started out slow and aimed for a 6:30km. Felt pretty good and decided to keep going. Ended up doing my longest run so far 5.5km in 34:11. Probably could have kept on going but didn't want to overdo it.

My goal this week was to do two 5k and one 5.5 k run. Then next week, increase the one longer run to 6k and then to 6.5 the following week till I work my wayup to 8-10km once a week. We'll see how that pans out....

[Wahine]

good luck KSH.

Nice work KG on your longest run ever!!!

I didn't run tonight. I was supposed to run tonight but I blew it off. Rest week and I had a very long work day. Not to mention that I've had 2 pretty intense runs this week already.

Happy running everyone!