And I ran... I ran so far away... L & LLR's- June 4 to June 10th!

[HillSlugger]

3.4 miles, twice a week. On Friday I shaved almost a minute off my best time and broke 9 minutes per mile for the first time. Today was "back to normal" with a run of 9:12 per mile. I don't know where that speed came from on Friday, but I hope to rediscover it next Saturday for my 5k race.

[kelownagirl]

I decided to run tonight after all. It has been raining all day and I couldn't bike anyway. It finally stopped raining so I went out in the cool air and did 5km. Not fast 32:58. Ah well. I like running in the evening, cooler, nice in the dark, I'm focussed.

I'm not going to add to my long run this week because I'm doing my 5k Women's Run on Sunday. I am SO tempted to do the 10k instead but I know I am not ready for it. 6k is the longest I've done. But I keep thinking if I did 3-4k, then walked a bit, then did another 3k and then walked a bit... But no. I shouldn't. Too bad that don't have an 8k option.

[Kimmyt]

Ran today, 3 miles right before swim class. Went out on the trail near me, and besides from some odd pain in my right lower calf the run went well enough, the trail was lovely and the temps good, the whole thing smelled like wild honeysuckle, it was so beautiful!

[KSH]

47m
4.24 miles
11m 05s /mile

4.25 from office - Climb: 79.00 feet


Went out and ran at lunch today. WOW! It is HOT and HUMID. I forgot my visor in the car, so my face didn't get any shade the whole way.

It was pretty good run time wise, but at points I felt so hot I just started walking. I did this about 3 times.

So, not the best run for me, although my time is solid.

[yellow]

Well, I ran 6.3 on Tuesday, ahead of the storm (25 mph gusts, sustained at 20 mph! fun!) . Felt great, and was looking forward to a nice run last night...there was a break in the weather (or so I thought), so I geared up and stepped outside just as it started to hail. Turned around and went back inside. Boy was I crabby. I decided to make cookies instead, and as I'm in the middle of that endeavor my neighbor calls and asks if I want to go for a W-A-L-K without the D-O-G-S. I couldn't leave my cookies (though I should have since using the mixer aggravated my tennis elbow...but DH didn't want to take over, even though the cookies were rechnically for him). Poor DH, having to put up with me last night.

Cloudy and showery today but hopefully I'll be able to get out this evening. For sanity's sake I need to. I'm always amazed at what just one cloudy day does to my psyche.

[HappyAnika]

Yesterday I tried something new and went running in the morning before work. This worked out really well, it was 62 degrees when I started, and 72 when I finished 43 min later. The forecast for the afternoon was 80 with high winds (and indeed there were gusts up to 50 mph with 35 mph sustained). I'm glad I got my run done while it was nice out. Nice easy slow zone 1-2, felt like a slug getting passed by others zooming by (the "others" being perfectly toned size 2 20 year olds). Very pleasant run nonetheless.

Good luck on your run on Sunday Kelownagirl!

And KSH, is your sprint tri this weekend?

[Running Mommy]

Had a great run today. The remnants of that wind storm that came through the last couple of days left cool temps this morning. And it's a good thing because I overslept and got out late.
So far this week

Sunday: Run 10 miles in am- throw back out while cooling off in the pool afterwards..

Monday: Run 5 miles in pm to test back. All was ok as long as I stayed on flat ground. Slow effort- aver 10:54 min miles

Tuesday: Run 8 miles- due to wind it was on the treadmill and dreadfully slow at an average 11 min mi. I just don't feel it on the mill...

Wednesday; Swim 2000 mtrs- see the swimming w/ the fishes thread. Wanted to ride in pm but the wind was sustained at 20+ mph. I just can't/wont do that after IMAZ..

Thursday: Run 7 miles. Great run, weather was great, averaged 10:34 min miles. Then grabbed son and played tennis for an hour. Plan to ride tonight. I miss my bike..

[KSH]

And KSH, is your sprint tri this weekend?

Oh yea, it is. Thanks for asking.

It's a total "C" race for me... so there will be no tapering for it. Thus, I'm not making a big deal of it. Just going to get out there and do whatever I can do.

My main focus is my Oly in July and then my HIM in October. Anything else I do is just for fun (2 sprints and the Hotter N Hell bike rally).

[KSH]

Hey... Running Mommy... are you training for another marathon? Dang, those are some serious miles for just some casual training/running.

Otherwise, please take note that you are faster than me and you would kick my butt running.

[Kimmyt]

It was hot today! Ended up doing 4 miles, but barely dragged my butt in, and it was pretty slow for us, averaging about 10 min/mile in the end (the last two miles were noticeably slower than the first)

K.

[kelownagirl]

I did my first 5k race this morning! A women's only run with all proceeds going to the local women's shelter. Got up at 6 am, had a light breakfast and headed out to register by 7:30 am. Had Jesse and Erik along to take pics and cheer me on. There were about 250 women there, some walking 5k, some running 5k or 10k. The results haven't been posted yet so I don't really know how I did in relation to everyone else but I did great for me! My best 5k time so far is 29:34 and my goal was to do 29:30-30:00. I pushed hard and did it in 26:45!!! Woo-hoo!! I did not place in the top 3 for my age range but I think there were only about 20 women ahead of me in the 5k so I am VERY happy. My legs cramped up when I finished for the first time ever. I was in zone 5 HR for 23 minutes and I hit a new maximum HR of 193. Who knew? Thought I'd better slow down a little at that point. Anyway, my first race was a success! What a rush!