I got the Runs! July 10th-16th

[rocknrollgirl]

KSH,

That is hot here too. It was 97 yesterday. Don't know what it is right now, but with the humidity, they were expecting a heat index over 105. It was 80 degrees at 5:15 this morning!

The funny thing is that the ocean is still really cold. We went to the beach yesteray and the ocean temp was just 57 degrees. I knew something was up when we came over the dunes and nobody was in the water. Cold for July.

And my ankle seems ok post run, thanks.

[Kimmyt]

Hah, sorry on the date error! Turns out I was looking at my mini-desk calendar, without glasses. Apparently I saw the JU in June and thought it read July. Woopsy.

No runs for me since that last, I'm super busy at work today and probably won't get a chance to run unless I go after the climbing gym. Sigh. Maybe tomorrow...

K.

[KSH]

KSH,

That is hot here too. It was 97 yesterday. Don't know what it is right now, but with the humidity, they were expecting a heat index over 105. It was 80 degrees at 5:15 this morning!

The funny thing is that the ocean is still really cold. We went to the beach yesteray and the ocean temp was just 57 degrees. I knew something was up when we came over the dunes and nobody was in the water. Cold for July.

And my ankle seems ok post run, thanks.

Yea, the rest of the country is having a heat wave... and Dallas is having a "it won't stop raining every single day of the week" wave. UGH!

Our tri last weekend turned duathlon... because the lake had TOO MUCH WATER in it. Well, that at the local city had pumped raw sewage into the lake due to flooding in the area.

My tri coming up this weekend seems like a go... thus far. The lake we are due to swim in is only 4 feet above average.

[rocknrollgirl]

I will swim with the fishes and the jellies, in cold water, in brackish water, in cedar water...but I draw the line at sewage. Nope, not doin' it.

[yellow]

I will swim with the fishes and the jellies, in cold water, in brackish water, in cedar water...but I draw the line at sewage. Nope, not doin' it.

OK, what the heck is cedar water? Is that an eastern thang?

100F here after work so I decided to go swim in our pppppool. Lots of p there. That's what I thought when I looked over at the very shallow end and saw all the mommies and babies. **must not think about it** **that's what chlorine is for**

Running tomorrow am, like you RNRG, at 5:30.

[Wahine]

I ran with the deer, quail, wild turkey and bunnies at 6 am today. Interval run. Total about 6 miles. It got really hot here today too. Hence the early morning workout.

I may have found a running coach that's willing to trade analysis time for PT. We'll see.

[tattiefritter]

Had a test run on Monday and things are still not quite right, however, after my massage/therapy session on Friday I now actually know what is wrong.....my left vastus medialis was not fully contracting on Friday and is very weak, the right is better but still quite weak. The downhill running stressed the poor things out completely. I've been tasked with doing squats with a ball between my knees and single leg squats in front of a mirror making sure my knee goes where it is supposed to. I did body pump on Sunday night as they have lots of squats and split squats and I concentrated hard on making sure my knees were tracking correctly, my VMO was pretty fatigued on Monday when I ran which is why its a bit grumpy. I've also got to do some bore (sorry core) stability stuff as well.

I have an MTB weekend this weekend so am not doing any more running and have decided not to cycle tonight but do my exercises instead as I think I'll get more benefit from them. I did a two hour road flat road ride on Saturday and my knee seemed fine so hopefully it'll cope with the weekend even though there will be a lot of climbing.

[rocknrollgirl]

Tattie- I had VMO problems in the past, the squays worked for me.


Yellow-
Cedar water is the color of iced tea because of the tanin from the cedar trees. People think it is dirty because of the color, but that is not the case. It is really common here in the Pine Barrens. I will take a picture next time I am running at my local park.

[tattiefritter]

Tattie- I had VMO problems in the past, the squays worked for me.

That's good to know, thanks. They hurt though, I can't believe how pathetic my single leg strength appears to be.

[yellow]

Cedar water is the color of iced tea because of the tanin from the cedar trees. People think it is dirty because of the color, but that is not the case. It is really common here in the Pine Barrens. I will take a picture next time I am running at my local park.

I learned something today!

But, I still do STOOPID things like go running when the air is so smoky that you can't see more than about 8-10 miles across the city. I ran at 5:30 before the sun was up so I really couldn't tell what the air was likewhen I took off (plus I was still half asleep and having Garmin issues that I couldn't solve because I was half asleep), but as the sun came up and everything glowed deep yellow/orange, it was apparent that today was not the day that the smoke was going to blow out. My eyes only stung a little bit.

At least it's only supposed to be in the low to mid 90s tomorrow!!

[HappyAnika]

This morning was my last run before my first sprint tri on Sun. Very slow, 45 min, probably just over 5k. 64 degrees to start, 65 to finish, a little humid, but I'm enjoying our cold front with some respite from the relentless heat we've had. Did a new trail/path this morning, had to run about 10% on concrete and asphalt, knees staged minor protest at finish, but not too bad. Unfortunately tri route is all concrete, bleh.