I got the Runs! July 10th-16th

**Kimmyt** · 07-09-2007, 05:07 AM

The good kind, of course.

Ran 6.2 miles the other day, without stopping. Don't know my time but I felt like my speed was pretty good. I just decided to go out and run, around some neighborhoods I knew. i was hoping it would be 5-6 miles but the fact was that when I got back I still felt pretty fresh so I was worried it would only be about 4. Drove the route with my car and it turned out to be a freaking 10K! Whoo! What a good start to the week!

K.

**mimitabby** · 07-09-2007, 06:11 AM

kaopectate?

sorry, could not resist.

10 k?? That's pretty good. Keep up the good work.

**HillSlugger** · 07-09-2007, 09:57 AM

Today is the 9th on my calendar. Why is our running week starting on Tuesday and where do I post today's run?

Today was my second run since spraining my ankle (2.32 miles @ 10:16 pace). I'm really dismayed by how much my running has suffered from the forced time off. I increased my distance and improved my pace since Thursday, but I've got basically 4 more runs before the triathlon and I don't know if I'll be able to get my distance back up to 3.1 and pace back down near 9 minutes.

**note to self: injuries suck; don't do that again!

**yellow** · 07-09-2007, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by MDHillSlug

Today is the 9th on my calendar. Why is our running week starting on Tuesday and where do I post today's run?

MDHS...that's probably my fault. I goofed on the title last week (it should have ended on the 8th) but I couldn't correct it. So I think this is the right thread (unless we're moving our week to beginning on Tuesday)!

Originally Posted by MDHillSlug

Today was my second run since spraining my ankle (2.32 miles @ 10:16 pace). I'm really dismayed by how much my running has suffered from the forced time off.

Injuries do suck. But don't let your head get the better of you about your ankle! It is what it is, and I know that you will be just fine in your tri. You need to believe that too. And you'll have that little helper adrenalin going for you on tri day.

Do what you can, and don't set yourself back (says the woman who nursed a bad ankle for months because she wouldn't back off).

Due to infernos in Idaho and Utah, our air is verrrrry smoky and bad. Add to that the heat (yesterday was the first day below 100 in several days...it was only 97!), and...well...you can guess what that's doing to my running. I did get out this am for a 6.3-miler, up high (though I wasn't out of the smoke

). Hopefully it will start to clear out in the next couple of days, though I will still have to run in the am due to the temps.

**teigyr** · 07-09-2007, 03:13 PM

Since I'm just starting to keep track because my running is more than my walking, I did 3 miles today! I thought I was going slower because I was sore from a ride yesterday and it hurt. It was also hot. I don't normally sweat but it was running off my face

Suffice it to say I thought I was going slower and I ended up finishing about 5 minutes before I normally do! I am not a runner but it is getting not as bad.

**KSH** · 07-09-2007, 06:59 PM

*Shudders* Yea... uuummm... the title of this thread hits too close to home. I missed my race on Sunday... due to... uuumm... not wanting to live in a Port-O-John. Thank goodness I stayed home too... apparently there were NOT ENOUGH Port-O-John's at the race!

Anyhoo... I wish some of you ladies lived near me. I am running my first 10 miler tomorrow. I know I can make it, but company would be appreciated. I can't seen to loop anyone I know into doing it with me.

A friend will be riding the path though, so he's going to make sure I don't get abducted.

**KSH** · 07-09-2007, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by MDHillSlug

Today is the 9th on my calendar. Why is our running week starting on Tuesday and where do I post today's run?

Today was my second run since spraining my ankle (2.32 miles @ 10:16 pace). I'm really dismayed by how much my running has suffered from the forced time off. I increased my distance and improved my pace since Thursday, but I've got basically 4 more runs before the triathlon and I don't know if I'll be able to get my distance back up to 3.1 and pace back down near 9 minutes.

**note to self: injuries suck; don't do that again!

Well, they say you can take a week off and after that your fitness levels start to suffer.

Although, I would kill for a 10:16 minute mile! But that is besides the point.

Injuries do suck. I'm so paranoid of getting one because I know 1 injury, even a simply one, takes you out of the game for weeks or months.

**yellow** · 07-09-2007, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by teigyr

I am not a runner but it is getting not as bad.

My friend, you go out and you run, therefore you are a runner! Sorry, you can't hide it! It's really not THAT bad. Say it out loud:

I am a runner!

And it only gets better!

**Wahine** · 07-09-2007, 08:57 PM

I'm supposed to run intervals tomorrow but it's going to be crazy hot. Hmmmmmm, maybe a water run is in order.

and I agree with Yellow, you run and therefore your are a runner. Don't worry, acceptance is the first step to healing.

**rocknrollgirl** · 07-10-2007, 03:42 AM

Hi Guys,
Well it is crazy hot here in NJ, as it is in many places across the nation right now. So that being the case I went out to run at 5:15 this morning. It was already 79 degrees. And HUMID. I did 4.3 miles in 40 mins. Not as fast as I would have liked, but a steady pace.

I was a bit worried because I had a small crash on my mt bike on Saturday and my foot did not unclip as I went down and I really wrenched my lower ankle. It really hurt. I had a hard time finishing the ride. But I iced, iced and then iced some more. I spent all day Sunday with it up with some...ICE, and by Sunday night it was pretty good. It felt fine during the run this morning.

So all things considered, not a bad run.....

**KSH** · 07-10-2007, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by rocknrollgirl

Hi Guys,
Well it is crazy hot here in NJ, as it is in many places across the nation right now. So that being the case I went out to run at 5:15 this morning. It was already 79 degrees. And HUMID. I did 4.3 miles in 40 mins. Not as fast as I would have liked, but a steady pace.

I was a bit worried because I had a small crash on my mt bike on Saturday and my foot did not unclip as I went down and I really wrenched my lower ankle. It really hurt. I had a hard time finishing the ride. But I iced, iced and then iced some more. I spent all day Sunday with it up with some...ICE, and by Sunday night it was pretty good. It felt fine during the run this morning.

So all things considered, not a bad run.....

Texas... hot is 95 degrees and humid. I would kill for 79. Of course, it's 80 right now. I'm running tonight in about 90 degree weather. I figured it's good training for my HIM since I'll be running in the afternoon when I do that in October.

Gosh, sorry to hear about your ankle! That's the worst. It sounds like it's OK???? I hope so.

**rocknrollgirl** · 07-10-2007, 08:29 AM

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** · 07-10-2007, 08:53 AM

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** · 07-10-2007, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

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** · 07-10-2007, 01:35 PM

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.

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