What? Did nobody run last week? Aug 6-12, then!

[Skierchickie]

Everybody must be too busy running & doing fun stuff to post.

Yesterday's plan was a 73 mile road ride, but the forecast was for rain, finally, so we ran instead. DH & my GF & I headed out on the trails, with no particular plan - just 5 miles minimum. Fortunately DH & I carried water, because we went for 3 hours. And it didn't particularly rain (light drizzle, briefly - it is scary dry out there!). 70 degrees and 90% humidity - glad it wasn't warmer!

I was sooooo beat by the end (and we did lots of walking toward the end). And my left calf was all tight & painful. I blame the cobblestone beach and all the sand (some beaches along Lake Superior are loose, round rocks, ranging from tiny up to maybe 3" diameter, which seem like they are piled 6 feet deep - constantly moving underfoot). Everything is so powder-dry, any sand you encounter is soft & hard to run in. It was lots of fun, but I was really glad to get home. Hmmm - a 25k trail race in 2 weeks. Hope I feel better than yesterday!

Gotta go prepare for the ride now (so it's windy today , but yesterday there was a chance of severe storms with large hail, etc).

[rocknrollgirl]

We ran, I was just too lazy to post.

Wed-hill repeats
Thur-recovery run
Sat-short transition run after two hour mt bike
Today-45 min trail run

[alpinerabbit]

I went to my club's first run practice Tue, 15min warmup (all of them chatting like they were having coffee and myself with 160 HR), some exercises barefoot on a soccer field, then 3 intervals. The last one at 3:20 minutes per km, I held that for 1 min. Hee hee.Top Marathoners run sub 3min/km for >2 hours, this is ridiculous....

And I ran the tri yesterday and am very sore.

[Kimmyt]

No running for me lately, but I've been dying to! My ankle is still a bit off, but I am going to try some shorter runs next week, plus I need to do 10 more miles by the end of August to meet my 100-mile goal. I would have been done 2 weeks ago if it hadn't been for my dang ankle... its so frustrating not to be able to do anything!

[emily_in_nc]

I just did two treadmill runs as it was WAY too hot (101 to 104 for highs) to run outdoors. 2.75 and 3 miles (plus .5 miles walking each time) of slow running. I didn't figure those runs were worthy of starting the weekly thread, but I enjoyed them!

Emily

[KSH]

OH! I've been running... biking... swimming!

I have just been too tired to post! As it gets closer to my Half Ironman... my training time each week is going UP. I'm still 7 weeks out from my taper... and each week I:

Swim around 7,000 meters (well, I haven't done a good job of reaching this goal).

Bike around 120 miles.

Run around 20 miles.

Totaling around 13 hours a week.


SO... this past weekend I ran 12 miles... my longest run to date! It was a bit slow around a 12:30 minute mile, but with the HEAT and HUMIDITY I was doing a 5:00 run/1:00 walk combo, for the most part. It took me a good 2 hours and 30 minutes!

I just hope I can hang on and keep up this volume for the next 7 weeks. I can't believe my training distances only go up from here!

[HappyAnika]

Great job on the 12 miles KSH!

I ran Saturday for the first time since my tri on July 15 (slaps own wrist). I was all nervous, like I'd somehow forgotten how to run. I (half) jokingly told DH I was afraid the other runners would laugh at me because I didn't know how to run. It was all good, I felt great, HR was good, knees felt fine, a little warm, but that's my fault for sleeping too late.

I've decided I want to run in the Halloween 5k at the end of Oct. I ran it last year, it was my first 5k. I'll be 26 weeks (6 months) then, but I think its very doable. I really feel like I need an event to look forward to, to keep me from slacking off.

[limewave]

Did a measely 2 miles at 5 AM before work. I was sleepy.

[yellow]

Did a measely 2 miles at 5 AM before work. I was sleepy.

I always say 2 miles is better than no miles! I have a hard time running that early, but sometimes I have to in order to beat the heat.

KSH, you rock!

I did an easy week last week and am still in cycle down getting ready to start training a little harder for a long organized run (I wouldn't call it a race) in November. Last week was about 18 miles. This week is probably going to be about the same. Then it's up from there.