Running - Week of Sept. 10-16

[rocknrollgirl]

Hi All,

I did a nice brick on Wed and 45 mins of rainy, muddy trail running this morning. Nothing spectacular....looking forward to some crispy weather.

[Grog]

Arrrrrgh!

I have strained my left quad last night and it hurt like hell. Now it's better (thanks to two Advils, ice-cold shower and taking it easy) but I'm not riding today and my running tomorrow will be limited, to say the least.

I combined all the ingredients for a muscle strain: since back-to-school I have increased volume by quite a bit, and ran a lot downhill and uphill (not that I really have a choice around here). Then on yesterday's specific run I was with a bunch a friend on a speedwork session. Every week we have a different person deciding on the speedwork "pattern" but I think we had a miscommunication with the guy who did it yesterday. We had only 1 km warm up and then he took off for a 1-km interval at pretty high effort. There's a very slight downhill on the way and there it happened: ouch! I stopped dead in my tracks. Good thing, as there was another girl behind me who was struggling, so I talked her into doing our own thing (very light intervals and lots of walking) and going home a lot earlier than planned.

That sucks. But I guess that's a good warning.

[northstar]

I did three 4.3 mile runs this past week...I have my first duathlon next week Sunday (23rd). The runs are 2 miles each and I'm feeling more confident now that I'm comfortable with the distance (total running newbie this year). In a way, I'm wishing I would have started working in some hill work this summer, but I realize now I probably would not have been ready to start that sort of thing anyway.

[roadie gal]

It seems like the week to be hurt. I was laid up for almost 5 days after I tweaked my back trying to get 40 pounds of dog food out of the car. Yesterday I gingerly got back on the treadmill. But I was able to go for 5 miles. Yay. Today I'm still doing pretty well. Got my fingers crossed.

[Shiraz]

I finally had a better week after not feeling so good (bladder, kidney). Last week I may have ran 1 time and it wasn't so good.

Tuesday : 6 mile temp run and weights
Thurday : 3.2 mile run
Friday : Interval training 1000 meter sprints / lunges 6.75 miles
Saturday: Bike ride 37.25 miles
Sunday ...... need to do a long run at least 10 miles

Hope everyone heals up fast and has a great week!!!!

[yellow]

Did my 16 yesterday and 10 today. Felt really good on the last half of the 10. Of course most of that is downhill... The 16 was better than the 14 last week. Alot more climbing and tougher trail overall this week, but I had to go up high to avoid a repeat of too-warm-for-running that I had last week. I probably walked more, which might be why I felt better. The maples are red and the aspen are just starting to turn.

Saw 3 moose yesterday, one cow & calf pair and then a solitary cow. I worry about running into a bull this time of year. I'm sure I could climb a tree if I absolutely had to... And then tonight I had to get off the trail to avoid the tarantula that had somewhere very important to go. I've seen so many of them this year. They are pretty cool looking!

We're supposed to do a 50-60 mile ride tomorrow with a ton of climbing, to go see some fall colors and get some miles in before the century we're supposed to do next weekend. I think I'll be pretty pokey (though I feel pretty good right now). That way I'll enjoy the scenery a bit more, I think.

[michelem]

Not a great week. On Tuesday night I ran 9 miles and walked another .5 as a cooldown. I had to stop at mile six and go pee (a couple drops, but as I was running it really felt like I had to go!). I didn't feel real peppy for any of the run, but I did complete it.

Got my period on Wednesday and felt horrendous the rest of the week - "hot flashes" (start sweating buckets for no apparent reason), stomach cramps, diarrhea . . .

So, I skipped my Thursday night run as well as my Saturday morning ride this morning. I am going to attempt a ride tomorrow morning and see if I can't get back on track this next week.

I am way behind on my fundraising goal and I'm afraid I'm going to be dropped from the team.

Just feeling discouraged all the way around this week.