Running Nov 11-17

[rocknrollgirl]

I am starting back next week. I am anxious to put into practice what I learned at the running clinic!

[kelownagirl]

I am going to start again as soon as I get rid of this never-ending cold and have a bit of energy return.

[yellow]

Limewave, seems like I've been doing lots of trail running in the dark the last few weeks! And if I can't run on the trail I'd rather run on the treadmill than on the pavement... my legs just can't handle that any more. I think I see the same fox every time I'm out there. I'm really looking forward to running in the snow on the trails in the dark!

I had a little, pretty minor bug of some sort this week that resulted in my legs just feeling really achey. I wasn't going to run at all today (my "scheduled" long run day), but woke up feeling better, so I went for it. A lot slower than normal and I walked a lot more than normal, but still managed to get in a pretty good run (about an hour shorter than I wanted it to be). My legs are pretty beat, though, so I'm not doing the companion long run tomorrow. I don't know that it matters at this stage anyway...so I guess I'm now officially in the taper (which means that I only run about 35 miles next week instead of 50-55 like I have been ).

And about the time RNRG , Kelownagirl , and Wahine get back up to speed, I'll be skiing more and running less (I hope, if winter ever gets here)

PRAY FOR SNOW!!!!

[rocknrollgirl]

This is the start of my favorite time of year to run. Cold temps, no ticks. Much better around these parts.

I have some form work to do, and I am actually looking forward to that too.

[OakLeaf]

How come people give their ride distance to the 100th of a mile... and round their runs to the nearest mile? You'd think it'd be the other way around .

With a very iffy weather forecast, our group ride was on again-off again, and by the time they finally decided it was on again, it was too late for me to get to the meeting point. So another run for me instead today, I'm just not that into riding alone.

4.08, plus warmup and cooldown. Ran from home, which meant hard asphalt. Chi Running definitely is helping with that, but my technique is far from perfect yet. Short, steep hills, 45 degrees and cloudy.

[kelownagirl]

Any thoughts about running on an indoor track? I was hoping to start in a week or two but someone has warned me about being careful because the corners are fairly sharp turns and can do damage to knees etc.

[Grog]

Any thoughts about running on an indoor track? I was hoping to start in a week or two but someone has warned me about being careful because the corners are fairly sharp turns and can do damage to knees etc.

It really depends on how the track is built. I ran on one at my old university and it was pretty nice. Only about 200 m though, but really soft and even. The corners were pretty similar to those of a regular track, I think... (You might want to make sure you run clockwise and counter-clockwise to even out the effort on your joints...)