Running!! Nov 18-24

[kelownagirl]

Thanks Grog.

[yellow]

I've been attacked by a head cold, and only a week to go before the 50k. I'm religiously using Zicam, hoping that it really does work.

But...I don't feel too horrible, just really stuffy. I still managed to get most of my miles in this week (2 miles shy of the target) and am now truly on the downhill slide...4 miles tomorrow, 3 miles on Tuesday, 2 miles on Wednesday and then no more until the run on Saturday.

Shiraz, you are truly a rock star. I don't think I know anyone that has run as many half marathons in one season as you have.

[limewave]

I'm so sick. I haven't run at all this week My throat hurts, I can't talk, I keep coughing, and I"m achy. I don't think I"ll ever feel better.

[alpinerabbit]

Oh you will.

I spent a week in France brushing up my french, was planning on an early morning jog 4x, but woke up the first morrning with a lump in my tonsils. Went anyway.
Then it got worse, from aches&pains to shivering cold, sinus congestion, cough attacks during class, it went frigging everywhere, changed its location day to day.

Finally came home for some codeine doping, now I feel like it's going away. I will go swimming tonight, now that I can actually fully inhale again

I have a nice tenor voice today

[rocknrollgirl]

Sorry to hear you guys are not feeling well. Yuk. It is the worst. Even when you start to feel better you have all of the gunk to deal with. Sending some get better vibes....

[tattiefritter]

Did my 10K road race on Saturday 24th, abysmal weather - strong winds (18 mph average and 25mph gusts) and rain. The first 4k were straight into the wind and rain, could hardly see at one point the rain was lashing my face so much and I was freezing! After the first 4K conditions improved slightly and it stopped raining and warmed up a bit but I was absolutely shattered by 8K, I was convinced I was about to bonk (didn't think that was possible at 10K but hey ho) as I just wanted to lie down and go to sleep. I slowed to a shuffle just before the 9k mark and gave myself a stern talking to and picked up the pace to the end to make sure I beat last years time. Results time was 51.25 which was faster than last years running of this race at 52.11 but I found it much harder this year. My km splits show I actually ran a fairly even paced race however I paid for the effort expended on the first 4K in the later stages.

My lack of speedwork and road endurance really showed for this 10K as I have been focussed on running hills and mud so I have some work to do to get to my goal of sub 50 minutes. On the plus side I did a very good warmup and my body was ready for the hard pace from the off which I was pleased about.

[Kimmyt]

Well our training officially started up again. I pulled out the UA tights and The Boy and I ran while we were visiting his folks in Indy. We're training for the half-marathon his sis always runs, so it was fun talking shop with her (and even better news, I think she's interested in doing a tri! we went test riding bikes for her, but I'm keeping my eyes out for a used one in her size since she has two young kids and not a whole heck of alot of money). We ran 3 miles in the cold and I actually felt really good, just a little heaviness in my legs the first 1.5 miles but then it worked out and I probably could have gone longer.

Viva la training season!

K.

edited to say that i'm feeling yalls pain, i got infected by The Boy's nephew and am now suffering a doozy of a head cold. Ugh. Makes work on a Monday that much harder!

[Grog]

Did my 10K road race on Saturday 24th, abysmal weather

What a strong runner in the face of adversity! Good job Tattiefritter!!

[rocknrollgirl]

Hi Guys...

35 mins, in the dark, in the rain, ON THE ROAD....blech....say the trail runner.

[Shiraz]

Tattie, you had an amazing run considering the wind and rain!! Congratulations!

Yellow, Hope you are feeling 110% by Saturday.

Limewave,Sending the feel better angels your way.

Sunday I did a core strength DVD and a pilates DVD. Man, was I sore. Apparently I need to do it more often. No run on Monday and a 3 mile easy on the treadmill. I need to run intervals tomorrrow and than another easy run Friday.

[kelownagirl]

Well I finally stepped my toe back into the water tonight and went our for a 3k walk/run. Mostly walking since it's day 1, and very icey out....