Spring Previews - February 25th to March 2nd Runs

[rocknrollgirl]

Well, about two hours after the maiden voyage yesterday my knee started to hurt. I was pretty disappointed. So I quickly got the ice going. 20 mins on, 20 off all night. I had a good night last night and woke up this morning with no knee discomfort.

BUT OH MY GIDDY AUNT AM I SORE IN THE QUADDIES!!!!! right in that spot where someone would grab you if they wanted to make you jump and squirm. Lower quads. YIKES!!!!

So I am moving slowly, but my knee does not hurt at the moment. I say at the moment becasue I have learned with the nature of this injury that I have to judge pain and recovery just about hour to hour.

And tomorrow is another day.

[teigyr]

Well, today was 11 I actually think it was more like 11.5. I had a pretty strong headwind coming back and I think I didn't eat enough this morning because I was feeling a bit fatigued. I ate some gel stuff and had some water and felt better. My time was actually ok so while I thought I was holding back, maybe I wasn't holding back enough.

If anyone's a Spinal Tap fan, I kept this image in my mind for the run

[roadie gal]

I ran WITHOUT PAIN for the first time in 3 months today. I did 21 minutes on the treadmill. I've been taping my foot for the past 2 weeks and it has done MIRACLES for my plantar fasciitis. **happy dance, with taped foot** Now the trick is going to be reining myself in and taking it slowly.

[Wahine]

2.7 miles at lunch. Yup I'm getting sore.

1.3 to go. I lucked out and will get off work early this afternoon. I'm heading out to run at the track right away. I'm finishing this off with a dead flat jog.

[Tiffany]

I'm finishing this off with a dead flat jog.

LOL ... but hey, you're finishing! Congrats lady.

[Wahine]

The funny thing is, I went to the track and did about 1 mile before the highschool track team came out to warm-up and suddenly my pace picked up from dead flat jog to dead flat semi spirited jog, for the last .3. Funny how weird we tend to be about how we appear to others.

[btchance]

I've done two runs this week - one 3 mile run with hills on Tuesday at that perfect time in the morning just before the sun comes up with the perfect temp, 50 degrees. Thursday, that morning temp had dropped to 22 degrees so I hit the dreadmill for another 3 miles, this time with 1min intervals. Hope to get in one more run this weekend.

[Grog]

BUT OH MY GIDDY AUNT AM I SORE IN THE QUADDIES!!!!! right in that spot where someone would grab you if they wanted to make you jump and squirm. Lower quads. YIKES!!!!

Isn't this nice soreness to have? It means you're back on track!

Glad you successfully nipped the unhappy knee problem in the bud.

TEIGYR, you're hilarious. I'll keep that image in my mind for my next hard run!!!

[rocknrollgirl]

Grog, I am probably miles from being sorted out, it is a very small victory, but I will take it. I now take the whole process about 1/2 day at a time.

[Shiraz]

Looks like everyone is having a pretty good week. I did get my 10 mile long run in last Sunday averaged 9:25 m/ mile. It helps to run with GF's to push each other to maintain a great pace. I had DH drop us out 10 miles and run back home from the back roads. The snow, rain and wind stopped for the 1:35minutes we were out. Great hills and rollers. I have only been able to run 6x800 with a warm up and cool down intervals on Wed. Hoping to get in a short easy run tomorrow and a 12 miler on Sunday. Missed my tempo run today due house buying stuff, oh well, tomorrow is another day.!!

We are in the process of buying a house and work is killing me. We are so busy on the peds floor with respiratory and influ A.

Nice job Teigyr
Hope all you injured ladies are on the mend soon!!

[emily_in_nc]

I met my goal of doing a five-mile run today on the treadmill. Farthest I've ever run in my life (46.9 years!) I was SO excited! I actually felt great the last mile, definitely feeling the runner's high. I did it in 53:34, quite respectable for me. I'll never be a fast runner, but it's fun to see the distances getting easier. My HR isn't going quite as high now that I've been running consistently 3x a week all month. I've also lost 2 lbs. without trying at all.

Looking forward to a trail run on Sunday -- it's going to be in the low 60s. Yippee!

Congrats to everyone on all their runs, especially rockandrollgal and roadie gal for getting back to it after injuries. Good going!

Emily

[Wahine]

Wow Emily!! That is really great. I remember when you first ever so shyly posted on the running thread and you hadn't even run 3 miles yet. Look how far you've come!!

[emily_in_nc]

Wow Emily!! That is really great. I remember when you first ever so shyly posted on the running thread and you hadn't even run 3 miles yet. Look how far you've come!!

Thanks Wahine -- I'm really enjoying running now! It's funny because I never thought I could run. I remember dying trying to do one 1/4 mile lap around a track back in high school. And here I am after fracturing my pelvis in 2005 running > 2 miles for the first time in my life. I think going on Advair is probably the biggest difference in my success this time around, and the fact that I'd already built fitness from cycling, so I wasn't starting from ground zero. And the older I get, the more stubborn/determined I get too!

The distances you do, and the frequency, continue to astound me -- you are such an inspiration!

Emily