Spring Previews - February 25th to March 2nd Runs

[rocknrollgirl]

Well, I was out for try number two this morning. I went outside today. At the trailhead where we park to run there is a small retention pond with a nice flat trail around. It is about 1/3 of a mile around. So we went this morning. I did a 5 min warm-up and then 2 min jog two min walk. I eventually cut the walk down a bit. I did that for 21 mins and then walked 5 more.

DH went out on the trails and did 4 while I was doing my thing. Came home and did my PT exercises and now I am icing, having coffee from Trader Joe's and noodling on TE!

Oh and no pain while running. Sore muscles, but no pain.

[yellow]

RnRG, you're ahead of me. I didn't think is was possible to not have pain while running!! Seriously, I hope it continues to go smoothly. Resist the urge to go harder than you should...I know the type.

I did something today I never, ever thought I would do. I ran 13 miles on the dreadmill. Yes. I did.

I started out on the trail but the wind was gusting so strong I couldn't stand upright. Then I looked out over the lake and saw a thing coming, a thing that the radar did not show and for which I was only kind of prepared. So I bailed after about 4 miles thinking I would put on the road shoes and go run around the cemetery for a couple of hours. But then it started to snain (that's snow + rain) and thunder snow and, uncharacteristically, I decided to not go out into it. So I went to the gym.

I was in good company. Lots of other folks there on the dread for a couple of hours. I watched one entire hockey game (the dreads overlook an ice sheet) and rocked out to the iPod. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. But I wouldn't have wanted to do any more.

25k in 2 weeks. I think I'll be OK for it. I don't think I'll be ready for the 50k in April, though. Not enough miles under me at this point (I keep gravitating toward my skis...). Not sure what's after the 25k.