Running up a tab - Mar 3 to 9

[Wahine]

So he left for practice this morning and I decided to go out for a walk. He never said I could not go for a walk, right?

It is ok to walk after you have been sick, right? Heck they let people walk post surgery, right? And if I happened to spontaneously break out into a light jog while on this recovery walk, I could not be held responsible, right?

So out I went between the hellacious rain we are having. Did a very light walk run, came home, did all my weights, icing and having tea now.

Feeling good.

Ooooooo boy!! You're a handful. I'm glad it worked out OK though. Get lots of good recovery sleep today.

[rocknrollgirl]

I am a handful. When I go to the doc they have to give me a specific list of exactly what I can and cannot do.
But being a handful keeps him on his toes, he can always tell when I am plotting to escape. He has to be quick to counter my justifications.

But alas after my huge burst of energy this morning, I am sleepy, so nap I must

[KSH]

YES! I just did a 2.5 hour trainer ride and then ran. It was my first brick of the season.

OMG... I ran a 9:30 MINUTE MILE! WOAH! I haven't run that fast... EVER!!!!

[emily_in_nc]

OMG... I ran a 9:30 MINUTE MILE! WOAH! I haven't run that fast... EVER!!!!

Congrats!!!! I would love to break under a 10:00 minute mile. I can run that, but no faster, so far. And I can't sustain 10:00 for an entire 3-5 mile run, though I have done as much as two miles at a time at that pace.

Good for you -- and after a long trainer ride, too! You IM you!

Emily

[teigyr]

12 miles yesterday Might I say ouch?! As slow as I think I'm going, it turns out I'm consistent when I average mph from my other long runs. I don't know why this one made me so sore though except for I did have a stress test the day before on a 16% incline I'm a wuss with the hills.

It's amazing how painful it is to go a "bit" faster than your comfort speed. I can run 10 minute miles for runs averaging 3 miles or so but when I try to do short bits of 9 minute miles, OUCH!!! It's fun but still, it makes me drool on myself

[KSH]

12 miles yesterday Might I say ouch?! As slow as I think I'm going, it turns out I'm consistent when I average mph from my other long runs. I don't know why this one made me so sore though except for I did have a stress test the day before on a 16% incline I'm a wuss with the hills.

It's amazing how painful it is to go a "bit" faster than your comfort speed. I can run 10 minute miles for runs averaging 3 miles or so but when I try to do short bits of 9 minute miles, OUCH!!! It's fun but still, it makes me drool on myself

12 miles is ouch! I have been doing 10-11 miles one day a week and when I stop it's like all the pain just settles into my muscles. OUCH.

Yea, a bit faster can be a lot more effort. I find this with swimming and cycling as well. If I swim a 1:40, 100 yards I'm cruising and relaxed. I swim a 1:36, 100 yards and I am working REALLY HARD. Something that I can't sustain.

[Wahine]

I sort of ran today. For a short while, on a treadmill while a bunch of PTs picked apart my running form. It was pretty educational. Now I want to stop running all together for a while, "fix" things and try again. Interestingly enough, my form gets better as I go a little faster. So *that's* my problem, I've been running too slowly all this time.

[KSH]

Congrats!!!! I would love to break under a 10:00 minute mile. I can run that, but no faster, so far. And I can't sustain 10:00 for an entire 3-5 mile run, though I have done as much as two miles at a time at that pace.

Good for you -- and after a long trainer ride, too! You IM you!

Emily

HA! Well, I have only see that kind of pace on a treadmill before... and I did only run a mile. I just made my jello legs move as fast I could make them.

For any run over a minute, outside... I'm around a 11-11:30 minute mile. I'm such a turtle.

I'm sure you will see improvement on your pace with distance very soon.