Run like the wind....March 10th-16th

[KSH]

3-13-08 Run: How slow can Karen go?

Yea, that should be the title.

I was scheduled for a 60 minute run. I did 1 hour and 6 minutes (took a wrong turn), 5.30 miles with a 12:30 minute mile. OUCH.

I haven't run that slow in about 6 months. The last time I went this slow, it was in my HIM and I had to walk the whole 1/2 marathon and couldn't even train a month beforehand due to injuries.

I did a 5 minute walk/2 minute run combo. Which typically I do a 11:30 minute mile or faster with this. Somehow I added a minute to my per mile pace.

Yea, I was a slug out there. So sad.

Oh well, I can only get faster, right?

[HillSlugger]

Karen, sorry you had a bad run.

I had a great run this morning! I pushed my distance up to 4 miles (first time!) and still improved on my pace from Tuesday's 3.7 miler. My running feels wonderful right now; everything clicking into place. Makes me wish I had a race soon!

[Grog]

C'mon Karen, cheer up. You're putting your body and mind through a lot lately, have some kind words for them!

Unless you're trying to go pro and get sponsors, I say don't worry about speed!

Gentle run on most of this weekend's race course this morning. I did the unthinkable: I did not want to run back up the hill and stress my tendon more so I drove down (it's 3 km away), parked the car near the start of the race and took it from there.

I think the trails are going to be quite wet on the weekend, it's already muddy and it hasn't rained that much. That should make for an interesting race!!

[btchance]

Karen - we all have days where we just can't get our legs to work - trust me, I'd say about 1/2 of my days are like that

Anyways, I had today off and decided to do my long run of 8mi for the week. Went pretty well. I did 3 loops of 2.5mi each with a 1/4mi walk to and from the loop to w/u and c/d. Well, as I was finishing my 2nd loop it started to rain some, so I picked up the pace quite a bit for a while until it stopped. Didn't want to be 2mi from home if the sky dropped out

[teigyr]

I ran 6 miles today and it still felt really great! I continued to think about my form and where my feet were hitting. Nothing hurt (unless I'd start to slip and go back to running on my heels) and I had more energy. It could be that this has been an easy week too though

Regardless, I didn't walk at all. Usually if I do a longer type run I have a turn around point or stairs or stoplights somewhere along the way. I did constant loops with this one and still felt good at the finish.

Karen, please don't be too hard on yourself. I've been thinking I've really been sucking lately and it's not a fun thought. You've been through a lot and it takes a while to catch back up. Sometimes it's frustrating to be amazed by small accomplishments; I know for myself I look for more then get disappointed. And re speed, Grog is right. If you don't enjoy yourself, what's the point?

[KSH]

Thanks for all the kind words ladies. I appreciate it.

Yes, it was a sucky day, but I know it's just one day. There are good days and bad. One day you right like a gazzelle... the next day a tired turtle.

I was honestly SHOCKED at how slow it was though. But my nutrition was off during the day, and I think it showed.

Eh, I'm sure this weekend will be better.

On the upside, I had an amazing ride on Wednesday. I blew past a lot of boys and my boyfriend said he had never seen me ride so fast! Even a 25 mph headwind didn't slow me down!

[Jo-n-NY]

First run of a program I am following from Running for Mortals. I guess I should have refreshed my memory. I ran a minute and walked a minute. WRONG....I was suppose to run 1 and walk 3 for 6 sets which I also lost complete count of the sets and did probably did like 8 to be safe.

If I have no aches tomorrow I guess I did no harm.

~JoAnn

[OakLeaf]

Well it was touch and go but I got to post in this thread before the week ended

I was really having a hard time with it being such a prolific week for y'all, and me on the couch with food poisoning.

Yesterday I finally resorted to the Garlic Cure and it fixed me right up. I'd lost a bunch of muscle though not eating anything for four days

To top it off my ForeRunner lost my track today, so as far as my training log is concerned I still didn't run this week.

But I got about 3.2 miles IIRC, slow and easy.

Been that kind of a year. Either I've been running around, or I've been sick from so much running around. It's really getting to be an issue between me and DH

.... anyway, never mind the whining and the thread drift, I DID get to run today. Yippee!