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

[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

[kelownagirl]

Well I finally went for my first post-op run yesterday. I had been trying to get myself out after school for the past two days but I've been so tired and my eyes are fatigued and blurry by that time of day so I kept bringing my running gear back home unused. Anyway, after I got home, I had a nap and listened to a Running podcast that motivated me to get up out of bed, get dressed and just do it. And I felt fine. It was weird to run without perfectly clear vision but I was careful to avoid rough road and I felt confident enough.

My body, on the other hand, wasn't used to running after 10 days off, and it objected a little. It was the first time I had tried out my new cut-down left orthotic and, sad to say, I still felt pain at the top on my foot so I guess I'll have to go back in for a recast. That's a drag. Once I got going, my foot stopped hurting though and my other achey parts started to warm up so I was able to do the same 3-4 minute run intervals that I was doing 10 days ago. And today I am feeling fine, no shin pain at all - hurrah!

I will go for a run again tomorrow and then DH and I are off for a week on the west coast so I won't be doing a lot of working out. I might run if the opportunity presents itself but I'm not going to stress about it. Training begins agains the day after Easter....

[KSH]

Well I finally went for my first post-op run yesterday. I had been trying to get myself out after school for the past two days but I've been so tired and my eyes are fatigued and blurry by that time of day so I kept bringing my running gear back home unused. Anyway, after I got home, I had a nap and listened to a Running podcast that motivated me to get up out of bed, get dressed and just do it. And I felt fine. It was weird to run without perfectly clear vision but I was careful to avoid rough road and I felt confident enough.

My body, on the other hand, wasn't used to running after 10 days off, and it objected a little. It was the first time I had tried out my new cut-down left orthotic and, sad to say, I still felt pain at the top on my foot so I guess I'll have to go back in for a recast. That's a drag. Once I got going, my foot stopped hurting though and my other achey parts started to warm up so I was able to do the same 3-4 minute run intervals that I was doing 10 days ago. And today I am feeling fine, no shin pain at all - hurrah!

I will go for a run again tomorrow and then DH and I are off for a week on the west coast so I won't be doing a lot of working out. I might run if the opportunity presents itself but I'm not going to stress about it. Training begins agains the day after Easter....

GREAT JOB!

[tattiefritter]

I have been struggling this week, I put it down to a combination of time of the month and some serious passive smoking! I visited my folks in Scotland last week, now all my family and all my Scottish friends smoke , I never have , its always been like that. For the last few years when OH and I go up to visit we take bikes/walking gear etc and are generally out and about but this time as OH was away I was on my own, the weather was pretty awful for hill walking and I don't like MTBing on strange trails on my own, so I pretty much just visited friends and family and was smoked on. God knows how many cigarettes worth of rubbish I have inhaled but after two days I was insisting we go to the pub so I could get away from it (yay for smoking bans!). Now I used to live in that environment about 10 years ago and coped (or did I? ) but now I spend no time in a smoky environment and have no friends here who smoke so all this week my chest has been so tight and sore, I just know its from the cig smoke

I ran on Tuesday for 5 miles and struggled for breath a bit and ran with the club on Thursday for about 5.5 miles, I was better but it was a harder run that I am used to as we were chasing the faster runners so I still struggled for breath especially up some hills which I can normally cope with.

Today is start of period day so I'm always a little out of whack but I set off for a trail run then turned round after 1.5 miles as I was just drained, didn't even have the energy to run downhill which is not like me. I have obviously not eaten enough this week, seemed to be constantly hungry at work Thursday and Friday. I came home from the run and have eaten some yoghurt and honey, some G & Bs ginger chocolate , a pitta bread and some houmous and I have just polished off the most enormous bowl of pasta and now I'm eyeing up the remains of the Margarita ice cream I made a few weeks ago.....Had a bit of a thought, maybe the reason I get so tired during my period is because I don't eat enough, you need up to 500 extra cals a day around this time or something ? Nutrition has never been my strong point. I have a 25 mile MTB ride planned tomorrow - I will be filling my camelbak bladder with sports drink, I normally just eat a bar when I remember (usually when hungry and its too late) but I'm taking no chances.

Sorry that was long!

[Grog]

Sorry Tattie about the smoking thing. I don't know how you did it. My tolerance to smoke is now near zero. Even the smell of a house where someone has smoked bothers me...

Good for you, going on that club run with faster runners. It's good to push your limits now and then. Plus: you survived!

I went for two easy runs in a row in preparation for my 8K race tomorrow. I'm starting to be really scared. Haven't run fast in a week, except for half a dozen pick ups. What will be will be, I guess!!!

[kelownagirl]

I went for another run today. Tops of both feet were tender so I took out the orthotics and nothing hurt. Did 4km, ran 4 min, walked 1 min. I feel like I could run steady but I won't. Take 'er easy....

I am hoping to do a few runs while I'm away next week.

[KSH]

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

HA! You sound like me when I do interval work on the trainer.

Here's what you have to do, know what your end time is. That way, you know how far along you are.

Yes, trust me... it confuses me as well... and it's like a dog chasing it's tail.