Running against the wind, week of 4/21~

[teigyr]

[B]I got to run a 3 mile time trial today. 22:57. I'm happy, my leg is good, I'm aware of it but no pain and I ran hard enough to get a little pukey. That's always a good sign.

Wow!!! That is fast. To think I was happy about my 26 min 2.5 mile tempo run...but then again I did walk the last 8th of a mile just to cool down a bit. Between the warm-up and cool-down, I think I was under a 10 min mile!!!

Yes. A WONDERFUL training plan that is coming into place though sometimes I don't realize it. Sometimes I think I've made no progress at all and I have to step back and realize a couple of months ago, I couldn't have done any of this. So, yeah. It's all good!!!

Kimmyt, it sounds like it was the laundry. I'm one of those people who fluctuate a lot with puffiness and I hate playing the "will these pants fit me today" game. Grrrr.....anyway, you have an excuse

[kelownagirl]

5km with the kids today. Felt pretty good, better than Tuesday. Only did 3 minutes of walking in 35 minutes. Getting there slowly.

[RoadBunner]

I was able to get all my planned workouts done this week. My ankle is still a little touchy when doing lateral movements, but walking and running doesn't hurt. Today I got my long run of 10 miles done. I live in SF where there are hills everywhere. Today I almost made it the 1.3 miles back up to my apartment from sea-level. It's a consistent climb the whole distance with some segments that are pretty steep. I've always had to stop and take a break or walk a bit, but I kept on chugging today and felt okay (must be the speed work I've been doing). Of course, my garmin beeped that I was at 10 miles about .15 miles from my front door, and I took the easy way out and cooled down the rest of the way. But now I know I could do it! I'm thinking I should run the hill on purpose every now and then for a good workout!

[emily_in_nc]

Another 4 mile treadmill run today...I'm beginning to sound like a broken record here, but at least I'm getting a few runs in. Just enough to maintain fitness, no increases. That's okay -- just too much going on my life right now: puppy, super busy time at work, back to spring mountain bike rides when I can manage them, gardening..... I love spring!

Emily

[Wahine]

I managed another 3.2 miles today as part of a brick workout. I'm really pleased with how my leg has behaved this week.

Congrats to everyone for getting out there in spite of busy schedules and various aches and pains!!

[alpinerabbit]

Congrats to me too and my ridiculous shin pain?

Think a sports specialist will take me seriously? I am contemplating going there.

[Wahine]

Alpine - I'm gonna PM you. I just haven't had a lot of time. But yes a sports specialist will take you seriously. I just got over a serious bout of shin pain, it took nearly 6 weeks of almost no running and weekly deep tissue massage, leg strengthening exercises and stretching to make it fade away. More later.