Born to Run - Week of April 27

[kelownagirl]

I had an awesome run today! I stayed with the 12 min run, 1 min walk, but I bumped up my distance to 5.6km. I felt good and strong and this time I listened to Podrunner and chose a faster beat. My HR certainly picked up at the faster pace so I only ran faster for half the time so don't stress my legs too much. Did the first 5km in 32:30 which included 2 min of walking. I'm happy. Getting there slowly but surely. This week, I'll run 15 min, walk 1 min and next Sunday, I'll run 6km.

[emily_in_nc]

I wanted to do a trail run today, but after taking a walk with our puppy in the morning, the pollen was getting to me so bad I had to bag it. Hopefully this is the last weekend for really bad tree pollen here in NC. It has been a rough spring with snorfing, sneezing, itchy eyes, coughing, etc. I don't really like taking anything for it except at night, because I find that even the non-drowsy types (like Claritin) make me feel "off".

Back to the treadmill until the yellow stuff is out of the air....

Emily

[jesvetmed]

Emily: I'll send you our RAIN.. .it is very cleansing to the air! And you hair, your clothes, etc...

Got an unexpected day off today, so I got in my long run on my schedule after all... was planning on skipping it this week. Glad I didn't!

7 miles, 70 minutes. Kept the HR between 155 and 165 MOST of the time. That was harder on the last couple of miles for me. My legs are tired, but they have been all week. Lungs held up well at this pace.

Sounds like everyone had good runs today!

[solobiker]

It was a cool morning here so I waited until later in the afternoon. By about 230 it was getting nice out and our neighbor stopped by to say there was a Smartwool sale going a few miles away. It was a sale of seconds. So I hopped on my bike and purchased a few items: 3 pairs of socks, a jacket, tank top and shirt for DH all for under 40. Rode back home then went for a 3.1 mile run. Felt great.

[runner2]

5.5 miles for me this morning on the trail, everything is turning so green in the woodland and the air is warm, so I guess the winter is really gone.

[RoadBunner]

I ran a nice 5 miles yesterday and 4.5 miles today with some tempo work thrown in. Felt pretty sluggish today but got through it.

[Veronica]

Another 3.1 miles for me this morning. It was windy at 5 AM - 17 mph, nice when it was a tailwind, but a headwind going up hill wasn't so much fun.

V.