Run to the Hills: Week of May 25th Runs

[limewave]

I ran a 10k this weekend. I finished with a time of 55:47 which comes out to average 8:58/mile---I am so thrilled! This is my first 10k where I ran under 9 minute miles AND I finished 47 out of a 117 women in my age group. It marks the first time in a race of this size that I finished in the top 50%

I posted a race report on my new blog (finally jumping on the band wagon).

Today I am going to do an easy 4 mile run through the 'hood, all flat and no hills. It should be enjoyable.

[Wahine]

OMG - total 80's metal flashback. Where's my bleached mullet and black and white concert baseball t-shirt?

[alpinerabbit]

[AND all the rest]

cool! congrats

[OakLeaf]

Way to go Lime!

[teigyr]

Limewave, that is incredible!!!

One of these days I will be faster. It's getting there. Kinda.

Last night I did a 9 mile or 90 minute run, whatever came first. It was difficult and not difficult. It felt good though by the end I was tired! I was able to do 8.2 miles in 90 minutes. Keeping in mind that I crossed streets (had to wait a few seconds for cars sometimes) and go up and down a few flights of stairs, I'm not THAT disappointed by it. I also had worked all day too...

Anyway when I got home, I don't believe I've ever been so sweaty in my whole life. My hair was dripping so much I thought it was rain It's all good.

My half-mary is on Saturday. I know I won't do the time I initially thought I'd do (somehow last year I thought I could get to under 2 hours) but I think I'll do ok and I know I'll have fun. It's to the point that even if I'm tired, I just keep going and it feels good in a really fatigued/painful/wonderful way.

[Wahine]

I ran a 10k this weekend. I finished with a time of 55:42 which comes out to average 8:58/mile---I am so thrilled! This is my first 10k where I ran under 9 minute miles AND I finished 47 out of a 117 women in my age group. It marks the first time in a race of this size that I finished in the top 50%

Today I am going to do an easy 4 mile run through the 'hood, all flat and no hills. It should be enjoyable.

Lime that's awesome!!

Teigyr - you'll do great. It doesn't matter what happens... it's a PR and you've already won because you put in all the work to get you here. I'm proud of you.

[alpinerabbit]

eek - double brick with the club today.

that's 25min bike /10 min run and the same over again. I was riding 30-32 all the time but had no chance against the guys, and the iron girls/marathoners. Oh well.

I am satisfied for being able to handle my bike, and run off it. I'll still suck this year at my races compared to these uber-athletes, but I'll suck less.

Yes. I think I can call it running again. yay. No more tiptoeing.

[OakLeaf]

4.5 around the neighborhood by my gym, before class. Da-yum those are steep hills. Felt good though, even though I'm sore everywhere from digging in the garden yesterday. (hooray! finally enough dry weather that I could do that! and rain as soon as I got my plants in the ground! )

[crazycanuck]

Umm..this is one of the coolest Iron Maiden songs ever

[kelownagirl]

I did 3km at lunch yesterday. Didn't want to push it after my century ride on Sunday and didn't have a lot of time. I felt good. Will try to run again on Thursday.

[teigyr]

Teigyr - you'll do great. It doesn't matter what happens... it's a PR and you've already won because you put in all the work to get you here. I'm proud of you.

Thank you Wahine It's not like I couldn't have done it without your inspiration, encouragement, and help.

Yesterday I ran for an hour and it felt like I was going incredibly slow. I was actually 15 seconds/mile faster than my fastest time! Keep in mind THAT is slow...but it's getting there.

Saturday is the half-mary. We fly down to Oakland tomorrow and will get situated in Alameda. On Saturday, after the race, we are going to go to Alcatraz. Go figure, all the years I lived in Calif and I never did the San Francisco tourist thing.

It's funny. I alternate between thoughts of "I am not ready for this" to "of course I can do it and what's the worst that can happen, I walk a bit?" to "I just want to finish and feel good about it" to finally "just HOW many people are in my age group and how well do I think I can do?" The last thought is just wishful thinking. The truth is I want to do ok but the main thing is to enjoy it, feel good while I'm doing it (except for those periodic times when I doubt my sanity but that's a good thing) and feel tired but good after. I truly think this will be a fun experience

[kelownagirl]

Good luck Teigyr!


I did another 4km at school today. It was too hot to run at noon. I guess I'll need to start getting up early and running in the morning.

[colby]

Saturday is the half-mary. We fly down to Oakland tomorrow and will get situated in Alameda. On Saturday, after the race, we are going to go to Alcatraz. Go figure, all the years I lived in Calif and I never did the San Francisco tourist thing.

It's funny. I alternate between thoughts of "I am not ready for this" to "of course I can do it and what's the worst that can happen, I walk a bit?" to "I just want to finish and feel good about it" to finally "just HOW many people are in my age group and how well do I think I can do?" The last thought is just wishful thinking. The truth is I want to do ok but the main thing is to enjoy it, feel good while I'm doing it (except for those periodic times when I doubt my sanity but that's a good thing) and feel tired but good after. I truly think this will be a fun experience

Good luck, teigyr!!

You're not alone in your thoughts... while I'm "average" and by no means fast, I still think "I wonder how well I'll do compared to others?" I know I can't win, but I can still be a little competitive, right? My local paper lists local finishers of local races and I am always near the bottom (apparently a running town), but hey, slowly climbing up. After we read the local results for a big 12k road race, my dad said "you almost made it to the top 25 female finishers!" Too bad it's not like roller derby, I could probably take some of them out.......

[tattiefritter]

Saturday is the half-mary. We fly down to Oakland tomorrow and will get situated in Alameda. On Saturday, after the race, we are going to go to Alcatraz. Go figure, all the years I lived in Calif and I never did the San Francisco tourist thing.

My trail race is tomorrow, its just under 15 miles so a bit longer than a half but I'll be feeling your pain (a good few hours before you). Is it a hilly half then ? I've been to SF and the hills were pretty awesome, I'll be thinking of you as I slog my way up the big climb on my race.

I can recommend the audio tour thingy at Alcatraz, OH and I did it when we visited and it really immersed you in the place, those cells are tiny!

Good Luck teigyr

[Kimmyt]

good luck teigyr!

I ran yesterday, 3.5 mile hill route at work. Bike later that day and this a.m. and my legs feel D E A D.

I think my body's telling me it's time for a bit of a rest week. This weekend I'll probably do one more run and then a long bike. Unfortunately, no (running) rest weeks for me in the next few weeks, because I only have 3 weeks to build up the mileage I need for the tri in June. The injury has set me back, I'd like to ideally have built up to a higher mileage than I need for the race, as it is I'm just squeaking by. After the tri, though I get a chance to take a break before going back to ramping up my mileage.

K.