Running on and on... week of 10/27

[yellow]

gawwwwd, I ran on the dreadmill last night and tonight (because it's doing that really wet, heavy snow thing that makes running on the trail suck in more than one way...I hope it gets colder soon) and my hammies are angry-tight. I guess it's just the change in surface.

Shiraz, no races as I haven't been putting in the miles (I think the longest I've done since about April is 17 miles). Maybe in the spring (of '09). My goal is to not get interrupted next year and actually do at least one hard 50k and a 50 miler. Maybe. Damn cycling and damn husband always seem to interfere with the training plan...

[teigyr]

Please don't let it be torrential downpour in the a.m. I believe I want to run 10 miles and the treadmill means it is infinity. I don't mind rain but wet rain is bad. Same goes for wet heavy snow.

So for those 50K type folks, what is the difference between that and a marathon? Despite my marathon experience of being hopped up on Nyquil, I LOVED the distance. Am thinking for a few miles more, I could feel extra-special ultra.

I don't think I said but DH and I have a trail race this weekend I don't run on trails though I'd like to and DH is athletic but doesn't run. I am SO excited that when I mentioned the race, he said it would be fun to do. He then said that I could run a longer and faster distance or hang with him. I choose to hang with him and I hope (oh boy do I hope) that I might get a sometimes run partner.

Though he is my housekeeping support when I train. Decisions, decisions.

[Shiraz]

No run for me yesterday or today...... Busy day at the hospital and I didn't get home till late and today was the same. I teach again tomorrow and then we leave town as soon as I get home for an overnight trip. I hope to get some kind of something in Sunday. DH's mother is in the hospital so it may change tomorrows plans.

The weather turned COLD with winds. Hopefully I can get outside for something.

Yellow, sounds like we need a girls trip with a few glasses of wine!!!

[michelem]

Just a quickie post from me today, as I have a house full of relatives on their way over for a bbq.

I was toasted after last Sunday's disasterous 20-mile treadmill run/walk/crawl. My right quad especially was really aching for most of the week. I couldn't even make it through my ballet class on Wednesday night. So, I didn't run all week.

Then, on Thursday, an anticipated disaster struck at work (anticipated, because although I warned the person I was working for that the task would take at least x amount of time, the person still got everything to me at the eleventh hour). So, I worked all day Thursday, left at 5:30pm to go home and feed the dogs and then came back at 7:30pm and didn't go back home until 3:35pm on Friday. Yes, I worked all through the night. Got home, ate and went to bed and slept for 12 hours straight -- didn't even get up to go pee, which is a miracle for me!

This morning, I got up and did some cleaning and then headed out for a 10-miler. I overdressed as it looked cold out there, but ended up stripping my UnderArmour shirt and tying it around my waist (I had another lightweight top over it, so I wasn't streaking!). It sprinkled on me some, but no downpour. My leg still ached a little bit, but overall I felt really good. From looking at the clock before I left and again when I got home, I clocked 92 minutes for the run. Funny thing is that I felt like I got a second wind on my uphill back home. Maybe the Hammer Gel did me some good! I took 1/2 of a Hammer Gel at about 30 minutes in, and the other 1/2 at around 1 hour. Took each with a few gulps of water from a water fountain. No weird stomach issues. Yay!

Oh, I think my mom just drove up . . . better go!

[Jolt]

Got cleared this week by the PT to try running no more than a mile. Did one on Monday and the IT band didn't act up but the hamstring on that side felt really tight, so I have been doing a lot of stretching (she has me doing four different hip abductor exercises, foam roller, and stretching the IT band area, gastroc/soleus and hamstrings--it's quite a routine). Went for another short run today and felt really good--no IT band pain, no hamstring tightness and no pain from the trigger points I've got going on in my peroneal muscles and calves (I know those knots are still there though--have been using the Stick and it still hurts!). After running for about 10 minutes I walked for another half hour and still no issues--finally making progress!