Last week of March runs

[Urlea]

I'm hoping to find open/dry enough paths to run tomorrow. My easy run day w/ only 3miles so it should be doable.

Had plenty of cross-training after my bike & swim when filling sandbags at the Fargo Dome today. Eclectic- The river is definitely rising! Everyone is doing what they can. Most of the roads I usually take to get to my gym have levees built on them now. Made getting there a bit tricky.

Will be sand-bagging again tomorrow more than likely. Anyone wanna help? At least DH and I are in a 3rd story apt.

[Crankin]

My knee really hurt last night, but it feels better this morning. I pulled out a knee brace thing I got when I moved to this house and wore it over night. It seemed the combination of cycling, walking upstairs in a house with 4 floors, walking/running on a hill, and cycling had gotten to me before.
It might be IT band. I did a lot roller stuff this morning and re-iced it, even though it's better. No cardio today! I lifted weights at home, stretched, etc. I have to plan my work outs differently this week, because I have a weekend course this weekend, Friday night until 10 and all day Sat. and Sun. . So, one weekend day will be a day off and I am hoping that I can squeeze in a run or short ride Sat. when i get home.

[roadie gal]

6 miles on the treadmill yesterday while watching it snow outside. My calf is a little sore today, but the abdominal strain area isn't hurting. **crossed fingers that it stays that way**

[eclectic]

Sounds like a tough beginning of the week for a lot of us!

Crankin' glad to hear the knee is feeling better - take care of it!

emily - that doesn't sound like you but it sounds like you are still doing a lot of variety

Yellow - thanks for the positive energy! I will take it

Urlea - sand bag filling is a LOT of work! (actually I have never done it but I have hauled and emptied full wet ones and THAT is a lot of work)

Glad to hear that you should stay high and dry, if it floods there isn't much to stop it in that country. There is tons of flooding in this part of the state but so far where I am it is dry (and I live 1/2 block from the river) we have good ***** built up and dams upstream so hopefully I will be good to go.

Apparently HWY 83 between here and Bismarck has water on it (now w/ snow over the top) Not pretty. We aren't used to this in this part of the state
Hope you can find some clear land to run on!

Roadie_gal - It is somewhat comforting to know we aren't the only ones getting snow.

Well so much for my transitioning to outside We are in the midst of another blizzard. So far we only have about 8 inches of snow but any hope of clear walks, streets and trails is long gone for awhile.

I was scheduled to do my long run today and the Y is closed. School was dismissed at 11 am as per request of the police department. So hopefully I will be able to do it tomorrow.

I have an older treadmill here at home but it is so NOT going to happen! I left all my shoes etc at school anyway as I was planning on going after work.

I suuuppose I could get on the bike and trainer and it wouldn't kill me. We'll see

Oh Yeah! I have some of Yellow's positive energy! THANKS yellow

[Urlea]

Made a mistake when looking at my training program last night, turns out my run today was for 5miles not 3. Thankfully I noticed before I headed out.

Woke up this morning definitely feeling stiff & kinda sore from filling sandbags the other day. but the run actually helped loosen up some of that. Other than the wind it was a decent 5miles & the route I put together was dry. Can't complain.

Will be leaving in about an hr. to go sandbag again. The crest is supposed to rise the most over the next two days so the city is getting short on time. Maybe I'll have abs when this is all over.

Eclectic- Glad to hear you are staying dry. Hope it stays that way!

[eclectic]

Urlea - are you getting the storm that just left us?

[OakLeaf]

Stay dry both of you!

Hope your knee feels better Crankin - and that things get better for you Solo and Emily.

I did HR intervals yesterday, just playing, really, to see how it would go. 6 x 1:30 in zone 5, with walking recovery until my HR dropped to 140 (mid-zone 2). I thought the recoveries would get longer as the workout went on, and they did, but only by a little. Maybe I needed to do more intervals for that effect to really show. The first three were in the :50 range, then 1:00, 1:04, 1:04.

I'm just a little bit sore today. I guess the extra :30 makes a big difference. I think I'll scrap the 1:00 interval workouts, but not sure whether I'll stay with this HR thing or go with the pace intervals someone linked to last week.