April 13-19 Runs

[Crankin]

Glad you are back Eclectic. It's nice to take a break.
I just came back from a 2 mile run. It's all I have time for. That seems to be the story of my life right now. I was writing a paper for 4 hours and finally, I couldn't stand sitting on my a$$ any longer. I am not at the point in the paper where I want to be, so I gotta write fast, hop in the shower, and hope I have more time before I need to leave for class, to write more. The only way I can manage this work is to "schedule" it.
I really wanted to ride today, but there's not going to be time for long rides or runs except on the weekend until May 6th. The weather has been gorgeous, too, but at least I know it won't be snowing (well, never say never) tomorrow. Anyway, my run was ho-hum. Down the hill at 9:15 pace and back up at a slower pace, for an overall pace of 10:50. I am not quite at my 10:00 pace, but I have to figure in the hill (s) which are significant.
I will probably do my long run on Monday and am shooting for 4 miles, at closer to an 11:00 pace.

[Urlea]

Well it's true, I still absolutely love running!

I may have been ridiculously tired getting going this morning (two 4:50am wake-ups in a row! ugh), there may have been 25mph gusts as we ran into the wind on the way back of the 7mi route this morning, I may have been grossly overdressed & had to ditch my jacket/hat along the way. But I still really enjoyed my run this morning.

Again I was mostly between groups of ppl at a 9:30 mile. The past few weeks though there has been a very graceful formed runner on my tail. She doesn't like to visit, nice though. I know if I keep just slightly ahead of her that I am keeping the pace I want or close to it.

Today I had the impression she thought we were racing. Not sure how to explain why I look back to see where she is & why I try so hard to catch back up when I have to stop & toss my jacket to the side of the road. She won this morning, apparently running into the wind is her strong suit.

I hope to God there isn't wind like that during the Fargo marathon which is only 22 days away! We may be running in sport-skirts and tanks by them it's starting to warm up quick. Been riding my bicycle mostly outdoors all week & I even got a sunburn yesterday! woohoo!

Eclectic- Welcome back!!

It's crazy how much sandbagging can really take it out of you. They asked for sandbaggers here again earlier this week as the river is supposed to crest again & I just couldn't bring myself to do another week of that.

Your run/walk method sounds like a wonderful way to log the miles. Two women were doing the same thing during our 18mile training run last weekend and I was so impressed by how fast they were! They finished the run with smiles & looked great.

Kacie- Glad to see you are taking care of yourself during the recovery process. It must be killing you not to run, but woohoo! for being back on the bike & in the pool again.

Crankin- Sounds like a busy season for you. Hang in there!

Now that spring is here I've got a lot of work to do. Shooting a wedding this weekend, baby photos on monday & engagements until the next wedding. I'm not sure how the schedule is all going to come together between the training & the editing, but I also know that sometimes taking a short break to go run or ride a little does my creativity wonders.

Hope it does the same for you & your paper!

[alpinerabbit]

Everyone seems to be doing well, especially Urlea - wow... a marathon...

Well I was able to run again - 5.5k, my "short round". I tried to up the tempo for about 2x300m but my form started suffering. I have to work on that.

[yellow]

Well, Susan, I am going skiing Friday. Best of both worlds, though...I scooted out of work early today and went for a really nice 10 mile run. Elk everywhere, saw the first pine grosbeaks of the year (in full breeding plumage), and a Cooper's hawk. I'm liking this easy week; I've felt really good on every run I've done. One more slow and easy on Saturday and then...24 the following weekend.

I am really looking forward to seeing Shiraz at the Salt Lake half mary this weekend. I'll try to take pictures at the finish. I have several friends running this year, including one of my Crossfit friends who will probably finish in less than 1:30 (she's incredibly strong and fast). The weather should be perfect for the race! Go Shiraz!

Safe training, everyone!

[Susan Otcenas]

yellow - Yay! That worked out perfectly, eh?

shiraz - best of luck this weekend! Let us know how it goes.

eclectic - good to have you back. Are you sore from all that sandbagging? I sure would be!

crankin' - sounds like you have alot going on! Nice work keeping up on your fitness, despite the hectic schedule.

urlea - don't ask me why, but whenever I think about you training, I think of the energizer bunny - you keep going and going and going... Very inspirational!

Today was my "easy" run day. 30 minutes at whatever pace was comfortable. I did notice that I made it to *last* week's 15 minute turn around spot in just 14:18 today, so I kept going. Slowly but surely, my "go at a comfortable rate" pace is getting a wee bit faster. Yay!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Susan

[Jolt]

20-minute trail run today after walking for about 45 minutes enjoying the beautiful day we have here. I could have gone longer (no IT band pain at all; my form is definitely getting better) but needed to wrap up to get ready to be somewhere. I did, however, trip and stub a toe on a rock--ouch! Of course, it happened right at the beginning of the run. Now it's sort of swollen; seems I bruised it pretty well. Must stop being a klutz...

[OakLeaf]

Good luck Shiraz!