Running into summer--6/15-6/21

[kelownagirl]

Hi guys, I haven't posted in this thread for awhile. Today I went for my first trail run. I live right up against the bush but I haven't tried trail running partly because I have to go up a 250 foot climb (elev) to get to the flatter area, and partly because I'm always a little bit worried about running alone in the bush. Anyway, today I finally bit the bullet and did a 6km run. It felt great. It was so nice to be out in the quasi-forest (parts are still burnt from the fires in 2003) and nothing bad happened. Maybe I can stop worrying and just do it!

Hope everyone is well, off to go do some TE reading.

[roadie gal]

I did a trail run that turned into an epic. *sigh*

It was supposed to be a 75 minute run. I ran up the trails behind my house to the cross country ski area trails. There was a new trail I wanted to try. Things were going along just fine. I went UP and then along the trail and DOWN a twisty, steep trail to a fire road that's one of the cross country trails during the winter. Unfortunately, it's a private horse ranch during the summer. There was a gate, with 3 locks and a barbed wire fence blocking the road. I could either turn back, run about a mile, and then go UP the trail, or I could bushwhack back up to the upper trail that I'd come along.

I'd already run almost an hour, so I didn't want to backtrack, and I thought that the trail was only over one hill. Well... up I went. It turned out that the trail was 4 hills away and the ground was mostly loose talus and not good for running shoes. Did I mention the stream crossing and the mosquitos??

I finally made it back to the trail where I had to run up some hills that I'd been hoping to avoid. I finally made it back home 1 hour and 45 minutes after I'd left. feh At least it didn't rain on me.

[Urlea]

This morning was my first post-70.3 run. Even though my legs felt great after the race I was trying to allow myself some recovery.

I wasn't sure which route I would do, but I was at pace w/ a running buddy who was going 5miles so that's what I did.

In 2.5 years of running I have run in everything from pouring rain, 35+ mph winds, blizzards but I had yet to run in fog. It was beautiful to see the silhouettes of the runners ahead of me fade into the fog. And at 5:30 in the morning it still felt like I was dreaming.

Breathing the 95% humidity, not so beautiful. Especially when still getting over a cold. I was drenched with sweat by the time we were done.

It was a good run though, felt great to be back at it!

[Jolt]

I forgot to post yesterday's run so here it is. 40-minute run/walk, again doing the Evolution Running drills before starting out. Starting to really get the feel of what proper technique is, but it's hard to keep it up for very long at this stage (hence all the walking breaks). I went a different route than usual because of needing a pit stop (usual route doesn't go by a gas station etc.) and it involved WAY too many long downhills for my comfort level right now!! I got some good downhill practice but still have a lot of work to do--when I do it right, it feels almost weightless and I go really fast but it's scary because I also feel like I have "no brakes" and tripping while going so fast would be bad news . Tomorrow will probably be a trail run so THAT will be interesting.

[limewave]

Well . . . when you just can't get out of the house, there's always

running up and down your staircase for 30 minutes.

Workout for 6/18: COMPLETED

[Crankin]

Limewave, it sounds better than my workout, which was walking the 2.5 miles up and down my street. At least it's a good climb.
My neck stuff is so bad that my PT sent me to his other office, to a spine specialist. She did some weird chiro like stuff that helped a little and sent me home with a book and more exercises. Now it's raining like crazy, so tomorrow will be rest or yoga at the most.

[yellow]

Limewave, that's what I call dedication!

We had one sunny day yesterday. It was gorgeous. I went for a hike/run in the morning, about 11 miles. No snakes but lots of horned lizards. The flowers are still blooming like crazy...been a pretty wet spring-into-summer.

I'm finally back in the movie business with a new computer that can handle the HD video I've been taking. My first project using the Mac is here:



It's mostly my friend (and favorite movie star) running around in Zion National Park in mid-May, with a couple of cameo appearances by yours truly. I do most of the narration. It was about 95-100 F that weekend. It actually felt...good.

(I also have it posted to You Tube, but You Tube doesn't have the whole HD thing down yet, so it constantly stops to buffer).

Cloudy today. Not sure if I'll get out or not. My hips are a little cranky from yesterday's run (it was a lot of steep uphill).