July 13 - 18 Runs

[Crankin]

I need her to coach me...
I ran 2.3 miles, with about a half mile walk before and after. This was a hilly run, my time was better, finally, inching back to where it was about 3 weeks ago, about a 10:55 pace. It's hot and humid, so I went out at 6 AM.
Then I went on a 30 mile (slow) ride with a friend.

[OakLeaf]

I went to the high school track for ladder intervals. This was the first time I'd run on the 1/4 mile oval and I was a little afraid that I'd be bored silly... but I had plenty to think about.

Still sore, but it was a day to "push through," even though I had a hard time maintaining the pace towards the end of the second trip down the ladder.

[Urlea]

Did something new this morning. Got up at 3:30am so that I could be on the road & headed to a state park w/ my running buddy for 16miles of trail running.

It was so beautiful!! The run while not fast, lots of hills & this was our first real trail run, was a ton of fun!! We will definitely be doing this again. I managed to navigate the trails effectively, our route only brought us to 15 miles so we stopped there, took off our shoes & went up to our knees in the lake for an "ice bath". Worked well.

Glad to see two pages of running posts this week, mean we ladies are logging some miles. Good job!!

Susan- Congrats on the 10miler!! Happy to hear the nutrition issue is coming together.

Lime- Great story about DD. I love that!

[Susan Otcenas]

I'm not usually sore after my long runs. I just get that nice tired feeling in my legs that lets me know I got in a good workout.

After Friday's run, same thing. Yesterday (Saturday) I did a 72 mile ride, which would normally not overtax me at all, but I definitely noticed that my legs were not quite as peppy as usual.

And today? hoooweee, are my quads sore! I guess that's the result of the two back to back. I've been trying to do my long runs mid-week to avoid this sort of thing, but this week it just didn't work out.

I've decided to stick to upper body work today.

Susan

[limewave]

And today? hoooweee, are my quads sore! I guess that's the result of the two back to back. I've been trying to do my long runs mid-week to avoid this sort of thing, but this week it just didn't work out.

Might be time to start doing the ice bath after your long runs. It can make a big difference.

I did a 4.5 miler on Sunday AM. I wanted to do 6 but I'm just not feeling up to it right now. I'll try again next Sunday. I am getting frustrated that my pace is so much slower than it used to be, but it also gives me something to work towards.