Running like Gazelles week of August 30 - Sept 5

[limewave]

I just did hill-repeats with the baby jogger. I may be a little crazy.

[Urlea]

Ran 3.56 in the VFFs today. A mix of grass & cement paths. My body wasn't as keen on the idea of running as I was, but there were some enjoyable parts of the run. The healing 50k blisters gave me a little trouble & calves are still a little tight from training jiu-jitsu last week. But I'm back RUNNING!!

Skhill Nice mileage for August, that is awesome!!

Kacie I am excited to see you gaining more mileage again.

Limewave Hill repeats with a stroller?! I'm impressed!

[Susan Otcenas]

limewave - I second Urlea's comment. I'm impressed! I always marvel at women who get out there with their children. And I think you're setting a wonderful, helathy example for them!

Did my first ever 12 mile run this morning. 2hrs, 9 min, 53 sec. Just under 11min/mile, which I'm happy with. It's my goal to be between 10:30 & 10:45 per mile for the half marathon on October 18th, and I think I'm right on track.

Every time I lengthen my long runs, I plan out a new route. Today's route took me down a road I've driven, but never run, and I quickly saw it's fatal flaw. The multi-use path that runs along the side of the road would be fine (fantastic, actually) in daylight, but at 5am, some portions of the path are just too poorly lit for comfort. So, I won't be running that route again unless I can do it in daylight.

My right calf muscle has been very tight, and was the first thing to get sore during the run today. I need to be more diligent about stretching it out a few times a day. I'm wearing my compression socks right now, which always feel SO good after my long runs. Anyone have a favorite calf stretch they'd like to share??

[Jolt]

I had to work at the Y this afternoon, and decided to run there instead of biking or driving (it's about 2.5 miles away). It was fun to do something different and I got 5 miles in today which isn't bad at all (for me). I think some of the people on the street (this was downtown Worcester) thought I was a little crazy! The only tough part was that I was carrying a (light) backpack which I am not used to doing while running, and I felt like it threw off my form a little; toward the end I did start getting a feel for how to adjust for it.

[kacie tri-ing]

Way to go Urlea! Do you have any winter races planned or are you taking it easy now?

Here is an interesting ny times article about ib profen and ultra endurance runners:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...ring-exercise/

[indigoiis]

I only did a measely cute little 1.5 miles today - my daughter is learning to drive so I let her drive halfway to her school (mind you, this is a 25 mile drive up some rural backroads and then over to 95 during rush hour and on - not an easy learning scenario!) and so then I ran from her school to my office. *just to get a run in.*

I am hiking this weekend though up in the Daks and I know that will be very challenging. And I rode 75 miles this week... so I am on track.

[indigoiis]

Oh and before I forget:

Well, I've finally done it-- I've promised to run a half marathon next spring with a friend of mine. And I've promised to quit smoking by then (just my experience, but it was easier to drop 80 lbs than quit smoking). It's hard enough to do a 10k while still smoking a pack a day; there's no way I'll make 13 miles with clogged up lungs!

Six years ago I was smoking a pack and a half a day. I used the following resources to quit:

www.quitsmokingonline.com (hokey but it works.)
www.cognitivequitting.com
www.whyquit.org (read Noni's story)
www.quitnet.org

You can do it.

Anj