Running week of 9/13-9/19

[OakLeaf]

We're trying to get these weeks to start on Sundays!

I did 8.25 yesterday, a "short long run." After 103 miles on the bike Saturday it felt so short! My legs were a little tired, but "wow, am I done already?"

[indigoiis]

Hey Oak I am doing eight tonight... about how long did that take? I want to let the Mister know when I will be home!

[OakLeaf]

Almost an hour and a half. Slow, I know.

I carry water for anything over 6, and gel when I'm going over 8.

[divingbiker]

Almost an hour and a half. Slow, I know.

Took me an hour and a half to do 7 miles yesterday. Molasses in January, that's me.

[Jones]

I am beginning to run again and yesterday I did 2 12min miles and am pleased as punch. Now I am having thoughts of signing up for the local half marathon in February.

[katluvr]

No runs for me to post.
I am just over the heat and humidity. I need to re-find my joy of running. So I am just waiting til I go on my trip to CT. cool 50 AMs and some different scenery should do it. Goal...get a run in each day (but travel day) and go for 4 - 5 instead! It'll be slow w/ them there hills, but better than this muggy weather!

Jones...do it! I LOVE 1/2 marathons. You have plenty of time to get there by Feb.

[Chile Pepper]

Molasses in January, that's me.

Hee--and here I thought I was the only slow one. I'm doing 3.5 k regularly and feeling strong with the slightly longer distance (but still molasses slow). I'll do intervals again on Wednesday or Thursday and try to fit in an outdoor run on the weekend.

[indigoiis]

Well, tt ended up taking me an hour and a half to do the eight, which was mostly on dirt road and trail. It was a really nice run and I had a great time and felt like I could have kept going! My poor husband was not expecting me at 6:30 and did not have dinner ready! Bad husband!

I had two of those small water bottles in a fanny pack. I drank half from each. I probably should have drank more but I wasn't inclined to. I tried to drink at every mile but I just forgot.

One good thing is that I had no trouble running and sipping at the same time... I had a problem with that with the paper cups during races - but the bottles are pretty easy to sip from while running. So I didn't walk through my water breaks, I kept running, albeit a little more slowly.

[Jolt]

30-minute run around the neighborhood, with the second half consisting of some laps around the park across the way. There were Little League practices going on at the park and other people around, and I think anyone who noticed me probably thought I was nuts because I was doing random things like leaping over empty benches, throwing in sprints here and there and doing random quick turns around trees etc. to make the run more interesting. The fact that I was also barefoot probably didn't help either...I was having too good of a run to care what anyone thought!

[limewave]

25 minute power run this morning! Hill repeats. I feel invigorated.

[roadie gal]

Somewhere between a 6 - 6 1/2 mile run on the paved MUP trail by the river yesterday. I ran with my SO, who runs a bit slower. When I caught up with her about 3/4 mile from the finish I did little loops to stay with her.

It's a hard balance between tapering and gaining back the 5 pounds I lost this summer training for the HIM. I've already gained back 2. feh!

[Deborajen]

No running since Saturday. I've been doing battle with IT band the last couple weeks and it's been getting worse, so I'm taking a few days off so I don't do something bad to my knee. Stretching, using the foam roller (man, that hurts!) and taking Aleve. I'm hoping to be able to do at least a short easy jog tomorrow morning - we'll see. I'll keep reading this thread in the meantime for inspiration. You guys rock!

Deb

[Jolt]

No running since Saturday. I've been doing battle with IT band the last couple weeks and it's been getting worse, so I'm taking a few days off so I don't do something bad to my knee. Stretching, using the foam roller (man, that hurts!) and taking Aleve. I'm hoping to be able to do at least a short easy jog tomorrow morning - we'll see. I'll keep reading this thread in the meantime for inspiration. You guys rock!

Deb

YUCK to the IT band problems! Hope things clear up for you soon. Have you had this before?

[indigoiis]

Yeah seriously. I had an IT band thing for a long time and I learned it was my form/posture. Also I was consistently running on the left side of the road and the grading was messing up my form big time. Hope it gets better soon!

Ran 3.2 at lunch to check out the race course for the CVS Downtown 5K. Good run!

[limewave]

I am just really enjoying my day and am surprised at the energy I have from starting off with a quick morning run. I think I may try and do a quick run or walk every morning, even if its only for 15 minutes.