Running Week of 10/05-10/10

[OakLeaf]

Ugh. DH brought me another cold, second one this year. Why can't men be bothered to wash their freakin' hands when they're out in public? The cold isn't so bad, but if I run today I'll be risking a sinus infection. If I don't, is Sunday (1 week before the half) too late to run long?

[Urlea]

Veronica- It's true I have worked hard for them. But there's always an adjustment period each winter for me until I get comfy w/ the idea of tights. The same goes for summer & shorts.

Oak- Depends on what your base is. I ran 13.5 last Saturday & I'm running a 1/2 tomorrow, but my body is more accustomed to long runs because of all the 26.2 & 50k training. That said, I'm not too sure what you would gain by pushing a long run this wknd. Most of the endurance you will need has already been built. It's better to be healthy w/o the cold then to get those few extra miles in. Sorry you are sick, hope you feel better!

[indigoiis]

Ugh. DH brought me another cold, second one this year. Why can't men be bothered to wash their freakin' hands when they're out in public? The cold isn't so bad, but if I run today I'll be risking a sinus infection. If I don't, is Sunday (1 week before the half) too late to run long?

Oak, I also have a half on the 18th and I am running my last long on Sunday.

[Urlea]

Wow, a lot of TE'ers racing on the 18th! I'm excited to read the reports.

[Susan Otcenas]

One more for a half on the 18th.

I ran my longest long last week (13 miles).
10 today.
After today, probably nothing over 5.

Unfortunately, I feel like I'm getting a cold too. Sore throat & a tickle in both my ears. I need to take it easy this week and get plenty of rest.

[OakLeaf]

I wound up doing about 5 miles at 13.1 pace yesterday. I'm actually feeling better today, and I think I will try to run long and easy tomorrow.

Especially since I blew off the club ride again this morning - just too wet and cold and dark at quarter to 7 when I'd have had to start getting ready, even though I knew it's going to dry out as the day goes on. Roads still would've been wet at ride start. Yuck. High on the list of things that are better about running than cycling: no matter how bad the weather is, you don't get wet grit in your drivetrain, or in the nooks and crannies of spring-loaded parts.

My base... who the heck knows. I've kind of trained half-@ssed all summer, which was my intention. Between travel, two colds, and putting running on the back burner in advance of the big cycling event two weeks ago, in all, I've only run >10 miles three times since the first of August, and the last time was seven weeks ago. I've only ever done 13 once, on the flat, back in the spring - never did make it to half-mary distance in the hills where I live, which is kind of okay since the race itself will be flat.

Bottom line is, I'm not worried about being able to finish, but I think I'm going to be slower than I'd like. Oh well.

[Urlea]

Well I did it!! Dropped the chunk of time off of my previous half marathon. -15.02 min to be exact. It's crazy to think how much fitness/speed has improved my times this ssn. Such a change from last year.

I will post pictures/race report soon, just thought I'd let you ladies know how it went!

[Jolt]

Forgot to post my run yesterday--45-minute trail run, wished it could have been longer but I had to get ready to go to work.

[colby]

12 miles yesterday at about a 10 minute/mile pace. I don't know that I can hold it for all 26.2, but I'm trying to push myself a little more (within reason - I am wearing my HRM and keeping an eye on myself). Some miles were over, some were under, but it came out to about 12 miles in about 2 hours. Maybe a late winter/early spring goal can be that 2 hour half marathon... a girl can dream. Anyway, the last two miles were a bit of a slog, and the weather was a little chilly (it was maybe 40 degrees and sunny, but windy).

I was traveling last week, so I actually did one long run last Saturday, then took two days off in a row this week (Fri/Sat) to sleep/catch up/not get sick, then long run on Sunday. I don't really like Saturdays off, I think I'll add in a ride or swimming for most weeks (or long run Saturday/recovery ride Sunday).