Run run run 11/08/09 - 11/14/09

[ASammy1]

Tell me about it. I've not run since Sunday, and I've got a half marathon on Saturday. At least I'll be well rested!

OMG!!! You will definitely be well rested. Stay dry!

[OakLeaf]

Good luck divingbiker!

Intervals for me today, 6 x 1:30. Just enough to say I ran... yard work has been taking up all my time and energy.

[colby]

Wow, that weather sounds awful. Glad it's a taper week for you, divingbiker!

Intervals today, 5x3 minute efforts. Some nice stranger walking their dog told me that I am fast. How sweet of her! Another stranger saw me stop at the end of an interval for my rest walk break ("passive recovery" for the fancypants out there) while out for his morning walk and told me "hey, you're not supposed to stop!"

I was at work until late last night which made them a total grind. I didn't get my normal 8-9 hours of sleep and have felt tired all day. Sleep, the fourth discipline in endurance racing. (Eating would be the 5th) Tomorrow is an easy pace run for 30-45 min, then Sunday the LAST long run of 22 miles. Weather was in the 30s and chilly today, I hope it's in the 40s for the weekend (weather forecast says no such luck, mid 30s, but no snow that day, only cloudy).

Off to nap... or find coffee.

[Veronica]

I did 1.87 miles on the treadmill with my trainer today. Jogging still hurts my knee, so we didn't do much. Instead I walked with the incline set at 15% with a 30 pound bar on my shoulders. THAT was fun. The next set was more incline walking, no weight, but a much faster pace. I think it has healed enough that I can do some walking outside now.

It's weird how jumping rope doesn't bother it, but running does. I set a new PR jumping rope the other day - 226 jumps in a minute.

Veronica

[Crankin]

Veronica, it's interesting that walking on a 15% incline with weight didn't bother your knees, either. I am finding that when I walk or hike, which always involves some steeper inclines of 10-20% for me, my knees hurt the next day. I feel it just walking around and when riding or running. However, even though running might hurt me all over, it doesn't bother my knees.
I had to stop using the elliptical trainer on an incline last year, as it was seriously affecting my knees. But, I can't figure out how the stress of walking up an incline is worse than running up an incline.

[Urlea]

Good luck to those of you racing this weekend! Hopefully you will have pleasant weather.

I ran home from jiu-jitsu class last night. I like this routine. BJJ gets me warmed up for the run so it usually feels pretty good even though I'm tired. It was hard, but I kept my pace around 8:50 for the 5.6miles door-to-door.

As for my wknd run, I am not racing, but I will be getting on the trail aroun 3 or 4am to practice running with the headlamp again. At least 1/2 of the 100miler is going to be in the dark so I need to be well trained in it. Should be fun!

[OakLeaf]

The elliptical alone is hard on most people's knees, especially women with our greater Q-angle, because you have to keep your feet so wide apart. Could be the incline exacerbates that? And/or could it actually be the descents that bother your knees hiking? Descending is typically harder on people with PF misalignment.


Urlea, you never cease to amaze me.


Hmmm... long run today (last chance before the weekend) and tick off DH? Or yard work?