Moving right along January 3rd-9th

[limewave]

Urlea--that is a great picture

I'm off for a 7-miler. My hip is a little out of alignment and I got about 30 minutes of sleep last night . . . DD decided to wake her baby brother up in the middle of the night to play I'm hoping the run will be invigorating and not draining.

[Urlea]

Lime Ugh, only 30 minutes of sleep? That exhausts me just to think about it. I'm not sure how you Mommies manage it all. Huge kudos for getting out there & training anyway, that's beautiful determination. Hope you have a great run!

[OakLeaf]

Urlea, I love that picture!

[colby]

Yesterday I did a hard 30 minutes after a 15 minute warm up, basically a test to find approximate LTHR (max HR-20, more or less). It was hard, but the running felt so much more natural than it did last year, I was honestly surprised. I was able to maintain a higher heart rate/faster pace for longer without feeling like I wanted to give up. The last 5 minutes were pretty brutal, but I never felt lightheaded and I was able to push myself to a more appropriate/uncomfortable pace/rate without flipping off the treadmill or negotiating "5 fewer minutes" or "I'll just approximate".

I can't run as fast on the treadmill as I can on dry land. Maybe the temperature gets to me. I guess if I was training for a warm-weather marathon, I'd spend more time at the gym (yuck). I hear that a lot of people can run FASTER on the treadmill, but this concept is foreign to me.

[Becky]

I can't run as fast on the treadmill as I can on dry land. Maybe the temperature gets to me. I guess if I was training for a warm-weather marathon, I'd spend more time at the gym (yuck). I hear that a lot of people can run FASTER on the treadmill, but this concept is foreign to me.

Me either! I was just having this conversation with a running friend yesterday. She swears that the TM is easier for her, but every outdoor run I've done (which hasn't been many lately!) has been faster than my indoor times.

Personally, I think that this is a good thing- makes me feel like Superwoman when I do get outside

[kacie tri-ing]

I agree with you two about the treadmill...I did a slow 6 on it last night...

Because i spent my tri "off season" running, my legs were so happy to be running last night (they have been really sore already in my first week of IM training! Mostly from an increased strength workout and group indoor cycling class!). Hopefully I will be able to get outside for my saturday run/workout.

LOVE those pictures ulea! I can't even imagine, though down south, we have had a rough week (for us!).

Happy running!

[Jolt]

Yet another errand run/walk this morning--4 miles total (probably about half running, half walking). I must look sort of goofy running around town on errands with my bright yellow backpack!

[colby]

Me either! I was just having this conversation with a running friend yesterday. She swears that the TM is easier for her, but every outdoor run I've done (which hasn't been many lately!) has been faster than my indoor times.

Personally, I think that this is a good thing- makes me feel like Superwoman when I do get outside

Whew, glad I'm not the only one.

Today I did hill repeats. Last week was week 1 of my training plan which was just acclimating. This week is not just acclimating. It started with my LTHR tests on the bike and run, added strength, intervals on the bike, and today (steep) 8x60s hill repeats. I am beat (tomorrow's my day off). That 8th hill repeat... OMG. My legs felt like I was running uphill in wet cement! It was also 18 degrees and windy as all get out, but thanks to running "into" the hill I was mostly protected (the wind was coming "down" the hill, more or less, but not until you got either close to the top or close to the bottom). I had my dog for company, she enjoys hill repeats more than regular runs or intervals (and they tire her out pretty efficiently, too).

Been having some heel pain (scared of plantar fasciitis) - my chiro looked at it and touched things and poked different places to rule out plantar fasciitis itself, and did determine it's actually my calcaneous (heel bone) and related muscles out of alignment/angry. I iced the area once this week and have been doing daily stretches that have helped, will go back to icing later.

[zoom-zoom]

Ugh...10 miles entirely on snow-covered roads. It was a good call donning the Yaktrax. But that sucked. Needed to be done, though. Last long runs was 2 weeks ago and the weather is only going to be worse in the coming couple of days.

Is it Spring, yet?