Winter runs, week of January 17th-23rd

[spindizzy]

Aggie- you ran- that's what counts!

Treadmill hills again after CrossFit. 1 minute of time added this week to interval time.

6 X 3 minutes at 6% incline - 2min rest between each interval
2 X 3 minutes at 5%
2 X 3 minutes at 6%
2 X 3 minutes at 7%

Was a pretty wet beast by the end of that session.

My HR zones for running are pretty high - Zone 1 is HR less than 160. My anaerobic threshold is 191. My bike zones are much lower. Am due to be tested again after this round of training to adjust the zones yet again.

[Jolt]

25-minute run around the neighborhood today, after barely managing to talk myself into getting out the door. It actually turned out to be a really good run, despite the snow/ice and slush on a lot of the sidewalks (or maybe that stuff helped since it made it a little more like trail running!). I was going to wear my HRM on this run (so I could post my ridiculous HR numbers since we're all comparing) but forgot.

[fatbottomedgurl]

Went for a 3.25 mile run. Half of it was along our "river." It normally has a few inches of street run-off trickling down it.

[Susan Otcenas]

10 mile long run for me yesterday. I'm in upstate NY visiting family, so I ran a route suggested by my older sister. 10 mile out and back on Hurley Mountain Rd in Hurley. Very low traffic road, fairly flat, and rural. I grew up very close to here. As I was trotting along, I got to thinking that there's something about the landscape (color of the dirt, shape of the trees, and I don't even know what all) that would cause me to recognize the road as being in upstate NY. Really, there's nothing remarkable about the landscape, but there's just *something* that makes me recognize this as a distinct. Maybe it's the color of the light. I don't know...

Anyway, I was a very pleasant run. My Dad is under orders to walk 3-5 miles a day, so he walked while I ran and we both felt geat when we were done!

[skhill]

This morning, I was all stiff and achy when I started out the door-- 40 is just around the corner for me, and my left ankle wanted to make sure I remembered. The first mile was o so slow, but at around 2.5 miles I started to feel really good, and ended up going a mile further than I had intended. 6 miles in all, at a 9:40 pace. I'm loving our unseasonably warm streak!

[indigoiis]

This morning, I was all stiff and achy when I started out the door-- 40 is just around the corner for me, and my left ankle wanted to make sure I remembered. The first mile was o so slow, but at around 2.5 miles I started to feel really good, and ended up going a mile further than I had intended. 6 miles in all, at a 9:40 pace. I'm loving our unseasonably warm streak!

After 40, you start to feel better. It's the 30's that ache the worst!

[fatbottomedgurl]

After 40, you start to feel better. It's the 30's that ache the worst!

I wouldn't know. I just started running last year and I'm almost 47. And I ache more when I DON"T exercise.

[katluvr]

Seems like it has been forever since I have been here!
Great running everyone. I am in a bit of a slump.
I have a new job (yeah!), but work 10 hour shifts. Just haven't gotten into running post work (dark, I am tired and it is after 6:30 by the time I get home). So need to try to do it in the AM...but that means up BY 5.
So I have not been running as much. I did get my 20 miler in last Saturday. I must say it just doesnt' get easier. That being said I really didnt' hit the WALL til between mile 17 and 18, then I literraly "ran" (or jogged) 1/2 a mile then walked until I made my 20.
I did "shave" about 3 minutes off it from the last time.
When I do run during the week I do intervals, speedwork or tempo. So trying to make my runs quality although not quantity.
Goal is to get up and run BEFORE work tomorrow. Saturday the weather is to be way nice here and I miss biking. So I think I'll bike on Saturday and my run on Sunday is only to be 15 or 16 miles. That sees very do-able.
I really need to get into a routine or find the energy to run during on my work days. But it will all work out. I am happier w/ new job and that is a VERY good thing. Just trying to get in teh groove.
Hope to be dropping by more often...soon!

K

[OakLeaf]

Chaos settled down long enough that I got a little cruise in this afternoon, after my mom came home and could take over watching my dad. For some reason the battery on my watch was dead, but MapMyRun calls it 5.75. I would've done another lap, but it was nearly dark, people were starting to come home from work, and two cars had already tried to kill me by the time I finished the second lap (long sleeve hi-viz jersey, hi-viz cap, reflective accents all over everything). So I called it a run. I got to see swans on the inlets off the bay.

[Grog]

Third run in three days. That was a bit stupid, but we're off for the weekend to visit my husband's 98-year-old grandmother in Winnipeg and I don't know what kind of running I'll get to do there. I don't want to bring gear to run outside (no space in my carry-on) but I am bringing shoes and a pair of shorts for the hotel treadmill... We'll see if I can muster the courage to run on that!

It was not really nice. For logistical reasons I had my run at 4:30 p.m. and it was really awful for me, too many cars and people out on the sidewalk who are completely oblivious to their surroundings. I love my 6 a.m. quiet runs! But I ran 30 minutes of this with a friend, and it was fun to see her.

Now on to cook some gnocchi for dinner!

[Bike Chick]

Did 2 mi after I got home from work last night. I made myself change clothes and shoes and get out the door. I just wasn't in the mood and followed the 5minute rule (if it doesn't feel better after 5 minutes, you have permission to quit). As always, I felt better and got it done.

I'm having to slip out of work a few minutes early, rush home, change clothes and get going without a minute to spare to get my short run in by dark. I'm still dodging cars at dusk. It sure beats the treadmill though.

Can't wait for spring.

[indigoiis]

I blew off yesterday's proposed 3 and decided to bike or run to the bus 5.6 miles away this morning to make up for it. Flipped a coin and it was a run. I keep clothes and shower stuff at work but I figured I would be sweaty for the hour long bus ride and unfortunately I was - and stinky, too! I apologized to everyone within stink reach.

It was a great run though - really pretty headlamp-to-dawn hilly run passing the high school kids waiting for their bus, ducks on the marsh (hello my fair feathered friends!) and i saw an owl rise up from a tree branch and take off across the road. Too cool. Everything flowed nicely today.

[colby]

Ran last night (was out of town in the morning and didn't get to the gym or outside) - was supposed to be hill repeats but I have trouble doing them on the treadmill, so instead I did 10 1 minute repeats with 1 minute off inbetween. I was at ~6mph during the "off" minute and ~7mph during the "on" minute. Slower than my usual interval pace, but by HR was pretty close. It felt pretty good. The 10th interval didn't make me cry like it does doing hill repeats, though, so I probably should have squeezed out a few more.

[Crankin]

I am running vicariously through you guys...
I did one day on the tm, despite the fact I know it angers my body. I upped the level, did 30 minutes of intervals, mostly walking at 4 mph and intervals of running at 6.0, with some slower walking for recovery. The running and walking all are at inclines of 1-3%; I find that when I'm running on an incline, I feel like I'm going fly off the back! Since most of the outside running I've done is on hills, this is weird. I think I must slow down a huge amount when doing "climbing" runs outdoors.
Woke up yesterday with a slight feeling of shin splints in my left leg . I have not felt that since my days of teaching aerobics on concrete floors, in the 80's. I iced it and it went away. Going to try to get back on a regular run schedule of 2x a week. Nothing like running (even 30 minutes) to keep the weight down.

[Jolt]

35 minutes on the local trails today. Nice packed snow surface for most of the way, although some spots were a bit softer and made for tougher footing/more work. No icy/slippery spots though, which was good since I did not have my Stabilicers on. I saw a few people out on snowshoes--WHY? There is absolutely no need for snowshoes in the conditions on those trails right now--just wear regular shoes/boots. Of course, those people probably saw me run by and thought I was a little crazy...