Running after the Easter Bunny

[Urlea]

Hey ladies!

I spent the last two months on & off my running rhythm between being sick and just life. Spring came a month early in Fargo which brought along with it additional work I wasn't quite expecting.

Anywho, it's been really fun tracking your progression/races even though I haven't been able to post much. It looks like the TE runners just keep getting stronger and stronger!

This past weekend was pretty epic. There are a few key/crutial training runs that ultra runners need to do before trying a 50 or 100miler and this weekend's back-to-back 26.2s was one of them. After two weeks of antibiotics, a lot of sleep and decent taper I was ready for it though. I turned 23 last Tuesday so I had a few extra runners along (kind of considered these my birthday runs) for the first marathon on Saturday to pace Maggie & I thru a good section of trail. Then on Sunday our ultra buddy Joel paced us on hilly gravel roads out in the country for another 26.2! To be honest I was completely expecting this to be a slog of a weekend with a lot of pain, but it went unbelievably well! Of course now I'm tired and on the sore side and I'm okay with that. Video from both days is up on my blog.

You never know what is possible until you try ladies, just keep pushing the limits.

Kat- I like the post title.

[limewave]

Urlea-- Sounds like you had great runs this weekend! And Happy Birthday!

So, I sprained my left hamstring pretty badly last week. No running for me for 5 days. . . . but I can still bike So I'm happy about that at least. This was a lower-mileage week for me anyways. My longest run was to be 8 miles. Doctor said I should be good to go next week when I have my 16 miler.

[OakLeaf]

Hey kat, welcome back at it!

Urlea, just wow. Happy birthday!

Me, I went and did it. It rained all morning and I felt lazy and pi$$y, but once it quit raining and I convinced myself I was going to run long today, there really wasn't any distance I wanted to run, but one. I knew I was ready from the way I felt after last week's 24, but as I said last week, I wanted to actually do the whole thing at least once before race day. My legs felt good after yesterday's 53 mile club ride (just about double 26.2, which felt like an omen too, even though it's what we ALWAYS ride ).

Five hours, ten minutes. Now to work toward that 4:30 goal.


ETA: Lime, man, if it's not one thing it's another. Heal up quick! Are you training for a marathon too?

[WindingRoad]

Did my first 10 miler over the weekend and today I did an 8 miler. Pretty high miles for me. Still have tweeky achilles but just have to stop and stretch it ever so often. New shoes have been fantabulous and have really helped my hips. Ran with a friend today who is training for a full marathon which was really fun to have someone to talk to even though I was uber slow. Still not quite recovered from the 10 miler I guess. Tomorrow is a bike day!

[Bike Chick]

Wow, you ladies are doing so well.

Urlea, back to back 26.2's is just an unbelievable accomplishment.

Oak, congrats on your 26.2. That has to be a huge confidence builder.

Winding, congrats to your on your 10 miler....I'm about a week behind you on my training schedule and my achilles tendons are pretty tender too. I did my 8 mile run on a limestone trail and it really made my ankles sore.

[indigoiis]

Good morning! Had to run on the dreadmill this morning as the roads are flooding. I do have my limits. Ran 4.19.

[skhill]

Went for my first run after Sunday's half today-- 4 miles. I'm pretty sure my dead legs had more to do with last night's circuit training class at the Y than the race. But it felt good to be back out running, even if I was in old shoes (my current pair are still damp from all the rain).

Do I dare to put away the winter running gear yet? or is that a sure way to bring back the snow?

[Susan Otcenas]

Oak - Congrats on getting to that milestone! Huge confidence booster, I'm sure.

Urlea wow, back to back marathons. You amaze me. Nice work!


As for me, I had an amazing 10K (actually 6.4 mile) race on Sunday. I was hoping to break one hour for 6.2 miles, which would have put me at a 9:40/mile pace.

I TOTALLY blew that out of the water. I ran 58:05 for 6.4 miles, or an average pace of 9:05/mile!!! My first two miles were sub-9:00. I'm delighted beyond belief. My pace on this same course last year was 10:11/mile, so I've made big strides this past year.

My coach is delighted too. I've followed her instructions very closely since I started working with her. She's had me do lots of interval and speed work and it would seem to be paying off.

My biggest problem on Sunday was that I did not follow her instructions for how to run the race itself. She told me to go out easy, and try to negative split the last 2 miles. Oooooops. I couldn't help myself. I got carried away on the adrenalin with everyone else, and my 1st two miles were really fast. I consciously slowed down for miles 3-4, but just didn't have any "kick" left at the end to pick it up in the last mile or so. So, I got a bit chastised by my coach for that. I know that her goal is to get me to learn to pace myself in race scenarios so that I can finish my HIM strong, and not have to walk at all during the run leg. Guess I need to work on obeying orders a little more....