Running: May 16-22

[rocknrollgirl]

7 for me this morning before school. I was very tired from training this week and I felt like I was slogging, but I got it done. Feeling a bit sleepy now......and I still have 5 hours of work to go.

[skhill]

6.5 miles this morning for me. I'm struggling with this summerlike heat and humidity we're having this week. Of course, I'm sure a big part of how wiped out I felt was the trouble I was having keeping my pace reasonable. I kept speeding up, then realizing I was going to fast and slowing down, then speeding up again, etc... maybe I should log it as an unintentional fartlek!

[Susan Otcenas]

15 miles this morning. This was on my training plan for yesterday, but I was still feeling fatigued from my 600K on the weekend so I pushed it off a day.

I was holding 10 minute miles through 9 miles or so, slowed down for the next 3, and was reduced to run/walking miles 13,14 & 15. All in all, it took me about 15 minutes longer to run this route today than it did 2 weeks ago.

I was pretty much over being sore from the weekend's ride, and now I'm walking funny all over again!

Susan

[OakLeaf]

I guess I still remember how to run.

Four and a half, easy - it's hot, and I'm a little bit sore from last night's ride. Feels good to be back on the road.

[Grog]

I'm not sure how it happened, but I'm "signed up" for a challenge 10K against a (male) co-worker on June 18th. It's a Friday-evening race, kinda fun. Currently our times would be pretty similar, but that's because I'm pushing hard and he doesn't know how hard he can actually run. He's never done intervals or speedwork or anything, didn't even know it existed. He just goes out and jogs for the same time at the same pace every day. I have convinced him to do a weekly track workout with me before work, just to see what happens.

So we had our first this morning. I rode to the track, so it was technically a brick. It was nice to run on this track (brand new surface) and good to get some company to share the pain. And especially fun to see him discover new speeds in his legs. I saw him at a meeting later in the day and he said, "Now I believe I can be faster." For some odd reason, it makes me very happy when other runners find something in themselves they didn't know was there... (even if it means that I'm just going to be beat at that race!! I will still try my best.)

[limewave]

6.5 slow miles in the heat and humidity for me yesterday. Glad that's over.

Grog--That's cool! I'll be interested to hear the results of the 10k.

[rocknrollgirl]

4 mile tempo run the the DH this morning. The last mile was tough. I am sure I will feel it on my mt bike tomorrow!