Running into Summer June 21-27

[Catrin]

Ran at my club yesterday for the first time in two weeks. A few sets of 1-legged squats had done a number on my quads and it took close to two weeks for the soreness to work out of my muscles...I don't get sore easily but when I do it takes some time to work it out.

Am not speedy, and can't go more than 1.5 laps without walking, but I kept repeating for about 40 minutes with the occasional bout of weights thrown in. Don't know if I will ever be able to graduate to running outside but it felt kind of good

[skhill]

Didn't feel like running this morning, but I dragged myself out the door and did it anyway. I'm glad I did; it was a relaxed 4.5 miles around the neighborhood. There was a pair of women out walking laps around the park, in the opposite direction from how I was running, and I passed them 5 times! (It's 1 mile around the park, and I was using that as part of a larger loop).

And I saw something odd-- a tree getting an IV. Seriously. I asked the tree doc, and found out it's treatment for the ash borer infestation that's going on. There were 8 IV bags hung on the tree, feeding down into small holes bored just over the roots. I just wish I'd gotten a picture!

[kacie tri-ing]

I want to see a tree IV!

I ran the same 6 miles last night and this morning. Felt less sluggish this morning, but man heat and humidity are tough!

[OakLeaf]

Wow, I've never heard of that "IV" treatment, and they just quarantined two more counties in my area.

I wonder how toxic the chemicals are. And whether they aren't just fighting a losing battle trying to contain the borer, and would be better served trying to breed resistant trees, as they're doing with American chestnuts and elms.

[skhill]

Found a news article about the ash borer infestation and treatment, picture included: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/06/24/1...ion-from.html#. Don't know about the toxicity of the treatment, tho...

This morning's run included a big chunk of the route for the big 10k this weekend, the gentle uphill that keeps going almost 2 miles, today with a noticable headwind. Coming back down the hill, with the tailwind, was great fun! I went 7 miles total, and enjoyed every minute of it.

[rocknrollgirl]

A lovely cool 4 miles this morning. I am enjoying the nice weather while we have it.

[colby]

I walked the dog 1.5 miles today. Just like yoga yesterday, it feels good when I'm doing it but a couple hours later I'm ready for a nap. I didn't have any desire to run, I can still feel that my quads are tired. I am thinking I'll start riding this weekend (I would ride tomorrow, but it's supposed to rain) with a couple of easy rides, maybe some swimming, then start running again next week. I have a sprint triathlon scheduled for July 11, a week from Sunday, so I'd like to at least run once before then. I can't race Athena anymore so I'm trying to make a good showing of it, but I have to adjust my expectations appropriately.

[Veronica]

I can't race Athena anymore so I'm trying to make a good showing of it, but I have to adjust my expectations appropriately.

But isn't it wonderful that you can't race Athena? That's the way I look at it anyway.

Veronica

[katluvr]

Finally... I got up AND did run today. It was a bit cooler, we had a lot of rain and cloud coverage yesterday so I think it was in the 70's this AM at 7 AM. I did the 3.4 mile loop. I have my garmin back (well a re-furbished one) so I could see pace. Can you believe my goal was to run 12 mm or faster? I have gotten that slow! Took me about 0.8 min to get to a 12 mm then I was hanging out between 11:40 -11:50. Darn slow. But the garmin made me be aware of my pace. Now if I could get out consistently to run!

K

[colby]

But isn't it wonderful that you can't race Athena? That's the way I look at it anyway.

Veronica

Very true - I was glad to not pack that extra 10-15 lbs around for 140.6, especially up the hills. I will remind myself of the same fact even if it's only 15.6 miles I'm going.

[Jolt]

Tonight I decided to check out the group "fun run" put on by a local running shop on Thursday nights. There were 7 of us (I think) and we did about 3.5 miles. We didn't go too fast; I started out with the front group for the first mile or so, then fell behind them (I think they sped up; I may have slowed down a little as well) and was in between them and the three bringing up the rear. This was OK until I lost sight of the front people during about the last mile...we were running in an area I am not familiar with so I had a moment of "oh crap, where am I?". I ended up waitiing for one of the others to catch up since he knew where we were going. Then for some reason I had a hard time keeping up with him, even though he had been behind me the whole time prior to that! I think part of it was that he was pounding the ground rather loudly, his cadence was slower than mine, and it was messing me up a little (I think that's one reason why I sometimes have trouble running with other people). Other than that it was a pretty good run and was a nice change from the usual. Everyone was curious about my VFFs and one of the faster guys said I have good form--that was nice to hear.

[OakLeaf]

I did mile repeats yesterday and I was still really struggling, and it wasn't even hot. I don't know if I maybe still have a pocket of sinus infection from that cold (it does seem like it sometimes), or if it was the residuals from all the decongestants I had to take over the last couple of weeks, or what, but I could only manage 8:30 miles over the repeats, and I had to walk the WHOLE recovery intervals to keep my HR in the range I wanted. Hopefully next time will be better ... but it's supposed to get really hot tomorrow and stay that way all week.

[kacie tri-ing]

I ran the biggest 10K in the world yesterday The peachtree road race (which finishes right outside my front door!). 53:09, which is no where near my 10K pr, but I had SO much fun! There was entertainment every step of the way! What a great run!

Back to IM training.....

[katluvr]

COOL!
This race is on my list (bucket list)! I worked and had a 4th of July Cookout afterwards instead. Hmmmm maybe I should sign up for next years!

K

[colby]

I ran the biggest 10K in the world yesterday The peachtree road race (which finishes right outside my front door!). 53:09, which is no where near my 10K pr, but I had SO much fun! There was entertainment every step of the way! What a great run!

Back to IM training.....

Sounds like Bloomsday (which I think earns the biggest race distinction for 12k). Fun, a unique experience, you don't necessarily race fast but you have a good time

I ran 3 or so miles today... it wasn't bad. Toward the end, it started to feel iffy, so I'm glad I only went as far as I did. I really need a massage and more yoga, things are starting to loosen but the "deep" muscles need some TLC.