School of Running: Week Sept. 6-11

[skhill]

Sat. morning while getting ready to head out for my long run, I heard the unmistakable sound of my elderly dog having a seizure. So no run; I stayed home and took care of Pokey. He's feeling fine now, BTW. Previously, his seizures have always come in pairs, 2 within about 12 hours or so, but this time he only had the one, what a relief...

So I finally got out for a longish run this morning, about 8 miles. It was a beautiful sunrise, and delightfully cool. But I remember now why I don't much like doing this long a run on a school morning; my usual routes all go past grade schools, and the traffic is dreadful.

[OakLeaf]

On Saturday my friend was asking everybody if they'd ride with him today, so I agreed to join him for a quick 20 (which gave him 45, from his house) before my hair appointment even though I knew I needed to run today. I hate riding shorter distances than my long runs!

But anyway, I was still a little sore from Friday and figured I should just do a short run. Three laps of the one-mile fitness trail, about 3/4 mile warmup and the rest of it @8:35. I was really trying to keep closer to my target marathon pace (9:20), but apparently that just is not a natural pace for me. I've been able to settle into a pace pretty close to that, when I ran the half last fall, and for the last half of the marathon I did in May, but I just can't seem to find it on a short training run. Hmmm. Gotta get my footpod calibrated better, I know (I had to move it back to my laces, and it's totally off now, so I've been getting pace from the GPS which is really not much use for real-time pacing).

[limewave]

I don't comment on everyone's runs . . . but I do like reading everyone's updates and how all of you are doing It's encouraging.

1/2 Marathon just days away . . . And I crashed my mountain bike BIG TIME. I have Whiplash and a pulled hamstring. My neck and back is taped up as well as my hammy.

I can ride the recumbent bike today and tomorrow and then attempt a 2 mile run on Thursday. Doc said if I don't feel good by then, come see her and she'd tape me up again for Saturday's race. We'll see what happens . . .

[OakLeaf]

Oh man lime, feel better soon! Arnica or Traumeel...

[limewave]

Oh man lime, feel better soon! Arnica or Traumeel...

You sound like my doc. She said not to leave home without both of those.

[OakLeaf]

For my tempo run today I chose a route that was a bit flatter than what I did last week. 7.5 miles @ 9:17. Yay!

I was really noticing how my hydration belt was weighing me down - pulling my spine out of alignment and messing with my pelvic rotation. So besides the hills, I'm sure I could run that pace more comfortably without it.

Still gotta ride tonight. Our Wednesday club ride has been fizzling out, and when I chose to take yesterday as a rest day I wasn't really planning on riding tonight... but then I got a couple of takers this morning, after I was already committed to a tempo run today.

Well, they can kick my @ss again tonight. I happy.

[limewave]

Oak--Great job

My 1/2 is two days away. And I have a secret goal in my head that I can't bring myself to say out loud because its a real stretch for me . . .
But, here it is, I want to run a 2 hour half.

There. I said it.