New Year of Running - 1/1/11 - 1/15/11

[indigoiis]

Oh yeah, 7 I forgot to mention I like your reference to the song from Godspell - I knew it immediately as I read it!

[OakLeaf]

3.8, plus a quarter-mile walk break after 3. I'm still feeling pretty beat up. The spot below my sternum was bothering me today even without the HR strap - not sure if the bra band irritates it (no going without that), or if it's the movements of running themselves.

I've looked at anatomy charts but I really can't figure out what it is that I bruised in there. I'm guessing the pleura - I feel it in my lungs/bronchi/throat, but I'm not having any coughing or trouble breathing that would suggest the lungs themselves are bruised.

[colby]

I did go for a run yesterday, 4 miles or so with my dog. It has been very cold here, highs in the single to low double digits (F), not really inspiring for running and I was avoiding the treadmill as my Ironman training season begins, well, today, and I hate to use up my tolerance on optional days It was sunny and a crisp but comfortable 20 degrees when we went out.

We're back in the 20s now and insulated with clouds for a few days (the clear sky and sun FEELS warmer but doesn't do much for the temperature overnight). Hopefully some of the ice melts, it's a little treacherous right now. We basically had 10-14" of snow in less than 24 hours and then it got very cold, they plowed most things in the middle of the snow but anything left on the ground froze up and temps too cold to thaw it (or it just re-freezes overnight into a new less attractive shape). Yuck.

[GLC1968]

Great job limewave and indgoiis!

I did my first run of 2011 today. 4.95 miles in 54 minutes. It felt pretty comfortable and I'm looking forward to another 3-4 miles tomorrow.

[indigoiis]

Oak - have you ever had any lumps removed? I did, right at the bra line, years ago, and have scar tissue there now (it's amazing how much scar tissue for the tiniest little incision) and I found it helpful to snip the elastic on all my bras in 4 places: between the girls, under each arm, and in the middle of the back. I snip it only up to the seam - not all the way through. Works wonders.

I had a scheduled 4 miler today. I felt klunky. The line from "Elf" kept playing in my head, "let's face it. I'm just a cotton-headed ninny muggins." That's kind of how I felt. Plus, it was 20 degrees for the first time in days, we went out later than I wanted to so there were more cars (and I hate cars. I don't know why but the headlights bother me - the way they sloowwwwwly drive by - even though I'm lit up like Vegas) and of course, when I'm slow and running with Tom, I feel like I'm really slowing him down. It makes me kind of pissy. All in all a 1 out of 5 on the joy scale. I told him tomorrow I need to run the intervals scheduled by myself.

[skhill]

Had an unexpected moment on this morning's run-- while passing an elementary school, the crossing guard stopped traffic for me. Nice!

5 miles, including a couple laps on the track at the former high school, and it felt like a slog. I think I was going too fast... but I find it hard to slow down when it's so cold.

[katluvr]

I haven't been here for a while. Running has been intermittant, but I have kept up a few runs through the holidays.
Goal was to run 5 miles on New Years day...let's just say I celebrated a bit too much and hand a long walk instead. So Jan. 2nd was a slow and easy 7 miler. Longest run since my 1/2back in Nov. I am planning on bumping up to 9 tomorrow. Again nice and slow. My next 1/2 in Feb will be at an easy pace with my sister, so just trying to log miles and work off holiday pounds. I have a semi-training schedule on the fridge!
It was muggy and warm this weekend. I did like the cool/cold (for FL) morning runs I did in Dec, but hate the cool/cold days. Tomorrow should be 50's.
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