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

[colby]

Just a couple of 30 minute runs this week, still able to entertain my dog for the time being until my hard work begins. Wet, snow on the ground still, but not as cold. First week in about a month I've worked out every single day, my metabolism already remembers what this is about and is getting fired up. I really need to have my BMR and stuff measured to figure out what I should be eating and how much, I just don't feel like I've got it right.

[emily_in_nc]

Two treadmill runs this week -- 2.75 miles on Wed. and 3.5 miles today. Not very exciting, but hopefully helpful w/the 4 lbs. I gained over the holidays and keeping the bones/heart healthy!

[HillSlugger]

I ran on the treadmill yesterday. My coach gave me this insane workout that alternated 20 second incline intervals (3@7.5, 3@10, 3@12.5) with 2 minutes of walking. The instructions were to do the walking off the treadmill but I couldn't figure out how to do that. I hate the treadmill!

[OakLeaf]

Four and a quarter windy miles. I'm feeling lots better - going to wait another couple of days before I try to put the HRM back on, though.

[yellow]

Oak, sorry to hear about your mishap and glad to hear that you are getting better. That "gradual" part always sux, huh?

I am still out here running. I ran quite a bit in November, only a few times in December (did a lot of Nordic skiing), and am now back on a running program. I'm still telling myself that I can Nordic ski on my 2nd day of longer back-to-backs. I will need to switch it over to running in a month or so, though (or both).

So far I am committed to events in March, April (with SadieKate!), and June. Probably also going to do one in May as a training run for the June event. And if all goes well then maybe an event in August, too. We'll see; the farthest I've run since surgery is about 18 miles. I should be fine to train for farther, but ???? I'm having some issues with my left leg, but the docs are pretty confident it has nothing to do with the surgery (um, yay?). I'm just going to take it a week at a time.

Happy running, all!

[Crankin]

I finally got on the treadmill yesterday. Back to starting all over, basically, but I felt fine after Friday's intense interval work out on the trainer, so i thought all was OK. I did 30 minutes of hill walking intervals, interspersed with 3 intervals of 2 minutes of very slow running.
Within 3 hours, I started feeling not quite as good. I am not sure what it is about impact exercise that sets me off. I am sort of OK this morning, but not 100%. Probably going to hike. Grrr.

[indigoiis]

Since Tuesday, the cruddy day, I ran;

Wed. 7 x .3 mile hills plus the 7 x .3 back down the hills. There was a cop at the bottom, the steepest part of the grade, sitting watching traffic. He probably thought I was weird. It worked out to 4.35 and it was hard.

Thurs.: 3.4 in the city. Nice run. Faster.

Fri.: off

Sat.: 5.25 with DH, kinda slow.

Sun.: 11.77 with DH on after-snow-plow roads, with slush and ice, and stupid cars that drive too close and spray you when they hit puddles. Faster than I thought.