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

[HillSlugger]

I've got another treadmill hell workout tomorrow, like last week but faster!

[emily_in_nc]

4 miles on the treadmill today - my longest ride in maybe a year or close to it? Coolio!

[limewave]

6.5 "easy" miles for me yesterday. I started going to a group trainer ride on Tuesday nights. It's brutal. My legs feel like jello that night and lead the next day. I'm dually training for a 25k run and a 35 mile mountain bike race.

[GLC1968]

I've been blowing off my runs lately for some reason, but last night I started up again. I did an easy 5K+ on the treadmill.

For christmas I got a foot pod for my Garmin. Last night was the first time I tried it on the treadmill. It confirmed my suspicions. Our treadmill is uncalibrated. The belt moves faster than the console indicates. The treadmill would say I was running at a 5.0 (12 min/mile) but my garmin had me at a 10:30 min/mile. Based on running out on the road, the Garmin numbers feel more correct.

My guess is that this is not easily fixable and it might be a good excuse to upgrade our treadmill.

[skhill]

Ah, the treadmill... Today was supposed to be a 10 mile long run, ended up stopping at 9, my longest treadmill run ever. We have a 30 min. limit at the Y, but as long as there are treadmills free, I just reset it and keep going. But 9 miles of that was plenty.

But it's warming up this weekend! so maybe next week will be mainly outside running.

[OakLeaf]

GLC, did you calibrate your footpod on the road first? There was a very large difference between the default calibration and what I came up with when I calibrated mine. I need to do mine again, but I'm holding off until I feel like I'm completely recovered from my crash. I was running really heavy for a while.

I've been walking more than running the past few days (minor stomach issues, cold weather, etc), but my last run yesterday felt MUCH better. I've walked pretty much every day I haven't run, including walking the 2.5 miles each way to the spa for the whole day of pampering DH gave me for Christmas. Brisk on the way there, a languorous walk back.

I'm planning intervals for tomorrow and I'm sure I've never looked forward to intervals the way I am these! I hope it feels as good as I think it will.

Also, I signed up for the Warrior Dash in Ohio in June. Some people from my gym are going to do it, and that was the nudge I needed to get me to sign up. It had actually filled up while I was dithering, but they added more waves. It'll be ... something.

[GLC1968]

GLC, did you calibrate your footpod on the road first? There was a very large difference between the default calibration and what I came up with when I calibrated mine. I need to do mine again, but I'm holding off until I feel like I'm completely recovered from my crash. I was running really heavy for a while.

I did. I'd be more skeptical, except that it basically gave me confirmation of what I suspected just based on feel for the past few months anyway. Then I did some research and our particular treadmill is not known for it's ability to last. We've been using it for 8 years now...so I'm not surprised.

Also, I signed up for the Warrior Dash in Ohio in June. Some people from my gym are going to do it, and that was the nudge I needed to get me to sign up. It had actually filled up while I was dithering, but they added more waves. It'll be ... something.

Cool! I just signed up to do it here (next Sept) and I can't wait! I'll be curious to see how your experience goes.

[colby]

I ran a few times this week, once was on the cross-trainer at the gym (so not really running, but it's not exactly like an elliptical either) for about 50 minutes, today in LA after the sun started to set. I came from 6" of snow to 78 degree days, it's disorienting. And warm. But I got an hour in no less.

[indigoiis]

This week was weird. I had a great 3 mile run on Tuesday afternoon, and then we had a snowstorm Tuesday night and all day Wednesday. I shoveled for three hours on Wednesday (had to shovel parts of the paddocks to boot the animals out.) The snow is deep here so on Thursday the roads had no shoulders, so I felt nervous so I didn't run. Friday I didn't have time. So today I ran 5.2. The roads were slippery from packed down snow, but heck, it was a run.

[indigoiis]

Did a hilly and slip-slushy 8.23 today and really felt good so pushed it. I like when runs go like that!

[limewave]

7-mile snowshoe run. Well, walk-run. There was more running than walking.