Hot Buttered Runs (July)

[jessmarimba]

Went from deciding not to run a trail race yesterday, to agreeing to the 5k, to running the 10k (and I haven't run more than 3 at a time in, oh, 6 weeks?)

Great race. Beat my last 10K trail time by 5 minutes and made an awesome friend with a woman who lives 1500 miles from me

I'm still pretty giddy!

[katluvr]

14 miler today. Hot, but not as humid I think. I felt pretty good. Picked up to a respectable pace at time. I will do 18 miles on Saturday and then I taper. Of course these are still FLAT miles. (that is why I am running longer than 13.3 miles which is the actual distance of the race) PPA is in 32 days...yes about 1 month. No, not ready. But will I ever be? So as part of my taper I plan to spend more time on TM at incline w/ super slow jog (i.e. "slog") or walk. I feel I have not put in enough TM time w/ high incline. In realization that I will be walking MOST (if not all) of the ascent. This week I am conquering all my doubt that happened past couple weeks. I am not fast, never have been. But this may be an advantage mentally for me when I hit the incline of the mountain. I have already just planned to walk as hard/fast as I can and thow in a "jog" here and there. I can do this. (I will keep saying that). I have 6 1/2 hours...(still ignoring the fact that there is no oxygen up there!)

Oh yeah, and on Monday (we will still be there) is the Pro Cycling event starting there (forgot the official name). So I will get to see some of the pro's. I mean it will be a little "vacation" except for the one day of possible hell!

K

[skhill]

Way to go, jessmarimba! What a great, spur of the moment race!

Here, it's hot. Very hot. I hoped the treadmill at the gym might be more comfortable; maybe, but I don't like resorting to the treadmill. But this morning, it was so icky out that I only did one token mile.

But the cool thing: Wednesday I reached 1000 miles for 2011, according to my log.

[OakLeaf]

Nice job jess! And wow, nice mileage skhill.

Kat, I have a feeling that you'll breathe better at altitude than you think you will, considering the humidity you've been training in.

Speaking of humidity ... it's been unreal here. I've been comparing the weather in Ohio and Florida, and it's actually hotter and more humid in Ohio. So I've been keeping it short and easy and trying to acclimate little by little.

A little under four on Tuesday - calibrating the footpod in a new velcro pouch I got that lets me transfer it between shoes without wearing out the clip. And this morning I went to the end of the block and back, a little over four - by the time I got back the heat index was already 101°.

I don't know if I'm even going to do the club ride tomorrow....

[katluvr]

Oak,
Thanks for the encouragement. I am dreading getting up early for 18 miler tomorrow. Goal out on road by 6:30. Also dreading 18 miles. Really only did that twice when I trained for my marathon. Don't remember how it went. Little scared. But I figure if I walk I walk and it really matters time on my feet right now.

K

[skhill]

This morning was my worst race ever. It was 80 F and very humid, yuck. The first mile was alright, about 8:10, but then I wilted. I kept getting nauseous, walking until I felt better, then running again, over and over. Ended up doing the 5k in 29:25, more than 5 minutes off my PR. But I finished...

At least next week is supposed to be cooler...

[7rider]

Did my longest run ever today. 6.67 miles. Alone. Just me and my Sony. Okay, so I walked some of it. But it was nearly 80 degrees (26.7 C) at 7 a.m. with humidity levels at about the same. And it had twice the elevation gain of my previous distance record of 6.5 back in December.
So I'm not fast but at least I did it.
I hope to be in decent shape come the Du in 2 weeks.