Running through the Tulips - April

[limewave]

Nice and easy 4-mile run in the snow.

[skhill]

Nice and easy 4-mile run in the snow.

SNOW!?! seriously? sure it's Michigan but isn't that a bit late?

(of course, it's predicted to be cold enough for snow here in KY the next couple nights, so who knows?)

[limewave]

SNOW!?! seriously? sure it's Michigan but isn't that a bit late?

(of course, it's predicted to be cold enough for snow here in KY the next couple nights, so who knows?)

It is a bit late, but really, not all that unusual. In fact, I remember camping years back on Memorial Day weekend and it snowing. It's Michigan, anything can happen. It can be snowing in the morning and 70 in the afternoon.

[skhill]

Rather than dig out my winter running gear after putting it away last week, I went to the treadmill at the gym. Only went 3 miles; even though it was a slowish pace, a stitch started up at about 1 mile and I never could get it to go away. So for once I obeyed the time limit on the treadmills (although at that hour there are almost always several free and I don't feel the least bit guilty for going more than 30 min.)

But I've now logged 400 miles for 2012!

[solobiker]

Okay...I am still trying to run at a "slower" pace to train my aerobic system better. I got in about 3.5 miles. I am still not used to running with such a low heart rate. Feels great though to have lots of energy after a run.

[emily_in_nc]

I did another 3-mile beach run this afternoon. It seemed cool and breezy enough in our condo, but once I hit the beach (and the sun), it was very hot and tough to do -- temp was about 81-82. And my hip ached the whole time -- not my right hip that I have a plate and pines in, but the left one. Not sure what's up with that! But I got 'er done. Amazing how much harder it feels to run after only a 2.5 week layoff, but I am sure that the hotter weather has something to do with it too. I thought upper 70s were bad, but now it's even warmer! I may not be able to increase the mileage much until rainy season kicks in this summer....

[Artista]

I retired my thread about how beginning running had not been fun so that I could start posting here. I'm about 1/2 way through a C25K program and have completed many successful walk/runs.

This week I'm supposed to bump up to intervals of alternating 4 and 6 minute runs. This is more than double what I was doing last week and seems to be the biggest bump in the program. I whimped out on the first 6 minute run and cut it back to 4 minutes on Monday. Today I was able to go the whole time and managed 2 miles of walk/run intervals.

I'm still not a big fan of the running part but I love what it's doing for my hill climbing endurance on the bike

[Susan]

I think I'm up to something new regarding running.
I had to pause for some time because I hurt my knee while running. Now that I feel better, I started implementing a short run into my workouts, but just once around the block - maybe one mile or even less.
I do this after every weight or hiit training, which is on most evenings. I really like it and it seems to not take a toll on my knees or anything else. I hope it keeps me conditioned for running because I'd like to do some longer trail runs in summer.