Running through the Tulips - April

[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.

[rubysoho]

Jumping back in the mix after a few months off from running (been busy riding my bike due to the beautiful weather).

Headed out for a trail run earlier in the week, expecting to only be out 30 minutes. Ended up being out there an additional 20 minutes because some well-meaning boyscouts had redone the running trails and made splits to create new trails but marked them the same as the old trail. I ended up getting lost which was interesting. But the overall run was awesome. Due to being lost there were quite a few moments of "stop and decide which direction to head" so I wasn't running the full 50 minutes. However, I did run quite a bit more than I expected and when I finally got back to the house I felt great! As if I could have kept going. I like that.

I think I was momentarily taken over by aliens because back in January I signed up for my first 10k (so far 5k has been my longest distance). That will be August. I also signed up for my first sprint triathlon which will be in September. AND a friend convinced me that I should run a 10 miler with him in October.

Again, I think I am going crazy. Thankfully I have LOTS of time to build up to the 10k and 10 mile distances.

[Crankin]

I finished week 4 of the C25K program, so I think I'm about a week behind Artista. I have a time constraint today, so DH and I ran as the sun came up, in the neighborhood, which means BIG HILLS. I mean, even She Fly calls my street "Aneurysm Hill Rd.," instead of its real name.
We went down a different side street, which involved running up et another short hill. But, I am surprising myself with my times which went between 9:15 and probably 10:45 on the run splits. I say probably for the last split, which was up the 10% grade and DH was wearing the Garmin, and he ran faster than me, at 10:15.
NO running this weekend. Three days of glorious warm weather riding.

[skhill]

Didn't really feel all that much like running this morning, being weighed down by ODing on half-price Easter candy. But I went anyway. There's a historic neighborhood downtown, antebellum at the southern end and victorian at the nothern end, where I run only when I don't feel like running. It's so beautiful and interesting that it turns an icky run into something pleasant. And it took me past the new microbrewery/ pub, where I found that the "coming soon" sign has been changed to "now open." Hooray! A 5 mile run, and the prospect of super-local beer tonight!