February Runs

[katluvr]

Wow lots of post for so early in Feb. I, too, have been lurking but not posting. I have kept up running thru the end of Jan. Did a trail run, but overall time was slower than last year, but I do love this race. Nothing fabulous but running better steady of 3 - 4 times per week. Which is good for me to not be so sporadic. I did the easy 3+ mile loop this AM without the Garmin. I think I ended up with a pretty good pace (for me). I am still slower than I need/want to be. I also know my pace is not steady, need some time of TM to work on that. But it felt good. Last week I ran in the evening after work....UGH! My pace is super slow and I feel so heavy! I am such a morning (but after sunrise) runner.
Good work ladies!
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[Anelia]

Today I don't have the time for riding, so another 10-mile run while I was waiting for my son to finish his chess training.

[skhill]

Finally I managed to find a good long run pace today. It's been a struggle; I've been working on speed so much it's been hard to slow down. But today's route had a lot of steep uphills in the first mile and bad visibility in the second mile, and that did the trick of slowing me down. Only had time for 7 miles (at 9:10 pace), but I felt like I could have kept going for twice the distance. It's supposed to be windy and raining in the morning, so it'll be back to the treadmill yet again. Sigh.

[rocknrollgirl]

Just got in from an 8 mile trail run. We were hoping to go longer, but the snow that fell last night made it feel like running in sand, so sometimes, it is what it is. I felt pretty good the whole time, I will take take that as a plus. Now I am ready for some breakfast. Yum!

[OakLeaf]

Well, I signed up for a half next weekend that I'd been going back and forth about. Back before I got hurt, this one was definitely in my training plan (as was Columbus half in October). Then everything went kablooie. I'm just having trouble getting it into my head that I'm going to be able to race, I'm terrified of aggravating something, I haven't been doing any speedwork at all, I've already blown off the 5Ks I usually do, and I just need to do something to reset my head. So, I'm going to do my long run as planned tomorrow, Sunday won't be a "race" race, but hopefully it will give me a better perspective on April.

[skhill]

It's a wet Monday and I feel my age today. I was planning on an easy 5 miles, but quit at 3 as I was feeling sore and achy and just couldn't loosen up. I wonder if I might be coming down with something... I did do some upper body strenght work as I was there at the gym and had some time. I really ought to do that more often!

Oak, I'm seriously considering the Columbus too, not sure about the half or whole thing. Good luck on getting through next weekend's half!

[indysteel]

Good luck, Oak!!!

[skhill]

Made up for yesterday's crappy run with a great one this morning. It was a comfy 30F, excellent running weather. So I went out and did 6.2 miles, in 52:10. Which is faster than my 10k PR. I'm wondering if I had a timer malfunction! But I've been working on speed, and felt like I was going fast, so who knows?