Sizzling August Runs

[rocknrollgirl]

Yellow
be careful,I might just take you up on that. I know you are faster than I am, BÚT, I am drama free, AND, my own running partner (not my hubs, my friend) has flaked out on me......so.....maybe I will head west...hmmmm.

[GLC1968]

Over the weekend, I did my first 6 mile run since my surgery. I was dreading it but I made myself go anyway (I'm on a 1/2M training plan). Shockingly, it was the first enjoyable run since my injury! I actually was able to think about how nice it was to be out and about instead of using every spare thought to talk myself into putting one foot in front of the other (like all of my runs this year). I think I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the long dark tunnel of recovery!

[Veronica]

That's great news GLC!

Veronica

[rocknrollgirl]

Good to see you back at it GLC. I read your blogs. That was a long recovery with your foot. It must have been very difficult.

Yesterday we did tempo intervals. I let my husband pick how long they would be, and he wanted looooong. OY. But is was a good workout. We are heading north to the mountains for a long w/e before school starts, so we are swapping a day of hiking for our long run this week.

[yellow]

GLC, good to have you back!

RnR, have a good trip.

Tempo. Sigh. I think about doing some structured stuff but don't. I'm not training for anything at the moment (other than training for getting through the holiday season), so I use that as my excuse.

[skhill]

Count me among the walking wounded, at least for today. Yesterday I had to use a burst of speed and all my agility to avoid getting killed by a driver who doesn't know that you must stop for a red light. She just missed me. Thankfully I landed mostly on the grass. But I seem to have strained my calf, and every time I sit for a while it's quite painful when I try to use it again. (It does loosen up once I get moving). I'm hoping taking it easy for a couple days will be enough...

[Catrin]

Welcome back to running GLC!!! I just saw this, for some reason I missed it.

Today was the "Go Girl Triatholon" here in Indy - an all-female Tri. There is a duatohlon option that I think I want to shoot for. Run 2 miles, ride 10 miles, run 2 miles. I can ride 10 miles in my sleep - especially the route in question. Running 2 miles twice? That is far more of a challenge as right now I can only run about 500 meters without stopping. It is also on pavement. I've got a LOT of work to do, and I don't have to make my mind up until late spring. Saying it here makes it more 'real', so we will see how my running develops between now and then

[OakLeaf]

Ow skhill, hope your calf feels better soon.

Catrin - sounds like a goal!

Tempo. Sigh. I think about doing some structured stuff but don't. I'm not training for anything at the moment (other than training for getting through the holiday season), so I use that as my excuse.

And that is why I do the 5Ks...

It's been a little chaotic here ... after two weeks of pushing mileage we went out of town and I managed to run once in six days. I was on my feet most of the time for three of those days and walked probably several miles a day, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Since we've been back home I've struggled a lot with my blood sugar, not really sure why. I had a bad crash before we left - pouring sweat, which for me to sweat MORE than normal is pretty impressive - shaky, lightheaded, the whole business - and it was a good week and a half before I felt right. I did it to myself, basically, but I've done worse things and not crashed so badly, so there's more to it than a little 20 mile bike ride followed by coffee cake for lunch. I got pretty sore after a run earlier this week because I was so depleted. But I seem to be stabilizing, finally.

Ah well. Had a nice 10.5 mile run today. It's still warm but it feels like fall is in the air.

[Catrin]

Glad you are starting to feel better, Oakleaf!

[Blueberry]

Over the weekend, I did my first 6 mile run since my surgery. I was dreading it but I made myself go anyway (I'm on a 1/2M training plan). Shockingly, it was the first enjoyable run since my injury! I actually was able to think about how nice it was to be out and about instead of using every spare thought to talk myself into putting one foot in front of the other (like all of my runs this year). I think I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the long dark tunnel of recovery!

Yay!!! So happy you are back out there! I finally got a referral to my favorite PT to try to fix my knee issues (patella femoral syndrome) so that *crossing fingers* I'll be able to start running.

What shoes are you using?? Just curious

[GLC1968]

Hi Blueberry!

I'm running in the NB Minimus Road. They redesigned them for 2013 and they are wider than they used to be. I have a pair in regular width that I like for walking around/casual wear, but for running, I ordered a pair in D and they are quite comfy. They are super slippery on trails but until I can find a new trail shoe that will work, I'm making due. My old NB Minumus WT10 (trail version) are no longer wide enough for me in the mid-foot. They rub something awful on my incision/scar tissue area on my right foot. Grumble, grumble.

I ran 3 miles last night on the treadmill. I had to skip dinner to make it to bowling after work (league night) and then had to run immediately after getting home, so I was literally running on empty. It was a surprisingly decent run anyway (for a treadmill). I am now even more convinced that I may have turned that corner!

[rocknrollgirl]

Hi girls,
We are in the mountains and enjoying some fall weather. As planned we swapped a run for a hike today. Just under 7 miles, but a few thousand feet of vertical, so a good workout.

Glad everyone is doing well. Blueberry, I had a terrible case of PF syndrome a few years back. If you need any advice, I would be happy to help.

Yellow, we do the tempo stuff year round even if we do not have an event looming. It keeps the workouts fresh. We call it working on " fast feet"

[skhill]

OUCH! Even though my calf was really tight when I got up this morning, I decided to try running anyway as it is a gloriously beautiful day. Bad idea. I decided I'd give it a mile to loosen up, and if it didn't I'd turn around. Well, it was still very tight at one mile, so I turned at the next corner, planning to head home on the parallel street. That muscle didn't like making a turn at all. So I walked home, slowly and carefully. It's painful enough that I drove to the farmer's market instead of biking. And my dog's walk was very slow and short, much to her disappointment.

[yellow]

Oh, skhill, I am so sorry. Being injured sucks