Winter Running Thread

[rocknrollgirl]

YAY, RnR! Very happy for you.

I ran 3 miles this morning on a lovely day. For some reason I was about 30 sec. slower on each mile than on Tuesday; not sure why. But I felt decent and nothing hurt, so I guess that's a successful run. It really never gets any easier, though, but I've only been managing to run 2x a week lately, so that probably has a lot to do with it! Guess I'll just keep on truckin'.

I can only speak from my own experience, but it did not get easier for me until I was able to string together long periods of consistent running 3 days a week. And still there are days that just feel hard. It will come, keep trudging along.

[OakLeaf]

I'd say my experience is the same. Not only as far as frequency, but in terms of percentage of total mileage - I'm never not tired at the end of a run that's more than around 30% of my weekly mileage - and I never get the feeling of active recovery, when I'm fresher after the run than before, unless I've gone less than 15%. That's true for me no matter what my weekly mileage might be at any particular time.

Got it done yesterday - and had kind of a funny experience. Three or four miles into my warm-up I passed a guy doing a run-walk, and after we both stopped for water at a little park, we chatted for a little bit before I re-passed him. I usually run later in the day than most of the local marathoners, so while I'll see them at shorter local races, I don't often see them on the road. This guy, turns out, is an ultra-runner, just a couple of weeks off a trail 50K, out for a shake-out run. We chatted for a little and I went on. Then about five miles later, not long after I'd started my race pace segment, we passed each other in opposite directions on a boardwalk. Six or seven miles after that, we rounded the same corner in different directions. It cracked us both up.

[emily_in_nc]

Thanks for the feedback. I was starting to feel better running when I was managing to get 3 runs a week in consistently in Mexico. But that hasn't happened for a long time for various reasons, so I am not surprised that the same meager distance seems harder (and I'm slower) than in the past. Just gotta keep plugging away! On the plus side, my riding is going better since I am doing more of it. Been getting in two or three 30-35 mile rides weekly, and that fitness seems to come back pretty fast for me (vs. running, which has always been much more difficult for me).

[OakLeaf]

I just pulled the trigger on my plane tickets. Sh*t just got real.

It was extra hot today and crazy windy, so I was really glad that my workout today was shorter intervals that I could do on a pretty sheltered street. Did a circuit of the bridges for my warm-up and got my face sandblasted! I get tomorrow off, then Friday should bring me to my first 50-mile week of this cycle, always a milestone for me. Not a lot of mileage for marathon training, but it's what I can handle. I'll blame it on my age.

[Crankin]

Where are you staying this year?

[OakLeaf]

I'll PM you.

[Crankin]

Got it..