Running on a wing and a prayer - Week of May 3

[Veronica]

I jumped up to 5.4 miles this morning.

The first mile I felt a little tight, but then miles 2 - 5 felt really good. The last 4 tenths is uphill and since I'm almost done, I push harder. That doesn't feel good.

It doesn't seem to matter how far I go, my pace is always the same.

I was listening to Bowling for Soup on my Thumps. They reference the Bon Jovi song. It always makes me laugh.

I didn't see the duckies today.

V.

[maillotpois]

Good job!!!

It will be interesting to see how pushing the distance out affects the pace. I never really kept track of my pace when I was a runner. If I did, I don't remember any of it now. I remember being a roughly 2 and a quarter hour half marathoner and never beat 5 hours for the marathon. I think my last (which was run/walk, mostly walk) was something like 7 - 8 hours! Most of my centuries are faster than that!!! That (and constant ITB "issues" throughout my running career - I was always in PT ) are why I don't run anymore unless I am being chased.

[Veronica]

I do the flexibility segment of the Spinervals Yoga DVD on the days I run or the day after, sometimes both. It's essentially a half hour of stretching. It feels really good. I don't know how much it helps, but it feels good.

Now that I know I'm capable of a five mile run, I'm going to start doing some intervals on my 4 mile before work runs.

V.

[jesvetmed]

Way to go Veronica! You are cruising right along!

I was listening to Bowling for Soup on my Thumps. They reference the Bon Jovi song. It always makes me laugh.

OK.. a quick Google search tells me "Bowling for Soup" is a band. (I am SO out of touch). But what Bon Jovi song do they reference?

Do you love the thumps? Worth the $$$? I would love to go wireless. Does it work with the ipod nano?

So many questions!
Jes

[Veronica]

The Bon Jovi song is "Livin' on a Prayer"

Here are the Bowling for Soup lyrics from "Punk Rock 101."

Like Tommy and Gina they’re living on a prayer (singer 1)

Did you just say that? (singer 2)



So many of their songs sound like they are just having fun. They do swear a lot though.

I have the Thump Pros. The music player is in the sunglasses. I really like them. Having music can be very motivating and because the ear pieces don't fully block your ear, you can hear what's going on around you. I personally would never ride or run outside with regular earphones. I don't want to block out the world like that. On the bike at about 20 mph, there is too much wind noise to hear the music at my typical volume setting. If I'm descending, I don't care, but if I'm trying to go fast on the flat, I turn the music up a bit. And turn it back down when I slow down.

The controls are easy to use. Volume is on one side, on/off and forward/reverse are on the other. I didn't think I'd use the forward/reverse much. But the other day, a good song (Van Halen's "Right Now") came on as I started a descent and it was nice to go back to it for the climb.

I think mine hold between 3 and 4 hours of music. Paperwork says the battery will last 6 hours. I haven't been out that long yet - next weekend.

V.

[roadie gal]

8 miles outside yesterday. It took 79 minutes. I was going to do a loop that had a lot of hills and then weenied out and did a pendulum route that avoided the worst of the hills. This is my longest run since getting over the PF.