Run run run 11/08/09 - 11/14/09

[Susan Otcenas]

I just struggled, don't know what else to say, except I kept at it, .... Felt better on the way back, but still my leg were like lead.

Hey, sounds like we had the same kind of run today! My training plan called for 66 minutes. I did it, but it was a struggle. I felt like my feet were barely getting off the ground today.

Coulda been a couple of things...
1) I was a little hungry, even though I had some yogurt ahead of time. I'm back in loss mode again with my weight. I've put on 2-3 pounds, which I know is no big deal for most people, but I'm extremely conscious of the "slippery slope" effect. I need to nip it in the bud. I worked so dang hard to get it off that I can't let it come back. The trick is to find that delicate balance of getting enough calories to perform well, but few enough to have a small calorie deficit at day end.
2) I had my VO2 Max done yesterday. Both bike and run. Those were really hard efforts. My legs don't feel fatigued exactly, but there's definitely no zing either.
3) I didn't get enough sleep last night. I work too many hours, which means I get home late, eat late, and then have difficulty finding more than 6 hours for sleep. Not good.

If only the days had a few extra hours in them....

[Jolt]

40-minute trail run today, it was just OK.

[ASammy1]

We are getting a very bad nor'easter which the weather people are calling "The Storm of the Decade." 60mph wind gusts and hurricane level tidal flooding are keeping me and everyone else in the house. All of the schools are closed.

I would just like to take a moment to thank Hurricane Ida for bringing in the low weather system from the south and the standard high weather system from the North Atlantic which has been hanging around for this "perfect disaster."

[indigoiis]

Batten down the hatches! Sorry about the storm... it sounds really bad. My folks are in NC and Mom says the rain is nonstop.

I didn't run yesterday, because lunch ended up being at my desk. I'm swamped!

This morning I ran for a half hour in the back pasture where my DH mowed a trail that is a small track size. I don't know how far around it is, but it takes me about 3-4 minutes to get around at a regular pace, so it is probably a third of a mile? Anyhow, I ran without a light and so roots, rocks and holes were basically ankle training. Tried to keep everything relaxed. It was good.

[divingbiker]

We are getting a very bad nor'easter which the weather people are calling "The Storm of the Decade." 60mph wind gusts and hurricane level tidal flooding are keeping me and everyone else in the house. All of the schools are closed.

I would just like to take a moment to thank Hurricane Ida for bringing in the low weather system from the south and the standard high weather system from the North Atlantic which has been hanging around for this "perfect disaster."

Tell me about it. I've not run since Sunday, and I've got a half marathon on Saturday. At least I'll be well rested!

[ASammy1]

Tell me about it. I've not run since Sunday, and I've got a half marathon on Saturday. At least I'll be well rested!

OMG!!! You will definitely be well rested. Stay dry!

[OakLeaf]

Good luck divingbiker!

Intervals for me today, 6 x 1:30. Just enough to say I ran... yard work has been taking up all my time and energy.

[colby]

Wow, that weather sounds awful. Glad it's a taper week for you, divingbiker!

Intervals today, 5x3 minute efforts. Some nice stranger walking their dog told me that I am fast. How sweet of her! Another stranger saw me stop at the end of an interval for my rest walk break ("passive recovery" for the fancypants out there) while out for his morning walk and told me "hey, you're not supposed to stop!"

I was at work until late last night which made them a total grind. I didn't get my normal 8-9 hours of sleep and have felt tired all day. Sleep, the fourth discipline in endurance racing. (Eating would be the 5th) Tomorrow is an easy pace run for 30-45 min, then Sunday the LAST long run of 22 miles. Weather was in the 30s and chilly today, I hope it's in the 40s for the weekend (weather forecast says no such luck, mid 30s, but no snow that day, only cloudy).

Off to nap... or find coffee.

[Veronica]

I did 1.87 miles on the treadmill with my trainer today. Jogging still hurts my knee, so we didn't do much. Instead I walked with the incline set at 15% with a 30 pound bar on my shoulders. THAT was fun. The next set was more incline walking, no weight, but a much faster pace. I think it has healed enough that I can do some walking outside now.

It's weird how jumping rope doesn't bother it, but running does. I set a new PR jumping rope the other day - 226 jumps in a minute.

Veronica

[Crankin]

Veronica, it's interesting that walking on a 15% incline with weight didn't bother your knees, either. I am finding that when I walk or hike, which always involves some steeper inclines of 10-20% for me, my knees hurt the next day. I feel it just walking around and when riding or running. However, even though running might hurt me all over, it doesn't bother my knees.
I had to stop using the elliptical trainer on an incline last year, as it was seriously affecting my knees. But, I can't figure out how the stress of walking up an incline is worse than running up an incline.

[Urlea]

Good luck to those of you racing this weekend! Hopefully you will have pleasant weather.

I ran home from jiu-jitsu class last night. I like this routine. BJJ gets me warmed up for the run so it usually feels pretty good even though I'm tired. It was hard, but I kept my pace around 8:50 for the 5.6miles door-to-door.

As for my wknd run, I am not racing, but I will be getting on the trail aroun 3 or 4am to practice running with the headlamp again. At least 1/2 of the 100miler is going to be in the dark so I need to be well trained in it. Should be fun!

[OakLeaf]

The elliptical alone is hard on most people's knees, especially women with our greater Q-angle, because you have to keep your feet so wide apart. Could be the incline exacerbates that? And/or could it actually be the descents that bother your knees hiking? Descending is typically harder on people with PF misalignment.


Urlea, you never cease to amaze me.


Hmmm... long run today (last chance before the weekend) and tick off DH? Or yard work?

[kacie tri-ing]

I have a 15K trail race tomorrow, which should be fun! The off season is really nice, even if I am still training plenty. It is just nice to be doing the kinds of distances where friends will actually join you for a run!

Good luck racing this weekend!

[Jolt]

45-minute trail run this morning--figured I'd better get it in before it starts raining here!

[ASammy1]

Today is the 3rd day in a row that we are having this storm which means that this is the 3rd day in a row that I'm stuck inside... Cabin fever has set in, but I'm one of the lucky ones... There is a neighborhood not too far from me where people are wading through waist deep water to evacuate their homes. 150,000 people are without power and the news people are estimating $10s of millions of dollars worth of damage.

Oh and there's a 600 ft barge that broke it's tie ropes that ran aground in one of the resort areas... It's probably going to take out a pier...