Running strong! April 1st - April 6th

[rocknrollgirl]

I am not an expert, but I will give you my 2 cents. I would participate with the kids and then do more mileage later that day. Then give your shins the time they need to recover. I know runners that are doing big mileage that run twice a day.

[OakLeaf]

5.2 miles today, no goal. Well, the goal was stress relief, and I accomplished that, it seems. Sometimes running is like hitting myself in the head with a hammer: it feels so good when I stop.

Note to self: I'm not training for a tri or anything, it's perfectly okay to scale back to maintenance running one or two days a week while I'm trying to get more cycling miles in ahead of TOSRV.

Today's theme on the beach: if I'd seen the looks of that storm front before I left the house, I'd probably have stayed home! But there wasn't any lightning (yet) and it didn't seem to be bothering anyone else - warm Sunday and last day of Spring Break for many. The wind was stiff but mostly a crosswind, and it didn't even start raining until inside my last mile, which actually felt good.

[RoadBunner]

5 miles, easy pace I'm shopping around for some pilates DVD's so that I can start getting some core-work in. I used to use Winsor pilates but only have them on VHS and it's time to update.

[Wahine]

KG - I agree with RnR, doing the extra milage later in the same day is a good option. I think it works very well for still training the endurance that you're looking for.

[kelownagirl]

KG - I agree with RnR, doing the extra milage later in the same day is a good option. I think it works very well for still training the endurance that you're looking for.

Really? That would be great and certainly the easiest option. Thanks to both of you! I guess I could by my Saturday run, if I was losing anything.

[KSH]

Well, ran on Sunday. It was a dismal run. It wasn't the weather (Ok, the wind sucked really bad), it was warm out... sunny. It wasn't my body. Overall I felt good. It was my attitude.

I had to drive in from out of town that morning and didn't get geared up to run until 11:30 AM. I was getting hungry and I knew I had to do homework later on, spend time with the boyfriend, and I wanted to take a nap. On Saturday I got up, rode 72 miles... rushed home... drove 2 hours out of town... and attended a wedding. Slept in an RV with my Dad, Uncle, and boyfriend... on the crappiest bed ever.

So yea, at 11:30 AM on Sunday, the idea of a 2:20 run sounded miserable.

I ended up going 8 miles, at a 12 minute mile pace for 1:40. It was slow, and I wasn't too interested in it. I only sped things up after 50 minutes with the idea that if I just made it 8 miles I could stop... and go pig out on Sonic.

My running is like a rollercoaster. Good days. Bad days.

[teigyr]

Running IS a rollercoaster sometimes! KSH, it sounds like that run just wasn't meant to be but at least you could speed up to make it Go Away.

I ran a track workout yesterday. I'm still not as fast as I'd like to be but it felt surprisingly good. I was actually perky when I got home. You'd think I didn't run hard enough but at the time, I did. I am recovering really fast though, oddly enough.

This coming up week is a rest week

[alpinerabbit]

I ran a long hill twice that I used to have to partly walk. To save my legs I walked most of there and back.

This morning I was nicely sore in my glutes. Gotta build up some.

I dunno, I have transient aches all over my shins but that's just paranoia.

I had extrasystoles again today tho. Don't know where they were hiding.

Meh, I need some warm fuzziness. DBF is away for 2 weeks. At least I made it to the pool tonight for a self-inflicted 1300.

[alpinerabbit]

KG - I agree with RnR, doing the extra milage later in the same day is a good option. I think it works very well for still training the endurance that you're looking for.

Can you elaborate on that? How does that work?

[Jolt]

I had extrasystoles again today tho. Don't know where they were hiding.

While running, or other times during the day?

[Wahine]

Can you elaborate on that? How does that work?

I'll see if I can actually find some research on this but in the meanwhile, there are loads of elite runners that do split workouts to get the mileage in while at the same time allowing a little recovering in between the workouts. For eg they'll run 1 hour in the AM and 1 hour a little later in the day. That might allow a good runner 16 to 20 miles in a day so they build up their endurance base and yet their muscles get a little recovery and that allows them to hold better form through their runs and they claim it causes less joint stress and prevents injury. These runners win a lot of races so I don't doubt that it works. I'm just not sure if the injury prevention thing is true. BTW - the elite runners that I am referring to are hitting 60 mile weeks pretty consistently.

[kelownagirl]

I'll see if I can actually find some research on this but in the meanwhile, there are loads of elite runners that do split workouts to get the mileage in while at the same time allowing a little recovering in between the workouts. For eg they'll run 1 hour in the AM and 1 hour a little later in the day. That might allow a good runner 16 to 20 miles in a day so they build up their endurance base and yet their muscles get a little recovery and that allows them to hold better form through their runs and they claim it causes less joint stress and prevents injury. These runners win a lot of races so I don't doubt that it works. I'm just not sure if the injury prevention thing is true. BTW - the elite runners that I am referring to are hitting 60 mile weeks pretty consistently.

Do ya think it'll be the same thing if I'm only running 2-3km each time.

[alpinerabbit]

While running, or other times during the day?

Other times. Had them first (or noticed them first) about 2 years ago when I stepped up the training. I loaded up on magnesium last night and they're gone. I must have rather variable Mg levels depending on how much I sweat and I forget to take Mg.

I had them checked out, including an ECG, they're annoying but nothing to worry about.