Run run run week of October 4th through October 11th

[Bike Chick]

Welcome back, Colby! I get jet lag just flying across one time zone. I can't imagine what it would feel like trying to reaclimate from Europe!

It was 46 degrees this morning! Brrrr! It was cold at first but felt great after the first mile. I did 5 easy miles this morning. It was a confidence builder. If my feet hold up, I will be able to do the half marathon in December.

Good luck this weekend, Oak!!!

[OakLeaf]

Welcome back Colby!

I don't know about you, but I actually get much less jet lag on trips to Europe than I do within the USA. I get good and sleep-deprived on the transatlantic flights, and then it's easy to re-set my biological clock by the sun at my destination. I don't get that option when it's only a two or three hour difference.

Thanks for the good wishes BikeChick! Good luck with your HM training. (On your other thread - it was easy training for a HM and a big bike event simultaneously last year, but I don't know that it's the same thing with triathlon. I do know lots of people who incorporate 5Ks and 10Ks into their long runs, though.)

I re-calibrated my footpod yesterday. I needed to do that since I'd moved it back to my shoelaces, because it was having trouble picking up from the pocket inside my shoe. I ran the prescribed 800 meters "blind" at what I thought was about a 9:00 pace, but it turned out to be 8:14. My target race pace is 9:20. I wish now that I'd spent more time trying to nail that down, but with my watch to keep me honest, hopefully it won't be too unnatural for my legs.

[GLC1968]

Oak, based on that run if you do your race by RPE, you'll probably set blazing new PR's!

Welcome back, Colby!

I was having some serious stomach distress yesterday (actually, it was lower intestinal distress) and I really, didn't want to run and find myself in the middle of town with no public bathroom in sight. I opted to wait and do my run at home on the treadmill, just in case. I'd forgotten how boring the treamill is! I did manage to get the 3 miles done though. This will be my first 12 mile week, so I'm curious to see how my body handles it.

[colby]

Thanks for the kind welcome, everyone.

I found the most basic sleep schedule reacclimation not too bad, because we did basically as Oak said. We ended up getting SO messed up that we just started over. For a few days, though, I still feel like I'm not sure when I should be eating or what I should be doing, it was like half of me knew it was the middle of the day and the other half thought it was the middle of the night. I just keep sticking with it and each day gets easier. The sun, exercise, and eating schedules all help. It totally reminds me of the run part of a triathlon (of course, because everything connects to a triathlon!) - just keep running even though you feel like mush and eventually your brain/legs will catch up.

I can tell my body's not quite there because today's 1/2 mile repeats were awful. Intensity was okay, but speed was not okay. I can run entire half marathons faster than my 1/2 miles were today. I just continued on the grind until I got all 6 of them done. It feels good to run.

I am switching back and forth between my well-worn KSOs and the Bikila. The Bikila feel maybe 1/2-1 size too long but I can't go any smaller, they also feel narrow. I have to undo all the velcro, I don't need the strap at all, I may need to switch to mens sizing. I can definitely tell the difference in how things feel on the ground between the two shoes. I like that the Bikila don't get my feet wet as fast and have that nice interior lining, but they need to be broken in at the very least and may not be right for my feet.

As an aside, I hope to upload my Italian cycling adventure photos somewhere other than Facebook soon to share with you all. I did not get a chance to run, but there were a lot of roads we rode where I thought "this would make for an awesome run." Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time in most of our evenings for me to go back out and run.