Long and Less Long Runs - 1/22/07 to 1/28/07

[Wahine]

OK, Here's the week's thread. Lets add our collective miles together from last week. I know Alpine Rabbit made a big contribution. I, on the other hand only logged 11.5 miles. I decided to do a long cross country ski on saturday instead of a run, so that cut back the weeks mileage quite a bit.

So I'm looking forward to seeing how far we ran in total last week. Let's tray to add up the total as we go along and on Wed or Thur we can convert to the marathon scale.

Happy Monday everyone. Mine's starting well. I'm running late for work and my coffe maker is on the fritz.

[yellow]

Wahine, I think XC skiing counts as running with skis on. Especially if you classic ski. I classic skied (pretty hard) on Sunday and boy did it kick my butt. Skate skiing is soooo much easier (I think).

My miles from last week: a whopping 11.7m running (all on the dreadmill, complete with a massive bonk on Tuesday), 11.2 m skate skiing, and 6.2 m classic skiing. The air is really bad here right now so no running outside for a while. They gym is so hot and crowded, the thought of the dreadmill any more scares me. Today's "run": I went up to Park City and skated 19k (11.8 mi) ... the air is much nicer up there.

[Tri Girl]

Thanks for starting the thread Wahine!
I ran 30 last week.
Did a short recovery run today.
Looking forward to another great week of running!

[KnottedYet]

do my 3/4 of a mile last week count for anything?


(yeah, you guys do the 26s for the marathons, and I'll do the 0.2s! )

[colby]

I think I am a little confused. Should we be totalling our miles for last week in this week's thread or last week's thread? It seems like totaling last week's miles in this week's thread makes it so we're always talking about last week this week. I am not feeling so hot today, so I could just be extra confused.

Last week: no long runs. No runs at all in fact, unless you count an hour or so twice (or was it three times?) a week on a stair climber machine (a lot like running except it doesn't seem to hit my shins the same because of the lack of forward movement). Many hours of snowboarding on Saturday (many minutes of waiting in lift lines...).

This week: I hope to get back to running outdoors. Probably be doing loops of 3 miles because the paved trails seem less icy/snowy than the sidewalks and I still don't have any traction devices for my shoes.

Happy running!

[Wahine]

I think I am a little confused. Should we be totalling our miles for last week in this week's thread or last week's thread? It seems like totaling last week's miles in this week's thread makes it so we're always talking about last week this week. I am not feeling so hot today, so I could just be extra confused.

Many people will post what they've been up to during the week as well, but to have it count towards our collective marathons, I just need one figure that gives total mileage for the last week from Monday thru Sunday.

I've decided that I will count my classic skiing in the total. So I'll recalibrate the totals later. My yoga class is about to start.

[Wahine]

So for last week thus far I have 82.25 miles (this includes all cross country skiing mileage, (Yellow said it counts). That's 3.14 marathons, thank you Knott, we wouldn't have made it without you.

Now, I could go back and add up what everyone posted last week for their runs for that week. Oh wait, I think I need to go shampoo my hair. So I guess you'll all have to do it for me. So send in your totals ladies. Especially some of us whose initials are AR, RM and RnR because I know you lot put in enough miles to count for 2 marathons by yourselves. Good work everyone!

[colby]

Many people will post what they've been up to during the week as well, but to have it count towards our collective marathons, I just need one figure that gives total mileage for the last week from Monday thru Sunday.

Who can argue with having to post more than once per week in the thread? Not me!

(PS: I think nordic skiing definitely counts)

[tattiefritter]

Last week: a whopping 3.5 running miles due to ankle sprain not healed.

Its a gorgeous blue sky day here in Blackpool, a little bit of breeze and 3 degrees celcius (perfect running conditions).

Today: 5 miles!!!! Over the moon! First run in new shoes and nary a twinge from my ankle (took a bit of convincing it wasn't going to hurt though) and shoes feel so completely different to my last ones. I can feel my feet pronate properly and pushing off from the big toe area rather than the side of my foot. Its going to take a run or two for my feet to get used to being able to move properly as they've been in over controlling shoes for over a year

Not sure whether it was the beautiful day, the new shoes or lovely warm new Sugoi tights or just enthusiasm for getting out there but did my 5 miles in 43 minutes which is only 10 seconds a mile off my 10K race pace. WHOA GIRL!
I think I can be excused a little over enthusiasm today but will need to get my pace back under control for this weekends long run (8 - 10 miles hopefully).

[alpinerabbit]

30 min with tiny hill repeats. No soreness after Saturday.
I have a training log now.

I am looking so forward to swim class tonight. I managed 150 (3 lengths) freestyle nonstop again, I think I am getting there.

[Wahine]

So I had the most spectacular run in the history of the known universe today. I ran a total of 8 miles. No big deal. What was a big deal was that the temperature was min the mid 40’s, the sun was out and I ran in a place were if I looked south I could see Mt. Hood and if looked north, there was Mt. Adams. Both of them sparkling white with new snow from the last few days. It was breathtaking. This is the reason why I moved to the Gorge.

[rocknrollgirl]

Holy Cow...that is absolutley beautiful...it speaks to my soul....Can I come run at your house?

We ran intervals yesterday. First time in a very long time, so the total distance was probably between 3-4 miles. So call it 3.5.

We did them on a section of flat trail in the woods. It was a good workout, hard, but short. We warmed up for about 10 mins, and then ran a section hard for 30 secs and jogged back to the start. We marked out of to be about 175 yards for me and 200 for the DH

Six repeats and a 10 min cooldown.

I can feel my quads today, but as I move around it will probably work itself out. We were scheduled to mt bike tomorrow, but the weather is looking pretty nasty, high of only 28 and snow, so we may do a long easy run instead.

[tattiefritter]

Jealous of Wahine's scenery too!

Calves hurt somewhat today but not in the usual place after running, more the "inner" calf muscles which I think are now having to work properly. Will need to keep an eye on them for a bit - lots of TLC.

No running today - out nightriding tonight which should loosen the calves off for tomorrows run: forecast to be a bit windy tonight and about 3 degrees C (or -3 with windchill). Will be engaging the ice patch early warning system tonight (i.e. have someone in front of me at all times) but otherwise perfect night riding conditions.

[kaybee]

I'm also jealous of Wahine's scenery! That almost doesn't look real, but I know it is. Three miles for me on Monday and six today. It looks like I've talked myself into another half marathon on March 3.

KB

[mcoleman]

Ditto on the scenery. You can add my 20.7 from last week.