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Laid off running after my slight oral surgery "re-do" for a few days. Went out for 5 miles today. We went from barely 50 degrees to the 80s (only in FL!). Warm air mass over the cool gulf has lead to LOTS of fog. Very foggy, thus humid and damp run this AM. Felt good anyways.
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katluvr
I did another 8 mile long run yesterday. Same basic weather conditions as last week (sunny and mid 40's) but it wasn't nearly as enjoyable of a run. Speed was OK, but I noticed a lot of little aches and pains. I guess that's what I get for blowing off a whole week of shorter training runs! (I had back issues). It was a good reminder how important ALL the runs on my training plan are...
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Well, I've had a pretty cr*p week. Missed the numbers on two splits of my intervals on Wednesday, and accidentally went one mile short on my tempo run on Saturday. It's kind of just as well about the tempo run though, it was dangerously hot and humid again, I was pretty much okay as it was, but another mile might've put me in trouble. My head swimming from the heat was at least part of the reason I couldn't figure out how far I'd run.
I actually don't mind heat, but when it's two weeks of beautiful 50 degree weather and then one day of 80, you can't acclimate, and it's just dangerous. And Catrin, 80° in Florida is NOT the same as 80° in the Great Lakes region. I'd discovered that cycling even before I ramped up running. Once the humidity gets over 85%, then at this latitude the solar heating is really bad too, your body just can't cool itself. Trust me I do NOT wish for the weather you've been having ... but you don't really wish for this weather, either!
Today I did a slow 14 and it was hot and humid again. It's supposed to stay this way for a while, so hopefully I'll be able to get acclimated and stay on track a little bit better.
ETA - also, I came back from my run with the Pearl Izumi logo branded on my thigh, where the reflective ink had blocked the sun better than the fabric. Oh, MAAAAAAN! Luckily it's faded quite a bit, it was just mostly instant skin darkening ...
Last edited by OakLeaf; 02-03-2014 at 12:15 PM.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
Yes, Oak, I don't want to complain about are warm weather but..... I truly did not like the cold temps, mostly it was the lack of sun! But this BIG and sudden shift aways gets me. I don't want 80s in Feb, some nice mild 70s for the high would be perfecto! Good job on your long run!
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katluvr
I'm back! I ran this morning and it was 7 degrees. For some crazy reason I thought it was at least 25 and so I was way under dressed. I still managed 8 bitter miles. I looked like an Ice Queen by the time I got home. I was caked in snow and ice even though it wasn't even snowing out. Must have been my sweat turning to icicles. Still, it was great to be outside!
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We did hill repeats did in a pyramid, starting at the short end to ease into it, and then a mile of striders. It felt really good to not just be out slogging along. Maybe this is what I needed to break the post flumonia running slump.
Where are you guys that it is 80 degrees? Not that I want to be there, that is WAY too hot for me, just curious.
We got in 45 mins on the rail trail tonight. Temps were in the upper 20's so it was not bad at all. Did a negative split on the way back. My hubs ran with me tonight which is unusual. It works out great for me because his slow pace is a tempo pace for me. Thanks honey!
Finally ran today! It was just 2 miles on the treadmill and the stitch was a sign that it had been a while. Gotta start somewhere. Then I hit the weights. Not a bad morning!
Now, if folks around here would just clear their sidewalks. It's warm enough to run outside many mornings but most of the sidewalks are treacherous. Might actually break down and run in the street...
Eight miles at race pace this morning ... plus warmup and drills ... sounded like three laps of a 5K course to me. It's raining, I don't have a traffic-free place to do a hard run of that distance, I wanted a change of scenery, and most of all I wanted the motivation of other runners for the last 5K when it would've gotten hard had I been alone.
I should've timed the start pretty well, but they were way late in starting, so I had a break of almost 9 minutes in the middle of my run. I don't know how much that scr*ws up the workout.
Small race, especially in this weather, so even being good and running it at marathon pace I won my AG. Maybe I'll be lucky and have so little competition next week, when I'm doing a half marathon as my tempo run.
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
Cooled down this morning from my anaerobic threshold workout by climbing onto this thing - the SpeedFIT Speedboard Pro. It is the first time I've tried it and is the first treadmill I've ever been on that I actually liked. I especially love that it is impossible for this non-motorized treadmill to ever out-pace me, and my coaches tell me it does allow for a much more natural movement than the traditional. If you want to go faster you go forward a bit, if you want to slow down then you go back a bit. They do have a "Lite" version, which I can't find a price for. This tells me that it is probably WAY too expensive for the likes of me. This is probably a good thing... Winter can't last forever...can it?
Oak, any win is a good win
I had a character-building run today. I ran on a snow covered dirt road, which had several inches of soft and unconsolidated new snow, and it was windy, with gusts probably around 20-25 mph, and it snowed pretty hard the whole time. It was a thirds progression run that was supposed to be 75 to 90 minutes and while I really needed the 90-minute mileage, I opted for 75 minutes. I felt great on last third (the fastest), which surprised me. It was definitely more of a thirds progression of effort rather than pace; the middle portion was the toughest surface-wise, and it slowed me down quite a bit. I survived and wasn't horribly cold when I finished. I love my Gore running wear jacket.
I am a bit short on mileage this week (one of my skate skis turned into a classic ski, which means that I didn't ski as far as my target for the week), so I might do a short run tomorrow. Or not. Depends on how much stuff is coming out of the sky.
Oak, it sounds good....and HARD in that weather! Yellow, that sounds really hard as well, but fun Hopefully it won't be too long before I can reasonably expect to get out and run for longer than 30-45 minutes. From where I am what both of you described just sounds awesome - you ladies are doing GREAT!
It was actually really nice weather for running ... PROVIDED you're dressed for running. The event was a "Run with the Ranger" to jointly benefit the National Park and the PTA. The ranger had to run it in her uniform, long chino pants and all, and did NOT look happy about it! At least they let her wear running shoes ...
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler