August 17, 2008
Awesome
I feel awesome this morning:
1 | 8:47
2 | 8:45 | 17:32
3 | 8:44 | 26:17
4 | 9:02 | 35:20 (all uphill)
5 | 9:01 | 44:22
6 | 8:57 | 53:19
7 | 9:11 | 62:31 (overpass + starting to get tired)
8 | 9:07 | 71:38
9 | 9:09 | 80:48
10 | 8:52 | 89:40
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10.03 miles with Little Miss/BOB | 90:00 | 8:58/mi.
Not bad for pushing a 14lb 15oz 5-month old!
August 10, 2008
What a Week
I am so glad this week is over.
August 5, 2008
On a roll
Had a pretty decent run this morning, with some being run below 9 mpm. I think I probably could've done the whole run under 9, but I had Molly with me. Molly is ridiculous sometimes. She gets super excited when she hears the Garmin turn on (even if I'm just turning it on to download my runs or to look at splits). She knows my running clothes - if I dare go out the front door in my running clothes without her in the morning, she barks and wakes up the Engineer. When I first got my BOB, Molly howled and cried and whined that I was not only going running without her, but I was taking Little Miss. We'd be outside, either getting settled in the stroller or just getting back from running, and we could hear the sad pup.
August 3, 2008
Two in a row?
First, I have managed to screw up my blog template so things look really weird here. I guess that's what happens when you just start messing around with things without first figuring out what they are and how they work. Good thing I was at least smart enough to backup my template so I can reverse my changes if I can't make them work.
August 2, 2008
Great Run
Jeff's updating BTT this weekend and advised us not to post until the update is complete, so I'm temporarily posting here (ETA: on blogspot). I had such a good run this morning and wanted to write about it while it's still semi-fresh instead of waiting and then forgetting. That's one reason I rarely blog anymore, I'm too busy when stuff's fresh and then when I have time I can't remember what I would've written about.
July 15, 2008
Racing ... ugh.
The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank. ~George Sheehan
So by George's definition I am making my return to the running world on Saturday. (By my definition, I never left: I loathe the term jogging). The Women's Race is this weekend, and while I don't feel anywhere near ready to run in a race, this is my favorite local race and the only one I have a streak for (if you count volunteering last year) anymore.
June 8, 2008
Transitions
I am so glad I listened to reason and did not enter the Twin Cities Marathon; this would've been week 1 of an 18 week training program and there is just no way I'm ready for that. I might enter the lottery for the 10 mile race because I think that might be possible, but a fall marathon is pretty much out of the question for this year.
May 15, 2008
Little Miss's New Ride
On Tuesday, I got a call from REI that my BOB was in, 2 days early. I also got an e-mail notification, but it was only for the stroller and not the handlebar console I'd also ordered. I decided to take a chance and drive the hour to pick it up yesterday. I lucked out and they were unloading the console when I arrived. The BOB box was pretty huge:
May 11, 2008
Happy Mother's Day
I celebrated my first Mother's Day by being a big ol' slacker. Little Miss and I slept past 9, and by the time I'd fed her and was ready to run it was almost 11:30. While it was sunny, it was chilly and windy (almost 40 MPH gusts) so I was going to treadmill. But I really didn't feel like getting back on the treadmill, and I did feel pretty tired running yesterday so I decided to take a day off. I can run tomorrow. I was thinking I needed a cut back week anyway.
Yesterday I ran 6 miles, for the first time since Jan 12 when I was 32 weeks pregnant. While I was feeling kind of tired, it was a lot more enjoyable than last time. Yesterday I ran 6.01 in 57 minutes (9:29/mi), almost 4 months ago it took 70:23 to run 6.03 (11:40). The weather was a lot better yesterday, too!
May 7, 2008
New gear coming soon ...
I bit the bullet and next week I'll be the owner of this:
REI has BOB's 20% off, so I ordered myself the Ironman stroller. I went through ebates.com for a 3% cashback, and I'm going to pick the stroller up at the store to avoid shipping charges. I had hoped I might be able to get it this weekend, but I've been given a tentative 5/15 pick-up. It'll be nice to do something other than treadmill during the week; I hope Little Miss tolerates it.
May 5, 2008
Sunny Days
We might finally be getting some spring weather here! Saturday was crappy, but Sunday turned out to be a really nice day and today it got up to 70! I went outside to run yesterday, and other than the wind it was a pretty good run:
58-62 degrees | From SW at 22 mph gusting to 28-30 mph
1 | 9:04
2 | 8:51 | 17:56
3 | 9:05 | 27:01
4 | 9:25 | 36:27
5 | 9:08 | 45:36
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5.05 miles | 46:00 | 9:07/mi.
walk CD | 0.31 miles | 4:55
May 1, 2008
Decisions
I'm getting back on track with running, although it's a little more challenging to get my runs in during the week. On the weekends, Little Miss can hang out with the Engineer, but unless I want to wait for him to come home from work I have to try and fit my runs during the week in while she naps. I got in almost 18 miles last week, and am hoping to run 18-19 this week, hopefully with a 5 mile "long run."
April 6, 2008
Ugh spam
I've gotten hit by spammers this morning, so I just spent an hour closing old entries and deleting junk comments. Some of the "comments" the spammers leave crack me up, especially the "your blog sucks" variety. Do people really click on their links?
March 30, 2008
I ran a little today ...
When I last ran, I looked like this:
June 24, 2007
"Recent" workouts
Here's what I've been doing since the last time I wrote about running, over a month ago:
May 31, 2007
Suck
So the last time I mentioned running, it was going fantastic. Well, that was extremely short-lived and I'm back to having it suck again. I'm tired of everything right now; this has not been a particularly good week. Cramps, sore boobs that kept me from running on Tuesday and hurt enough yesterday and today that I was really tempted to run with my arms wrapped around my chest, being extremely busy at work (getting to sit down a total of maybe 5-10 minutes), feeling like a fatass because I can't fit into any of the dresses I own and have nothing to wear for my BIL's wedding next weekend and therefore having to go shopping in MSP this weekend even though everything's just going to look ugly on me - which will be captured for all of time by pictures UGH!! ... At least I can get my hair highlighted on Monday!
May 17, 2007
Wind + Running Skirts
Tuesday: 57°F | From N 22mph gusting to 31 mph
1 | 8:59
2 | 9:08 | 18:08
3 | 8:40 | 26:49
4 | 8:43 | 35:32
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4 miles w/Molly | 35:32 | 8:53/mi.
Wednesday: 59°F | From N 22mph gusting to 32 mph
1 | 9:25
2 | 9:11 | 18:37
3 | 9:03 | 27:40
4 | 8:55 | 36:36
5 | 8:38 | 45:14
6 | 8:35 | 53:49
7 | 8:52 | 62:41
8 | 8:43 | 71:25
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8.06 miles | 1:11:55 | 8:55/mi.
Thursday: upper 60s | very low wind
1 | 9:15
2 | 9:07 | 18:23
3 | 9:16 | 27:39
4 | 9:22 | 37:01
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4.03 miles w/Molly | 37:17 | 9:15/mi.
May 13, 2007
Fresh air
The wind changed direction after Friday, keeping the smoky air away. Yesterday was a really nice day, and I took Molly out with me in the morning. Apparently 57 degrees with sun is too warm, because she got tired again. At one point, she stopped and I thought she was going to "stop" but she just wanted to roll around in the grass. She was also trying to do "drive-by" weed eating. What a weird puppy.
May 11, 2007
Smokey Air
I had to return a book to the library today to avoid paying a late fee, so I decided to pack my stuff to change at work and then run from the lake after going to the library. I checked weather channel before I left, and saw a weird icon.
(I just print-screened that; it was more like 70-something when I ran + the picture was of the sun).
I went to the local newspaper site and learned that we're getting a lot of smoke from the fires going on in the boundary waters. Just for reference:
April 28, 2007
A case of the giggles
After running with Molly yesterday. It was a beautiful day!
April 18, 2007
Ironman
Out of curiosity, I looked up the Ironman course yesterday. It looks as though we drove over the bike portion on our way to the beach, and we've been on parts of the run portion. This morning, I felt recovered enough to try and run again, and I decided to try and hit part of the Ironman course. (We went to Hawaii Volcano National Park on Monday, and my calves were really sore yesterday from all the hiking around on lava). Yeah ... it's hilly here. I can tell by looking at my splits where the hills were. I took my new water bottle and drank all 22 oz during the 4 miles I was out running. I've definitely got a new level of respect for the people that do the Kona Ironman.
Trail mix seen at the park.
March 17, 2007
Some running content inside
My March Madness bracket victory was short-lived, as expected. I'm currently 3rd, but I see that going a lot lower since I've already missed 3 of the Sweet Sixteen (and 1 Elite Eight, damn Villanova). The Illinois game last night was pretty bad, but the Engineer pointed out that with the week we've both had it's really no surprise that "our" team lost.
Here's what I've been up to this week so far:
March 11, 2007
Recap
I've gotten a little bit back on the ball again with running - and weight-lifting (finally!).
February 28, 2007
Motivation ... Gone
I think Minnesota has broken me.
February 21, 2007
Winter Ending?
Winter might finally be on the way out - it not only got above freezing yesterday, but today it got into the 40s! The forecast shows some ucky stuff this weekend, but at least the cold appears to be over. About time!
February 18, 2007
Rough Week
This wasn't my strongest week of training, despite being my highest mileage since Chicago. I'm so freaking slow right now, I can't stand it. I'm trying to understand why, and here's what I've come up with:
* I'm 9 pounds heavier than when I ran Chicago, and 14 pounds heavier than when I ran the 1/2 in August.
* It's been really cold here. I've been out in sub-zero temps and/or wind chills a lot lately; my last run in temps above freezing was Jan 10.
* Due to the cold, I'm wearing probably at least 3-5 pounds of extra clothing.
* For the first time since high school, I'm trying to train while dealing with fluctuating hormone levels. (I really miss the steady levels of the pill).
* I'm having issues sleeping, but not taking sleeping pills.
* I'm adjusting to the higher mileage/intensity of Pfitz, which I do remember taking a bit of time last summer.
February 13, 2007
B for effort, F for pace
Another LT run today, and it sucked just like the last one.
1 | 9:42
2 | 9:34 | 19:16
3 | 9:16 | 28:32
4 | 7:56 | 36:29
5 | 8:02 | 44:32
6 | 7:53 | 52:25
7 | 8:11 | 1:00:37
8 | 8:06 | 1:08:44
9 | 9:44 | 1:18:28
10 | 9:43 | 1:28:12
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10.02 miles | 1:28:27 | 8:49/mi.
February 11, 2007
Bad Idea
So. Running 16 miles (even in the cold) without water turned out to be not a good idea.
February 10, 2007
Wussy
I wussed out on going outside today. I futzed around the house, cleaning the bathroom and vacuuming the living room and stairs, but the temperatures didn't improve and I didn't feel like dealing with minus 20 wind chills again. So instead, I went downstairs and watched the first half of the Illini game on the big screen.
Tomorrow's supposed to be a lot nicer - we'll even get into the double (positive) digits for the first time in almost 2 weeks. Of course, they're also threatening snow again, but you can't win everything.
treadmill @ 1% | 4 miles | 37:29 | 9:22/mi.
February 9, 2007
Frozen Fingers, redux
Yesterday's run was kind of a repeat of last week's 11 miles, only colder. The temperature dropped from 2 to -1, and the windchill dropped from -15 to -20. I parked out at the lake again, and headed south and west.
February 7, 2007
More treadmill
It's still slick in the neighborhood, so I wanted to go run out on the (cleared) bike paths this afternoon. Since I only had a 4 mile recovery run scheduled, I thought I'd take Molly along. She was pretty excited when she saw me in my running clothes and I let her out of her room instead of leaving without her. She wasn't so excited about getting into the car, but she cheered up when we started driving.
We got over to the bike paths, and I let Molly out of the car. She started hopping around on 3 legs, though, switching which back leg she was picking up. The only time I've seen her do that is when it was -30 outside; while it wasn't near that cold today, I think the pavement was too cold for her. Running with Molly on 3 legs seemed like a bad idea, so we got back into the car and went back home.
I didn't want to run in my neighborhood, so I just went down to the treadmill. Boring.
treadmill @ 1% | 4 miles | 38:06 | 9:31/mi.
February 6, 2007
Strides + 'mill
So it finally crept above zero today, but we got hit with several inches of snow. They'd plowed the roads, but instead of clearing the snow away they just kind of flattened it which left a slightly slick mess. I decided to just use the treadmill, since I still had half of an Ugly Betty episode to watch and I hadn't even started last week's OC.
Doing strides on the treadmill is kind of hard. This was first time attempting them, and I don't really think it worked very well. It ended up feeling like a weird, short fartlek or something.
I really jacked up the pinkie toe on my right foot. Know how I said my toes felt funny, but I hadn't found any blisters? There was one hiding under my toenail. Sunday night, I pointed out how weird that toe looked - the area around the nail was purple. Yesterday morning, I went to try and trim part of the nail away (although I really don't have much in the way of nails on either pinkie toe) and discovered the blister. It's still fairly tender, and just wearing socks in general is kind of aggravating to it. So it's not really a surprise that running didn't feel so great either.
I was supposed to run 8 with 10 x 100m strides, but I stopped early. My chest started getting really tight around 5.5-6 miles, and I felt kind of crampy. I don't want to push things right now, so I just called it a day at 7 miles.
treadmill @ 1% | 7 miles w/ 10x100m strides | 1:03:46 | 9:07/mi.
February 4, 2007
15 on the 'mill
"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it." - George Halas
The Engineer had on some of the many pre-Super Bowl crap shows while I was running this morning, and one of the programs was talking about George Halas and they flashed that quote. I like it.
I don't like the weather - it was -11 (felt like -34) when I woke up, so I headed down to the treadmill again.
1 | 9:27
2 | 9:27 | 18:55
3 | 9:27 | 28:23
4 | 9:19 | 37:42
5 | 9:19 | 47:01
6 | 9:19 | 56:20
7 | 9:10 | 1:05:31
8 | 9:10 | 1:14:42
9 | 9:10 | 1:23:52
10 | 9:01 | 1:32:54
11 | 9:01 | 1:41:56
12 | 8:54 | 1:50:50
13 | 8:54 | 1:59:45
14 | 8:46 | 2:08:31
15 | 8:38 | 2:17:10
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treadmill @ 1% | 15 miles | 2:17:10 | 9:09/mi.
walk CD | 0.28 miles | 5:00
February 3, 2007
Oh, the weather outside is frightful ...
So I stayed inside to treadmill. I thought briefly about trying to get my long run done, but I'd only eaten a pack of sport beans and my MP3 battery wasn't charged enough for 2 hours. My right leg felt kind of funny running on the treadmill again - I can't quite tell if it's my hamstring or my IT band. Either way, I'm not looking too forward to running for 2 hours on my treadmill tomorrow, but oh well.
treadmill @ 1% | 4 miles | 37:20 | 9:20/mi.
February 1, 2007
Frozen Fingers
Still cold here ... not sure of the exact weather but the wind chill was below zero and the temperatures were in the single digits.
1 | 9:12
2 | 9:14 | 18:26
3 | 9:09 | 27:36
4 | 9:05 | 36:42
5 | 9:10 | 45:52
6 | 9:04 | 54:57
7 | 9:07 | 1:04:04
8 | 9:19 | 1:13:24
9 | 8:58 | 1:22:22
10 | 9:05 | 1:31:27
11 | 8:47 | 1:40:15
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11.07 miles | 1:40:55 | 9:07/mi.
January 30, 2007
Sometimes you just can't win ...
After Saturday's debacle in the cold, I was determined to not freeze today even though the forecast was for subzero windchills. So I wore tights under my new pants - I don't think I blogged about my new pants, even though I'd thought up a whole post about winter running clothes and cost. Long story short, I'm not a big believer in the whole "good winter running clothes cost money" idea. But one of my Christmas gifts from my parents were a pair of Wind Pro Pants. I was able to pick them up last week, and they've been pretty great. I did wear them (w/o tights) on Saturday and my legs were mostly fine.
Anyway.
January 28, 2007
Good, Bad, Ugly
Ugly:
(ok, it's not that terrible, but that's what the report was after I was done running, it was a lot worse this morning when I woke up!)
January 27, 2007
Breaking Point
I think the only redeeming feature of today's run was that it was sunny (a rarity for winter in Minnesota).
Notice the wind conditions?
January 25, 2007
9 on the bike paths
1 | 9:06
2 | 9:14 | 18:20
3 | 9:14 | 27:35
4 | 9:06 | 36:42
5 | 9:00 | 45:42
6 | 8:48 | 54:31
7 | 8:47 | 63:18
8 | 8:46 | 72:05
9 | 8:42 | 80:48
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9.02 miles | 1:20:59 | 8:59/mi.
January 23, 2007
Boston ?
20s | low wind | some roads still crappy
1 | 9:32
2 | 9:51 | 19:23
3 | 9:43 | 29:07
4 | 9:41 | 38:48
5 | 8:22 | 47:11 (7 strides)
6 | 9:05 | 56:17 (3 strides)
7 | 9:03 | 65:21
8 | 9:19 | 74:40
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8.04 miles w/ 10x100m strides | 1:14:59 | 9:20/mi.
The reappearance of strides can only mean that Boston training started today.
January 21, 2007
Slipping and Sliding in the Snow
20°F | Feels Like 9°F | From E at 10 mph | light snow
24°F | Feels Like 17°F | From NE at 6 mph | light snow
1 | 9:07
2 | 9:28 | 18:35
3 | 9:20 | 27:56
4 | 9:22 | 37:18
5 | 9:16 | 46:35
6 | 9:11 | 55:46
7 | 9:42 | 1:05:29
8 | 9:42 | 1:15:11
9 | 10:09 | 1:25:20
10 | 10:03 | 1:35:23
11 | 9:51 | 1:45:15
12 | 10:04 | 1:55:20
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12.08 miles | 1:56:07 | 9:37/mi.
So I got tricked by the snow plow today.
January 20, 2007
Hot?
15°F | Feels Like 0°F | From S at 14 mph
17°F | Feels Like 3°F | From S at 14 mph
1 | 9:00
2 | 9:19 | 18:19
3 | 8:58 | 27:17
4 | 8:46 | 36:03
5 | 8:51 | 44:55
6 | 9:02 | 53:37 (big hill)
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6.05 miles | 54:22 | 8:59/mi.
January 18, 2007
Negative Splits
21 degrees | felt like 7 | 16 MPH NW | light snow
1 | 9:10
2 | 9:17 | 18:27
3 | 9:22 | 27:49
4 | 9:11 | 37:01
5 | 8:29 | 45:30
6 | 8:32 | 54:02
7 | 8:27 | 62:29
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7.02 miles | 1:02:37 | 8:56/mi.
January 16, 2007
Cold 7
Weather Channel reports from before and after running today:
2°F | Feels Like -10°F | From WSW at 7 mph
-1°F | Feels Like -16°F | From WSW at 8 mph
1 | 9:06
2 | 9:24 | 18:31
3 | 9:28 | 27:59
4 | 9:05 | 37:05
5 | 8:42 | 45:47
6 | 8:48 | 54:36
7 | 8:36 | 63:12
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7.02 miles | 1:03:26 | 9:02/mi.
January 15, 2007
Bonus Workout
11 degrees | felt like -4 | 16 MPH N
1 | 8:54
2 | 9:03 | 17:57
3 | 9:11 | 27:08
4 | 9:34 | 36:43
5 | 10:02 | 46:45
6 | 9:45 | 56:30
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6.05 miles | 57:03 | 9:26/mi.
January 14, 2007
Solo Run
I left Molly at home for this morning's run. Doing so allowed me to repeat Friday's first loop without as much fear of being run over by a car. I left her behind because it seems like Friday might have been a little ... disruptive to her. When I let her out of her kennel yesterday morning, she did something weird going up the stairs and then when going down the stairs to the outside. When I called the Engineer from work to ask if he'd noticed her limping or anything, he said she was running around fine, but was having some digestive "issues." I'm not sure if that's related to the running, but I decided to play it safe and leave her home.
January 12, 2007
Numbers
21 : MPH wind at start
17 : MPH wind at end
10 : miles run (distance PR for Molly!)
12 : degrees when starting running
9 : degrees towards the end of the run
-5 : windchill at start
-7 : windchill towards the end
January 10, 2007
Windy 6
Today was warmer than yesterday, but I wasn't able to enjoy it because it was so windy! Prior to running, weather channel was reporting:
37°F (Feels Like 25°) | From S at 26 mph gusting to 35 mph
And after running:
35°F (Feels Like 24°F) | From S at 24 mph gusting to 32 mph
January 9, 2007
Unpleasant 6
The actual running portion of today's run was okay. Some other stuff ...
January 8, 2007
Easy 6
Some runs there just isn't much to write about, but I'm trying to make a better effort at blogging something.
January 6, 2007
Tired
Yesterday and today's runs were kind of all about just getting in the miles, especially today as I felt like total crap. The run started off decent enough, aside from my getting tricked by weather channel. I had checked twice before I went out, and it claimed to be about 30 with a windchill around 20. But it ended up feeling a lot warmer than that, and I ditched my hat after 3 miles and had to take my gloves off several times to let my hands cool off.
January 3, 2007
6 mile warm-up?
Molly and I ran 6 again today, but today was much nicer since it was in the 40s for most of the day and almost all of the snow and ice has melted. Funny thing about Molly, though ... I don't know, I think 6 miles is a decent mid-week distance. But for Molly's it's like it's just a warm-up. At my parents' house over Christmas, they laughed when I'd bring her back from a run and she'd still be bouncing and raring to go. "Aren't you supposed to be tiring her out on these runs?" they'd ask. Yesterday we got back home, and I let her loose in the yard. I got dizzy just watching her run around - she was running laps, but diving into the snow while running around.
1 | 8:41
2 | 9:04 | 17:46
3 | 9:06 | 26:52
4 | 8:50 | 35:42
5 | 9:07 | 44:49
6 | 9:19 | 54:08
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6.1 miles | 55:05 | 9:02/mi.
January 2, 2007
Amazing
The most amazing thing happened while we were gone for the holidays: it's no longer pitch black at 5PM.
January 1, 2007
Starting off the new year ...
in an annoying way!
December 4, 2006
Cold again
It was about 12 degrees (windchill -4) when Molly and I headed out today. Aside from the wind (~25 MPH) it really isn't that bad. I'm still sorting out the top layer situation, as I've been getting a little overheated. I'm glad it hasn't gotten cold enough yet for me to need vaseline for my face (I don't cover my face and I've been out in -25 windchill. I tried a gaiter once and it annoyed me too much). Windburn is bad enough, I don't need to add breakouts.
What's most annoying about running right now is the dark. I'm too lazy to find the link right now, but I know I've complained before about running slower in the dark. I felt like my last mile tonight was pretty fast, but it was one of my slowest. Oh well.
October 18, 2006
Getting closer ...
Baby I'm ready to go
I'm back and ready to go
From the rooftops shout it out, shout it out
- Republica
October 16, 2006
To do
The weather calmed down and warmed up a little over the weekend and yesterday was tolerable enough for shorts. I took Molly out for a short run on Saturday, and then on a 5 mile adventure yesterday. We actually left the neighborhood and ran alongside the often-busy road and went on the DT for a bit. On the way home, we passed by the Subway sandwich mascot. We saw the mascot on Tuesday and it freaked Molly out, so of course I had to run by it again when I saw it was out again. Molly didn't care as much this time, though. I dropped her off at the house after 5 miles and went back out for 5 on my own. Apparently Molly kept wandering downstairs while I was gone - maybe she was trying to find me. Once I got home, she fell asleep.
Things to do/decide this week:
October 7, 2006
5 years ago today ...
I ran my first marathon. I can still remember how exciting the last half was, that feeling of "I'm really going to do this," and the sheer joy at crossing the finish line. I think one of the reasons I keep running marathons is in the hopes of recapturing that feeling or even just coming close. (Although at this point I'd probably settle for hitting the finish line without needing to make a bee line for the medical tent). Maybe that's part of why I wanted to run Chicago this fall instead of the logistically simpler Twin Cities or Des Moines.
September 30, 2006
All Systems Go?
An old car may perform beautifully for years, dutifully chaufeuring its owner from place to place, never showing great signs of distress, only to suffer a major breakdown when asked to push to the limit on the open road. Runners are not much different, which is why the marathon tends to bring out the worst in us.
- Don Kardong, "Thirty Phone Booths to Boston"
Well I won't back down, no I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down
Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin me down
Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won't back down.
Well I know what's right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin me around
But I'll stand my ground and I won't back down
Hey baby there ain't no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I won't back down
No, I won't back down
- Tom Petty
September 21, 2006
Crap
The deep pain in my left leg (hamstring/glute) that surfaced Saturday has not gone away. Monday was my usual day off, but I didn't run on Tuesday either in the hopes that an extra day would help the pain go away. And it seemed to be working, as the pain lessened and by yesterday I didn't really have any at all.
Until I ran, of course.
September 17, 2006
Week 13: Are we there yet?
One of the things I like about running marathons is that they are (usually) events. You focus on it for 16-18 weeks, and then, between the expo and the race, have a whole weekend devoted to it. It feels like a large accomplishment. Maybe it's because I used to race 5Ks every weekend from late August to mid December, but I just don't get the same feeling from a 5K. It's just not a big enough event for me to want to specifically train for. That's not to say that a 5K can't be a big accomplishment - it's just not for me anymore, while the marathon still is.
September 10, 2006
22 + 57
Prior to today, I had 2 training PRs:
1) The longest training run I'd done was 21 miles (all on the treadmill, Jan '05)
2) The most I'd run in a week was 56.5 miles (Aug '96)
Today I ran 22 miles, to round out a 57.52 mile week.
September 8, 2006
A Tale of Two Twelves
It's amazing what a difference a day can make sometimes.