| Location: Hope Mills,NC,USA Member Since: May 12, 2009 Gender: Female Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 78.6 miles at Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra 2013 Short-Term Running Goals: Mike to Mike Marathon- May 2014
Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra -Fall 2014 Long-Term Running Goals: Run till the day I die and still enjoy it
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| New-zuno 9's Miles: 505.08 | Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 502.11 | Mizuno Miles: 1.50 | NB Trail Miles: 37.07 | Brooks Miles: 485.33 | New Brooks Miles: 63.53 |
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| | Easy three around the hood. Followed by the shred video. Mr. did both with me. It was fun. Still a bit sore from the first day of shred, but getting better. | |
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| | This was my easy week run. It was cold (for me): around 30o, and there was a super strong wind. Mr. ran with me. We kept a pretty steady pace, except for mile 5, and somehow that was just slower. Paces were between 9:30 and 10:00. We ran out on the roads. Got some hills in by running the overpasses that went over the 95 and 301. Still working on strength training daily too.
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| | Oh the dark, cold, early mornings are here again. I had such trouble getting up this morning. The kids still have school off today, so I did get away with a couple of snooze button hits. 19o outside- too cold for my liking. Paces were 9:45 to start, 9:25 at the end. I was going to shred this morning, but I'll have to do it tomorrow since I slept in today.
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I didn't sleep well last night. Tired is the flavor of the day today.
Paces: 9:59, 9:29, 9:30, 9:20(the last.6)
The news said it was 23o but my outdoor thermostat said 19o. I guess it doesn't matter, because it was just cold. It's supposed to be cold like this all week. I realize it's warm compared to the 5o weather others are out in, but I want to complain anyway.
I was trying to wear a gator mask when I ran, and it got wet from my breath, then it was difficult to breathe through the wet material. I'd like some advice on wearing things to warm up the air that don't block my breathing....anyone?
Did the shred yesterday afternoon, and I'm not terribly sore today. Woohoo! I think I'll try and do it again today. I've also got some pilates videos I need to break in. Just something indoors.
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Top 5 excuses for not running this morning:
1-legs very sore from the shred workout (I assume that's why, it's the only variable)
2- had to drive to seminary (I would have had to get up at 4 am to do my run)
3-wind chill in the low teens at 4 am
4-groin still a little sore
5-I didn't want to be the "perfectionist" I'd read about in the runner's world mag yesterday :0)
I did the shred again yesterday after work. I thought it was getting easier, so I'm not sure why my legs are so sore. I think I've been doing more of the "challenging" versions of the exercises and moving up from the "easier" side. Mabye that's it. I don't know.
Is it a good idea to do a 7 mile interval run (3x1600 at an 830 pace) when my legs are sore like this? If it's good to do, then I'll run after work. If it's better to rest, I'll do it tomorrow. What does the jury think? _______________________ UPDATE: Headed out just before 5 pm. Weater was much nicer in the afternoon than the morning. Started out comfortable. Ran 3 miles at a slower pace. Then tried a mile at the 8:30 tempo. I overshot the time and ran too fast, but I was thrilled that nothing hurt. In fact, the running seemed to help the sore muscles. I did a 800 recovery then 2 miles at the 8:30 tempo. I worked at keeping it as close as I could to 8:30. I think I ended up running 8:45 half the time and 8:15 the other half, but it all worked out in the wash. I had a 800 recovery at the end. I ran the last .2 miles home because it had gotten dark and it was time to pick up the little pirate from school. Paces were: 9:55, 9:22, 9:16, 7:59, 10:31 (.5 recovery, water:, took off one jacket layer), 8:37, 8:27, 9:28 (.5 cool down), 9:55 (.2 finish to home). I think I had a mental block that an 8:30 would be too hard for me. It had been a long time (3 weeks) since I'd run speed like that and I was happy to see that I could do it.
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| | Braces for the littlest pirate today. I slept in again because I knew that I'd have the afternoon to run. I was glad I waited because it was lovely warm outside at 3 pm (40o). Shorter run because my legs were really sore. And the running didn't make it feel better, just felt like running on tired legs. Which is good practice, but I didn't want to over-do anything because I've got 18 miles on Saturday. Paces were: 9:39, 9:17, 9:24, 9:42. I was making a concious effort to slow down the last mile. Just trying something different since I'd done speed the day before.
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| | It's a tri-fecta! Our schools were on a 2 hour delay today, so no seminary! I got to sleep in again for the 3rd day in a row. I think it was my Dad's b-day gift to me on his birthday. He loved sleeping in. I got 20 minutes on the elliptical. I want the tired & sore in my legs to heal up for the long run tomorrow. I would have love to have done the shred video, but I didn't want to make more sore muscles. I got to make my kids pancakes for breakfast and had dinner in the crockpot before going to work. All kinds of things happen when I get enough sleep and have extra time in the morning. I think all Fridays should be this way. I guess there was snow forcast & that's why the delay was called last night. But I'm telling you, it was 40o outside at 7:30 this morning. The warmest morning we've had all week. And not a drop of snow (or even precip) where we live. So it was all good. I just wish I would have had the 40o for tomorrow, because that's my 18 miler, and the high is supposed to 34 with a wind chill making it feel like the 20's. At least it won't be 80 with 90% humidity, right?
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| | My mileage estimate was a little off today, so I ended up running more than I'd planned. It turned out okay, and I had a wonderful run with good company the whole time. I did an out and back, then out again run. Down to Sealey's house, back here, and back to Sealey's. We thought it was just a little over 6 miles to her house, and that would give me the 18 with a little room at the end to cool down. When we actually arrived at her house, our distance was 6.86. So we were in for a longer run. No big deal. At her house, we stopped for a couple minutes, got water and pick up Sealey. She ran her first 13.1 today. It was fun to see her accomplish her first 1/2 marathon distance. We woo-hooed as she hit the mark, and then she kept running to finish her distance. We also stopped for a few minutes when we got back to my house. Got water, a little gatorade, warmed up, and used to potty. So we ran three 6.86 legs with a little stop off at each end mark. The break gave us a chance to rest a little. It was nice. The sun was out all morning, and it made us feel warmer. The winds actually dropped during the course of our run, so they weren't a problem. Our starting temp was 29o with 6 mph winds and 34% humidity. By the end it was a balmy 36o with 3 mph winds and 30% humidity. I'm glad I didn't get up in the early hours to run. Getting a good night's sleep is part of being ready for a good, long run. Starting time was 10:44 am. Paces were 10:01, 9:59, 9:49, 9:48, 9:42, 9:56, 9:56, 10:06, 10:17, 10:24, 10:39, 10:29, 10:23, 10:22, 10:10, 10:07, 10:20, 10:01, 10:14, 10:15, 9:07(last .47) . I intentionally tried picking up the pace there at the end. My paces were slower than normal, but I was happy with the distance and the company. I felt good when I'd finished the run, and still had energy. No cramps, thanks to the great chicken tortilla soup! I also made the white bean and ham soup from the January Runner's World magazine this week. It is delicious. I'd recommend it to anyone. It's super easy to make. The only change I made was adding twice the broth it called for. Now I'm enjoying the home made pretzels mini- me made while I was out paving the streets. Sealey gave me a whole wheat croissant after the run. I've never had anything that good for an after run treat. Yummy times!
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| New-zuno 9's Miles: 20.47 |
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Still cold outside. Weather man said 17 before I went out the door. I'm waiting for the warm-up they keep promising later this week.
Ran 5 miles. Started slower, then found a 9:35 pace average the last 4 miles. Nothing hurt, but I could feel my legs were still a bit tired from Saturday when I got to 1/2 mile point.
Came home, ate a little, then I did the shred 1 workout. Tired legs for sure, but I could tell my arms were getting a little stronger.
Back to work, happy day.
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On a side note, I think I might have started falling asleep while I was running this morning. I was running my route backward, and at one point in the run, the road dead-ended in front of me, and I looked up and cried out, "where am I?" I had no idea where I was. Instead of running the cul-de-sac and going straight, I'd followed the curve of the road and ended up down a different street. Totally took me by surprise. I really don't remember having any thoughts passing through my head after I started the cul-de-sac. It's a new one for me.
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It was 33o ouside this morning at 5 am. How ironic that I was excited at how warm it was. It was 32 when I finished at 6. Humidity low 40%.
6 miles, first slow at 10:10, then 4 miles around a 9:10 pace, last mile was 8:50.
Came home, fixed b-fast, then did the shred 1 before I ate and got ready for the day.
Uneventful morning. | |
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ran after work, it was warmer
6 mile tempo run, warm up, 4 miles tempo, cool down
My tempo paces were around 8:50's. | |
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got up and ran this morning. low, low 20's from 5-6 am. they're promising warmer weather tomorrow
5 slow miles. Warm up was 10:59, then 3 at 9:50 and a 9:40 for the last mile. Tried bleachers after school. That was tough. It had been a month since I'd done them, and my legs had forgotten how to master those steps. I only managed a mile on the bleachers, then ran around the track for a while.
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| | I am so glad this week is over. So busy at work with end of semester testing. And topped off with a tough 20 mile run today. It'll be one of those weeks I look back on and say, at least my week isn't as crazy as that week. We had church cleaning duty this am. Then home for b-fast and off to our run. We went on a new course today. It was cool to get to run around the airfield and watch the planes take off and land. It was a 6.5 mile loop, and I thought it was going to be flat, but I was wrong. We started at the top, ran down, then around the airfield, and then, at the end....back up. It was about a mile uphill climb. Good training, but not what I was expecting. Mr. ran the first two loops with me. We kept a good pace up until mile 10, and then we slowed a little. My over-all pace was around 9:50. Not my best 20 mile pace, but I was just happy to finish today. At mile 16, I had an emotional break-down and didn't think I'd be able to finish. I called RAD for some encouragement around 17. It was just what I needed. We are fast, we are strong, we can run all day long! I just repeated the chant over and over. Luckily, Mr. found me (he was driving around in the car) and gave me some gatorade a couple of times the last 2 miles. After I got up that big hill the last time, and only had .5 miles left, I had a good fast run down the other side of the hill to finish. We went and had a whopper after a quick shower at the gym. It was so scrumptious. I was going to get ice cream, but the shake I wanted was out...so I'm holding off till Monday to get my tasty shake. I'll be deciding all day Sunday on what will be the best shake ever. We had a big shopping trip to do before we went home, then we took the kids out for dinner, and after that went to watch our local hockey team get beat down by a team from Mississippi. Final score 2-5. Good fights= 0. Drunk people arguing with security=2. At least we got one good show! Thanks again RAD for the help. I needed it soooooo badly. You're the best.
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| New-zuno 9's Miles: 20.00 |
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8 miles 9:07 pace
warmer in the afternoon since I got to sleep in. Got to wear shorts!!! | |
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shred 2
driving to and from seminary this week most days, so my am routine is off | |
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7 tempo miles. Warm up then 6 miles at 9:10 pace or a little faster. Pretty much the same as Monday.
Work is crazy busy, home is crazy busy, life is crazy | |
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Seminary driving is really putting a cramp in my style.
Crazy isn't a strong enough word for this week.
Warm up mile and 2.5 at a 9 mm pace.
Rain after school, so no bleachers. Maybe a shred if I don't have an ulcer when I get home.
Told family they'd have to wait for dinner because I was going to "shred." It was great. They didn't starve to death either. Surprise! | |
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3 mile run. 10:04, 9:07, 8:40 paces.
I needed to run more than I needed to rest today.
Quote of the day from runner's world.com It's by Dagny Scott, but I thought it did a good job explaining how I felt too:
"I ran to be free; I ran to avoid pain; I ran to feel pain; I ran out of love and hate and anger and joy." | |
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15 total miles. Ran with Mr. for the first 10.5, then finished the rest up while he rode the bike with me. That was able to help me pick up my pace for the last few miles.
On Sunday night, I was looking at my running schedule and I was actually supposed to run 16. Oh well, I had a busy day and 15 was all I had time for anyway. |
| New-zuno 9's Miles: 15.00 |
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Training plan said 4 today. I was going to do more, but I ended up close to home around mile 4, and it had started to rain/downpour, so I finished up.
For reasons I don't understand, I started counting my breaths. I realized I was doing it around #30, and I just kept counting the whole time. I am pretty sure I lost count when it got up high, but I ended up around 1400. I don't know why I was doing it, but once I started, I couldn't stop. I don't think I'm going to try that again any time soon. Time for the mp3 player I guess.
Times started slow at 10:40, then 9:48, then 9:06, then 8 something... | |
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I was going to run my 8 this morning, but a 3 am phne call that led to me having to drive to seminary put my plans on hold. I could have gotten ready and run at 3:45 am, but i just decided I'd rather sleep another hour or so and run after work.
It's my last speed workout 4 miles @ 8:25 with 800m rests in between, warm & cool down. My race is in 2 1/2 weeks. Yikes.
My problem is coming this week end. I have a 20 miler scheduled 2 weeks before ther race, and it's going to be freezing rain & sleet all day saturday w/ a high of 30. What am I supposed to do?
I ran 15 last week, but I ran 20 miles both weeks previously. Am I going to be ruining my chances for success if I don't do this 20 on Sat? I'm thinking I can maybe run on Sunday morning before church if I have to. Stupid weather.
Got my 8 in. The faster paces went okay, and I was able to keep it above the 8:25. Around mile 5, my watch started beeping like crazy because the laps section was full...it didn't keep track of my times after that, but for the last pace section I left it on so I could hear the "your'e too slow warning." I only heard it once for my last speed mile, so I'm sure I kept it in the range. After that, I turned the watch off for the last 1.5 miles of cool down. I know the distance was good, and the time didn't matter. I was just sick of listening to the beep beep beep. | |
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4 morning miles. I'm not sure if I'll do a shred after school or not. My times were slowly increasing today, 10:40, 9:32, 9:28, 9:10.
I wasn't trying to go very fast because I'd just run the 8 last night. I was surprised that my legs weren't more sore this morning. My own little victory.
Temps just around 32. | |
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Not sure what's going to happen tomorrow with the weather. It looks like it's going to be bad, but they've been wrong before. So I did 3 miles this morning and a seminary pick up.
Paces were 9:48, 9:28, 9:17.
Beautiful full moon.
Early dismissal from school because of the bad weather that was coming. I took the opportunity to run since there wasn't any precip yet. I'd had a huge steak for lunch, not thinking I'd be running a couple hours later. It wasn't too bad during the run, and the steak was delicious. I don't think I'd ever do it again intentionally though.
I was planning on running till the sun went down, or the rain started. But by mile 11, my legs were starting to cramp a little behind my knees, and I was feeling tired, so I quit at mile 12, just before 5 pm. It was getting colder and windy outside, but it's 10 pm and we still haven't seen any precip down where we live.
If it's still dry or not too icy tomorrow, I'll try and get out for another 12 or so. It's not the ideal way to run 20, but I thought it was better to get something instead of nothing.
Tasty home made rocky road cookies just out of the oven when I got home from the run. Delicious!
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| New-zuno 9's Miles: 15.00 |
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Woke up to white snow on everything covered with a sheet of ice from freezing rain that lasted most morning and early afternoon.
It's the first saturday I haven't run for a long time. It seems more like a sunday since we're all home together all day & not going out to do a million things.
Tomorrow will be a repeat since church is cancelled. Maybe if it's warm enough to melt some of the ice, I'll get to run tomorrow...maybe. Depends on whether I make those oatmeal chocolate chip cookies or not.
I was thinking it would have been a good day for yak-trax, but then I enjoyed the break so much, I'll keep them off my wish list for the time being.
The best part of today was watching all the birds at the birdfeeder all day long. It took them a year to find it, but they finally did, and they ate all day long. I counted 20 birds at one time. Some waiting in the tree, some on the snow below eating the stuff that fell down, and some on the feeder. Most of them were little birds, but there was one that looked like a dove, and a cardinal. Pretty cool.
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We were up late last night. Mr. had to drive to work to welcome back a team member from the sand box at 11 pm. I was terribly worried about the icy roads, so I went with him to keep him company and be there to help push the car out of the ditch if needed.
We got home around 3 am, so my sleeping in till 9 didn't mean as much as it usually does.
The roads around the hood were pretty cleared today. Some icy spots where the sun couldn't get through the trees...so we had to run really carefully on those spots. By the time I was done, around 3, there was a lot less ice than when I started. It was nice and sunny today, and I got to see the ice melt on the cars and roads as I was out running the loop over and over again. The busy roads aren't safe because there's no shoulder at all right now w/o ice.
The snow is covered with a sheet of ice. When I walk on the snow, I just slip around...I don't even break through the snow, just slide around on top of it. It's different than the snow I'm used to out west.
I was surprised that they've cancelled school on Monday. I was expecting a 2 hour delay, but not cancellation. I'm hoping to be more productive at home tomorrow than the last two days. I've still got those cookies to make. They're healthy because they've got oatmeal, flax seeds, and whole wheat flour in them.
I really enjoyed my run today in the sun. Mr. ran the first 8.5 with me, then he rode the bike along side of me while I finished the 20. It was a nice time to spend together. I had to take one bathroom break at mile 14.5, so that would have added a few minutes to my time, but since I stopped my watch for that break, my overall pace was 9:42. I think I had negative splits on the second half, but my legs are too tired to get up and find my Garmin right now. I was able to pick up the pace the last 1/2 mile, so my last mile total was an 8:59 pace.
I'm glad I was able to get this run in. It really boosted my confidence. 2 weeks till show time. I hope the weather is like today and not yesterday for the race.
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| New-zuno 9's Miles: 20.00 |
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30 minutes on elliptical
not feeling too bad after my 20 yesterday, but I think it's best to not run today
lots of stuff to do anyway
"Each afternoon I would run my demons hard until I left them heaving by the roadside. " This is the Runner's World quote of the day...I love it. It describes so many of my runs.
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2 hour delay, but someone told me it was raining this morning, and the weather had forecasted sleet, so I slept in and did the shred along with 20 min of strength training/physical therapy stuff. Of course it wasn't actually raining, and if I would have gotten up, I could have run.
Hopefully I can get in a run after school today. It's the beginning of my taper, but I have to make sure it's a real taper and not a drop-off. | |
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Up at 2:40 this morning & couldn't sleep. Finally decided to just go out and run, hoping I could sleep after I got done heaving my demons by the roadside. So I went out running at 3:30. It was 36o outside, and not too windy...pretty nice weather for a 3:30 am run.
I had a 5 mile w/3 tempo mile run on the agena. I did that, and still needed to run a while more, so I added another loop on the end. I was finished and going in the house about the same time I am usually leaving for my run. I showered and laid back in bed. After 30 minutes of listening to Mr. breathe, he got up and left for work, and I was able to fall back asleep for another 25 minutes until it was time to get up and have breakfast with mini-me.
I'm not feeling really tired yet. Pepsi Max is good stuff :-)
Average pace was 8:50. I can't remember all the times. I know the first was 10:06 and the last was 7:57.
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I was sleeping so well that I didn't want to stop. Too many snooze buttons pushed, and I only had time for a 3 mile run. I ran fast so I could be home for breakfast with mini-me.
It was 33o at 5:30. My average pace was an 8:24. I tried sprinting a few times to make my short workout meaningful.
After mini-me left for school, I did the shred level 1 video and raced to get ready on time. All the crazy racing to get ready was worth the extra sleep.
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Lots to do this morning. Had time for 4 miles, and that was it. Maybe I'll try to get a shred in after work.
Overall pace: 9:24 (I think this is exactly one minute/mile slower than yesterday's hurry up and run 3 miles). It was just starting to rain lightly when I was running my last mile. 45 minutes later, it was pouring. I'm glad I got out early. It's going to be another wet week-end around here. I'm glad it's my easy week with only 8 miles on Saturday.
I have a friend in MD who is expecing her second week-end of snow and ice. Last week-end she had to do 18 on the treadmill, and this week end looks like 20...I would go crazy!! It would be a mutiny at the gym. I'd have to take over and make sure none of the TVs were playing Hannah Montana or Suite Life of Zach and Cody...because that's what is always on at the MD gym on Saturday morning. | |
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| | Good Idea: getting in a run before the rain, then going out for pancakes afterward. Bad Idea: sleeping in, going out for pancakes, then trying to run in the rain & sleet. Guess what I did Saturday??? It was a little tricky dragging around my "former DC Mayor Marion-Barry" (marionberry) pancakes in my belly while I was trying to run. The cracker barrel sure does have good pancakes!! I swear I think they were actually fried.
I cheated on my taper run. It was supposed to be 8, but I did a 10k instead. I really don't think it's going to matter at all next week for the race. Looking forward to the race. So far, the weather looks pretty good, but I'm going to knock on wood. Forecast today said Saturday should be low 50's with partly cloudy. Nice, huh? Pace average was 8:35.
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Up and at 'em early again today. I had to go to the store and buy dum dum suckers for some school assignment that is due today...I have no idea what it's all about, but it's for Spanish class. Go figure.
4:20 am- 28o, 81% humidity
Took it slow because it's taper week. 9:50 average pace. | |
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| | I decided today that I wanted to sleep and enjoy the taper. I also know that getting plenty of sleep the week before is really important, and I know that getting enough sleep will help fight off colds. It seems almost everyone I come in contact with is sick, and I am afraid that I'll be next. So I'm trying to stay healthy, get rest, and find great excuses for sleeping in. I did make it out for 20 min easy elliptical and then some strength/physical therapy stuff after my oatmeal breakfast. Here's my plan for dinner fuel(please let me know if you have suggestions): Thursday: whole wheat pasta, chicken, marinara sauce, salad Friday: chicken soup with brown rice I'm looking for a good lunch on Friday. I have avacados that I'm looking to incorporate into my food somehow. Any ideas? | |
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4:20 am again. windy and light rain. there were a couple times when the wind was blowing so hard it made the rain sting on my face.
9:35 average pace. Just starting to feel really good toward the end of the run. now i'm going to try and work on some numbers to put in the nap time category while I wait for seminary boy to get home. Got my 30 minutes in. It was great. | |
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I'm not sure I'm doing this taper thing right. I'm feeling like I'm not sure about anything.
I'm going to have a Lindsey Vonn moment and admit that the outside of my leg, from my hip to just above my knee area has been irritating me for the last week, and I'm not sure what it's all about. It hasn't bothered me at all when I've been running, it's just sore the rest of the time.
I was reading my March RW last night and felt like the advice I was getting was rest, not push. I'm just afraid somehow this will all screw me up on race day, although like I said, it hasn't bothered me at all running. I just haven't run any long distances in the last week.
The quiet pirate's mind has been very noisy the last few days with shouts of frustration, dismay, uncertainty, and doubt. It makes me wonder if it's ALL in my head. I feel like I need to get the crew of voices all on board, or make them walk the plank. Uncertainty does not bode well with me.
I decided to just do an elliptical warm up this morning, then work on my core/pelvic strengthening exercises. That seemed like the logical thing to do rather than pushing out a tempo run 2 days before the big event...but soon after finishing that, I started to question and wonder if I should do what the plan says, because hey, it's the plan, and if I want to be successful, I need to stick to the plan. So maybe I should run today....oh I just can't seem to stop the mutiny.
Someone tell me I'm doing the right thing. Or tell me I'm doing the wrong thing, and what I should do instead. | |
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Aye Mateys, I set sail and traveled down to Davey Jones' Locker last night where I set the crew straight, threw a few muitneers overboard, and got the rest of the crew on board with the program.
There is one crazy pirate running the show now, and it's the one who is going to run all 26.2 miles in the snow!
AAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Power to the Pirates!
On a less crazy note, I did one mile warm up, 3/4 mile strides, and 1/4 mile cool down. | |
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Found out at 3:30 am that the city had decided to cancel the race because of snow. So when my alarm went off at 5 am, I just went back to sleep.
3.5 inches of snow total. I think a 2 hour delay would have been fine, but I understand they are not prepared for slushy roads down here. The hotel has a nice indoor pool, and I will enjoy a nice week-end get away.
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Went for a jog on the beach. It was beautiful. We ran on the wet sand for more stability sp we ended up getting wet a few times. It was around 9 am, and the sun was glowing off the water...it was beautiful. Really slow times, but we were looking for seashells as we ran. We ended up finding 6 huge conchs. Mr. gave 2 away to a lady who was out looking for some. So we both ran with a conch in each hand. It was a neat experience. And a nice hot tub waiting for us when we returned.
Drove home after stopping off at the krispy kreme for lunch (oh yeah) and a side trip into Harry and David's for a Valentine's Dark Chocolate bar. Dinner was desserts at new beginnings...holy cow, I didn't eat one healthy thing all day....great way to end a great vacation! | |
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Had a podiatry appt today. I'd made it months ago, and the soreness problem I was having when I made it is pretty much gone, but I didn't want to pass on an opportunity to see a specialist.
I have some kind of ganglenous cyst on top of my ankle (where the shoe laces tie)..that's what was causing me so much pain last October. She said they can drain it, but the cysts almost always come back. It's not bothering me much at all anymore, so I'm just going to put the cream on she gave me and leave it be. I also have a bone spur on my heel (other foot) from that plantar faciatis I struggled with for over a year. It doesn't really bother me much at all since I got my shoe inserts from Fleet Feet last fall. I'd heard spurs would grow if they went untreated, and I guess that's what happened last year. Interesting to know & neat to see on the xray.
I rode the recumbunt bike for 4.6 miles while I waited my turn for the post run (LOL) massage I got for v-day. It was a good massage, but she really worked on my shoulders and they're still sore a day later.
Finally had a salad for dinner...my body was ready for something healthy! | |
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My sleep time was 7.5, but I didn't really sleep the whole time. I was up a lot last night with indigestion from that salad! That's what I get for eating junk for 3 days and ending the week-end with a big salad. My body is in shock.
My paces were 10:17, 8:34, 8:26, 8:11. Felt good running, but when I stopped running, I felt sick. I'm sure it had a lot to do with the lack of good fuel. Week-end's over, back on track with eating better today.
Did shred 1 after I got home. My shoulders are still sore from the massage yesterday...is that normal??? It made the arm work in the video a bit more difficult. No pain, no gain, right? | |
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slower pace run this morning. warm up was over 10, the rest were between 9:30-9:45.
4:30 am 28o 56% humidity
I had trouble with my lungs for a good part of yesterday morning, and I didn't want to breathe the cold air again this morning, so I wore my gator and took off my glasses. I figured I didn't really need to see as well as I needed to breathe. Good choice, I think. I'm looking forward to spring. | |
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My hip and leg were really irritated yesterday, through the night, and still this morning. I don't know what it is that's irritated, but it starts inside my but/hip area and radiates down the side of my leg. I wonder if it's the piriformis Ive read about.
Either way, I decided this morning that since I really don't have any actual races scheduled until May, I'm going to give it a break for a while and work on strengthening exercises, elliptical, or just rest. I noticed it didn't bother me as much last week when I was decreasing my mileage for the taper, so I'm hoping "easy does it" will be the key to getting rid of the pain.
My home-made make-up marathon will have to wait. I don't see the point in pushing an injury so I can say "I did it." I got my finisher's medal from Myrtle Beach in the mail yesterday. It's cute....I just wish I would have earned it. (another time, right?) | |
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nada- nuttin-
helped set up and clean up for blue & gold banquet, then set up chairs for 2mrw....if that counts for anything...
I feel like my day never started since I never got out and did any exercises this morning. Like when I stay in my pj's all day. I think being lazy is okay one day now & again, but I think I've had enough for this week.
Time to get the party started... | |
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needed to do something this morning, so I put on my running shoes and walked for 20 minutes then did strengthening & stretching
hip is still improving & bothers me less I'm looking forward to wrapping this pain up and getting back to the regularly scheduled program.....when sleep in and get an extra hour or so of sleep, I feel just as tired (maybe even more so) than I do when I get up early and run.
There's a lesson to learn in patience while I wait so I'm trying to enjoy the journey. | |
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20 min walk @ brisk pace. Strengthening & stretching. I can feel the recovery happening...now I've just got to battle it out with this cold I can feel coming on...
Bring it on nasty virus, we're gonna have a girl fight! |
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Runner's World Daily Kick in The Butt- " I don't believe in restricting calories, I believe in burning them. " - Chanamalla Samagond
I can't wait to get back on the road & back to burning calories :-)
strengthening & stretching this amnamalla Samagond | |
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walked another 20 minutes at a brisk pace and did strengthening/stretching.
Still some occasional tenderenss but pain is most of the way conquered.
I think I'll run a little tomorrow and see how it goes. | |
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ssllllooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww and easy, but it went well, and was a beautiful day for a run.
Hip was aching, but not in pain. Stretched well before and after, and it hasn't bothered me much at all today.
Paces were 9:50, 10:30, 10:28, 10:44. | |
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nice brisk walk 1 mile...ended up walking faster than I'd planned because the wind was making me cold and I wanted to get home & warm.
Love the Sunshine :-) |
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Did warm ups inside, then ran the first mile slow...10:47 pace. Things were feeling great so I picked up the pace. 9:15 then 8:53 to finish up. The moon was so bright outside this morning, it was beautiful. Then as I was running back home, I could see the sunlight starting to light up the eastern sky. It was breath-taking. I've missed the sunlight during the dark winter. I'm going to be enjoying it during my morning runs for the next two weeks until daylight savings time pulls that rug out from under me.
Stretching & strengthening after. | |
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Loving the running, but still not in love with 4:30 am. So I got up at 5 and knocked out 4 miles. Overcast- the moon was giving off such a faint glow through the clouds it was hard to find it.
Tempo was 10:06, 9:08, 9:02, 8:56. Lost my red blinking light that I wear on my reflective belt, so when I got home I had to jump in the car and drive my route to see if I could find it. As i was driving I remembered one point in the run when I felt something on my leg, but I just thought it was a stray branch. I drove to that point, and there was my little red blinker, face down in the grass. I never would have found it if I hadn't remembered that spot. So hooray for small miracles!
Strengthening and stretching after...warmed up inside before. Great day. Missed the morning lights coming up when I was running because of the clouds, but when I was driving home from my lost blinking light adventure, the sky had turned a very pretty violet inbetween the clouds. Beautiful. | |
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2 hour school delay, so I stayed up late, and slept in late, but didn't really net any extra sleep hours.
It was nice to run in the daylight, although it was really overcast and I didn't get to enjoy the sun or the moon.
6 miles 35o - 9:58 for the first mile, then the others were around 9mm. The last .8 I was trying to go a little faster and had 8:29.
Stretching & strengthing. | |
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headed out a little earlier than I have been going this week- so no sunshine on my shoulders-
snooze button took up 2 miles worth of time, so I only got 4, but I tried to make them count
paces 10:08, 8:58, 8:35, 8:10 didn't have time for strengthening..I'll have to do it tonight
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Went on an out and back on a less traveled road out in the country. No real shoulder on the road, but it wasn't very busy and we ran in the grass/dirt when we needed to.
went pretty slow, which was great because I wanted to go easy on my hip. paces were between 10:55 and 10:06..averaged about 10:30. Ran with a friend and Mr. rode the bike along with us for support/safety.
It's a good thing too, because just after mile 4, a HUGE sheep came darting out of a driveway and started running out after us! No joke about the sheep, but he wasn't a real threat...a car came by and he stopped and went back to his own yard. He was plopped down like a huge pile of fluffy stink when we ran back. I guess all the excitement wore him out.
Got to have a meet & greet with a mule & couple of horses too.
Nice run, great memories. |
| New-zuno 9's Miles: 10.00 |
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4 mile progressive run
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I was going to do 6, but when my alarm went off I said, I don't need to run 6 miles today. 3 will be fine. Then I went back to bed.
I was enjoying my run and kind of regretted not having enough time to run longer. I wonder if that will help motivate me out of bed tomorrow. Did a slower pace today on purpose because I want to try some speed work tomorrow.
37 degrees out this morning, but it's supposed to be 70 after work. YEAH!!!
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Didn't have a real plan other than just going fast every now and then...
My first fast section was .79 miles...too long. I got really tired from that one. Then I kept the sprint bits shorter after that. .2 to .3.
My avg pace was 9:03. Fast times were around 7, slow around 9:40.
good run, but I guess the pollen was out strong because I'm in allergy prison now
best of all ..... 56 degrees at 4:45 am. Yeah, baby, yeah. | |
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Rest last night was wonderful.
4 miles @ a comfortable pace...kind of a recovery from yesterday.
9:47, 9:20, 9:06, 9:06
54 degrees at 5:15 am. | |
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fun country run again.....
got a "welcome to the neighborhood," got to help Mr. find his way out of the ditch he drove into on his way to see us (our running splendor distracted him too much and down he went...), and took a pit stop at the Hardees for a drink refill and to snag a few fries off Mr's plate....
probably one of the more interesting runs I've ever been on.......... love that country runnin'
avg pace 10:10. Up from 10:30 last week. |
| New-zuno 9's Miles: 12.80 |
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nice walk..tree blossoms are just starting to burst...color will be great next saturday
lots of daffodils up & out...mine are getting there
some strengthening at night |
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dark again....no moon.....
progressive run from 9:47-9:04
strengthening/stretching | |
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They say the pathway to hell is paved with good intentions. I hope the pavement isn't too hard on my knees. Mr said he's driving the bus there, so maybe I'll just get a ride from him when I can't run anymore.
my 4 am wake up call for an early run so I could try and help little one understand algebraic equations before school turned into and epic mother failure with sleep, a quick run, and no math (which didn't bother said child at all).
45 degrees & black as the pit from pole to pole
8:55, 7:50, 7:40 (last .5) | |
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warm up was over 10, but the other 4 were at a 9:30 average pace...
little cooler at 38* than it has been, but I can't complain because it's above freezing & there's no snow
Got in a groove at one point and wasn't paying attention to which way I was supposed to be going..I ended up taking a short cut, but I figured out a way to make it up and still get home around the 5 mile mark. Funny how my legs just take over and let my brain sleep.
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Warm up for a mile, then I ran a comfortable pace for the straight parts, and when there was a circle, or spoke off the main road, I would try and sprint on those parts. They ranged from 460 feet to .38 of a mile.
average pace overall was just over 9. I think my average slower running speed was around 9:35 and the average of my 8 sprints was 7:35. My sprints last week were faster, and I wonder if I was slower today because I did speed work on Tuesday too. Either way, I feel like I'm done with speed work for a while. It felt good to do, but it wears me out more than my normal piddley-runs.
Not sure about the temp outside, but it had just sprinkled a little, and smelled like it was going to rain. There's a word to describe the smell of "going to rain," but I can't remember it. It's something you smell more often in the desert than out here..it was like comfort food for my nose. | |
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15 miles avg pace overall 10:02...a little faster than last week...
sunshine, nice weather-60s to 70s
all the flowering trees are in full bloom...it's beautiful
ran with squatting dog while her mr & my mr rode bikes behind us and taunted us...good fun
passed "dolly" the sheep's house...she was hanging out in the shade by the watering hole with a goat & didn't pay any attention to us, but we gave her a shout out as we ran by
had a little trouble driving the car into the garage with the bike still mounted on top....oops
looks like we'll be in the business for shopping around for a new roof rack, bike rack,, primer/putty & auto paint.......never a dull Saturday run 4 us. We thought we'd missed the boat when we were driving home and nothing interesting had happened. Forgot to knock on wood. We'll laugh about it someday.
Went to Civil War re-enactment. Not as captivating as I'd imagined....or maybe it's just not like I remember it being portrayed on tv/movies. It was something interesting to see, glad I was able to go.
Found a book for sale in one of the tents. It is titled "What's a Poor Girl To Do? Prostitution In the Mid-Nineteenth Century." Very informative. Not quite Oprah book club material, but still something new to "expand my horizons." |
| New-zuno 9's Miles: 15.00 |
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short on time..sounds like a broken record
nice and warm...in the 60's, but windy
warm up mile was 10:1?, then 9:07, 9:01 for the next two miles | |
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The record is still broken. I guess it's going to be chauffer week for me in the am, so unless something really inspires me to wake up before 430, my miles will be lower in the morning.
But that's okay, because it's just for a week and I CAN do it!
paces 9:40, 8:20, 8:01
stretched a little, but didn't get any strengthening in...other chauffering to be done today
How horrible will I rate on the "mother as a failure" scale if I sneak in 2 miles after work and miss the first 20 minutes of mini-me's soccer game? Do I get any extra points since I found the shin guards at home on the bathroom floor and delivered them to the school? | |
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ran slow for a mini "recovery" run. paces were 11, 9:50, 10
tried to run in the pm. It was freakin' gorgeous outside. Sunny, 75, blossoms on everything. I accidently left my watch in the house, and by the time I noticed, I didn't want to have to go back in for it. I decided to just run very easy and get some great sunshine miles in. Whether it was from lack of sleep build up, being worn out, being dehydrated (I really don't see how), or too much Texas Pete on my chili at lunch, I started having some real troubles about a mile into my run. My head felt disconnected, and sort of dizzy. It didn't get any better, so just after mile 2, I thought I'd try walking for a while to see if it would help. It did help, but I just walked home instead of trying to fit in another mile somewhere along the way. My goal had been 4, so I didn't meet my goal. Got home, pulled some weeds & had some gatorade type stuff. Maybe it's something in the air. The flowers on the trees were putting off some strong smells. Those flowering pear trees are soooo beautiful, but holy cow, they smell horrible! Mini me helped me cook dinner & we treated ourselves to dinner on the sofa while we watched New Moon again. (the boys were both doing other things). Nothing productive accomplished, but it was nice to chill. I even got to put her hair up in curlers :-) Good times. Way better than two more miles.
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Hopefully this is my last seminary day for a while.
Went easy because I've got a long run tomorrow. Ended up being progression.
10:40, 9:35, 9:30, 9:02 (last .45)
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What a beautiful day for a run! Not too hot, sunshine, a little wind, & great running company.
It's been a couple months since I've run distance like 17. Funny how there's such a difference between 13 and 17 miles. I felt those tired legs kicking in around mile 15, but it was so nice to have that feeling again.
Had to zip off right after the run so I didn't have time to cool down/stretch out properly. I felt it later that day
Avg pace: 10:11. We had great paces the first few miles, and gradually slowed down. The last couple we went considerably slower...it's the first time my friend has run more than 15 miles, so it was a challenge. But how neat to be with her to experience the new higher mileage mark!
The route her husband pick out for us was great. Half of it was totally new country livin' roads. There were quite a few times I looked out and saw the farm houses in the middle of the fields surrounded by big flowering trees, and I wanted to capture the moment to keep forever. It will be one of those visual images I look back on and remember fondly.
I hear he's already got a new route planned for us. It will be another adventure to love :-)
No stray barnyard animals, ditches, or torqued bike mounts & luggage racks. Mr. stayed home for much needed sleep. We missed him :-(
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| New-zuno 9's Miles: 17.10 |
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2 mile easy walk to help wake me up and work out any of the left over aches from Saturday
Beautiful morning. Took my jacket off after mile one. Lovin the Spring. | |
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I found that other excuse I was looking for!
Someone has a birthday at our house today, and I wasn't prepared for it. So I went out early to get back in time for a shower & trip to wally-world for b-day b-fast and treats. So up at 4:10 am, but I still only had time for 3 miles due to warm ups, cool down, and showering before 5:30 take off for seminary.
It was warm outside, so I didn't wear a jacket. It was also lightly raining when I started out. No biggie, I just watched out for the puddles on the road to keep my feet dry.
By .75 miles, the rain picked up....and by picked up, I mean turned into a torrential downpour. I was getting drenched, but still trying to avoid the puddles. Until I took a turn on a darker street's corner and landed ankle deep in a puddle. Then the game was over, and I just decided to have fun. Everything I had on was soaking wet, and my shoes were full of water. I had to take of my glasses because the wind was blowing the rain everywhere. Then I just had fun running in the rain. It was renewing in a way & I ended up really enjoying it. Who would have known my rainy Monday morning run would be so fun?
Just as I finished my run, the torrential rain let up and turned back to the sprinkle rain. I guess the monsoon was just a little gift for me :-)
Paces were 9:50 for warm up, then 9:05 (a little faster than I wanted) and 9:13. Hard to think about pace & form when you can't focus. | |
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Lucky for me I had my new pink Mizunos in the closet waiting to be broken in, because my shoes from yesterday are still saturated/soaked from the rain puddles.
Pinky Gladys Gutzman- because Pinky is my favorite color....a little shout out to my favorite kindergarten student Junie B. Jones.
No rain, no clouds, awesome moon that lit up the night. Shorts & light jacket. Perfect weather.
Just ran a comfortable pace. Overall pace was 9:28.
Some people in our 'hood are already running their sprinklers in the mornings. Which confuses me since we got 1.5 inches yesterday.....but what do I know?
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 6.15 |
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Monday's shoes are still damp. So Pinky and I went out again this morning. Paced a little faster, and tried some speed work, but ran into a cramp on the back of my knee where my brace is. I think the brace was too tight, and that caused the cramp. So I stretched out the cramp, loosened up the strap and just ran the faster pace without the speed work.
Average pace was around 9:05.
The moon was brilliant. Enjoying my time with it this week. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 6.33 |
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Woke up just a little earlier today and got in 7 miles.
Progressive run starting with 10 for a warm up and mile 7 was 8:15. The back of my knee didn't bother me at all until I was almost done with mile 7, and my speed was increasing. I think it's related to speed and the knee strap. The back of my knee where the strap sits just cramps up really bad. So I slowed down and finished at a slower pace, then stretched out.
I guess I just need to keep my pace slower (above 8:30) and I should be good. Not a problem :-)
Loved the beautiful moon light again. The weather was wonderful. Skirt & long sleeved shirt were comfortable to run in...only my hands were cold.
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 7.26 |
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Easier pace to recover and prep for tomorrow. I've run almost 2x as many miles this week by Friday than I have the last 2 weeks, so I'm feeling the tired legs a little. Avg pace 9:40. But enough of that...
Happy Good FRY-day! It's one of my favorite days of the year because we pull out the deep fat fryer and fry everything we can find. On the menu today is: chicken wings, egg rolls, hush puppies, cocktail weiner-corn dogs, cheese cubes, pickels, oreos, and of course twinkies.
It will be interesting to see how my run goes tomorrow after all that grease tonight :-) Oh, and a cabbage salad too...not fried.
This turned out to be more of a food blog than a running blog today. My apologies to the running die-hards and healthy eating crew. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 4.60 |
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slept in, which was nice...but it was too warm by the time we finally got out. First day this year of hot running...I forgot how hard it is to run in the hot, hot, heat.
We started about 10mm pace, then things went downhill for MR around mile 5. We'd gone for an out and back, so he'd only gone 1/2 way and had to take walk breaks. I would run ahead, then back track to see him (share some water) and then go out ahead. So my last 5 miles were faster than my first 5.
I think the combination of the sun, the heat, the grease from the night before & the sigh of relief that spring break had finally started was all too much for me. I ended up needing 2 naps that day just to stay awake late enough to go to sleep at 9. Exhausted!
Pine pollen is everywhere. There were yellow clouds of pollen that we were running through. Glad I've got my allergy meds! Dogwoods in bloom!!! |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 10.40 |
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went for two 2 mile walks today
felt good to walk....the weather was beautiful. If it weren't for the pollen, we'd have opened all the windows. |
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a week later, my mizunos are finally dry & ready to run in again.
slept in, and went out at 9. Too warm. Gonna have to get up a little earlier even though I'm on break so I can beat the heat
progressive run, but slow. 10:06- 9:00. legs were still tired from Saturday. that run took a lot out of me! | |
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woke up earlier, and it was still dark. I refuse to run in the dark when I don't have to. So I ate breakfast and got some things done around the house until it was light outside. By mile 1.5, I'd turned east and saw the sun coming up above the trees and housetops. It was beautiful...the bright orange color of orange-juice!
It was cool enough too. Started with a light jacket on, and by mile 3 took it off & enjoyed the morning run. The wisteria is in full bloom everywhere now too. It's eye candy for me to see all the beautiful flowers and trees. The pear tree blossoms are almost all gone by now & replaced with leaves. When the wind blows, the remaining blossoms blow and it looks like snow.
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tried running on the treadmill in the am....talk about drudgery! 2 miles was enough.
In the pm, I was inspired to see all the other runners out on the street, so I ran from our hotel along the main street to where it dead ended & back. On the run out, I was pleased to see that the wind had finally died down and wasn't roaring like it had been all day. Then I turned around and realized it was still roaring, it was just at my back for the last 2.8 miles. Oh dear...the run home was a little more work than the run out. I got to enjoy the sunset when I was finishing up my last mile and walking back to the hotel.
Wrightsville beach is beautiful. A small island off the NC coast near Wilmington. It is the beach where the book Dear John takes place. I didn't know this until I sat down to read the book while I was there. I bought it on a whim before we drove out there. A little ironic that the book I picked to read on vacation was about a couple who were at the same beach. Just made the book all the better to read.
On a personal note...teenagers drive me insane! | |
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The wind was (for lack of a better word in my brain right now).....very windy. 13-20 mph, which can sting a little when it's blowing sand at you. But all worth it for a morning run on the beach.
This am I ran into the wind first...much better plan than yesterday. I ran south to the end of the island, and turned around when it started heading north again and turned into private piers.
It was 1.82 miles to the turn around point, so to get 4 I had to overshoot the hotel by .4 miles. I just kept running and walked back for a cool down. I found a couple neat seashells along the way, and despite my initial intentions to not run with my hands full of seashells, I ended up with 4 after all. One for each mile.
Beautiful run...looking forward to going home & sleeping in my own bed.
And teen-agers still drive me insane!!! How could I have ever been one of them??? | |
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wasn't really sure where I was going or how far when I started out. I just knew I needed to run.. I wasn't feeling like a winner this morning.
So I started out the way i usually do, but figured I go out of the hood on the main road since it was daylight and not too much traffic. Thought I'd go 6 miles, then decided I might as well just do 8, and felt so good I went for 10. My body was getting tired by mile 10, but I think it was just my brain tricking me because I knew I was almost done. Average pace 8:55.
It was cooler today (thank goodness) and there was a nice wind at times so I decided to keep my jacket on the entire run. Clouds overhead sprinkled on me now and then, and just as I finished the run, the last of the clouds passed by the sun, and it was clear blue skies for my 1/4 mile walk home.
Here's some things I learned on my run:
- I love to see new crops growing in the fields, and the farmers out on their tractors, but the smell of a field freshly fertilized is noxious.
- I love chicken. Fried, baked, grilled, anyway you do it....I love chicken. But seeing all the chickens on the truck smashed together in the cages and smelling them drive by made me wonder if I'd be okay with eating mushroom burgers the rest of my life.
- Spring is beautiful. Running down the road surrounded by new green leaves on everything, and seeing the flowers all in bloom, it really is amazing. Just a month ago, everything looked so dismal. I wish it could always be spring, and that I would always keep my sense of wonder and amazement at the beauty surrounding me.
- wherever you go, there you are
Happy running everyone! |
| New-zuno 9's Miles: 10.00 |
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No run today. Helped with Special Olympics Swim Meet in Chapel Hill.
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 4.70 |
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Back to the darkness. Wasn't really too bad. 5-6 am. Avg pace 8:58. Last mile I was going a little faster, and had a few times I was running at/over 8mm, and was pleased that I didn't have any problems with the back of my leg hurting.
Caught a little bitty glimpse of the sliver of a moon we had this morning. It was just coming up and I saw it through the trees a couple of times. Noticeable darker out this morning than it was 2 weeks ago when I was running in the full moon light.
Spring break was nice. Looking forward to summer vacation. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 6.08 |
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Woke up a little earlier to get a few more miles in. Hoping to chase some stress away, but at my speed today, I wasn't chasing anything. More of just a continuous pounding of the pavement.
Avg pace was around 9:40. I was so slow getting up to speed today. I don't think I hit a 9:30 until mile 6. But I was enjoying the time outside and the crisp cool air. I'm wondering if the good stuff I'm smelling is the holly trees. I'll have to go back out when it's light outside and scope out the good smelling places on my route to figure out what it is.
Showered, ate & took a quick nap before getting ready for work. Woke up with a headache...what's up with that? Glad I didn't have it when I got up at 4, or I might not have run. I'm such a sucker for excuses :-)
The sky was beginning to lighten up as I was heading home. No sun to be seen, but a beautiful shade of blue in the eastern sky. No moon either. I think today is the new moon anyway. Reminds me of a good book I read.....
Speaking of good things: only 9 weeks of school left!!!! | |
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slept in..it was nice
did something like a tempo run. avg pace 8:39
ran & did bleachers after work. Tried sprinting on the run sections. Didn't have very much energy. Didn't stretch well afterwards.....got a rotten pain in one of my "weak spots" that I often have trouble with. Stretched before bed. Hoping for relief tomorrow. | |
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pain from bleachers still hanging on, so I just slept today and did my strengthening/stretching exercises.
I thought it was better to just let it rest and hopefully heal this morning. Going to try bleachers again today, but I'll be doing them really easy. Maybe walking them if I have to, because I'm determined to have my sore spot (under my butt/top of my leg) heal quickly.
PM- did a good warm up and slow, slow, slow bleachers. My mile paces were 3 minutes over the paces I did Wednesday. 2.1 miles total. Warming up and going easy were good...the pain didn't really bother me. Stretched after.
Went home and ran another 3.1 miles while the meatloaf baked in the oven. Went really slow. All miles were over 10mm pace, but it was nice to go slow and enjoy the sunshine outside. Mr. rode the bike while I ran so we got to visit and laugh about our day. It was nice. I should make meatloaf more often. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.20 |
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Did warm ups this morning and headed out early for a longer run. I'm not sure I'll have time tomorrow for any kind of run at all, so I wanted to get some miles in today.
Started slow: 10:40, but picked up the pace because I wanted to get 9 miles in, and if I went slow all morning, I would have run out of time. Avg pace 9:10.
I had a scary dream last nigh about people trying to abduct me while I was running. In my dream I didn't have any pepper spray or a phone with me. So this morning....I was all stocked up on emergency supplies, just in case. Luckily, all was fine, and the scariest thing I ran into was a rabbit...and it was afraid of me!
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.15 |
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Had a long day, but finally got out around 4 for my run. Ran for a while, then just ran some more to get rid of a few demons, then just ran because I wanted to get home.
A little too warm when I started, but it was nice day and I had a good run. Mr rode the bike & carried my water. He's a good water-boy! |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 13.70 |
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back to life ... back to reality......weekend ended too soon.
ran a comfortable pace, picked up a bit the last couple miles. Avg pace 9:16.
Went to run bleachers after school, but there was a soccer game so I just ran the hood around school. 3.24 miles at a 9:24 avg pace. |
| New-zuno 9's Miles: 3.24 | Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 8.62 |
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My bed's tractor beam had a hold on me this morning. I tried getting out, but it wouldn't release me. I finally found my jedi force and used it to get out of bed, I got dressed (except for my shoes) and bent over to kiss my husband good-bye, and the stupid bed pulled me in again. I cried out, "no, no! Let me go...I have to run." But my cries were muffled by the pillow my face was laying on.
It took a lot of effort just to get back out of bed. There isn't a spot on my blog for "effort exerted to get out of bed & out the door." I may need to add one. Got my water bottle out of the kitchen, and was doing my leg/hip warm ups (in the dark) when squish, I stepped in a pile of cat hairball/vomit. That finally did the trick and woke me up. Changing my socks and cleaning up the mess set me back a few more minutes, so by the time I did get out the door, I only had enough time for 6 miles.
I did a tempo run today so I could get some benefits from a shorter run. My warm up first mile was 9:40, then I stayed around 8:30 pace for the next 4 miles, and finished with an 8:01. My watch said my avg pace was 8:38. I felt like my effort was good, so I was pleased with the way I felt after the run.
Ate b-fast with mini-me. I have a new favorite b-fast. It's my usual oatmeal, but when I cook it, I dump in a bunch of cocoa-powder (the kind for baking w/o the sugar). Then when it's done cooking, I add fresh strawberries and some strawberry yogurt. It's chocolate and strawberries for breakfast. AMAZING!! | |
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Got up & got out. I thought I'd be running in the rain, but I made it home before the rain came. Which was nice, because it was beautiful temp & partly cloudy (partly stary) on my run. Just me & Peter Rabbit out this morning. I'm pretty sure there was a whippoorwill out too. Sounded like one, but I'm not sure.
Avg Pace 9:30. My distance & pace are almost the same today. | |
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Running felt good this morning. Didn't see any rabbits :-( Had my music on so I didn't hear the birds, but enjoyed the tunes.
Avg pace 8:52 - progressive run
Added some whipped cream (from the can) to my chocolate/strawberry oatmeal this morning, and what do you know????? Delicious. I couldn't decide if it was breakfast or dessert :-)
Bleachers after school for 2.18 miles. Wasn't fast, wasn't super slow. Just one of those "get 'er done" kind of efforts.
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sleep, easy effort. 10:50, 9:49, ? for last .5
schedules were different this morning, so I got to run as the morning dawn was lighting up the sky. It was pretty bright outside when I finished, but the sun still wasn't up yet. When I did see the sunrise around 6:50, it was so glorious. Orange sky..looked like sunny delight. I wonder if that volcano is making the sunrise/sunsets more dramatic in colors. | |
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Two eight mile loops. Mr. wanted to run, so we ran one loop with him, then went back & had a quick little break while he got the bike out and then we ran while he rode the bike for the second loop
The loops were different, which was nice. We didn't have to see the same scenery. For some reason, it was just a hard day to run. Maybe the pollen in the air, maybe the lack of proper fueling the day before, maybe no good reason at all. It was just tough.
Had a light-headed spell around mile 9.5. Drank water, ate a GU, and it went away.
Lots of dogs running today. My friend had her pepper spray, and we had our 2 guys with us. I forgot my pepper spray, and my garmin died as soon as I put it on, so I didn't have that with me either.
It was a great run to finally finish. Our avg paces were 9:45 on the first 8 and 9:43 on the second eight. We walked for a while, and had some breaks on the second 8. My friend had her first run-in with a side ache/stitch. She stretched, did breathing, and all that stuff, but it wouldn't go away. I ended up running the last 1/2 mile solo while she took a shortcut walk home.
The yummy protien shake she made afterward was such a treat. Pancakes with berries and ice cream for lunch later :-) That made it all worth it.
Made 5 batches of strawberry jam later in the day. I had to taste some of every batch to make sure it was good. It was. I thought I'd have more to show for my labors, but the jam doesn't go far. 11 pints, 11 half-pints, and 2 mini jars. Love strawberry jam!!!
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 16.00 |
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got up, got out, ran a mile and stopped. walked home.
Just not feeling good.
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 1.17 |
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Had lots of energy this morning due to the fact that I did nothing yesterday.
9 miles, avg pace 8:57. First mile was a 10:14 and last was a 7:57. I'm happy with the run; so many beautiful things to see outside this morning as the moon was up, then went down, then I saw the sunlight coming up and the eastern edge of the sky light up. It was just beautiful.
Little update and unnecessary waste of my time. Instead of doing productive work, I wrote a poem about my moring. It's long, and is really more for me than anything, but I thought I'd put it here to share. Just in case someone is bored and wants to read it...and so I don't lose it. I can't get it to un-double space, so it takes up a lot of space.
As I came out and saw the world today
I was left speechless by the splendor, with nothing to say
The sky was dark, sparkles of stars all around,
And the nearly full moon light illuminated the ground.
It had been some time since I’d seen the moon,
I was delighted to see it had returned so soon.
Above the treetops it hung in the air
Sharing its light and beauty, I was glad to be there.
Into a light layer of clouds, the moon it did sink
And its light was clouded, which caused me to think
That is was slowly setting, and leaving me there
Alone in the dark, without my guiding light so fair
My disappointment soon turned to joy and delight
When the clouds did shift by, and returned my bright light
I knew that the moon, which was slowly falling in the west
Would eventually settle into the trees, taking its own night’s rest
But for a few minutes more, I was able to see
The moon and its light, flowing effortlessly and free
It showed me the robin that was out from her nest
Courting the males, and trying to choose the best
The moonlight revealed small flowers and plants
That were planted deliberately, and some that grew just by chance
I savored it all, taking in all the glory
And wishing I could somehow share such a wonderful story
As I turned and faced the west once again
The moon was nearly gone, the last ray of light so thin
As it sunk into the trees and housetops below
I was grateful that I’d been given such a beautiful show
I reflected on how I would miss the moon-light
When an awesome vision came to my sight
The first crack of dawn, just a faint glow in the sky
Was coming from the east as the time had passed by
A new light had come, to replace the one gone
I was given a gift, and saw the first light of dawn
And as the light grew, and the world came into view
I was disappointed that my time had run out, and my run was through
I am grateful for this gift I was given- a personal sign
That for those ninety minutes, the world was all mine.
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.05 |
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I'd say it was a recovery run, but there's not much to recover from....so I'll just call it an easy effort run. I tried to keep my paces slower, which seemed to be almost as much work as trying to keep them faster.
I did pretty good staying above a 9:45, except for a couple of miles when my mind wandered off and I got thinking about things that were irritating me...and then I unintentionally ran faster.
Wow, the moon was beautiful and bright today...and it stuck around a little longer. That and the sun coming up a little sooner really "brightened" my day.
avg pace 9:49 |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 7.10 |
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Great run today. It was cooler- 40 degrees. Officially 39 at the end of my run, so there's the 30's they prediced. I was so grateful it wasn't colder. I dressed warm and didn't regret it at all. I don't usually pay much attention to to forecast, but was grateful for it this morning. All my thanks to KP for bringing the cold front to my attention :-)
avg pace 8:35. first mile was 9:45, then I picked up the speed. I wanted to try and sustain the faster speed the whole distance, and still pull off something under 8mm for the last mile. I was pleased with how it worked out. Miles 4-6 were all at 8:31...I thought maybe my Garmin was broken because it never changed. In the end, I was really happy with my last mile being a 7:45. My legs were certainly tired by then, and I was wondering if my effort was actually speeding me up or just taking all I had to maintain.
Hope to get some bleachers in later today.
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1.5 miles of bleacher work. It was tough..legs were pooped. Then finished with .5 mile around the track. |
| New-zuno 9's Miles: 2.00 | Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.05 |
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Recovery run. Legs were still tired, so was my head. Avg pace was 10:22. I kept all miles above 10 today. I want them to recover for a longer run tomorrow. I think we'll be running the tri-county run...should be around 17 miles. Looking forward to a few hours out in the country.
Our forecast here for Sunday is a high of 90. Yikes...that kind of heat is too much too soon. | |
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started out early to try and beat the heat of the day, but 7:30 wasn't early enough. By mile 3, it was already feeling hot and humid. We had an occasional cool breeze, but wow...the 80's came quickly and made running tough. 92-55% humidity.
But we pushed on through...Mr ran 8 with us, then rode the bike while we finished the rest of the run. The break we take while he transitions from run to bike seems nice, but it's hard to get back on track afterward. We stayed under 10mm before the break, and couldn't get under it after the break.
after mile 15, my friend said she was ready to put her ipod music on to help her focus on running the last 2 miles. Our pace was starting to slow down a little, and she told me I could go on ahead at my own pace to finish if I wanted. So I went ahead & Mr shuttled back & forth between us on the bike.
I decided to push hard the last two miles, which actually ended up being 2.64 because my math when I'm running is fuzzy. those paces were 8:38, 8:25, 8.11(last .64). Overall pace for the whole run was 9:50. Considering the heat, I think we did great. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 17.64 |
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72o : 82-84% humidity at 4:45 am!!! I had on shorts and a performance tank. They were both wet with sweat after only one hour of easy running. It was icky!! Once in a while the breeze came and it was nice, but the rest of the time, yuck. We're supposed to get big storms here today & tomorrow.
I brought my running stuff if it's not raining after school to do bleachers. I brought an unbrella if it is. We could really use some rain, so I'm not going to complain if it does rain today. I might complain if it's still raining tomorrow morning when I'm going out to run, but I'll worry about that tomorrow. It might actually be fun :-)
My pace was slow today. It took me a long time to warm up my muscles. They were still achey from Saturday's run. Today I was happy that my last mile was under 9, when last week I was happy to get one under 8. Funny how things can change like that. By mile 4 I was staring to feel "normal" and not stiff and awkward running. I was glad that the feeling finally came- I was wondering if the aches would ever go away.
Looking forward to a good week of running...hopefully the weather will cooperate!
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Up and at 'em early again. It was super foggy this morning. Couldn't see with my glasses on because they fogged up..couldn't see with them off either..just too foggy.
I almost got attacked by the bush on the side of the road that someone had thrown out with the trash.... 4 times!
Moisture wicking shorts: $25, using bathroom before running: 1.5 gallons of water, not seeing the sprinkler because of the fog and getting sprayed in the pants: priceless
interrupted the bunnies again this morning....silly rabbits!
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Felt sloggish running today. Fog wasn't as bad, but it was still foggy & humid. The temp was a little lower (62 predicted) and when I caught a breeze, it felt good.
Avg pace was 8:44. Not as good as my same intended effort last Thursday, and there was no way I was pulling a sub 8 out of my pocket for the last mile either. I didn't have a real recovery run yesterday due to no run Tuesday, and I wonder if that made any difference in my struggle today. There's so many variables, it's hard to know for sure.
Maybe I'll get in a couple slow easy miles after work today. It's supposed to be 92o outside today, so I'm going to have to see what the heat/humidity tolerance level is by that time of the day. Some days, I have zero tolerance for any weather...it might just be one of those days.
Attempting a 20 miler on Saturday. Hope the weather/humidity cooperates with us. We may start out before daylight to try and beat some of the heat.
Best part of the morning run: one word- honeysuckle.................it smells so great!
hot, but not as humid after work...2 miles: 1.75 bleachers and 1/4 of an easy cool down lap. |
| New-zuno 9's Miles: 11.40 |
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started at 6:30. no regrets there. nice breeze in our faces most of the way, a lot of shade, very low humidity. 10:10 ap
beautiful day for a run.. honeysuckle growing crazy on the side of the road most of the way..what a nice olfactory treat!
went out for a yummy lunch at a local place in the town we ran to. Still hard to believe we ran to Lumberton. Pretty cool.
Mr played water boy on the bike...he did a great job. Made us laugh along the way.
Saw 1 dead puffy cat, 1 dead not puffy at all cat, 1 dead bobcat, 1 dead fox, lots of UDO (unidentifiable dead objects), 2 dead snakes - one cottonmouth and one w/o his skin...hard to tell what he was other than big. And...we saw the house with big objects up on poles in the front yard.... a car, a plane, and a life-sized trike. Mounted on the front of the trike was a huge troll head....Just when I thought I'd seen everything.
Happy Mothers Day to everyone on Sunday! |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 20.00 |
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Going to do a couple of easier weeks. Really didn't feel like getting out of bed today, but I was glad I did. Same old Monday story....
There is a good Mutts comic strip today in the newspapers. It's title is: I Hate Mondays Comix By Sour Puss. If you see it, you'll know how I feel.
Progressive Run. Started at an 11:00 pace then 9:33, 9:17, 8:32, 7:45 (the last .62). I felt like I was running so fast there at the end, and I wondered how people can run that fast (and faster) for 26 miles. It just blows my mind.
Things felt pretty good, but I could tell stuff was still kind of recovering from Saturday's run. That and all the good yummy treats I ate yesterday. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 4.62 |
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Felt awake when I went out the door today, so I tried a tempo run.
Avg pace 8:14. (1) 9:05, (2) 8:23, (3) 8:15, (4) 8:09, (5) 8:16, (6) 8:06, (7) 7:25.
I think I could have kept up the 8:15-8:20 pace for a while longer, but I couldn't have kept up the 7:25. I was really done at the end. For a few seconds, I thought I might try to go for 7.2, but I was pooped and stopped short.
There was a cat stalking a rabbit this morning. I scared the rabbit away first, and the cat was still crouching behind the trash can, so when I got close to the trash can, I hissed at the cat and scared him away too. Good times.
2 miles of bleachers and a little extra running from the car to the track.
Bleachers tonight.
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| New-zuno 9's Miles: 2.18 | Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 7.07 |
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recovery run
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 6.00 |
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I had my chocolate oatmeal breakfast with blueberries this morning because my strawberries were gone. It was great. There was only one thing that could have made it better: ice cream. So at 6:20 I sent my child to school on the bus and went back in for a bowl of ice cream and a nap.Â
I guess it's going to be one of those days. Just relax, enjoy, and try to not feel too guilty about it.
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slow today. Avg pace was 9:23, but my effort was much more. I couldn't figure out why I was so sluggish and running was so difficult. Then around mile four, I remembered that I'd donated blood yesterday and I thought maybe that's why.
It almost felt like I was trying to run in SLC....just strange. Maybe it was all the ice cream too......naaahhhh.
Still having trouble with my energy & focus level. Is there some rule about how long it takes to recover from donating blood? Maybe I should have waited to run...I'm just not sure. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.27 |
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Ran the Marine Corps Historical Half Marathon with my running buddy from MD. I didn't race, so I didn't put this as a race entry. I just ran with my friend and we talked and caught up and took time to pet the minature ponies. If I can get RAD to help me out, I'll get a picture of the ponies on here for y'all to enjoy. They were just around mile 6, and too cute to pass up. 
MR. ran the race. He had a goal to finish under 2 hours. His actual chip time was 2:00:28. He was close! Maybe next time I'll race with him and see what we can pull off.
My friend and I trotted in around 2:12. We wore sock puppets as an experiment to see if they'd help us run faster. At her last race, there was an older gentleman who had long socks on his hands (in an effort to stay warm), and he kicked her trash. So we wondered if it was something in the power of the socks, and made sock puppets to wear to see how it went. 
I'm not sure they gave us any kind of advantage, but it was fun. We had to take them off after the first mile due to sweaty sock puppet hands, so the sock puppets became sock tails for the rest of the race, until we put them back on again to cross the finish line.
We got to high five the base commander of Quantico as we crossed the finish line. He got a sock puppet high five from me... and just in case you're wondering: my sock puppet was a pirate :-) |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 13.27 |
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lots of rain, wanted sleep, and have a little pain on my foot I want to let recover before I get back into the full swing of things for our "mock marathon" in a couple of weeks.
I considered doing the shred dvd. Maybe tonight. Maybe! | |
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I'm running in the rain....just running in the rain...
Got out at 3:55 because I had lots of things to do this morning. Taking the week-end off for a race means none of the regular week-end stuff gets done...wish I had a Cinderella to shop for me.
AP was an 8:44. Progressive run: 9:40 start with a 7:51 pace to finish (last .75).
Ran by a little pond, and the frogs were all singing and croaking away. It sounded like there were thousands of them...pretty neat.
Went for a walk after dinner & dessert while the kids were at church. There's a park with a walking path next to the church, so we got a couple miles in walking & talking. | |
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When my alarm went off, I could hear the rain just pouring down (the windows were open) and I couldn't talk myself into a 9 mile run in the drenching rain. So I slept in and when I got up again, the rain had pretty much stopped so I got in a few miles.
My avg pace was an 8:twenty-something (can't remember). I think I'd call it a tempo run, but I don't know what kind of tempo it is...I just tried running faster.
The frogs were silent today when I ran by the pond. It was still wet everywhere outside, but not raining. I wonder if they only like to sing in the rain, or if they stop singing after 5 am? Or maybe, like RAD said, they were just singing for my birthday yesterday, and they knew it wasn't my birthday today, so they weren't singing for me.
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Comfortable pace run. Watch was off from .19 to what I determined was 1.19, so I didn't get 100% accurate pace, but I'm pretty sure I have the distance right because it's the route I run every day.
Avg pace for what I did get on my watch was 9:17. Actual would have been more since my first mile is always slower.
I saw the most fantastic sunrise. Started out with light pinks and baby blues, then the pinks grew bigger and brighter until the sky was almost all magenta and the clouds looked blue. Then a 1/2 mile later when I'd turned to see the sunrise again, it was all gone, and the sky was back to blue. What a show.
Saw Brent's black cat out slinking around this morning. She ran off into the grass under the apple trees...probably looking for some old apple cores to chew on. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.19 |
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Recovery run. I wanted to run a slow pace because I want my legs fresh for tomorrow, but I also wanted to hurry and get the run over with so I could go home and try to hurry & get ready so I'd have enough time for a quick nap before work.
It was a good choice vs a good choice. I managed a 9:48 avg pace, and I had 15 min for a nap. So we all won.
No frogs singing today, but... I think I know what happened to them. I was looking out over the grass and into the pond wondering where they'd all gone, and I saw a gigantic frog jumping in the grass. I think he must have eaten all the other 2,000 frogs & that's why they're not singing anymore.
Clear sky sunrise, so not a lot of colors like yesterday, but beautiful none the less. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 4.90 |
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Cloudy, cool and overcast all morning. Until I go out to run. Then the sun comes out & it's humid. Oh well...serves me right for sleeping in & being lazy.
Ran with MR. We kept a fairly good pace most of the run. There is one part of our run that is a long straight road with nothing on it, and not many cars. We switched over to the right (wrong) side of the road when there were big patches of shade to run in. It made such a difference.
He got a leg cramp and stopped running around mile 7.5. I ran the rest of the way home, grabbed some water and gatorade and ran back to meet him. I had an 8:30 pace for mile 9, but over all pace was 9:30. Miles and pace matched up again today. 9 1/2 for both. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.50 |
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oh the joys of Monday mornings... I woke up, got dressed, put my hat & headlamp on, put my garmin in the window to get satellite reception up & read, sat down to put my shoes on, and ended up falling asleep on the floor. It was warm last night so the comforter was on the floor, and it was in just the right place. So I woke up to MR tripping over me on his way to the bathroom. Oh well. B+ for effort.
I threw off the running gear and tried to just get back in bed since a 3 mile run didn't seem worth the effort at that point. Couldn't sleep, so I went out and did a few minutes on the elliptical and read in some fitness magazine about how I can be thin and look good in my swimsuit by walking and/or running 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week. All I can think is: if it hasn't happened by now, it's just not going to happen.
On the winning front, I did choose to eat a bowl of frosted shredded wheat with strawberries and bananas instead of a left of cheeseburger. And despite what you might think, it wasn't an easy decision.
So I've got my hopes pinned on this afternoon. Our mock-athon is Saturday so I know this is my "taper" time, but I still need to get some excersise in. Preferrably running. So I can look good in my swimming suit.............hahahahahahahahaha.
Ran after work. humid out. took a long time to feel like I was in the swing of things. just couldn't get my rhythm. I was feeling good toward the end, and tried to pick up the pace when my old cramp behind the knee popped up again. What a good old friend showing up like that when I hadn't seen him is so long. stretched and tried running slower, but by the end (1 mile later) it was hurting me again. It always shows up when I'm increasing my pace, but not every time. It's a mystery.
Rain started after mile 4.5, and I was enjoying it so much I made the run a little longer than I'd intended. So glad I got my run in. Lots of morning commitments this week, so i might have more afternoon runs in my future. I was nice sleeping in and running in the daylight :-)
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4:30...no rain....somewhat humid....not warm, but not cool either
I didn't know what my goal was today, but I knew I had to be done by 5:30. So I just started out slow, then picked up the pace a little, then I tried some of those strides I'm so curious about.
Reading about something and actually applying it correctly isn't always easy. I'm probably going to need someone who knows what they're doing to watch me and help me out on this.
I'm not sure I understand the difference between fartlek and stride, except strides are faster and shorter distances. Is this right?
Either way, I got in 6 "strides" over the last 2 miles. Avg pace overall was 9:09. Is it okay to do the strides when I'm running a faster pace, or should I only do them when I'm running recovery pace? I tried doing them with a faster pace than recovery in between. It was a good tough effort.
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.24 |
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Recovery run. 4:35 am. ap 10:00. Read the RW tid-bit on strides, read all the comments on strides, tried a couple at the end.
Still not sure I'm "doing it" right, but I don't think what I'm doing will hurt.
cloudy and cool this morning. felt good. nice run. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.11 |
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recovery sleep
got wicked sick yesterday
still tired but feeling better today
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Didn't run today : achey-breaky muscles
I do think I'm getting better, but it's slow going. I want to reserve my energy for getting better and to try and run our mock-athon. We've pushed it back to Monday for now.
rain forecast for all day Saturday anyway, so it's a good move weather wise too.
9 more early mornings for me....ahhhhh almost there
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After being sick for 5 days, I was feeling better and didn't want to disappoint my friend, so I went on the "Road Kill Run." I was also looking forward to finally getting in my marathon after training all winter and getting snowed out of Myrtle Beach in February.
We'd made medals for the end of the run. They were faux fur/feathers neckbands with a sheep on the bottom that has tire marks across it. On the back we wrote "ROAD KILL RUN" Hope Mills to Lumberton, May 31, 2010. I chose a sheep because one of the first runs we'd gone on out in the country was the time the sheep charged out of his driveway and down the road after us. We've never actually seen a dead sheep on the roadside....YET.
We started out early because the weather was going to be hot and humid. We set out at 5:20 with headlamps on. The sun was just starting to come out, and we were treated to a most wonderful sunrise. The roads were empty except for the newspaper lady. Mr. rode behind us and carried out water/gatorade/gu, etc... he also took pictures of us. He made a compilation page of some of the pix. RAD said she'd try and post it here for me since I can't figure out how to do it. 
At mile 6.8, we were at my friend's house (I'll call her Wyatt Earp), and we took a potty break. The break ended up being long, which was nice at the time, but just made the run longer in the end.
We headed back out to finish the run, and saw the sun rise up as the moon was also up. It was a visual treat to see, and neat to be doing it among the wheat and corn fields. At mile 13, Wyatt Earp said her knee (on the outside) was bothering her, and she might need to stop. We tried switching sides of the road, hoping a different incline would help, but by mile 14, she had to throw in the towel and stop. My heart just broke for her, because I knew this was such a big goal for her and it was so hard to stop. It's her first injury and since I've been there too, I know it's so disappointing. I told her that injuries are often just as much a part of running as actually running is. They will help us be stronger, better runners in the long run, but they disappoint us so much when they come.
She encouraged us to go on without her, and she called her husband to come pick her up. So MR and I went on our way. It was a long way without her. MR was there, but it's not easy to talk to him when we're on a road with no shoulder and he's on a bike. Traffic was picking up as was the heat & humidity. There were some nice stretches of shade, but too many stretches of sun. I got hot and cranky. Poor MR, I grouched at him to be quiet when he was singing along to his music and I was trying to focus on the rhythm of my running. The last 10+ miles are on a road called "Ten Mile Road." It's just a long road. It seemed like it would never end.
I took GU breaks every 5 miles, and water/gatorade breaks every 2.5 in between. I'd just find a spot of tree shade and walk around in the shade while I took a quick break. At one of the spots, there were 2 large trees in someone's front yard, right along the roadside. As I was walking and drinking, I read on the trees these signs "NO TRESPASSING..Violaters Will Be Shot," and "TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT Survivors Will Be Shot Twice." I made sure I stayed close to the road the rest ot the stop. I could just imagine the old man sitting there inside the house with his shotgun trained on MR and I.
Around mile 24, I finally got to see the troll head on the tricycle. I'd been waiting to see it. I know he got pix of it, but I don't think they're in the collage. I'll have to get the pix up another way. Mile 25 was the break down and cry wishing it was over already mile. There was one point, when I was running on the white line of the road but refused to move over to the dirt...I thought, "fine...if they hit me, then I won't have to finish." I was in a bad place then.
But I finished. It was terribly slow, and in hindsight, I would have been better off just stopping at mile 14 with Wyatt Earp, but I never claimed to be logical about running. Wyatt Earp and her husband were waiting just after the 26.2, at the end of Ten Mile Road. I cramped up all over, stretched as best as I could, then hopped (haha) into the truck and we all went out for lunch at the yummiest little restaurant in Lumberton.
Two days later...I still can't get up or down from a seat without wincing in pain. Can go upstairs slowly, downstairs...still creates a great amount of pain. Just really sore all over. Kind of like last week when I was sick, only this time, I've got a good excuse! |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 26.20 |
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went for a 1 mile walk in the morning trying work out the pain in my legs
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Worked on some core in the morning. It's the only thing that doesn't really still hurt like crazy.
should have walked, but wanted to sleep. | |
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I went for a walk this morning. Half way around the loop I thought maybe I'd try a slow, easy jog. I'm not sure I can even call it jogging. It was very awkward, very slow, and very funny looking. I think I was laughing outloud at myself a little. But it got easier as I went along, and my legs feel so much better today.
On a different note, I had a Carolyn moment this morning when my oldest decided he wanted to go out and run. I'm not sure how far he ran, but he was gone for 25 minutes or so. Teens are always a bag full of surprises, aren't they? | |
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walked for .5, then jogged slow and easy for one mile. My legs felt so good after the short job yesterday, I wanted to get in another short one to help work out the aches for the day.
I was able to go down the stairs fast and easy at work today. I finally felt 100% recovered. It was a great feeling. | |
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finally got to catch up on the yardwork I've been putting off every other Saturday. Weeding and pruning..that kind of stuff. Lots of bending and stretching. So I'll call it a recovery workout :-)
Can't figure out for sure why my hostas are disappearing. I saw a rabbit in the front yard late last night and suspected it was him, but when I went to water them today, one of the plants was there rootless and there was a mole hole next to it. So maybe it's the stinking moles. Maybe it's both. I now have 2 of 9 hostas left in the yard. I've got another 2 rootless plants in water cups trying to get them to re-grow roots. Then I'll have to figure out where to plant them so the varmints leave them alone! |
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Felt caught up on sleep this morning, and since church starts late, I went out for an easy run. It was already hot and humid, but there was a nice breeze.
did 10 min on elliptical while MR fixed some water pipe fittings in the garage attic. I was out there in case he needed anything, and figured since I was there, the ellipticat was there, I was already sweaty, and the water in the house was turned off, I might as well do something with myself.
When he finished, we went for a bike ride around the hood. It was a super easy effort, and the breeze cooled me off. probably 3.5 miles.
It's nice having a late church time :-) |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.00 |
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4 miles, beautiful weather. 5:15 am (I'm enjoying sleeping in).
warm up 10:07, then ran faster. AP was 8:57. That was a work out for me. My legs still feel tired, but I think it's good training to practice running on tired legs.
I was going to do the shred video, but decided to water my plants and enjoy a few minutes outside in the beautiful morning air. No regrets.
still had 2 hostas left this morning. No plant thieves last night. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 4.00 |
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decided to do the shred today instead of running
not ready to be dedicated enough to do both...maybe next week | |
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.00 |
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only 2, but I tried keeping a fast pace. Took a while to warm up, but managed a 7:59 avg pace overall.
Ate b-fast then did Jillian's Shred video. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 2.00 |
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| | shred video today. arms not as sore as after the first time I did it. I have the upper body strength of a spaghetti noodle. |
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last day of work
tired from week-end trip & slept in |
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first day of summer break, so I let myself sleep in. Big Mistake.
When I finally got out to run at 9:30, it was so hot and humid I couldn't stand it. I finished 2 miles then tried to walk for a while so I could cool down. After a mile of walking, I was just still hot and out of breath, but I managed to run one more mile home. It was icky, icky, outside.
Took a little break and did my shred level one video again. My body feels soreness in new places again. I think it's good.
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 3.00 |
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got out a couple hours earlier today. 7:15 to start the run. It had rained all night and was very humid, but still overcast with a little breeze to help.
9:33 avg pace. That was my best effort too. It's either the heat, or I've lost my running mojo, because I can't run fast or long anymore.
Did my shred level one again.
Then checked on my plants (all the hostas are gone and now my impatient is slowly disappearing),went shopping, made potato salad and chocolate banana bread. Right now I'm enjoying a pirates of the caribbean marathon with mini-me. AARRRGGGHHHHH.
All those piles of papers and organizing that needs to be done will just have to wait another day...I guess one more day won't matter when they've been waiting for months already :-) |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.00 |
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did elliptical in am followed by a 5 mile bike ride
in the evening, I did another 4.5-5 miles on the bike
muscles need a break from the shred video. |
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Ran 2.7, then did bleachers & a loop on the track, then ran back to the car, but had a detour on the way back. We'd run through a construction site on the way to the track (no one was there) but on the way back, the bulldozers were all moving about, so we had to take a detour through the golf course & across a bit of wilderness to get back to the trail. The greens on the golf course are nice to run on :-)
A couple of hours later at home, we went for a bike ride to deliver some treats to Wyatt Earp, who is recovering from a perforated ear drum & ear infection. The start of her summer break hasn't been as awesome as mine. Total bike ride was just under 14 miles. I was so excited when I had a sub 5 pace on my mile...even if it was just on the bike! |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 6.00 |
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slept in. Yeah!!!
Did my shred video, then went for a 3 mile walk with MR. It was too hot outside to do anything else. Except yard work...we did do some of that when we got back home.
Spent the afternoon with the kids. Just finished prepping the coconut macadamia nut bread pudding for father's day breakfast tomorrow. I'm going to have some calories to burn off after eating that tasty treat in the morning!!
Happy Father's Day to all those wonderful bloggin' fathers. | |
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Hot run in the sun & humidity. Took a .15 mile walk break at mile 4.5, so I really only ran 5 miles, but I was sweating the whole time if that makes any difference.
Planned on doing a shred but never got around to it.
Happy summer solstice y'all.
80-85 degrees with 57-44 % humidity. I think it felt like 80% humidity. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.19 |
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got out a little earlier & cooler. Not too bad until the sun was up in my face. 75 degrees, 85% humidity. No walk breaks today. Did shred level 1 when I got home.
The weather station in my neighborhood says it's 104 outside right now. (12:20) I think it's a little high. All the other local stations are saying it's more like 94. Either way, it's hot.
My nephew is on his way!! Luckily, there was some shred of reason left in my dear sister's head this morning, and she drove to the hospital instead of running the 5 miles. She claims it was due to vanity.
I can't wait to hear the news. I'll put it on the blog when I find out. Hopefully not too much longer! |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.10 |
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Okay y'all...I've been away at the US National Whitewater Center for the last couple of days. It was marvelous fun!
If you're ever near Charlotte, or just need an excuse to visit Charlotte, then you must go :-)
We went whitewater rafting (six one-hour long trips on the water), kayaked on the Catawba River, rock climbed, zip-lined, mountain biked, mega-jumped (40 foot drop), and confidence coursed on the high-wire. I didn't run at all, except for the sprint I did from the confidence course to the rafting place so we didn't miss our trip time. We got caught behind a cute little lady that was terrified of heights and took 30 minutes to finish a 10 minute course. It was probably 1/3 of a mile, but I was booking it down the mountain side to get there on time. I was a bit terrified of the mountain biking trails. They were steeper and had a lot more trees than I'd imagined. But after I got over my initial fears, I really, really, loved it. WAY more fun than riding on the roads!!! Took me back to my days in spinning class.
I am sore in so many places, but it feels rewarding, and was really worth it. I'd love to go back sometime and take my kids. But this was a nice get away for just the MR and me.
It'll be back to running for me on Monday. Until then, here's a couple of pix from the adventure.
Me Kayaking on the Catawba River.
MR & I on in front of the class II and class III side of the course. | |
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went for a 1.2 mile stroll around the 'hood in the evening
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6 am- 74o with 88% humidity. avg pace 9:17. SO much better than last Monday. It was overcast the first half too, so I didn't have the sun to contend with until the last 1/2 of the run.
I wore the trail shoes because they had my inserts in them from my wild adventures last week (see Saturday's blog) so I just wore them on the road. I don't think it really mattered for only 5 miles.
After the run, MR and I took mini-me and her friend to Wrightsville beach for the day. It wasn't too hot (85-94o), and there was a nice wind blowing (14 mph with gusts up to 21) the whole time. We walked the beach for a total of 4 miles, and spent a bunch of time out in the water.
The best part of my day was when MR was out looking for crabs on the sandy shelf where the tide was coming in, and all of a sudden he started dancing and jumping around like crazy. I thought maybe a crab had pinched his toes. Instead, it was a dead, slimy fish that had brushed up on his leg underwater. It really was hillarious to see.
Nice to be back home with a shower and dinner sans sand. | |
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Didn't get out till 7 today. It was warmer and we had a bright sun up in the east. Out in the west, the big moon was suspended in a sky that was the prettiest shade of blue. Slight breeze when we started out, but it didn't last long.
Avg pace was 9:25 today. Expecting cooler temps for the next few days. I can't wait! I've got a run planned on Thursday with Wyatt Earp to go visit a pond full of lilly pads. Can't wait!
Tried the Wii boxing today. What a workout :-) |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.06 |
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not much to report on the run.
arms are sore from all the boxing, tennis, and kung fu on the wii. How sad that video games make my arms hurt! |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.00 |
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early run to the lilly pad ponds with Wyatt Earp. They were really pretty. It finally cooled off a little. very overcast, slight misty rain and nice breeze. the only trouble was the yellow flies/deer flies. they had a "thing" for MR. I was sorry they were bothering him, but glad they weren't bothering me as much.
73o 94% humidity pace was slow and easy...very nice! 6:30-8:00 am |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 8.00 |
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Ran to the local city park, ran the 1 mile loop, then ran home. On the way back, we stopped to enjoy the empty lake bed of our famous town lake. Last year, after 8 years of waiting for a new dam to be built and 14 million dollars later, the town lake was finally back. Then, just over a week ago, the dam failed and the lake was gone again. It is now often referred to as "the lake of the damned." It makes us laugh, but it's sad that so much money was spent for such a shoddy job. There were steel pylons, cement walls, and then some vinyl stuff. Is anyone surprised that the part that failed was the vinyl? Things that make you go hmmmm.
Here's a pix of the dry docks, and one of MR on the "beach"- he's standing in front of a sign that says "no swimming past this point."
We also stopped for just a minute at the local gas station to get a picutre of the guy who rides his horse to the gas station. He was there with his grandson today buying ice for his saddle bags.
Wore my new brooks shoes I got this week. They seemed to be great- no problems.
The best part of the run was the weather. It was cool and not humid. Like Christmas in July. Just perfect :-) 61-70 o , with humidity somewhere between 87-64% (but it didn't feel that humid...the low temps & nice breeze helped)
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Our last "cooler" morning for a while. It was 63o at 5:30 so we had a nice morning run, but by 1:00, it was 100o outside when the P-town parade was wrapping up.
MR rode the bike while Wyatt Earp and I ran the lilly-pad pond route again. So pretty with the sun coming up on the water. Near the pond, MR found a whole pile of unused fireworks. They came in handy for some nice "4th of July" photos at the pond. it really was a good run!
After the run, we all met back at P-town to watch the parade. I was surprised how long the parade lasted, but impressed with the variety of entries. My favorite is the "Red-Neck Hot Tub." There was actually water in the back of the truck!
And here's a pix of Wyatt and I decked out in our festive patriotic hats that Wyatt created for us to wear for the P-town parade. Hope everyone's week-end was wonderful!
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Went out a little later. Either it's cooler and/or less humid than 3 weeks ago, or I've just adjusted to the misery. The sun was up, there was a nice breeze occasionally, and it was a good run. Just went around the 'hood.
Thought I'd like to run for an hour. When I got to the hour point, I was almost at 7 miles, so I just finished up the miles and ended near my house. I increased my pace and it felt good. After mile 4, my watch started beeping at me because the lap library was full. So I only have info for the first 4 miles. The AP was 9:02. I felt like I was doing great, so I wish I knew what the end was too.
MR went back to work today, so officially, our vacation is over. Now all the house work I've put off doing is waiting patiently for me to return. YEAH!!! :-( |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 7.00 |
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total distance was 8 miles, but I did have to take a walk break for a few minutes. It was so hot and I felt overheated, so I walked a little in the shady part of a side road.
Ran to the city park again today. It gives me inclines (I'm not sure they qualify as actual hills) to run on, and they're good for me since the 'hood is flat.
the humid heatwave is back and making us all miserable again | |
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slept late and had an early meeting to attend, so miles were low. Didn't wear garmin, no idea on pace/time. Intentions to do more "later" have all left the building. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 2.00 |
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overcast and humid. glad the sun wasn't beating down on me though. 73-76o with 93-91% humidity. Like running in a steam room. just went easy on the pace. picked up a little at the end, but avg'd a 9:40 total.
pretty uneventful..glad it's done and i'm back in the safety of my a/c home | |
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shred in the morning- still working on mastering level one before I move up to level two
evening bike ride. ended up with 7.4 miles. |
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slept in, which meant it was wicked icky out, but oh well....
Ran 5 miles, then ran/walked 2 minutes on 2 minutes off the rest of the time to make it 65 minutes total. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.50 |
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got up earlier, but had a meeting to go to, so I had to cut it short. It was cooler than yesterday and overcast , but still so humid and not really comfortable.
Tried going faster since I was running shorter. Avg'd 8:49 for the 3 miles.
Had some funny little pains off and on when I'm not running in my "good" knee. Something I'm going to keep an eye on. | |
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up till 3 am so an early run wasn't in the books for today
this must just not be my week to run- got a side ache at mile 2.5 and struggled with it the last 2.5 miles- it really affected my pace. avg was 9:50 for the whole run. 14 hours later, the pain is still kind of there. is that my cue to not run tomorrow? I guess I'll see how I feel in the morning.
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 5.00 |
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still a little pain, so I went with the shred this morning, then I went horseback riding :-)
Not really any sort of exercise in that, but it was fun. I can't be as cool as KP and have my own horse, so I have to get excited when I get to ride other people's horses. | |
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I'm really enjoying my brooks shoes. They have more cushioning than my mizunos, and just feel more comfy.
Went out early, but it was already hot and icky humid. I got a breeze when I ran facing south, so that was a nice treat, and I got some shade at the end of the run for a good finish.
I ran slowly and focused on my breathing because I was still aware of the soreness from the side-ache 2 days ago. Didn't have any problems, so good stuff.
spent the rest of the at the beach (and traveling in the car). I just wanted to lay in the water all day, it felt so good. | |
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shred level 1
time to get running again...the demons are chasing me and I need to pound them into the pavement | |
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slept in and went running in the heat. it was overcast, so I didn't have to fight the sun, and I had a little breeze now & again heading south. trouble was, the whole first 1/2 was south, then the whole second 1/2 was north.
ran for an hour- it was just the fix I needed. just went easy and enjoyed it. sped up a little at the end - it was all good. feeling better..glad I've running to help. avg pace 9:29
great news, my best runnin buddy Terri from the 'Dorf is on the blog now! she is listed as Terri, and her address is thayden@fastrunningblog.com . I know you'll all make her feel as welcome as you did me.
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todays run was physically more difficult than yesterday's. Not really sure why. I had hills today, so maybe that's why- but I kind of doubt it. my legs just felt sluggish.
either way, I managed a run down to the lakeless dam and back. i had to stop and take a photo of a dead puffy beaver, and I had to stop for traffic a few times. as much as i like the breaks, it makes it hard to get back in my groove.
avg pace today was slower. I only ran 6.16 in 60 minutes- 1/5 of a mile less distance than yesterday's hour. I'm just glad I got it done. It was overcast when I was running. The sun is out now and heating things up pretty fast.
guess it's time to shower and put on my smile for the day :-).... ;-)
(the first one is for you RAD, the second is for burt) |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 6.39 |
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got up earlier to beat the heat. I know I missed the worst of it, but it was still icky hot. 79-82 degrees with 77-67% humidity. the first #'s were at the beginning of the run, the 2nd numbers were toward the end of the run. there was a breeze that I got to enjoy for 1/2 the run, and a nice bunch of shade too. It was the last mile stretch that had no shade or breeze, with the bright sun blasting down on me that was the worst. But I just thought, doing this now will make me stronger in the long run. I keep telling myself these things.
no beavers or dams today. just a big loop that goes around the general area I live in. I don't run it often, but I think I should do it more. it has long gradual slopes. not really hills, but it's upward running for a good distance. I'm sure the down is there too, but I'm not noticing it as much as I notice the up.
Gotta shower- I've got a lunch date at chubby's tacos today :-) | |
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since it's midnight, and I might not wake up in time to run in the morning, I'll just share this with all of you instead....
it's puffy beaver. he looked waaaayyy better when he had a head that wasn't flattened amd his hand was up in the air making it look like he was waving...or trying to catch a ride.
happy wednesday y'all!
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not motivated today. was only going to do 4, but that loop turned into 5, and I told myself if I made it an hour, I'd make myself a frozen fruit smoothie and sit out back and sip on it with my bendy straw.
avg pace was 9:50. it was above 80 and humid, so I went out of my way to run in my neighbor's yard and go through their sprinklers.
fruit smoothie is gone, so it's time to shower.
only one dead bird on the road today. pretty uneventful.
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 6.20 |
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did shorter, but faster today. tried for a tempo mile in the middle and was surprised with what I was able to pull off.
started at 5:56- it was 79 degrees outside with 87% humidity. thank goodness the sun was up but not high enough in the sky to cook my gizzards while I ran! My glasses fogged up today on the run.
avg pace 8:37. splits were 9:22, 7:28, 8:54, and 8:54 (last 1/2 mile).
dropped the little buckanners off at youth conference today- free at last, free at last!!! | |
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tried to get up and out before 6, but didn't make it till about 20 after. 79o and 85% humidity at 6:20. didn't change much during my run. luckily, there was still a lot of shade in the road from the trees, and heading south there was an occasional breeze that helped.
I did 2 out & backs. one down the street, and the other one up the street. the first leg was 6.2 miles. I ran a tad further to make it 6.25 so I could have my own mini D-news 10K. (I just missed the crowds, the downhills, and the smell of bacon cooking as I ran by). My time was rotten, but I didn't care. I just wanted to get miles in today.
My end time for the 10k was 59:40. I then stopped at the house to refill my water bottle and drop offf my headlamp. I went the other direction up the road until it ended & came back. when I got home, I was at 9.85 miles, so I just kept running to make it 10.
overall avg pace was 9:31. splits: 10:18, 9:37, 9:45, 9:30, 9:21, 9:01, 9:36, 9:14, 9:41, 9:04.
The 9:14 and 9:41 are really the same stretch of road- guess which one was the downhill sloped time and which one was the uphill time :-)
Then I came home and had this little tasty treat.
Happy 24th of July y'all. (It's Pioneer Day in Utah for those of you who aren't up to speed on your Utah holidays). | |
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ran with Wyatt Earp this morning. Just did a big loop out on the country roads. Saw a cute little dead rabbit. His entrails were about 7 feet behind him on the road. Poor critter.
76-77o with 81-84% humidity. overcast for the first 6 miles, so not too bad.
It's so nice to run with friends. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 7.81 |
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ran the lakeless dam route again. It's got good inclines and one part that I'd actually call a hill.
my back was hurting all night, and again all day today. I lifted something heavy and awkward shaped and didn't use my legs like I should have. I know, I know, I know. It was a dumb thing to do.
the running didn't seem to bother it or help it, but I thought doing the shred video might be difficult so I passed on doing it again today
it actually rained today. not till after I'd finished my run, but by 9:30, it was really raining, and it's rained almost all the day long. We sure needed the moisture. I was going to do this blog earlier and the power went out at the house. At first I felt so clever because I had charged the laptop and I didn't need any electricity to use it. Two minutes later, my pride bubble burst when I realized that I did need power to get the internet connection to work. Duh.
So this is a late day entry for me. I ended up reading and taking a wonderful nap since the power was out. nice lazy day for resting and trying to let my back heal.
avg pace on the run was around 9:25 (if I remember correctly). the temp was 77-79 degrees with around 85% humidity. 7-8 am. | |
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I don't know what the official name for this kind of run is, if one even exists. I think I'll call it "I was too tired to wake up earlier, so I decided to run fewer miles at a faster pace."
I wanted to keep my miles 1 and 3 under a 9 mm, and I wanted mile 2 to be under 8 mm. I was able to meet my goals, so I was happy. I believe the pace for those 3 miles overall was 8:17.
I ran after the 3 miles was over to make it 30 minutes, but I turned off my garmin and just went slowly to cool down. It was about 5 1/2 minutes, so I put it down for 1/2 a mile.
Had to do some chauffering around of my #1 buckaneer this morning, and by the time I got home, I'd lost most of my motivation to do much else. I did some arm weights and bicycle crunches. I'm considering a bike ride later on. I'm just trying to figure out where I'll go. It's more enjoyable when I've got a destination in mind.
First, I think I'll watch a movie with Buckaneer #2. I got Valentine's Day at redbox last night. Hope it's good. If not, it's only a dollar! I guess I'll get the popcorn out :-) |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 3.50 |
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Wyatt came by this morning and we ran the 9 mile p-town route. It was nice. The second half is really quiet without much traffic at all. We got visiting, and before I knew it, we were done.
It wasn't too hot- the sun was just up, but it was overcast and foggy with humidity. We were in the steam room the whole time. Because the sun stayed hidden by clouds, it made it tolerable. But I was dripping buckets of sweat. My shorts were actually dripping all over the floor and I had to get a towel. Very humid.
Temps were 75.7 to 77o with 90-91% humidity. The device that measures wind gusts showed nothing all morning long. The air was so wet, we could call this a biathalon because we were swimming too. I'm really not complaining, because it was cool enough to run with the sun hidden.
We went slow and easy. Not sure of the pace, but I know it's over a 10 mm.
Good company, good run, good frozen fruit smoothies after :-)... | |
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i have come face to face with danger. i looked it right in the eye (with my one good eye) and told danger "there will be no survivors" (in my very best Fezzick voice).
then i licked danger, and walked away hungry for more.
danger, by the way, has a name; it's name is cuisineart home soft serve ice cream machine.
yesterday, therapy run. today, therapy food.
my tarot cards show me headed toward an intervention very soon :-) | |
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the weather was delightful this morning...a nice little breeze. 69-72o with 85-78% humidity. The sweat wasn't dripping nearly as bad as Thursday's 9 miler.
Wyatt and I took a new side road off of the p-town loop and went out in the country for a while, then intersected back with the end of the p-town loop to finish the run.
We ran by a couple of horse farms, and a little old worn down trailer house that had a cow family in the front yard. A bull, a mom cow, and a little calf. We see the strangest things out in the country. Had a few dogs chase out after us in the road. None of them were doing anything other than just being guard dogs, I just hate to see dogs left loose that can run in the road and get hit by a car.
Got a good opossum road kill sighting too. Our run was slow...some miles were a little too slow and I think we need to try and pick up the speed a little. We got back and I decided I wanted to run a little more, so I did a 2 miles loop around the hood and worked on running faster. I got 9:30ish on the first mile and 830ish on the second. My last .18 was 7:30ish, but that's not really long enough to count for much.
Overall avg pace was 10:20. Hope to see that increase in the coming weeks.
I'm so glad the weather was nice today. It makes me hopeful that better days are ahead. | |
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Took a different route today. Out and back to a road that connects to the lilly pad pond run. Went off on a side road to run through a new subdivision being built. Too much traffic from the big trucks and machinery on the road. I won't take that side route again.
But now I'm thinking of how I can connect the two runs for a longer run. New routes are fun to try.
nice weather- very overcast with a breeze that I'd almost call cool. great for running.
avg pace 9:22. I like this pace and think I might try and make it my goal pace for the marathon. Somewhere between 9:20 and 9:30.
road kill tally for the morning was pretty small. One rabbit and one bird.
well, it's time to make the donuts.... |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 8.88 |
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I felt so rested when I woke up this morning before my alarm clock went off. Only to find that it had never been turned on, and it was already 8 am. oops.
it looked overcast outside and the tv said it was still in the 70's, so I figured I'd try and run anyway.
It was warm and muggy but the cloud cover kept the sun at bay the first 3 miles. Then out popped the sun, and I swear it felt like I was going to melt into the road. Like a big gummy bear that gets so hot it loses it's shape and just slumps into a pile of stickyness. Only my pile of sticky would be sitting atop my running shoes and wearing a garmin.
I went on an out and back down a road I haven't been on for a while. My run today ended at a bridge that goes over the interstate, so I had one good hill in there. The rest is flat.
tempo run for the first 4 miles. The avg pace for those 4 miles was 8:58. The last 2 miles I had to slow down considerably since I was turning into a gummy bear blob. I did a 1 minute walk, 9 minute run those last 2.4 miles. The avg pace for the entire 6.4 miles was 9:22. splits were: 9:14, 9"10, 9:05, 8:17, 9:50, 9:58, 10:56 (last .4).
When I got home, I turned the hose on and put my head under the water. it felt so good! gummy bear re-shaping back into human form. then I got a big bowl of cold watermelon and ate it all. good stuff!
Only one dead bird today, but I was treated to a host of butterflies that were in the grasses on the side of the road. Little yellow ones. It's nice when nature gives us gifts like butterflies. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 6.40 |
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Kind of hate not having #'s to put in the running part, but had a fabulous bike ride today with Wyatt.
We went all over- hit 3 counties, and a dog (not intentionally- he was just running with us for a while, then decided to come to a dead stop in front of my tire).
32 miles +/- since I stopped my garmin once and forgot to start it again. I'm pretty sure we're only off by .5 mile either way.
Not much road kill, a couple of birds, a raccoon, and a snake that had been hit on the back 1/2, so he was still alive and trying to slither off the road. Just a black rat snake, no copperheads.
Sit on place is a little sore from being on the bike so long (about 4 hours). We had to call Wyatt's man a couple of times to make sure we were heading on a road that wouldn't take us too far from home. Pit stop at McDonalds for a bathroom break. We went really slow and easy, which made the distance seem like a piece of cake.
Beautiful mental pictures of the soy, cotton & corn fields, with cypress trees in the background, and birds flying overhead from out of the fields. It's a place I'll go back and visit when I'm stuck in a boring meeting and need to escape. | |
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I planned to connect my two runs from monday and tuesday. turning the two out and backs into a loop. I thought the distance connecting them was a lot more than it actually turned out to be, so my plan for 11-12 miles was cut short. It was pretty humid & warming up, so I didn't mind being finished when I got home.
Ran by this cypress swamp with lilly pads. Really pretty. The lilly pads are in the back of the swamp.
Saw more dead snakes than I would have liked to have seen. Most were really run over, but this guy was a pretty fresh kill.
And he's not a rat snake. Not sure what kind he really is. Any guesses?
Then of course there was the dead bird I'd already seen on Monday, and something in the middle of the road with a long tail. Could have been a rat or little opossum...too much traffic for me to get a good look at him.
Avg pace was 9:22 again. 79 degrees & 80% humidity the entire run. Thank my lucky stars that the cloud godess was smiling on me and it was overcast almost the whole time.
Now I'm off to make french toast for breakfast since I don't have anyone to take me out to eat after they weed my yard. | |
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tried a fartlek today. long run tomorrow.
I did a one mile warm up before I started "fartlek-ing." Then every cul-de-sac I would run fast, and just tried to keep up a good tempo when I wasn't in the fartlek-ing mode.
It was about 5 degrees cooler this morning on my run and a nicer breeze today too.
kept it in the 'hood, so no roadkill to report from my run. sorry folks. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 3.84 |
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avg pace 9:47. beautiful run, wonderful company.
and......a trail kill. dead mole on the middle of the trail. maybe hit by a bike, or dropped by a hawk- not sure. you know I took a pix. Will post later.
here's a photo of Terri and I on the trail run today... this sign is right off the running/bike path....it's just a photo op waiting to happen!
stay tuned for the mole...oh, here he is...
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92 degrees by the time I woke up. Not gonna happen today. 93 outside during the evening news... Really not gonna happen today.
Finished reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo...interesting book. Probably going to get the other 2 and devour them before I have to go back to work.. | |
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started slow, but eventually got in a groove. Had to stop & take a phone call and forgot to stop garmin while I stood there & tried walking in circles. That put my garmin pace off a bit. It said avg pace was 9:49. .3 miles of walking/stopping...oh well.
90% humidity 78 degrees. glasses fogged up by .2 miles so I took them off & ran blind. Not blind enough to miss the dead kitty. Poor thing. The cattle at the ranch were lowing at me today...usually they just stare. I think they were cheering me on..."mmmrrrruuunnnn."
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.57 |
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Hodge-Podge run. A little of everything. Then a shred 1.
warm up mile, fast mile, recovery pace miles with hills, and a little walk in the middle to cool down because my red "engine overheating" light was on. When will it cool down????
weather: hot & humid. no cloud cover- sun was up. I'm mmmeeeeeeellllllllting.
no roadkill sightings today. Lots of stubborn drivers who won't give me an inch of road to run on, so I end up trompling through the sand and grass of snakeland on the side of the road.
thank goodness for watermelons waiting at home :-) | |
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This is a whiney pirate blog today, so if you're not in the mood to listen to me whine, walk the plank & abandon ship now.
It was hot and humid. 81 degrees at 5 am when I woke up. when we started running around 6:20, it was still around 80 degrees with 76% humidity. It would have been okay for shorter runs I guess, but we were going long today and by mile 8, my shoes and socks were soaked and it felt like I was running in a swamp inside my shoe. The sweat just pooled up inside my shoes..it was disgusting. Luckily I didn't get any blisters.
I carried 2 water bottles, and had 1 gu at mile 7. I think I could have used some gatorade somewhere in there too, but didn't have anywhere to carry something else. I had my phone inside a ziplock back in my back pocket, and my shorts got so saturated with sweat and heavy that with the additional weight of the phone, they started slipping down in the back as I was running. I looked like a gangster with my pants saggin' and baggin' on the back of my heiney. It got so bad I had to stop and cinch up the drawstring super-tight around my waist to prevent un-due distress to Wyatt since she was running behind me. :-)
We ended up taking a couple little breaks to stretch out a side ache, take a road-kill pix, talk to the owner of the sheep that chased us last spring, etc. The breaks were appreciated. I don't think I let myself recover enough yesterday in prep for a long run today. I could tell I was still sore from the shred video. Tomorrow, I'm just going to bag running and take a nice long bike ride.
Fabulous road kill today. My camera phone is on the fritz, but we saw an opossum that was pretty much just fur and a backbone, an upside-down recliner on the side of the road that smelled like it might possibly have a dead person pinned under it, baby copperhead snake, baby fawn (super, super, super tiny...must have been a newborn), and a kitten that was so smashed up he could have been mistaken for a small panda bear or little skunk. We hit pay-dirt on the roadkill. It has a lot to do with the location of our run. More country=more kill.
If Wyatt sends me copies, I'll put some of our treasure pix up.
We finished the run and had a tasty protien smoothy. Then I showered and took my kids to the beach for the afternoon. It was really nice, but I'm not sure I enjoy going in the water as much after watching shark week as I did before. Next year, we might have to put a ban on shark-week viewing. | |
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sleep and bike ride- nice way to spend a Friday.
30.93 miles in 2:43. that's a 5:16 pace! Avg overall was 11.4 mph. ..never gonna happen anywhere but on my bike. Went out strong for the first 1 hour & 15 min. Then I stopped to take a break from the heat and the seat. When I got back on the bike, it seemed slow going. I finally got my groove again, and then it was time to turn back north & head home. Well.... there was a wonderful stong breeze blowing from the north. It felt so good to have a breeze, but it did make my riding a little slower. That and the fact that my legs were getting a bit tired too.
first lap 1 hr 15 min- 16.27 miles= avg 13 mph
second lap (after the drink break) 1 hr 27 min- 14.66 miles= avg 10 mph
glad to get home and walk off the bike a little
saw one dead rabbit, one dead bird, and one URK (unidentifiable road kill).
wore a camelbak and liked the convenience of it. Wondering if there are any good ones out there for running. They're more comfortable for me than a belt & bottle combo. | |
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I did my long run Thursday, so today was just a medium run. I worked on trying to keep my pace where I'd like it to be rather than where it has been lately. Not fast (gonna save going fast for Ricky Bobby) - just a pace that I know I can run effieciently at and is a pace I've found a groove in before.
I've never run the p-town by myself before, but ended up not having any problems other than dogs. The lady sat on her porch talking on her phone while her dog ran out into the road and chased me. I got the pepper spray ready, but he never came at me, just barked and chased me. I couldn't believe the lady just sat there like a bump on a log. Call off your freakin' dog, woman!
Paces were: 10:00, 9:14, 9:16, 9:18, 9:28, 9:25, 9:07, 8:36. then I walked a little and finished with a cool down of .7 at a 9:40. Miles 5 and 6 were where I stopped to get ice at the gas station (refill my water bottle) and where I stopped to gu. I turned off my garmin when I did those things, but I think it made my time slower and made it harder to get back in the groove.
overall avg pace was 9:20. Pretty much where I wanted to have it, so it's all good.
On a non-running note, my daughter got a chicken last night. It was a stray that was being chased by dogs. The lady who found it has chickens, but they're all bigger than this little chick and were pecking on it (as chickens do...). So now we have an ugly chicken.
Not sure if it's a boy or girl chicken yet. Time will tell. No name for it either..we just call it "ugly." My daughter is in love with the little thing. Here's a pix of her holding it. Any suggestions for a name? (other than fartlek?)
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nada- last day of vacation- slept in & it was 93o out when I got up.
So we worked on building a chicken coop for Mimosa. I figured out how to use the mitre saw, and that little shack is lookin' pretty good. We got it all finished except for putting the chicken wire on the top of the pen area. Gotta keep that ugly little thing safe from predators.
Did you know opossum will kill & eat chickens? I had no idea. The things you learn.
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76o 85% humidity- 4:35 am Not too shabby.
Garmin quit working before .10 miles..batter low. Oh, well. I knew what the distance was because I'd just done it recently.
I've never run this certain road in the dark by myself before. But I couldn't bear to bring myself to run circles in the 'hood. So I set out on the "busy" street. The first 6 miles, there weren't many cars. 12 total going out & back. So avg one car every 5 minutes, but it wasn't really like that...there were some spots where I didn't see a car for 1.5 miles. It is all fields with just a house here & there. quiet & nice.
The second part of my run, the last 3 miles, were in the other direction on that road, and it was busy. It got busier as time went on. I guess it was around 6 when I ended, and by then people were up & driving to work. This part of the run has houses & neighborhoods along the road almost the whole way. I had 21 cars and one school bus go by in those 3 miles.
I think in the future, I'm better off going back on the farm end of the road. It would be repeating the same path, but there probably won't be as many cars.
No road kill, just an empty can of cocktail weiners. probably made out of roadkill!
No idea what my pace was, but I could feel that I was changing gears and speeding up after a couple of miles warmin up. I'm confident that I had a good pace- and I was pleased that I finished feeling strong.
got home, stretched, and did 100 crunches on the ball. Then I got ready for work, and looked at the agenda they'd sent for the week, and noticed that we are starting an hour later today than normal. I could kick myself in the butt...I could have slept in another hour!!! AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!
But it gave me time to work on this little blog and I got to eat my chocolate oatmeal breakfast again. Haven't had that for a while :-)
Now it's off to work I go..... I sure did enjoy my vacation. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.00 |
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4:50 am 78o , 80-84% humidity. It's sad when it feels like a sauna at 4:50 in the morning. Lately, I've felt like the simplest breeze is a tender mercy of the Lord sent just for me.
progressive run. I was supposed to do 2 speed miles, but I did a lot of rationalizing and figured since I was planning a longer run tomorrow, and did a good pace yesterday, that I should take it easy today. So I started out at a recovery run pace, but I found that the longer I ran, the better I felt. So it just progressed. The last mile I tried running at my speed mile pace and was pleased that I actually managed to go faster than my goal. The last .22 miles was just to get back to the house and for fun.
It was cool though, because I haven't seen a 6 in my pace (unless it was on my bike) all summer.
avg pace 9:35. splits: 11:23, 10:15, 9:54, 9:43, 9:26, 9:04, 7:52, 6:56 (yeah baby, yeah!!!)
Ran in the hood today- evidently over the summer, the stray cat population has increased- there were cats everywhere. I like it when the headlamp reflects in the cat's eyes at night.
off to do my crunches & then to work...no hour delay today :-(
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9:56 avg pace- ran with Wyatt...late work start today
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kept it simple because I have long run tomorrow and want to have plenty of energy for it.
Fartleks. I only meant to do 3 miles, then when I was almost home, I looked and was at 3.77...so I just finished to 4. Too early for my brain to think straight I guess.
avg pace 8:55. splits 9:59, 9:01, 8:24, 8:17. Progressive Fartleks I guess. Only 9 speed sessions of fartleks. I'm not sure how often I'm "supposed" to do them, but I just do them when I get to a cul-de-sac... except once when I was thinking of something else and realized I missed the speed part after I finished the circle.
Glad it's Friday. 5:30 am, 75o - 93% humidity |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 4.00 |
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this 14 was better and easier than last week's 14.
70-72o with 92% humidity. Dew point was always 2o below actual temp and it was foggy, foggy, foggy until the last 4 miles.
met up with the black lab dog we've seen before at mile 4.5. He followed us for the next 5.5 miles. Once we were back in town at the gas station, I went in for ice, and he found someone else to follow. At that point he was only about a mile from home. Wyatt figured he probably knew his way around town & back home. I hope so. He actually came in handy when another dog that didn't look so friendly came charging out towards us. Black lab came up to the dog & distracted him so we could run off. The only thing I didn't like was that the dog was back & forth in the road with all of the cars. Surprised he wasn't hit. And I imagine most people assumed he was our dog and we were being irresponsible running out there with him off a leash. If they only knew...
I love the company & not having to run by myself. I just need to get our pace up. Or quit worrying about it and enjoy the journey. I think I may go with door #2. Wyatt may do the same training plan I'm on. She's considering a marathon in Nov as well.
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4:40 am 74o - 90% humidity
avg pace 9:08
splits: 10:05, 9:18, 9:20, 9:24, 9:09, 8:56, 9:01, 8:43, 8:19
beautiful moon |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.00 |
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| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 4.25 |
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4:40 am 69o - 88% humidity
warm up, tempo, cool down
avg pace 8:47 | |
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4:40 am 71o 89% humidity
8 miles- avg pace 9:29
saw a little pair of eyes reflecting back at me from the edge of the soybean fields...... I wasn't the only one up early today! | |
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easy/recovery
5:30 am 10:27 avg pace 70o 88% humidity
left headlamp at home on accident...ended up not even needing it.
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ran with Wyatt. pretty uneventful for the first 14 miles. our dog friend from last week wasn't out (what a relief). more dead turtles this week, and a couple snakes squished on the road.
between 14 & 15, we came upon a lady & little girl on bikes. they also had 2 large dogs that looked like pit bulls. the dogs weren't on leashes. when the dogs saw us, they ran away from the lady & girl, out into the road and right at us. one of them came right at me. I sprayed it. the dog ran off, but didn't seem really bothered by the spray the way some dogs do when they get sprayed. He trotted off and kept his distance after that.
The lady got so mad and started screaming and cussing at me for spraying her "friendly" dog. i just told her (as we ran by) that I was sorry, but I'd been bitten by "friendly" dogs before. Wyatt said something to her too. The lady just got more angry and threw down her bike and started screaming profanities at us. She didn't chase after us, she just stood there screaming. Wyatt had a few things to say back to her like, "you need to have them on leashes" and "look at you using that kind of language in front of your little girl." to which the woman's last comment was, as she screamed out loud at us (because we were pretty far away by then) "Well, look at you running; you look like skinny bit****."
We had to give eachother a high 5 and shout out "woo-hoo!" Because we're so shallow that we love it when someone calls us skinny.
I don't think we'll be running down that road again for a couple of weeks. This was our 3rd week on that road. we go out & come back on it. We've never even seen anyone on the road before, but from the looks of it, she couldn't have been too far from home.
Just as we finished our run, we came across a woman out running on the same road. It is so rare to see any other runners. We spoke with her shortly. She is training for triathalons. Very nice lady. Good to see others out there enjoying the road.
pace was a little faster than last week. I hope we continue to improve in that department.
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It's my easy week. And Woo-Hoo I had temps under 70o this morning. First time ALL summer!!! It was heaven!!
4:40 am 66o with 83% humidity
avg pace 9:21
splits: 10:24, 9:18, 9:18, 9:18, 9:06, 9:16, 9:06, 9:06.
How's that for consistent? I feel like my real avg pace is better than 9:21, but that warm up mile always pulls it down. I enjoy the pace I ran at today. I hope I can work on keeping that pace for longer distances. Legs were a little sore but not what I'd consider "sore legs." |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 8.00 |
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x-train/rest day
did shred video first (after fighting with the dvd player for 10 minutes)
then 4 mile easy run. avg pace 9:41. My legs felt a little trashed from just doing the shred. Felt like I'd already been out running 12 miles (especially when I started).
splits: 10:33, 9:33, 9:28, 9:05 5:20am 69o with 82% humidity
had a 9.23 mile bike ride after work. Took the long way home...it was great. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 4.00 |
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4:40 am 71o
avg pace 9:12
splits: 10:32, 9:24, 8:56, 9:04, 9:03, 9:01, 8:46, 8:47
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4:35 am 64o
ran slower today than yesterday.. maybe it's the weight of the world I'm feeling on my shoulders, or maybe it's just that 40 lb chip I've been carrying around on them instead.
avg pace 9:43
splits: 10:07, 9:54, 9:49, 9:41, 9:40, 9:30, 9:29, 9:30 | |
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40 minutes of extra sleep was on the menu this morning. It's my "easy" week so I took one morning break- even though my long run tomorrow is only 8 miles.
Shredded it up with Jillian & her 2 lovely fem-bots. Then I went on the mini-run. 5:35am- avg pace was around 8:50. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 2.17 |
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easy week saturday run. Ran a different route with some hills- good training for that bridge at mile 20.
Ran with Wyatt. faster pace for our saturday avg..9:14 overall. weather is getting better every week! | |
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Labor day sleep in and run....wonderful to run in the sunshine on a week-day again. Especially with the cooler weather. It felt really nice today. Ran to p-town; not much excitement- just a smashed opossum and something that looked like a ribcage belonging to a medium sized dog.
warm up, run 7, cool down. avg pace 9:02
splits: 9:28, 8:58, 8:58, 9:00, 9:00, 8:51, 8:43, 8:48, 9:37
in the afternoon, went for a bike ride. 70 minutes, then a break to shoot the bull with Wyatt for a while, then another 30 minutes home. Lost my pepper spray somewhere in the first 1/2, and really needed it during the 2nd. Dogs barking and chasing me right at my feet as I'm trying to pedal away from them and not into traffic...it's enough to make me really mad. I want to scream at the owners who let their dogs do that. But I doubt it would do any good. So I went and bought 2 pepper sprays after dinner. So now I've got a back up.
Now my troubles are going to have trouble with me. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.00 |
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up early to shred with Jillian, then a 4 mile recovery run. I'd like to say it was easy, but my legs were tired and it wasn't the cake walk I would have wished it was.
avg pace overall 9:58 | |
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8 miles- 4:40 am- avg pace 9:17.... MEH | |
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progressive run- wasn't in the mood this morning and took a while to run off the grump. Finally got in my groove. Enjoyed watchin the sky lighten as I ran east/north-east the last 3 miles of my run just around 6 am. It was beautiful. A nice reward for dragging myself out.
Had to spray a little yapper this morning. Then some of the spray was on my finger and I used it to wipe the sweat off under my nose...that was a burn I wasn't prepared for.
Saw someone out on their bike in the dark. Little headlight on the bike...giving me ideas. Maybe I can BRUSH sometime.... maybe
pockets of hot and cold air as I ran. Different temps coming off the fields and swamps..it was strange. At one minute I was in a hot foggy mess of air, and the next, it was clear and a cool breeze, the back & forth between the two.
Avg pace 9:17. Progressive..started at around a 10:30 and ended around 8:30. | |
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shred then a 2 mile easy/recovery at a 10:23 pace
used my extra time this morning to get in a longer morning nap. it was wonderful.
got my SHRU in. Can I make it on the bike this afternoon to finish up a shrub, or will it turn into a shrug (Got other stuff to do)? Stay tuned... |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 2.00 |
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Ran with Wyatt. Around mile 2 I didn't feel well and wondered how it was all going to happen, but then by mile 4 I felt great. I glad improvements happened.
Ran with Wyatt. tri-county loop with an extra mile at the end around her house to total 18. She calls that the Mount Surrey Chi-hua-hua run because there are wwwaaayyy too many people that have those little dogs over the course of that 1 mile. But at least there's only one house that has a life sized bleeding heart Jesus statue in the front yard. Too many of those and people might get ideas.
We took water breaks at miles 7 and 15. Then a tree-line break intbetween those. No porta potties out on this run. There was an awesome woman who stuck her head out her front door as we ran by and cheered us on yelling "great job ladies, looking good! Keep up the good work." It was like we were really in a race. I'll never forget her- she made my day. Lots better than the lady who yelled at us 2 weeks ago and called us names :-)
overall avg pace was 9:58. started slow, but for most of the miles we were just about 9:58. the pace was getting slower from miles 12-15, but we picked it up at the end and managed negative splits by finishing our last 3 miles around 9:30's.
I don't normally do ice baths, but thought I'd try it today. I fell asleep in the ice bath. I think maybe I was a little tired, so I crawled into bed and slept for 2 hours. It was great. I was happy that I had the time to let myself sleep today too. Some Saturdays are too busy for sleeping all day. Not much else got done today, but I don't think the world will come to an end if I miss a day of Saturday chores. | |
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4:33 am. low 60's. very nice weather! Beautiful clear sky with lots of stars. Only ran into one guard-cat who had his eyes glowing back at me from the headlamp. Other than that, pretty uneventful.
all but one mile was progression, so we'll call it that. Overall avg pace 9:14. Can't complain. Saving my complaining for next Monday when I have 11 miles so I'll have to head out at 4:10...aarrrgggghhh. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.00 |
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sleep, SHred, RUn. If I ran first, I could have a had a SLeep, rUn, SHred= SLUSH!
ran at 5:30. nice and beautiful out. easy pace- 10:20 avg. A little black lab ended up following me the entire time, and was still camped outside my front door 2 hours later when I left for work. No collar. Cute as a button. Anyone want a dog? |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 3.10 |
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ahhh...speed work.
7 miles with 3x1600 @ fast pace & recovery inbetween. 4:50 am.
warm up mile 1-9:26 (faster than my normal warm up, but I wanted a good base speed to start from
2- 7:52, 3-8:56, 4- 7:56, 5- 9:15, then stink of all stinky, .14 miles into my mile 6 speed work, I got that dumb-bunny cramp behind my knee where my knee brace is. I couldn't run or even walk. I took off the knee brace, then stopped & stretched in someone's driveway, then started back walking, then easy jog, then just ran the next mile at an easy progression. So the .14 was an 8:08 pace, then the next mile was 9:11. I did a speed mile after that to get my 3 speed sessions in. It was a 7:39. Then a cool down jog of 10:23 for .11 miles to get to the driveway.
I was able to run the last 2 miles w/o the knee brace on & w/o any problems. Maybe I need to leave it at home on speed sessions. I don't know. The physical therapist said I'd always need it, but what's the point if it's causing problems? I wear the knee band/brace for "runner's knee."
Total overall pace was 8:38. I felt good running the whole time except for the leg cramp.
Ended up having "one of those days" at work. I was like Odessyus on my Epic journey. Got yelled at by the giant, stabbed in the back by Cyclops, & farted on by a troll. I can't wait for the week-end to get here! | |
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Slept really well (sorry RAD). Run was nice- kind of just put it on auto-pilot and got it done.
At one point I ended up running in a thick fog, and the next thing I knew, there was a big white van 3 feet away from me parked on the side of the road (no houses around). It really scared me- took me by surprise. I was relieved when I finally got past the van & out of the fog.
7+ mile bike ride after work. rode west as the sun was beginning to go down and the sky was changing. It was beautiful. I thought how it was so much like the beginnings of the sunrises I get to see in the mornings.
funny little leg pain in my thigh jumped up & bit me when I tried running up stairs. going to take Friday off and go easy on Sat instead of testing my luck with a 20 miler as planned. I can do do 20 miles next week when the little pain is long gone.
Trying the foam roller....strange device. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 8.00 |
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no pain in my quad this morning. good news :-)
wyatt is sick with sinus infections & couldn't run. bad news:-(
so I got another hour of sleep :-) and ran alone :-(
I have a long run next Saturday and don't want to over-do it with my quad, so I just went at an easy pace and kept the miles lower than the suggested training guide, which has me doing low miles next week & big miles this week.
avg pace 9:25. splits: (it's like a rollercoaster...) 9:47, 9:32, 9:27, 9:26, 9:42, 9:32, 9:53, 9:16, 9:16, 8:58, 8:50. walked for 1.3 miles after, and used the roller again.
i didn't have the leg pain, but after using the roller, it seemed like I had achey muscles a little. Is this normal as I get used to the roller, or just a coincidence?
Almost ran on top of a cotton mouth snake. I don't know how, but I didn't see it till I almost stepped on it. It's head was right on the white line I was running on. Luckily, it's head was smashed it (fairly recently), but it was hard to tell at first glance. I'm glad I slept in. An hour earlier, and that snake might not have been dead yet.
This is why I HATE having to run in the grass on the side of the road. Sometimes with cars coming in both directions, I just have to do it, but when there's only one car on the road and it's coming toward me, WHY can't they give me a little space so I don't have to go in the grass?
Actually, most people do. It's just a few who don't move an inch. And of those few, 89% of them are women. Why is that??? Hhhmmmmmmm.... | |
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Holy moly people- 3:45 is too early to wake up and run. I managed to get ready and warmed up by 4:15 (5 min later than planned). I move so slowly in the morning.
Ran my 11 miles. Paces were all over the place. I need to start getting in a groove and finding my marathon pace so I can practice that pace on these silly morning runs. Avg was 9:19.
The only good thing was, there were less cars than usual on the roads. on the spokes I ran off the busy road, I only saw one car that wasn't out delivering newspapers. The busy road was just about the same as usual.
No big vans or snakes today. It's a good thing- I don't think I would have been able to handle much more than just running.
Bonus: I got to see the moon set just as I started out. It was an awesome huge orange ball setting into the tree tops. I'm glad I got to see it, even if it was only for 10 minutes.
Dragging most of the day after the run. Not so much sleepy, but my body feels tired. And it's Monday, so I'm going to blame it on that.
Hope all the FRB Herriman folks made it safely out of harm's way. Prayers for those who weren't so lucky. | |
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tried getting out early, but something came up- so I started 10 min late (4:40). I made up most of the time, and only got home 3 min late. Not too shabby. Of course after stretching and rolling around on that silly foam roller, my morning was gone, no time for breakfast or a nap. Althought I do believe somewhere in the midst of praying, I may have dozed off for a minute or two. I'm hoping He understands.
Ran a route that connects my two spokes, so it was a loop. Only 1/2 mile of out & back near my house. Hated trying to find a pace.during the first few miles. I used my Garmin to help me out. I was cursing it the first 45 minutes, but in the end was glad I used it. I need to focus on finding my race pace and practicing it. I think today was a little faster than I'm going to shoot for, but at least it was fairly consistent (just under 9mm).
One scary part of the run... on the connector section. There is a swamp, and the road runs next to it/through it. No lights at all, lots of trees (so no moonlight), and my wild imagination. I ran right in the middle of the road so no alligators or snakes would come out of the swamp at me. It's only .25 miles long, but it seemed to go on forever. Car lights would have been good, but then I would have been too close to the swamp. In the daylight, this is one of my favorite places to run past because of the beautiful lilly pads among the cypress trees. Night time is a whole different creature.
The moon was lovely. It was setting just as I was finishing up. I was glad I'd been out and had the chance to see it floating among the clouds. Most of the world missed the beauty. Lucky lady pirate today- moon treasures and no alligators.
After work 7.7 miles on the bike. nice ride- so refreshing. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.00 |
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The plan said 10, but I'm doing my long run this weekend instead of last, so I thought maybe it was okay to do less. I was thinking 6, but then thought, well, I am training, so I'll do 8. But I underestimated my distances and ended up with 9.
Beautiful, bright moon lighting my path and keeping me company. Not too many cars, and no alligators or snakes. Nice run. Went slower than yesterday, because yesterday was a pace run and today wasn't.
avg pace 9:21.
Biking today after work, tomorrow I do believe I will sleep in and take 'er easy.
10.8 miles on the bike. riding into the sunset. perfect. |
| Pinky Gladys Gutzman Miles: 9.00 |
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Hinson Lake Ultra Classic (50 Miles) 11:47:00, Place overall: 73, Place in age division: 18 | |
This was actually a 24 hour ultra. I could only stay for 12. Next year, I hope I get to stay and play with the big kids all night long.
I ran 20 for my marathon training plan, another 6.2 to make it a marathon, and then another 4 just to say I'd run 30. I took some walking breaks after that. Kept track of my miles & those paces on the garmin. So I know my total running was 40.26. The other 11.32 miles were the ones I walked.
After the 30 and a quick break to refuel and use the bathroom, I walked a couple of miles & then tried running. It was hard!! I didn't realize it was possible to run 13 minute miles. But I certainly managed. A new PR for me :-) Took a couple more breaks & had to walk to the car/bathroom a couple times too. Those miles aren't included- and I had to park up the hill.
Fun things about the run:
- Every 1.57 miles, you're back at the snack/refreshment/re-fuel table. It's easier when you know there's a break ahead.
- there was a blind runner with his guide there kicking up the dirt for a long, long time. So impressive.
- All ages, all sizes. Even one pregnant lady (she ran a couple hours).
- MR wasn't able to come, but really wanted to be there. So I brought a cut out of his face (life size) and put it on a paint stirrer stick. I clipped it to my lawn chair so he got to watch all the runners go by through the day. I even took him on a victory loop around mile 34. Someone said, "you brought your pacer with you!"
- The great snacks they had for us. lots to drink from ginger-ale & coke to gatorade. Then there were chips, m&m's, gummy bears, BK double cheeseburgers (which are great fuel after 30 miles, by the way), pizza, and (drum roll please).... ice cream cake!!!
- The route. It was a trail loop that went around a lilly-pad filled lake. Lots of trees, which was good since it was in the 90's, mostly packed dirt, but enough sand to make you appreciate when it wasn't sandy. A few hills, but not too many. And when you'd run past the starting point, you'd call out your # to the volunteers who would put a tally mark next to your number. I believe the race coordinator said they were doing it "old school."
- This is the largest 24 hour ultra in the US. So anyone who wants to come next year, I'll be happy to be your host!
- Watching the sunrise over the water in the east, and then watching it set over the water in the west. How lucky can one girl be?
I'll tell you, lucky enough that I made it 12 hours, got to run & walk for 50 miles, and found a KFC on the way home to treat myself to some extra crispy fried chicken. Because if I've ever deserved some fried chicken, it was then.
Pix of MR & I on our loop together:
splits for running. (ran till 30.26 then ran a mile, walked a while after that).
miles 1-10: 10:11, 9:31, 9:51, 10:08, 9:49, 10:11, 9:46, 9:40, 9:57, 9:43
miles 11-20: 9:26, 9:40, 9:45, 9:37, 10:03, 9:34, 9:52, 9:51, 9:50, 10:01
miles 21-26.23: 10:00, 9:58, 10:23, 10:23, 10:26, 9:59, 8.45 (last .23 miles)
miles 26.23-30.23: 10:26, 10:37, 10:26, 10:26
miles 30.23-40.23: 12.35, 12:10, 10.38, 12:03, 11:15, 11:09, 11:14, 11:18, 10:48, 10:30
over all avg pace was 10:19 (for running).
My marathon training plan will be put on hold for a few days until I can figure out how to walk again without every muscle in my body screaming at me!!!! |
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30 min on the elliptical really helped get some of the soreness out.
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Ah, the extra sleep in the morning is marvelous- I can't deny it.
I was going to try a short run. I thought 2 miles would be a good starting point. Guess jumped the gun a little because after 1/2 a mile, soreness was creeping in on those places I'm prone to injure. I stopped at a mile and walked the other one. Just not worth pushing it right now. I've got 6 weeks till OBX, and I'm going to get back to training as soon as my body is ready.
I'm just not sure when that is. What's a good "recovery" time to let muscles heal?
I think I'll stick with the elliptical tomorrow. Just put in the same time that I'd put in if I were going to be running. Is that okay?
Lots of questions...any help/suggestions are appreciated.
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I spent 90 minutes on the elliptical. Difficulty level of maybe a 3 or 4. BUT: no pain or soreness anywhere today!! I'll do the same tomorrow, maybe kick it up to a 4 or 5 :-)
2 hr delay tomorrow at school for the horrid rain, so maybe I'll try a shred in there too...or is that too much too soon? |
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90 more minutes on the elliptical. the first 45 were on a more challenging level, then the last 45 were the same as yesterday.
When I get a late start and have to run 9 miles, I can try & run faster to get back sooner. When I get a late start on the elliptical, it doesn't matter how fast & furiously I go, it still takes 90 minutes :-(
Hoping to do a little light running on Saturday. Might go for another 1 mile trial run tomorrow and see how it feels before I commit to something more than that. And maybe, I'll just take Saturday and go visit the shoe store in Raleigh since I think it's time for another pair.
Good luck to all the SGM runners this week-end! Drive safe and run swift. | |
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Nice cool weather made for a wonderful run. Just went slow and easy. After a mile, I had troubles with my knee. I stopped, stretched it, fiddled with my knee band, tried to adjust my gait, and by mile 4, the troubles were history & I enjoyed the run without any problems at all. It's nice to be back running again. Sleeping in was wonderful all week, but I like running :)
Ran with Wyatt. Wonderful company. We missed a week or two, and had a lot of catching up to do. Time flew by. | |
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Well folks, I hope you enjoyed that little commercial sleeping in break brought to you and sponsored by my mattress and pillow, but this morning, we are going to resume our regulary scheduled program.......
It was 4:40 by the time I got warmed up & out the door. The temps were a glorious 54 degrees, with little clouds in the sky, a beautiful slice of a waning crescent moon, and more stars that I can shake a stick at. Perfect fall running weather!
I ran slow. I wasn't in a hurry, I was just enjoying the run (except the small little section that goes by the swamp and doesn't have any lights....and then I hurried toward the lights).
The dog that chased me off the road when I was riding my bike a few weeks ago showed up again this morning running out into the road and barking/chasing after me. A little spray in his general direction sent him back to his own yard to bark at me from a distance. I yelled at him before I sprayed him, but he didn't understand what "GO HOME" meant. I guess he doesn't speak english.
My tempo increased as I ran, turned into a great progressive run. Avg pace was 9:22. | |
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SHRUB day might turn into a SHRU day because I don't think I'll be biking this afternoon. Bigger fish to fry with a birthday dinner for my son. I'm pretty sure we'll be hogging it up at the Red Lobster's shrimp feast. Can't wait.
I did the Shred video, and ran 2 miles early so I could get ready and make a run to Walmart for birthday cupcakes & some bojangles boberry biscuits for breakfast. The cupcakes were for seminary..always good to load them up with sugar & fats at 6:30 in the morning. Then we came home & ate the biscuits. This is going to be a bad day for my "eating like an athelete" goal. But hey, it's probably his last birthday with us before he goes off to big, scary world of college & real life. So I'm going to enjoy it. Biscuits, Shrimp, Cupcakes & all! | |
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I guess it's just a GA run. 9 miles. 4:40 am. No moon, 50 degrees, but it felt colder than yesterday when it was 46. Maybe my shorts were just shorter...
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Just had to sleep this morning. Weeks like this where I'm running 9-10 miles in the morning require more than 6 hours of sleep a night. I was SO unproductive yesterday because I was too tired to focus on anything except not falling asleep. Need to re-asses bed time. | |
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Thank goodness for cooler weather. We got to sleep in and didn't have to start at 6 am to beat the heat. [We met at 7 to start instead :-) ]. Avg pace 9:52.
We ran some of Wyatt's running area and some of mine too. On our recon drive to drop off some h2o on the side of the road, we noticed that the Baptist church was having a fall harvest festival- so we packed a couple of dollars hoping for a bake sale treat on our run.
We got there around mile 10 and I went to see what they had. It was a bbq plate dinner sale, and the desserts came with a meal. I explained that we couldn't really buy a meal just then because we were running. So they offered to let me just take dessert. I left a donation for the biggest brownie they had. It was delicious and great fuel for the rest of the run. We shared it, and it was plenty. One lady there asked me if I needed something to drink and I told her no, I had my water bottle. She said, "do you need any more?" to which I answered, "No thank you, we've only got 5 miles left." As I was walking away with my prize winning brownie, Wyatt overheard her telling the others "They ONLY have 5 miles left!!" It made us smile. The nice lady tried to hug me too- bad idea on her part because I sweat like a pig. Sorry about the sweaty hug- and thanks for the brownie.
And if the run couldn't have gotten any better, we ran by the house that has 2 old hearses in their yard. Year round, there are little tombstones in front of one of them, but it's in the back of the side yard and I couldn't get it in the picture. However, in the front of their house, they have probably 8-10 ghosts up on wooden posts along the road. We HAD to stop and get some pictures. My favorite is of Death with the nosy horse in the back ground. He was over on the other side of their pen, but when I went to get the pix, he had to follow me & get in the photo too. You can see one of the hearses behind the blue car in the first pix. I love this yard!
Skeletor, scarecrow & pumpkin man.
"death" with the horse.
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Oh the joy of early, early runs. No moon, music maker is broken, and my knee is finding new ways to try and torment me. Other than that, it was really nice outside today and the run ended up being good. 4 -6 am & 55 degrees.
Knee was sore from Saturday's run. Doesn't usually do that, so I wasn't sure what to expect. At mile .5, I had to stop & stretch out my quad & re-adjust the knee band. It was great until I started going downhill just after mile 2. Lots of stopping, stretching, adjusting. Took a long time to sort it out and run. I was wondering if I was going to just have to walk home...very disappointing.
Finally got that straight, and it was good again until I was running a turn at mile 4.3. Same thing, stretch/adjust, walk a little, and then I was running again. Didn't bother me much at all after that. And it felt fine when I got home.. I just don't know about that silly knee.
At the mile 4.3 stretch, I forgot to re-start my garmin, and didn't notice until I was at mile 6. Luckily, I knew how many miles I'd gone, and how many more I needed to go, so I just pressed lap and went from there. Avg pace for the miles I had the garmin on was 9:08. I am fairly certain the 1.6 miles I missed were around a 9:15-9:20 pace. Over all tempo run with paces increasing most of the miles.
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majestic morning with 8 hours of sleep.....so why was I still tired?????
Shred & elliptical. Want to go easy on the knee so it'll be nice to me the rest of the week. Maybe I can bike tonight..... it'll be a SHELBI..shred, elliptical, bike!!
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Reading Rocks 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:27:43, Place in age division: 25 | |
The only reason I ran this "race" was to get a 1/2 day off work next month. Yes, I can be bribed. $22.50 for 1/2 day is obviously my going price.
Ran .5 warm up with just the knee band on. It was touch & go with the knee, so I put the big knee brace on for the run. We went slow & easy. The course was the tough hill course downtown. Good training, except when my knee hurts :-(
We still managed to pass people and came in under 30 min. I was woman #25, Wyatt was #24. No idea about other AG places. Didn't hang around to find out. Just wanted to go home and cry myself a river over my silly knee.
Got in a 22 mile bike ride. 8 miles were easy as I rode along side Wyatt as she ran. The other 14 were good effort. I think I'll be visiting my bike a little more often for a while.
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Sleep is nice. Got up and tried out a new pilates video. It was just the intro video, so mostly instructions and some easy things to get started. Only had knee pain once. I'll try the "real" workout tomorrow. I've got to do something in the mornings to wake myself up and shake off the grumpies.
Got a Dr. appt this morning.. This may not seem like a big deal to most of you, but in the military, getting an appointment any day, but especially Monday morning, is nearly impossible. The appointment gods were smiling on me today.
Dr. is family practice, and has no idea what's up with the knee (not surprised), so she ordered x-rays today, I have to call & make an MRI appt tomorrow, and when those results come in, she feels like she'll be able to make an informed decision as to what physical therapy I need to pursue. Feels like I'm standing at the bottom of a long road that goes straight up the mountain face. But that's okay...I like to hike.
She thought elliptical might aggrivate it, and suggested recumbent bike. I don't have access to one of those, so I'll just try the regular bike & hope for the best. And I'll keep at that pilates stuff.
11.5 miles on the bike in the evening. 5 miles of good effort, the rest was just rollin' with Wyatt while she ran. | |
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I can feel some good strength training doing the exercises. Just miss the beat of the road.
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Got up early to knock out my Morning 9. Warmed up my usual way, and started running slow. Well, I didn't even get .25 mile. Knee problems seemed to be back. Can't figure it out. So I walked a ways, then tried running a little. This cycle continued for over a mile. I was getting ready to give up & just walk for the 90 minutes I had. Then, after a mile +, the easy run didn't hurt and I just kept on running. I didn't want to stop & not be able to start again, so I just kept running. Around mile 5.7, the muscle knot pain in the back of my knee was getting strong & I was near home, so I stopped and stretched out the back of my leg. It felt great after I stretched, so I went off running again to finish my 90 minutes, and I was able to run better than I had for weeks.
What is up with this knee?
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pilates video followed by the shred level 1.
then some crunches on the ball.
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It was warm this morning at 4:30! Low 70's. At least the occasional wind was a welcome relief from the humid heat.
I guess it was a combination of the warm weather, sore muscles from shred & pilates yesterday, and the fact that my running has been off kilter for a couple of weeks, but it was a hard run.
My breathing felt hard, everything was just a struggle. BUT my knee (front & back) were good to me, so I can't complain. Avg pace 9:30. | |
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The battle of the bed was being featured in my room this morning. Bed had me KO'd for a while and I was down for a 30 minutes count, but eventually I managed to get myself out of the headlock the pillow had on me and came out victorious.
Unfortunately, my early morning wrassle with the bed left me short on time, So I only had time for a 60 minute run. Which was fine since I was still sore all over. Avg pace was 9:20.
Knee was quiet for the most part. Still warm in the 70's and it was sprinkling a little & humid. Cooler weather is coming- so they say. | |
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nice run. cool weather is wonderful. ran with wyatt. lots of reasons to stop & walk once in a while. one of them was my knee. not 100% yet. I know I'm asking too much too soon....but can't a pirate dream?
Wore my flourescent green fishnet stockings as we ran along the country farm roads. Hey, it was my halloween run! The annual halloween hustle was cancelled this year. :-(
Avg pace 10:09 (just for the running parts). New motto for the race: more fun, less run. That's my goal. I seem to have no conrol over my knee at this point, so the only thing I do have control over is my attitude.
I'm really happy they have 7-11's near the race. None near where I live, so I'm looking forward to a slurpee & maybe some icky chili cheese nachos....or dare I even dream of a chili cheese dog????? Back to my dreams again.... now I feel more like Kermit the frog. The lovers, the dreamers, and me..... | |
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well, this sucked for running. Knee is not pleased with me. I am not pleased with Knee.
We seem to be at odds over the proper amount of running and rest that is necessary.
Sleepless night worried about the marathon. If I have to, can I walk it in enough time to not get kicked off the course? Should I just try the 1/2 instead? Or should I can it all and just wear my cheerleading pirate gear?????
2 weeks isn't far away. Still have the MRI planned on Wednesday. Hope to have more info by the end of the week. "Sigh."
New race goal may be: All Fun, Not so much Run. | |
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1 hour elliptical good workout - no knee troubles
tried the Pilates on the Ball video. So sorry you all missed the most amusing morning of my life. At one point, the ball flew out from between my legs and went hurling across the the room until it smacked into the front door. Oh dear pooh.
knee still hurts trying to go up & down stairs here at work. Guess I'm going to keep letting it rest while I ice/medicate it. | |
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1 hour elliptical. Finished reading the book Family Wisdom From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma. It's a good book with lots of great positive life building ideas- now if I can just put those ideas into actions.
Here's one of the thoughts from the book that stuck out to me today, and of course I immediately thought of running: The people who really get on in this world and live big lives-personally, professionally, or spiritually- are those who are never satisfied with themselves. They are constatnly pushing the envelope of their potential and growing stronger, wiser and more effective. Not to say that we shouldn't love ourselves, but we shouldn't fall into the trap of complacency.
I see that desire to keep improving and move forward in so many of you bloggers. Y'all really inspire me. Thanks :-) | |
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1 hour elliptical & MAT pilates. No desire to get back up on that ball any time soon!
NO pain in knee going up & down stairs. Want to run tomorrow, but think maybe just holding off on running till next weekend. Let more healing continue & keep working on strengthening.
Appt w/Dr on Mon to find out results of MRI. Sure hope this Dr knows what they're doing. I just hate it when they say "just quit running & try walking." I want to tell them, "just chew on vitamins instead of eating real food." Not very satisfying, is it?
AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH.
Saw a funny comedy show tonight called 3 Married Guys. Good, Clean humor about married life. Really needed to laugh- what a relief :-) | |
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Went to bed at 5:30 last night. It is wonderful to finally feel rested!!!
1 hour on the elliptical, then shred level 1 followed by strengthening exercises.
no problems with the knee until I was doing the jump rope & butt kicks. Sucks.
MRI follow up with Dr today. Looking forward to good news. or any news
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Correction: maybe I was to just looking forward to good news. As is, I got too much news & not sure what to think of any of it. I just want to run. 7-10 more days for referrals to go through, then waiting for 1st available appointments after that. No end in sight.
Here's the laundry list of things that are wrong with my knee: 1) horizontal tear involving the superior aspect of the free margin of the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus. 2) moderate intrinsic mucoid degenerative signal abnormality of the posterior medial meniscus 3) mild splaying of the tibial attachment of the anterior cruciate ligament consistent with minimal mild ACL partial tear/sprain 4) 4-7mm intercondylar notch cystic fluid collection (Baker's cyst) and a 2 cm Baker's cyst. 5) moderate intensity 2cm bone bruising of the inferior patella. 6) mild proximal patellar tendinosis. 7) mild irregularity of the patellar cartliage.
Not much of that makes sense to me. PT and Orthopedics referrals in. 7-10 days for insurance co to put referrals through, then I can call & make appointments. This is going to be a long road.
Long run looms large on Sunday. Don't want to throw in the towel, but not sure any other option is a really good one at this point. | |
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No-vember must be latin for No-running :-(
45 min elliptical and mat pilates followed by my strengthening exercises from last time I was at physical therapy.
Trying to think of good workout things to do that don't involve running. It's dark so early that pm bike rides are probably going to be KO'd. Maybe I should fit some lights on the bike?
Anyone know how to put "crosstraining" info on the blog to read up top? | |
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90 minutes on the elliptical. Wondering if walking a marathon or 1/2 marathon would bother my knee. It doesn't hurt when I walk....
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20 min on elliptical.
strengthening
PT appointment on Tuesday! Woo-hoo!!! | |
| | I had the most incredible day watching Wyatt and RAD and Katie run the Outer Banks Marathon today. Terri & I ran it last year, but because of my injury (and cold) I wasn't able to run it this year. Terri was an awesome running buddy and dropped out to hang with me & keep my spirits up while I cheered on the lucky runners. We watched them take off at the start line, then went for donuts & hot cocoa before we met them just after mile 8. Then we chased them along the race route and waited for them when we could & screamed out the car window when we couldn't. We got stuck in traffic, and they actually finished the course before we did! I was disappointed that we missed their grand finish, but we saw them just after at the finish line. Wyatt did wonderful on her 1st marathon. We had a great week-end at the beach. Saw the sunset from the top of the Currituck Lighthouse- very memorable. I fell in love with little Fartlek "D." He really is a farter!! He's working on being a real "man." | |
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I've been so sick all week. No energy- full of phlegm.
Working on my physical therapy exercises takes all my energy.
Got my knee taped last night. It feels great. Hope I get over this rotten cold soon so I can enjoy a pain-free knee & get back on the elliptical & bike. | |
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More of nothing..
45 min on elliptical and PT. I'm doing the exercises for PT on both legs, so it takes twice as long, but I figure it's better to do both, even though the left is the weaker one.
Hoping for a good PT tonight & tomorrow. I'd love to get permission to run a little over the holiday week. | |
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2 miles on the treadmill at the hotel. Aaarrrrggggghhhhh. Not a treadmill fan.
Kept it slow- 10:20 to 10:30. After warming up, things feel good. The tape on my knees really seems to work :-) | |
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woke up & did 30 min on the bike & 30 min on elliptical.
Then spent the rest of the am on the beach in Daytona, soaking up the sun & playing in the water. Waaayyyyy better than standing in the kitchen all day cooking food that doesn't ever turn out right.
Went for a "jog" around noon. 3 miles total, slow pace. felt good. Wished I was cleared to run more.
Had a delicious Havana sandwich for dinner. With sweet potato fries :-) delicious. No dishes, no work - no problem!!
Saw Harry Potter & had Cold Stone for dessert. That is something to be thankful for, all right. | |
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when I got up, the tape on my knee was pretty much all peeling off. I left on what I could, but most of it was gone. So I wore my knee band & did a very slow 3 miles, with stopping in between to take photos.
I ran on the beach as the sun rose over the water. It was cloudy, but still spectacular.
The knee just didn't feel as good without the tape on. No sharp pains, but ached more.
A couple hours later, we climbed the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse. Beautiful view. Then, after climbing up all 200 stairs, I realized going down the stairs hurt like crazy. My knee couldn't stand the down. I had to grab onto the handrails and walk down each step sideways to keep the pain from flaring up.
So that sucked. A lot.
We had 7-11 chili cheese dogs for lunch & drove home. Hope one day my little buccaneer gets a pilot's license and can fly to me to the beach for all my holiday visits, and then I won't have the dreaded long ride home in the car.
All in all, a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday vacation. And not one turkey lost it's life to me :-) | |
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20 minute quick morning elliptical visit.
All the tape is gone from my knee. My knee hurts still when I go down stairs or bend down on it. I decided to take a good bike ride, so I went out for 10.5 miles and then came back & tried a little jog.
I still had to walk for a warm up & I wore my knee band. After .5 miles, I was able to run, but only very, very slowly. If I tried to speed up, I could feel my knee scream at me. | |
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Knee is still sore, and I'm just going to rest it & hope things go well at PT on Monday. I did my PT exercises, and went on a 9.5 mile bike ride. Great ride going out- headwind the whole way back. At one point, I was pedaling, but the wind was so strong I wasn't sure I was actually moving forward.
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It was cold out this morning, so I decided to do elliptical in the am and go for a run after PT in the evening when I'd have some new tape on my knee. The tape really seems to help. It's not going to fix the problem, but it lets me do what I love (hopefully while the problem is healing).
Hurried to PT after work, and left totally disappointed. They said based on what I'd told them about the running & the painful down-the-stairs movement, they wanted to wait for further treatment until they'd heard what the orthopedic dr said.
Well, I still haven't heard back from the referral. I made some phone calls after I got home, and I guess, according to the insurance people, the referral was "lost." So I have to start over again at where I was Nov 8th with that. The PT didn't tape my knee, didn't really do anything but talk to me. Not their fault about the referral being lost- it just sucks that I'm not any further ahead than I was 3 weeks ago.
I do like to whine, but don't feel like I'm usually someone who feels sorry for myself. But tonight, I'm going to feel sorry for myself, let the tears go & wallow.
Tomorrow, I'm calling and getting the referral put back in the system. I'm going to try & be nice and pleasant to the nit-wits on the phone who "lost" it to begin with. They'd already gone home for the day by the time I figured out what had happened today. Bless their little hearts.
I'll wear my new, light weight shoes tomorrow too- just in case I end up putting my foot in my mouth. Fillet of Sole is always a tasty dish...especially when served with humble pie.
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20 or 30 minutes on elliptical. can't remember & not sure it matters.
Physical therapy strengthening exercises. |
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45-50 min elliptical. I was reading an awesome article referred to me by a friend about a truly inspirational young athelete who was always positive, even when cancer took hold of her and shook her like a rag-doll. My 45 min workout ended, but I hadn't finished the article, so I put the resistance back on and kept moving while I finished the story and shed a tear or two.
My knee will heal. I'll get to run again. I have been given so much, and other than a nasty little attitude I keep in my back pocket for special occasions, my life is very, very good.
There are little miracles every day, and angles that lift us & give us strength when we're down. Thanks to all you angels wearing running shoes who are pulling me along right now.
Happy Hanukkah everyone. A nice night to remember another little miracle.
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30 minutes elliptical
physical therapy exercises
went to PT & tried to learn how to apply the tape to my knee. There will be a learning curve, but I got the ok to run on it as long as there isn't pain.
Now I just have to "take er easy" and not over due anything.
I was going to wear my just above the knee-length skirt today, but after looking at my black taped up knees (they did both for the training) I put the skirt back on the hanger and wore pants. Short skirt Thursdays are going to be put on hold for a while :-(
Hoping for a nice, slow, short jog in the morning. :-) | |
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Had to go to walmart at 5 am to get milk since we'd been out for 3 days and my kids were going on strike. Of course while I was there in my sleepy stupor, I managed to find $80 worth of other things I just really needed (not).
So after putting the groceries away, it was time to get ready, but I went out for a quick loop around the block. did a long warm up walk, then ran 1.2 miles. Felt good, and I went slow & easy. I think the KT could be a little better, but it was junior's first try & he did a pretty good job for his first time. | |
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Wyatt & I decided to do our errands & cleaning in the morning and ren/bike later on when it was warmer.
I was all ready and pulled the car out of the garage & put the bike on top when it started to rain/sleet. Oh well. I left the bike in the garage & drove to Wyatt's house thinking it would be great to try out my new rain jacket for a short run. A thought also occured to me that it would be a great day for sitting around & drinking hot cocoa.
When I got to Wyatt's house, she was coming out of the barn and said "shouldn't we just have some hot cocoa and make cookies?" Well, duh.
We drank hot cocoa and made pecan bars. It was wonderful. Simply wonderful.
Sometimes it's good not to run :-) |
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slow and easy, but I got some miles in and felt great. 1/2 mile warm up, 3 mile run (around 10mm pace), and 1/4 mile cool down.
No soreness after the run :-) | |
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20 minute warm up on the elliptical. I was reading Nat Geo & realized the time was up & I'd just been going on & on..not sure how long I was really on there.
Went out to run, and my garmin was dead. So I took the same route I took yesterday. I'm not sure of my time or pace. Things were great. Around mile 2, I felt a twinge of pain, so I slowed down & shortened my stride. It was smooth sailing from there on out.
It's been a few hours since I ran, and now my knee is sore & feeling some pain. Darn it!
It did feel great to get out & run in the crisp cold air. I got to see the sky lighten up in the east and the beautiful spread of colors in the sky. Simply Marvelous!!!!! | |
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walked/ran 5/5 knee was a little sore. i had the tape (5 days old) and my knee strap the last 2 days, but I think it's time for new tape.
Epic 4 am morning of fun with well pump spraying water everywhere the night before, so no water all night or morning, extension cords not working because the circuit had tripped. Then the light popped out as soon as I got power to the cord, so I had to replace the light. Went to well house to put the heat lamp on, and had to replace the light because it was burned out too.
Then I went on my walk/run and came back home. did my physical therapy and when the kids came home from seminary, they asked if we could turn the heat up. I checked the temp, and the house was 58*. The furnace had stopped working as well. Turned it off & on, went outside to check the circuit, and I'm not going to question how or why, but it magically started working.
Then when we were trying to leave the house, the garage door opener/closer wouldn't work.
I was glad when that morning ended.
Wyatt's super-savvy husband came and saved the day by fixing the pipes in the well house. Thank goodness for friends with mad plumbing skills :-) | |
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wore my big knee brace because the KTape was gone, and my little helper is too busy to put it back on.
The run went really well and I felt great. | |
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Same as yesterday. It's been cold this week (for me) in the 20's in the morning.
Went to the orthopedic doc today and he wasn't really concerned with anything on the MRI except my patellar cartilage & some bruising on the patella. he said strengthen the quads. Exactly what PT has been telling me & I've been trying to do.
I can run, just gradually increasing my miles, and using whatever I need to help support the patella while I work on strengthening the muscles. The big brace works great right now. I'm hoping to get the KTape back on & see if I can use that instead. I'd rather have less than more, but I'll take what I need to in order to keep running. | |
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Got to run with Wyatt again. There was a light rain, and if we hadn't taken a hot cocoa break last week, this week would have been a good one.
Warm up walk for .5 miles, then we ran 2 miles. I had a sharp pain around mile 1.5 and tried running through it, but by mile 2 I walked for a while to give it a break. After another .5 miles of walking, we started running again and I didn't have any problems for the next 4 miles.
Woo-hoo!! | |
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I did my pt before I ran. I think it helped to warm up my muscles & wake me up a little.
Did a .5 mile walk/warm up, and then ran the 4 without any problems. 10 min mile for the first mile, then around 9:30 for the other three. So nice to be back out in the mornings. No moon today...wonder when he'll be back. | |
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It is cold here. Cold for me anyway. it was a 6-10 degree morning (factoring in the wind chill). I bundled up and did some speed work to try & stay warm. By the end of the run, I was HOT! My head felt like it was melting....reminded me of Pedro in the bathtub.
I had that "smoker's hack" laugh all morning from the cold air in my lungs. I'd forgotten all about that little joy of winter running. Ah, the little pleasures in life that running brings. | |
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woke up and did the beloved shred video to warm up...I had to hunt it down first. Someone took it upstairs and had it in the dvd player up there. I'm not generally a pleasant person in the morning, and having to track down my silly shred dvd really did not help matters.
Finished the shred and bundled up for a run in the 20 degree darkness. I'm telling you, it was a pirate's delight out there this morning. The frost on the grass was glimmering off the lights from the street lamps, and it looked like a million diamonds sparkling all over the world. It was awesome! I completely forgot that I was in a bad mood :-)
Thank goodness for little miracles in the mornings.
I ate an entire goody bag of cookies!! Spent some repentant time on the elliptical after work. | |
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I went to bed excited becausei thought I might get to run in a morning snow fall. We had a 2 hour delay, so I kept looking out the window hoping for some snow. I miagined myself running in the dark with snow falling and watching it fall in the headlamp & street lights.
After checking the weather every 30 min for 2 hours, I finally gave up and went for my run in the light rain. The ground was fine when I went out (barely even wet), but when I got home, my driveway had a thin sheet of ice from the rain freezing. They ended up cancelling school.
I took the day off & cleaned out my rain gutters, or as I more accurately referred to them yesterday as "pine needle, dead leaf, muddy ice gutters." A few spots had 1/2 inch thick sheets of ice in them with icy mud plugs over the down spouts. I'm glad I got that mess cleaned out!
By 10 am, the ice on the roads was melted! The kids enjoyed a day off. So did I!
Pilates in the evening. | |
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shred level 1.
Hoping for a good long(er) run tomorrow, so I'm going to let my knee rest. Not sure if it's necessary, because it hasn't bothered me all week. But it sounds like a good idea & a nice way to justify staying in bed a little longer. |
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Cold and rainy. I was just happy to be out running....didn't really notice the cold till the last 2 miles. Wyatt is home being sick so I went alone today. Did my PT before I went out.
wore big knee brace, no problems at all :-) happy day!!
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morning PT and pilates, then a run later on in the day when it was a tad bit warmer.
6 miles- 9:20 avg pace. Wasn't feeling the love today during my run..... felt more like work
But I was happy to be out running and enjoying some sunshine. Almost as much as I enjoyed the hot cocoa with gingerbread flavored marshmallows on top after. | |
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Wyatt finally awoke from her viral induced sick bed & came on a run with me. It was wonderful. Beautiful outdoors. Clouds low in the distance- we pretended they were really mountains. At one point, it was Ayers Rock and we were out sweating in the heat of the outback. It was like a "Mr Kruger's delusionally inspired daydream."
Our 6 miles grew into 7, and then we had to run to the bottom of the overpass & make it .18 more. Marvelous, simply marvelous.
Speaking of marvelous, I woke up around 1:30 this morning and went out to see the eclipse. It was still about an hour away, but I walked around the 'hood and watched the earth's shadow slowly creep across the moon. There were lots of clouds out, so it was more like a "peek" at the moon for 1 minute, then wait 4 minutes to see it again. Totally worth it. When the moon finally was all in the earth's shadow, it turned a magnificient rusy red color. I laid on the grass in my front yard and just stared at it for as long as I could. I had a good 10 minute window with no clouds at all.
Finally, the clouds came rolling in again, and the cold was starting to creep into my bones, so I went in & went to bed. I am so glad I drug myself out at 1:30 to witness nature "do her thing." | |
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I had an awesome run this morning with RAD and her local friends from the blog. We ran along the river/parkway in Lehi. It was beautiful, and lots of fun to listen to stories & get to know some of the other runners.
We went out for 5 & back for 5. Time flew by & it was over before I knew it. Wish every run could be as easy as this one was. I even forgot how cold it was outside- but not long enough to want to run in shorts :-)
Enjoyed visiting afterward with the hot cocoa and donuts. Thanks to everyone who was there & was so nice. | |
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Merry Christmas Y'all!
What a gift- a great run outdoor with the sun shining and the mountains in full view. | |
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Went to the rec center gym today. While it was warm and I didn't have to navigate the ice/snow, it wasn't as great as running outdoors.
6 miles on the treadmill seemed to last forever. Then I did 30 min on a recumbent bike, and tried some lap swimming. I've swam before & done lap swimming before, so I know how to do it, but my body didn't want to. I was KO'd after just a few laps. Great exercise. I had a lot of fun hanging out in the pool with RAD & our families after the workout session.
The workout was totally worth the trip to Iceberg that night! Yum :-) | |
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Got up early to meet RAD at Daybreak for a sunrise run around the lake. It was cold but beautiful. So beautiful. I envy those of you who live places where you get to see the sunrise over the mountains as you run on trails/paths without worrying about cars.
I thought it would get easier to run in the altitude after a few days, but it really seemed like every day it got harder & harder to catch my breath. Maybe it was just due to my terrific diet of popcorn, milk shakes, and chex mix.
I got to take RAD's liitle L out for breakfast at Kneaders afterwards. It was such a treat to sit & have breakfast with her - and a delicious breakfast at that!
I had a great visit to SLC and had a wonderful time running with RAD and the wonderful group of runners that made it out to her hot cocoa and donut run on the 24th.
Looking forward to heading back home- just in time for the horrid cold weather to come to SLC and I can go back to the south with my not so horrid, "just a little icky" cold weather. | |
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still so tired.. woke up early to take kids to the passport office for their applications & lost the photos on the way. we back-tracked & looked everywhere. It's like they disappeared. Lucky for us, the passport office was happy to charge me $15 for a new set. STINK! $255 later, we were on our way home.
I took a nap & still feel tired. Hoping I'll get caught up on my sleep and be back in the swing of things tomorrow. |
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45 min elliptical, physical therapy stuff, then a nice late afternoon run with Wyatt. | |
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