Did it! Got my first weekly goal done of the year! 5 runs of at least three miles! It was pretty rough today though.
I woke up not able to breathe very well at all. My asthma was effecting me and I think there was also some allergy issues at work. I’ve been pretty bad lately at taking my Claritin so I’m sure with the whacky weather, it’s the root cause of it. But I do plan on seeking out an Asthma specialist and getting my Asthma completely under control soon, which should help a bit.
Last night I said I wouldn’t run only if my leg was broken, well, leg wasn’t broken so I went for my run, even though I couldn’t breathe. I really did hum and haw on going, but decided I really wanted to reach my weekly goal this week, so out the door to Memorial Park I went.
I got there, and I’m still struggling a bit with that breathing thing, but it’s better and manageable. Off I went, running down the path. It didn’t feel too bad considering I had ran 4 days already this week. I was a bit tight, but loosened up quickly. I managed to get about 1/2 way around the loop before I had to walk because of my breathing issues. I walked for a minute or two and started up again, and managed to only slow down to a walk when I took a drink until the last mile. That’s when I had to slow down a couple more times just to get breathing under control. But, I managed the full loop and got my three miles in today to complete my weekly goal! I did it in 27:36, which, considering the slow downs and walks I did was pretty good!
I came home and cooked up a nice pork cutlet with red potato hash browns and fried egg with toast and pomegranate green tea for recovery foods. Yum!
Now I can veg out the rest of the weekend! (not)
Here’s the weekly stats:
| Day |
Miles |
Time |
Avg Pace |
| Monday |
3.13 |
28:48 |
9:12 |
| Tuesday |
3.01 |
27:15 |
9:03 |
| Thursday |
3.27 |
41:56 |
12:49 |
| Friday |
3.01 |
27:01 |
8:58 |
| Saturday |
3.01 |
27:26 |
9:10 |
| Totals |
15.43 |
2:32:26 |
9:50 (avg) |
I am hoping that next weekend I can add a long run, of 6 miles to this. But we shall see how things progress this week. Definitely off to a good start!
Today was run number four of the week. I’ve almost reached my first full weekly goal of 2011! Just one more run and I will have done it. One week out of two, isn’t bad, 50/50 is a good result for me at this time! But I won’t be counting those eggs just yet.
Had a decent run today, it started to rain while I was out there running the Memorial Jogging Path, which made it more enjoyable for me. Not sure why, but the more miserable the weather out there, the more I enjoy the run. Yes, I’m odd, but most of you (is there anyone out there?) probably already knew that. It was just a nice easy run, one three mile lap in 27:01. So that was a nice time for getting back into things especially since last week I couldn’t even run the entire thing.
I’m not sure what my paces were for the mile splits, because my Suunto T6c is acting up again. It took about 10+ minutes to get linked to the satellites. This seems to be happening more and more frequently. I’ve not done any research on it yet. Just change batteries and hope for the best. I might have to think about changing out for a different GPS+HRM system. But we shall see what happens there.
Sort of looking forward to my run tomorrow. Will mean meeting my goal of running for at least one out of the 52 weeks this year. So, here’s to hoping I don’t break a leg in my sleep!
So I didn’t get my entry in yesterday for my biking as I just ran out of time and fell asleep early. And now it’s late and I’m tired but need to get this off before I get too far behind.
Had a nice chilly bike yesterday. I did my first lap and realized I needed more layers, so quickly stopped tossed on my fuzzy orange shirt and that was much better. About a month ago I did buy a nice cycling jacket specifically for protecting against the wind and rain during these cooler months, and it definitely is doing it’s job well. So quite pleased with that purchase. The biking wasn’t overly great, but I got 13.5 miles in. I bonked at mile 12, and figured it was time to stop before something stupid happened. I definitely need a lot more saddle time ASAP! As well as getting better at my nutrition again, since I’m bonking after twelve miles, which is pretty bad! But over all it wasn’t bad.
Today, I ran in the trails a bit. Was a nice change of pace. I think I will feel it tomorrow, as I’m not use to that kind of movement. And I can say that I definitely enjoy running trails much more than I do road. The extra challenges of dodging the roots and hills and rocks and low hanging branches… Forgot about those ones I did. I had a good reintroduction to what it’s like to run into a branch with my head. Then as I grabbed my head in pain, I kind of forgot I had a bike bottle in my hand and stuck the spout into my eye. Talk about a double whammy! (Yes you may laugh, as this is funny and I’m sure the sight of it all was hilarious!)
For those of you familiar with MP, I ran from the rugby pitch, to Yellow, keeping left. Then left at Purple and left onto Orange immediately there. Ran along that until Purple popped up, then left until Orange intersected, followed that to where it dumped out onto Purple again. Then I ran Purple back to where Orange dumped out onto Purple, ran Orange back to where I started on Orange, and then back on to Yellow, to Purple then out onto the rugby pitch again. So it was sort of an out and back, just ran Purple back instead of the little Orange trail, to make sure I got some mileage in.
As it turns out, I ended up running about 3.25 miles in 41 minutes. Which isn’t bad, as I was taking it slow and several stops and walk breaks. I will keep this path in mind and try it again in a couple weeks to see if there is much improvement. I like how technical it is without being too technical at this time since I’m so prone to injury running trails when first starting out.
Tomorrow should be a nice boring run on the jogging path again to get loose and ready for a longerish run on Saturday.
Today class, I would like to go over some basic running etiquette. Brought about from todays run (more on this later.)
1) When running on the trail, side walk, whatever, run no more than two abreast. If on single track, then single file please. This makes room for people coming from the opposite direction. If you do happen to be running more than single file, then when you see people coming at you from the opposite direction, and you are in their way, then YOU move out of their way by going single file!
2) Keep right when not running on the road. The reason for running on the left side of the road, is for safety reasons. You move away from the vehicles that you can’t see, and move towards the one you can see. This allows you to dodge idiot drivers, instead of them hitting you. When on the trails or side walks or whatever, on this continent, we drive on the right, so we run on the right. Everyone around you is running on the right, and this is a good instance to be a sheep and join in for safety. Big people don’t like to dodge idiots, so we run through you (more on this later.)
3) If you need to spit or blow a snot rocket, look around and make sure you won’t nail someone else with your bodily fluids. We don’t want to know what they feel like. We have our own that we are trying to get rid of, no need to add yours to ours.
OK. Everyone clear on those? Good.
Moving on.
Today’s run was not too bad. I actually made the entire loop without stopping. And that included when I collided with someone. They were running 4 abreast and didn’t move out of my path, and at this time I was tired of the people in my way, so I didn’t slow, or move, I just was doing my own run in my own lane. About half a mile earlier there were 3 people walking on the wrong side of the path, and I went around them shaking my head and decided that was dumb. Then when I saw this next joker, I decided screw it, he was moving I wasn’t since I didn’t have any place left to go. So I ran through him. It was a hard thud on my arm that I felt. I heard some kind of noise, but didn’t look back because I was too busy having a good run. There. I said it. I had a good run.
I did the three miles in about 27:15 or so I think (I haven’t checked the watch yet) and yeah, it felt good. The last mile felt really long though, but it got done with out a walk break. So, I am finally pleased with a run this year. Things are looking good!
Tomorrow morning’s run should be interesting. 25F at 5am. I wonder how many people will be out there in the (actual) freezing temps. This kid for one will be just to see who’s there and to enjoy the rare cold down here (=
Well this weekend was spent at Hill Country State Natural Area near Bandera, Texas. It was a lot of fun. The Bandera 25k, 50k and 100k was going on this weekend so went up there to check it out and to cheer on the friends that were there running the various races. While I didn’t do any running this weekend, I did do some hiking. It ended up being close to 5 miles of very hilly and rocky terrain that was hiked in amongst the runners. Then afterwards did another 2ish mile walk down the road. So while there was no running, the legs were still moving and so I think that counts, especially in those hills. Reminded me of almost like back home. It was a good weekend!
This morning I was up at the crack of too damn early, and went running. First morning run in a long time. I met up with someone who is also training for IMTX, we are going to meet Mon and Wed to hold each other accountable for getting there and getting our runs in. She’s much faster and more along in her running (as she’s a runner!) so hopefully she doesn’t get to sick of me tagging a long as much as I can. But because she was there, I got up and ran. And it wasn’t a horrible run. She did push me, and we did the proper 3 mile loop, starting at mile zero and ran around to the mile 3 marker which is past the zero mile marker, since the loops isn’t quite 3 miles. My GPS tracked us at 3.11 miles though so not sure who to believe here. But either way, did it in under 28 minutes and it was longer than my previous runs so it was all good. It was good to be running in the morning again. Hopefully I can continue this and be able to get my morning runs in again!
Next run planned is tomorrow after work. So, no chance in missing out that one! Unless I over sleep at work and miss going home!
Update: (9:50pm 1/10/2011)
Just uploaded the stats from my watch and realized the first two miles were done at a pace of 8:34 and 8:22, no wonder I was hurting! The last mile was 10:22 because of that short walking break. So yeah, if I can keep that up, I will be back in no time!
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