My knees were quite tired after my GWB run.. I got a massage on Sunday and actually my knee started to hurt more! I think my muscles in my inner thighs were tight bc of my IT band and pulled on my knee. Monday I did my strength training... well I did squats, leg extensions and hamstring curls... then i did arms and abs at Equinox. KILLER. 30 min of rotating arms and then abs (a duh) exercises.
I took Tuesday night off because quite frankly I wasn't feeling it. just wasnt. Last night I tried to run but my knee twinged once at 0.8miles and instead I did arc and elliptical to total almost 40 min and simulate the run of about 3-4 miles.... I also did squats, lunges, leg extensions and hamstring curls... i really shouldve followed the cross training bs and done all the other things, but i suppose one step forward, right?
i just read through how much i've run each month and in how many runs and i feel good about it. we have 2 whole months left. and im going ot rock them.
I ran 52.6 miles in December in 12 runs.
I ran 86 miles in January in 12 runs.
I will run 80 miles in February in 11 runs.
WOW.
My long runs in reverse order of occurence sfor the last 2 months will be: 17, 15.25, 13.1,10.85, 13.1, 12,11,10
pretty damned good, right?
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
GWB run
Friday night I ran an easy 2 miles just to make up for not running on Thursday after my disaster of a novacaine experience.
Saturday was our GWB run. I was really excited to run somewhere different. I've realized that a lot of my running blocks/walls whatever are mental and I need to work on that. Saturday I took the cross town bus to 8th ave and then the E to 42nd and then the A to 165th and then ran/walked to 178th and St nicholas Ave. I'd never been up that far before on foot and never so far west. I found Nicole and we started our run. It was about 30 degrees and so freaking windy I thought I might get blown over the bridge.... honest!!! Once we got to the Palisades Park I was nervous but otherwise feeling strong.... Nicole ended up having to leave and I ran with Paige and Tanya. Loved the new company and loved that they conversed the whole time!! We ran about 15.25 miles (we know that because Paige had a GPS app on her Google phone) and I think we ran about 3 hours.... give or take, but again, I didn't care. I took 2 gels (caramel and double latte) and ate some pretzels in the middle that Ramon gave us. I drank a ton too which I think really helped. We walked up a bunch of the hills (they were STEEP!) but overall we did great.
There was a landslide apparently in the park so we had to climb for 5 min and then continue running- hysterical.
On the way back it did feel a lot longer, and we didd take a bunch of pics... but overall I feel like we finished strong. My knees were a little sore but I am goign to focus on strength training daily like I should have been. I was uber tired when I got home on Saturday... but i drank gatorade, waters, milk, beer etc... Was loopy that night and only slept about 7 hours which was definitely not enough
Very proud!!
mileage:
wk 1.4 19.07
wk 1.11 21.50
wk 1.18 9.90
wk 1.25 25.95
wk 2.1 10.00
wk 2.8 24.95
wk 2.15 21.25
Saturday was our GWB run. I was really excited to run somewhere different. I've realized that a lot of my running blocks/walls whatever are mental and I need to work on that. Saturday I took the cross town bus to 8th ave and then the E to 42nd and then the A to 165th and then ran/walked to 178th and St nicholas Ave. I'd never been up that far before on foot and never so far west. I found Nicole and we started our run. It was about 30 degrees and so freaking windy I thought I might get blown over the bridge.... honest!!! Once we got to the Palisades Park I was nervous but otherwise feeling strong.... Nicole ended up having to leave and I ran with Paige and Tanya. Loved the new company and loved that they conversed the whole time!! We ran about 15.25 miles (we know that because Paige had a GPS app on her Google phone) and I think we ran about 3 hours.... give or take, but again, I didn't care. I took 2 gels (caramel and double latte) and ate some pretzels in the middle that Ramon gave us. I drank a ton too which I think really helped. We walked up a bunch of the hills (they were STEEP!) but overall we did great.
There was a landslide apparently in the park so we had to climb for 5 min and then continue running- hysterical.
On the way back it did feel a lot longer, and we didd take a bunch of pics... but overall I feel like we finished strong. My knees were a little sore but I am goign to focus on strength training daily like I should have been. I was uber tired when I got home on Saturday... but i drank gatorade, waters, milk, beer etc... Was loopy that night and only slept about 7 hours which was definitely not enough
Very proud!!
mileage:
wk 1.4 19.07
wk 1.11 21.50
wk 1.18 9.90
wk 1.25 25.95
wk 2.1 10.00
wk 2.8 24.95
wk 2.15 21.25
Friday, February 20, 2009
WoW
I didnt realize so much time had passed since I last logged on Feb 10th. Perhaps only time has past because I havent run much.
I ran Wed the 11th and Thurs the 12th... 6.85m and 5m that week and I skipped my Sat run to lounge around and have a lazy weekend. In fact all of Presidents Day weekend I did nothing much with my favorite person.
I ran Tuesday on the treadmill for 4 miles. it was a tough 4 miles too.
And then yesterday I was supposed to run another 4-6 miles. It was super windy AND i had a tooth filling thing and got too much novocaine... soooo I didn't run. I had major insomnia. I havent slept. I'm super frustrated and upset.
I ran Wed the 11th and Thurs the 12th... 6.85m and 5m that week and I skipped my Sat run to lounge around and have a lazy weekend. In fact all of Presidents Day weekend I did nothing much with my favorite person.
I ran Tuesday on the treadmill for 4 miles. it was a tough 4 miles too.
And then yesterday I was supposed to run another 4-6 miles. It was super windy AND i had a tooth filling thing and got too much novocaine... soooo I didn't run. I had major insomnia. I havent slept. I'm super frustrated and upset.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
my third half
I feel like all I have after every race is an excuse. I'm starting to realize however that running really is a precise sport. Sure anyone can do it in theory and you can wear just about anything and survive, to thrive there is a precision that is not for the weak of heart, or brain for that matter.
It's a tightrope I have yet to master.
Thsi past Sunday should have been fantastic. I slept a lot during the week (despite the start of an icky devastating cold sore, migraine and fever- not all at once but rather alternating throughout the week), hadn't run too too much, had done yoga, and had cooperative weather. And then folks, the stomach kicked in. Apparently I ate too much fat/etc the night before. My stomach felt like it was hosting a revolution around mile 4 and WWII by mile 9. I just didn't feel right if that makes any sense.
My time sucked. 2:27 I mean I did stop 2x because I thought i was going ot puke etc but REALLY!?!?
It's a tightrope I have yet to master.
Thsi past Sunday should have been fantastic. I slept a lot during the week (despite the start of an icky devastating cold sore, migraine and fever- not all at once but rather alternating throughout the week), hadn't run too too much, had done yoga, and had cooperative weather. And then folks, the stomach kicked in. Apparently I ate too much fat/etc the night before. My stomach felt like it was hosting a revolution around mile 4 and WWII by mile 9. I just didn't feel right if that makes any sense.
My time sucked. 2:27 I mean I did stop 2x because I thought i was going ot puke etc but REALLY!?!?
Friday, February 6, 2009
intervals
So I ran last night. First time since my disq/q race on Sunday. Ran 1 mile at 1130 pace and then after hacking up half a lung, I ran intervals... 2 min at 6.5, 2 min at 5.5 5x... took a few breaks (lungs mainly). then ran until mileage was 4. Then did intervals through mile 5. then sprinted from 5-5.5 to try and get that sense of saving fuel until the end.
Then I got a massage. I am wiped today. And have the start of a migraine. I need to leave work early.
Then I got a massage. I am wiped today. And have the start of a migraine. I need to leave work early.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
overwhelmed
Running is overwhelming. It's not just the running. It's the peripheral stuff. It's the stretching, the laundry, the non running rest days, the cross training days, the rinsing of the clothes after runs, the buying of gels and gatorades from sports stores, the ipod music selection, the hanging and then folding of the running clothes, the dry skin treatments, the black toe extra nailpolishing, the eating every two hours, the buying and preparing the food to eat every two hours. Basically, its a job. Training for a marathon is a damned job. And p.s. I have a job. A 50-55 hours a week job. I have no time for training.
Maybe I'm feeling the pressure, perhaps I'm getting nervous, perhaps it's winter blues (my gut tells me it's a bit of them all) but I feel like there is no time. I bundle up, I walk quickly to the gym, I strip. I run. I bundle up, I walk quickly home. In the winter I hate showering lest my skin feel like it might skirt off like that of a snake. I lather in lotion rich body wash and spend 10 minutes then putting on lotion. It's worse when I run outside. I pack my bag with tights, shorts to wear over tights (Ive never actually worn them bc I have too many layers), my drifit base, my fleecy over layer, my gloves, my hat, my gels, my fanny pack, my hydration belt, my ipod, my tissues, my chapstick. Then I pack my after stuff, my lotion (face), my clean shirt, my fleece or sweater, my socks, my warm hat, my gloves. I pack this huge bag and drag it on the bus to work or on the bus to central park 2x a week. When I come home its a wet smelly mess of gross running clothes half frozen and my work clothes and sometimes even my clothes from the night before from sleeping at Matt's. I am a bag lady.
Walk into my house and there are multiple bags. My running bag. My sleepover bag. My purse (which is used solely on wkds if I am lucky- I rarely use this). My running/sleepover bag. Each has requisite staples (bare bones makeup, chapstisk, $20, a metro card, gatorade, a hair tie). Each exhausts me a little more. Next to the bags there are piles. Dirty running clothes which need to be washed, clean running clothes to fold and put away, ditry work clothes to bring to the cleaners, clothes I've tried on but havent worn. I am a pile and bag lady.
I've decided that until the race something has to give. I have to sleep at my house sometimes. I need the down time. My body needs the down time. I have to get a cleaning lady who will put away my clothes and understand my piles. I can't be bothered to rinse plates at this point and forget pulling out the vacumn. I will take cabs to work in the am which will cost about 50 a week but give me 2 hrs of extra sleep a week. I might buy a treadmill to tide me over until it warms up/lightens up/stays light longer because at 5 am I can't wake up and do that to my body.
My poor body!!! It's tired. I am tired.
My poor boyfriend!!! If I were him I'd be tired of my whine.
I havent run since Sundays 4 miler (from which I am no longer disqualified- not sure how that happened). I will run tonight. I hope. Bronx half is on Sunday. Looking fwd to a better time than Manhattan... We'll see by how much- the forecast is 50/30. Better than 18/12. like MUCH better.
I mapped the long branch course out. I mapped out my training schedule until then. I feel better.
Maybe I'm feeling the pressure, perhaps I'm getting nervous, perhaps it's winter blues (my gut tells me it's a bit of them all) but I feel like there is no time. I bundle up, I walk quickly to the gym, I strip. I run. I bundle up, I walk quickly home. In the winter I hate showering lest my skin feel like it might skirt off like that of a snake. I lather in lotion rich body wash and spend 10 minutes then putting on lotion. It's worse when I run outside. I pack my bag with tights, shorts to wear over tights (Ive never actually worn them bc I have too many layers), my drifit base, my fleecy over layer, my gloves, my hat, my gels, my fanny pack, my hydration belt, my ipod, my tissues, my chapstick. Then I pack my after stuff, my lotion (face), my clean shirt, my fleece or sweater, my socks, my warm hat, my gloves. I pack this huge bag and drag it on the bus to work or on the bus to central park 2x a week. When I come home its a wet smelly mess of gross running clothes half frozen and my work clothes and sometimes even my clothes from the night before from sleeping at Matt's. I am a bag lady.
Walk into my house and there are multiple bags. My running bag. My sleepover bag. My purse (which is used solely on wkds if I am lucky- I rarely use this). My running/sleepover bag. Each has requisite staples (bare bones makeup, chapstisk, $20, a metro card, gatorade, a hair tie). Each exhausts me a little more. Next to the bags there are piles. Dirty running clothes which need to be washed, clean running clothes to fold and put away, ditry work clothes to bring to the cleaners, clothes I've tried on but havent worn. I am a pile and bag lady.
I've decided that until the race something has to give. I have to sleep at my house sometimes. I need the down time. My body needs the down time. I have to get a cleaning lady who will put away my clothes and understand my piles. I can't be bothered to rinse plates at this point and forget pulling out the vacumn. I will take cabs to work in the am which will cost about 50 a week but give me 2 hrs of extra sleep a week. I might buy a treadmill to tide me over until it warms up/lightens up/stays light longer because at 5 am I can't wake up and do that to my body.
My poor body!!! It's tired. I am tired.
My poor boyfriend!!! If I were him I'd be tired of my whine.
I havent run since Sundays 4 miler (from which I am no longer disqualified- not sure how that happened). I will run tonight. I hope. Bronx half is on Sunday. Looking fwd to a better time than Manhattan... We'll see by how much- the forecast is 50/30. Better than 18/12. like MUCH better.
I mapped the long branch course out. I mapped out my training schedule until then. I feel better.
Monday, February 2, 2009
A Racing Wkd
Sunday I ran in NYRR's Gridiron Classic 4 miler. 41:06 was my unofficial time. Unofficial because I num nuttedly deactivated my chip during my warm up run- stupid- but I wanted to know where the finish line was.
So, although it doesnt REALLY matter, it does because it was an improved time (some 30 seconds faster than in December) and because the race won't count to the 9+1 guaranteed entry to NYC2010 which I want the option on.
Regardless, I was proud of my time and even more proud that I dressed light with just a hat, light gloves, a dri fit and a long sleeve tshirt w tights for 30 degrees and wasnt cold. My shins were a bit tight (as were my legs in general) but overall felt ok given my 35 mile 7 day total (thurs-thurs I'd run 35 miles as I think I previously mentioned) and given the fact that Matt and I did a cooking class which ended at 11 on Saturday night and that we went out Friday and drank.
Overall, thumbs up. This week I'm going to train a bit but not hard. Tonight it's a few miles (it's SO nice out, I can't resist) and tomorrow more hills. Wednesday I hope for yoga and Sunday I might run a loop. Overall that should be 3+3+6 which will be a 25 mile week. I'm OK with that :)
Nothing else to report. Back is icky but need more yoga!
So, although it doesnt REALLY matter, it does because it was an improved time (some 30 seconds faster than in December) and because the race won't count to the 9+1 guaranteed entry to NYC2010 which I want the option on.
Regardless, I was proud of my time and even more proud that I dressed light with just a hat, light gloves, a dri fit and a long sleeve tshirt w tights for 30 degrees and wasnt cold. My shins were a bit tight (as were my legs in general) but overall felt ok given my 35 mile 7 day total (thurs-thurs I'd run 35 miles as I think I previously mentioned) and given the fact that Matt and I did a cooking class which ended at 11 on Saturday night and that we went out Friday and drank.
Overall, thumbs up. This week I'm going to train a bit but not hard. Tonight it's a few miles (it's SO nice out, I can't resist) and tomorrow more hills. Wednesday I hope for yoga and Sunday I might run a loop. Overall that should be 3+3+6 which will be a 25 mile week. I'm OK with that :)
Nothing else to report. Back is icky but need more yoga!
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