I really am just so proud of myself. After a weekend of being slightly under the weather and then having a fever Tuesday at work after sleeping 11 hours on Monday night, I skipped Tuesdays workout and was feeling quite down about it yesterday. The skies looked they they were giong to open up any second but since weather.com begged to differ (showed 15% chance of rain) i prayed they were right (for once) and headed out around 6 pm for a 5 m (maximo!!! dijo danny) run in Central Park. Sunday's half will start on 5th and 97th and do a clockwise loop before heading down 7th ave. I wanted to mimic the hardest part of the course (for me at least) the west drive up through the east 90s.
The night was humid, the barometric pressure high, storms were brewing. I ran from my office on 52nd and 5th up to 5th and the park, darted left and went into the park on center drive. I stopped here to stretch. I was running in my Nikes and I'm not convinced they are the right shoe... With 7 pairs in my closet bought in 2009 you'd think one pair would be!!! But I digress... I struggled through the first 20 minutes of the run, it's been quite a while since I ran clockwise in the park- perhaps the Scotland 10k.... and that was in April. That's the last I can remember at least. The rolling hills in the 80s and 90s were tough but fine. Harlem Hill didnt break my breathing rythym (in fact I think at the top was the first time I breathed through my mouth)... part 2 of HH was tough, I always find that the length of the incline is tough for me.... Harlem HIll repeats are in my future fo suh.... after I hit 100 on the east side it's not paved. Actually, this is really annoying, it felt as if the earth was grabbing my foot each time they individually hit the ground, perhaps it was lactic acid, but still. Felt tough. I stopped at engineers gate, to get water and because I was late and took a cab back to work before a dinner date.
I ran 5.1m in 51:30. Fast for me. For sure. Gives me much confidence for Sunday and my 2:10 goal. If I can run CP in 10:30 splits I can pick up the rest going flat to BPC.... 9:30 will be fine (can you IMAGINE?? THis is me, Ms. Slowpoke saying this?) I am a speed drill convert. Thank you Urban Athletics. Bring on the Sunday.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Wed,Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun
The last half of the week was pretty heavy in terms of running. I ran Wed, Thurs, Sat and Sun. WOW. Who knew I'd be able to run 5 days a week (also ran Tuesday). Wednesday was a 3 mile at 11 min pace but i only made is 2.5m before my shins were just too tight to continue. I did a bunch of cross training and called it a night.
Thursday we were back at the dustbowl. Work had really taken a toll on me and emotionally I was drained, I thought the workotu would follow the path that work had, however, the opposite was true. I ran 1000s w the group and ran 7:45, 7:43 and 7:29 (4:50, 4:51 and 4:41)pace in the 3 1000s respectively. I was super impressed and really happy with these. The week prior I had run 5:03, 5:05 and 5:10 on the very same track. perhaps I wasnt pushing myself? Or was it that I was so uncomfortable on Thursday I didnt care if I was physically uncomfortable?
Friday was terrible. Let's leave it at that.
Saturday I woke up after not a ton of sleep (unrelated to the terribleness that was Friday) I took a cab just over to the other side of the queensboro bridge. (Imagine telling that to a cabbie- Queens please, just over the Queensboro bridge!) I ran over the Qboro bridge (huge non event, but perhaps at mile 15 its terrible? idk the hill on 5th ave at 23 is WAY worse), onto 1st avenue, up to 96th street (started having some shady characters and I wasnt in the mood) then west on 96th street until I hit the park, through the dustbowl onto the Loop. I was looking to running to 110th street and then up 5th ave, but I thought I needed to pee so I was going to run to the Great Hill and once I ran Harlem Hill I didn't feel like turning around and thought perhaps the half was counterclockwise (which i discerned was false just into the run since tons of people were talking about it) and continued onto the 86th street transverse, crossed the park and then ran down the Loop to 72nd, over to Park and down Park because it was summer streets. I finished at a respectable 1hr 53 min (10.5m) which was OK. It was tough though.
Sunday I ran a measly 2.5 m. Wasnt in the mood, was humid, had stomach issues. I dont know.
The half is Sunday, I'm looking fwd to taking it easy this week. We shall see.
Thursday we were back at the dustbowl. Work had really taken a toll on me and emotionally I was drained, I thought the workotu would follow the path that work had, however, the opposite was true. I ran 1000s w the group and ran 7:45, 7:43 and 7:29 (4:50, 4:51 and 4:41)pace in the 3 1000s respectively. I was super impressed and really happy with these. The week prior I had run 5:03, 5:05 and 5:10 on the very same track. perhaps I wasnt pushing myself? Or was it that I was so uncomfortable on Thursday I didnt care if I was physically uncomfortable?
Friday was terrible. Let's leave it at that.
Saturday I woke up after not a ton of sleep (unrelated to the terribleness that was Friday) I took a cab just over to the other side of the queensboro bridge. (Imagine telling that to a cabbie- Queens please, just over the Queensboro bridge!) I ran over the Qboro bridge (huge non event, but perhaps at mile 15 its terrible? idk the hill on 5th ave at 23 is WAY worse), onto 1st avenue, up to 96th street (started having some shady characters and I wasnt in the mood) then west on 96th street until I hit the park, through the dustbowl onto the Loop. I was looking to running to 110th street and then up 5th ave, but I thought I needed to pee so I was going to run to the Great Hill and once I ran Harlem Hill I didn't feel like turning around and thought perhaps the half was counterclockwise (which i discerned was false just into the run since tons of people were talking about it) and continued onto the 86th street transverse, crossed the park and then ran down the Loop to 72nd, over to Park and down Park because it was summer streets. I finished at a respectable 1hr 53 min (10.5m) which was OK. It was tough though.
Sunday I ran a measly 2.5 m. Wasnt in the mood, was humid, had stomach issues. I dont know.
The half is Sunday, I'm looking fwd to taking it easy this week. We shall see.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The last 10
I am nervous about the last 10 miles of the marathon. I'm actually hoping we dont go to the Hampies this wkd so I can run them. I have an obsession with knowing what to expect. I dislike the unknown. I really think knowing where the NJ Shore Marathon went (we drove the course 3x) really helped me the day of. Is it a control thing? I'm not sure. But I want to know what to expect.
My ex drew this map out of the course since I didn't know it. Feel free to use it and share it.
Tonight 150s and 200s
My ex drew this map out of the course since I didn't know it. Feel free to use it and share it.
Tonight 150s and 200s
Monday, August 3, 2009
a great long run.
great wkd. friday i was a bit sick- sore throat. matt is really sick, on antibiotics etc.
sat i woke up at 545 and ran and ran and ran.. 2:54min and 15.55 miles. great job me. i felt awesome after. was perfect weather. i did the long training run in central park but since i was up early decided to run up to 102nd street. i didnt realize it was almost 5 miles and since i run much slower at the beginning of a run, i didnt get there until 7:23... but lo and behold the 11 min pace group was just lining up so i joined them. I was really proud of myself. I ran Harlem Hill and the rolling west side hills without getting out of breath and at an 1115-1130 overall pace. More importantly I felt really strong. Like just calm and collected.
The route was: 23rd and park up to 102 and central park. One counterclockwise loop up to 102 and then back down to 23rd street from the 102 transverse. I had just plain Total cereal for bfast and then a mango Gu before leaving. Then I had 4 shot blocks (margarita of course) at 90th street on the West side (1:00 in) and then gatorage at 2 hours and then 3 more shot blocks at like 2:45 just for kicks. Then I had a huge thing of water before going to breakfast. At breakfast I had a real latte, and a tartine with ricotta and figs. At lunch I had bread w butter and some sushi oh and a glass of wine. For snack I had a peach and a oreo pack and then dinner was more wine, an appetizer of apricots and arugula w olive oil and vinegar and sea brim with vegetables. dessert was Grom which was awesome. Not too bad for a busy day of running!
This wkd as a whole my mom and i did a lot of resting, eating, etc sat and sunday. Sun we went to yoga and i got a massage later on in the day. eating was fine. fri was a heavy carb day and i didnt log. i didnt log all wkd though... which is fine bc i did make good choices (fish and veggies for dinner vs homemade pasta) so im happy with that. my workout on sat burned about 1900 calories so imagine. I have some wiggle room!!!
tonight: 4 miles at 11 min pace, arms, abs
tomorrow: sprints. 8x 150meters, 6x 200meters
wed: off! YES! yoga!!
thurs: tempo run or more sprints (gross)
fri: 4 mile recovery run
sat: off! YES!
sunday: 10 mile run (well thats what im pushing for, i dont want to run more w a half marathon coming up next wkd!!)
I'm nervous for the half. I really want to do well. i think I've solidified what I eat the night before though, so that's a positive.
sat i woke up at 545 and ran and ran and ran.. 2:54min and 15.55 miles. great job me. i felt awesome after. was perfect weather. i did the long training run in central park but since i was up early decided to run up to 102nd street. i didnt realize it was almost 5 miles and since i run much slower at the beginning of a run, i didnt get there until 7:23... but lo and behold the 11 min pace group was just lining up so i joined them. I was really proud of myself. I ran Harlem Hill and the rolling west side hills without getting out of breath and at an 1115-1130 overall pace. More importantly I felt really strong. Like just calm and collected.
The route was: 23rd and park up to 102 and central park. One counterclockwise loop up to 102 and then back down to 23rd street from the 102 transverse. I had just plain Total cereal for bfast and then a mango Gu before leaving. Then I had 4 shot blocks (margarita of course) at 90th street on the West side (1:00 in) and then gatorage at 2 hours and then 3 more shot blocks at like 2:45 just for kicks. Then I had a huge thing of water before going to breakfast. At breakfast I had a real latte, and a tartine with ricotta and figs. At lunch I had bread w butter and some sushi oh and a glass of wine. For snack I had a peach and a oreo pack and then dinner was more wine, an appetizer of apricots and arugula w olive oil and vinegar and sea brim with vegetables. dessert was Grom which was awesome. Not too bad for a busy day of running!
This wkd as a whole my mom and i did a lot of resting, eating, etc sat and sunday. Sun we went to yoga and i got a massage later on in the day. eating was fine. fri was a heavy carb day and i didnt log. i didnt log all wkd though... which is fine bc i did make good choices (fish and veggies for dinner vs homemade pasta) so im happy with that. my workout on sat burned about 1900 calories so imagine. I have some wiggle room!!!
tonight: 4 miles at 11 min pace, arms, abs
tomorrow: sprints. 8x 150meters, 6x 200meters
wed: off! YES! yoga!!
thurs: tempo run or more sprints (gross)
fri: 4 mile recovery run
sat: off! YES!
sunday: 10 mile run (well thats what im pushing for, i dont want to run more w a half marathon coming up next wkd!!)
I'm nervous for the half. I really want to do well. i think I've solidified what I eat the night before though, so that's a positive.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Can it be true??
Am I (GASP!) getting faster?
Yesterdays workout was excellent!!!
2 mile warmup
VO2Max workout which meant 1000m sprints in 5 min.
First lap: 4:50 was tough
Second lap: 5:03 more where I should be
Third lap: 5:!5- had a stitch so majorly slowed down.
Overall I was happy with the workout. Thats fast for me!
Yesterdays workout was excellent!!!
2 mile warmup
VO2Max workout which meant 1000m sprints in 5 min.
First lap: 4:50 was tough
Second lap: 5:03 more where I should be
Third lap: 5:!5- had a stitch so majorly slowed down.
Overall I was happy with the workout. Thats fast for me!
Monday, July 27, 2009
not so bad
So the last 4 days weren't so bad. Thurs I managed to finish my 1000s with a bit of decency. I was pretty proud to be running at a 8:34 pace. I needed to be at 8:15-8:20 but its OK i tried!!!
Friday and Saturday were off days.
Sunday I went for a 10-12 miler in East Hampton. Ended up with quite a few hills but a 11.65 m course in 2 hrs and 8 minutes with just a few walk breaks.
Not too shabby.
Friday and Saturday were off days.
Sunday I went for a 10-12 miler in East Hampton. Ended up with quite a few hills but a 11.65 m course in 2 hrs and 8 minutes with just a few walk breaks.
Not too shabby.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Welcome to Miami
Was a busy Sat-Thurs. In fact, I can't quite believe that it's almost weekened again. Trust me I'm thankful for it, but wow how time is flying. I can't quite conceptualize that its almost August!!
Sat and Sunday I did 4 mile runs both days, 41 and 42 about and then Monday was a day off. I flew back from Miami and its 98 degree weather on Monday am so I was a bit of a mess. Thankfully it was early to bed and late to rise.
Tuesday I had a scheduled tempo run. 1 mile warmup at 12min pace and then 27 min at 9:05/8:57 pace. I don't like 9:05 pace. Something about it. I prefer the 9:!3 or 8:57 much more. Its interesting. I stopped a few times to stretch but also did a 0.6 m 'cooldown' at 1030. Funny how 1030 used to be amazingly fast. Oh how perspectives change.
Wednesday I thoguht I had a 5 mile recovery run on tap. Luckily I did an easy 4 miles at a 1145/1130 pace. When I looked at the schedule I was supposed to do 3.5 so I wasnt far off at least.
Tonight is going to suck. I know life is about attitude, but bear with me here. 5-6 repeats of 0.625m (1000meters) w 2 min recovery in between at an 8:20-30 pace. Gross. THen I'm going to do yoga. Might as well exhaust myself. I did pack for the Hamptons so I should be OK.
Friday is an off day :) Sat is an off day :) Sunday is 10-12 miles. Gross.
Sat and Sunday I did 4 mile runs both days, 41 and 42 about and then Monday was a day off. I flew back from Miami and its 98 degree weather on Monday am so I was a bit of a mess. Thankfully it was early to bed and late to rise.
Tuesday I had a scheduled tempo run. 1 mile warmup at 12min pace and then 27 min at 9:05/8:57 pace. I don't like 9:05 pace. Something about it. I prefer the 9:!3 or 8:57 much more. Its interesting. I stopped a few times to stretch but also did a 0.6 m 'cooldown' at 1030. Funny how 1030 used to be amazingly fast. Oh how perspectives change.
Wednesday I thoguht I had a 5 mile recovery run on tap. Luckily I did an easy 4 miles at a 1145/1130 pace. When I looked at the schedule I was supposed to do 3.5 so I wasnt far off at least.
Tonight is going to suck. I know life is about attitude, but bear with me here. 5-6 repeats of 0.625m (1000meters) w 2 min recovery in between at an 8:20-30 pace. Gross. THen I'm going to do yoga. Might as well exhaust myself. I did pack for the Hamptons so I should be OK.
Friday is an off day :) Sat is an off day :) Sunday is 10-12 miles. Gross.
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