Long run yesterday, 20 miles in in 2:34:11, 7:42 average. Pete and I drove to the oceanfront, started at about 6:30 am... of course it was very hot and humid again and there was a lot of smoke in the air for some reason. I paced Pete for his run, which was supposed to be 7:40 average, then I finished the last 8 miles on my own.
Our splits:
mile 1: 8:48 sloooooooow
mile 2: 8:09
mile 3: 7:47
mile 4: 7:41
mile 5: 7:34
nile 6: 7:44
mile 7: 7:40
mile 8: 7:41
mile 9: 7:32
mile 10: 7:40
mile 11: 7:45
mile 12: 7:34
mile 13: 7:30
mile 14: 7:23
mile 15: 7:45
mile 16: 7:29
mile 17: 7:36
mile 18: 7:38
mile 19: 7:38
mile 20: 7:28
I wish I had been closer to 7:30, but I also didn't want to push it after last weekend. After the first two miles I averaged 7:37 which is a little better.
The rest of the week was just mileage, no big workouts since it was supposed to be a rest week. I hit 70 miles this week, for the first time probably since college. Next week is supposed to be a "rest" week as well, but I still have to make up a 12 mile marathon pace run, which I think I will do on Sunday.
Kinda feel tired today, and a little sore. Probably because we were entertaining family all weekend and we spent all day Saturday at Busch Gardens and all day yesterday at the beach in the hot sun. I feel like I've been downing fluids all day every day and barely getting enough in. (Hmmm... maybe I should have skipped the beers yesterday and just stuck with water?)
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Monday, August 8, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Mmmm... Blueberry Waffles for Breakfast...
Go USA in the Women's World Cup today!!
Yesterday Bella, Pete, and I did our 5 mile recovery run together. Felt much better than last week, even though Bella was on a tear the whole 5 miles. She wavered between 6:30 and 7:30 (this is just an estimate as I don't use those Garmin gadgets). We spent the rest of the day at the beach, but we left Bella home because she likes to kill crabs and bark at them the whole time. In fact, this morning she found a crab in the garage, tore it into pieces and rolled all over it on the kitchen floor.
Today's run was 15 with 10 miles at marathon pace. I don't actually know what my marathon pace is but I'm guessing 7:00 for now. I didn't time the whole run, only the 10 miles. Total time was 69:21. I stayed on 7 min pace basically the whole time, but my last mile was 6:35.
My 1.5 mile splits were:
10:27.63
10:19.24
10:28.31
10:33.96
10:25.12
10:34.31
6:35.49
Total 69.21
This week's summary:
Monday: rest
Tuesday: 8 miles and 10x100 (9 total)
Wednesday: 12 miles
Thursday: 5 miles
Friday: 10 miles
Saturday: 5 miles
Sunday: 15 miles
Total: 56 miles
PS- This was supposed to be a recovery week, but I needed to make up for the marathon pace run that I missed last weekend when I was being a pathetic lazy ass. Hopefully it won't affect this coming week.
Yesterday Bella, Pete, and I did our 5 mile recovery run together. Felt much better than last week, even though Bella was on a tear the whole 5 miles. She wavered between 6:30 and 7:30 (this is just an estimate as I don't use those Garmin gadgets). We spent the rest of the day at the beach, but we left Bella home because she likes to kill crabs and bark at them the whole time. In fact, this morning she found a crab in the garage, tore it into pieces and rolled all over it on the kitchen floor.
Today's run was 15 with 10 miles at marathon pace. I don't actually know what my marathon pace is but I'm guessing 7:00 for now. I didn't time the whole run, only the 10 miles. Total time was 69:21. I stayed on 7 min pace basically the whole time, but my last mile was 6:35.
My 1.5 mile splits were:
10:27.63
10:19.24
10:28.31
10:33.96
10:25.12
10:34.31
6:35.49
Total 69.21
This week's summary:
Monday: rest
Tuesday: 8 miles and 10x100 (9 total)
Wednesday: 12 miles
Thursday: 5 miles
Friday: 10 miles
Saturday: 5 miles
Sunday: 15 miles
Total: 56 miles
PS- This was supposed to be a recovery week, but I needed to make up for the marathon pace run that I missed last weekend when I was being a pathetic lazy ass. Hopefully it won't affect this coming week.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Sweet Relief
67 degrees this morning... aaaahhh. My 12 mile run on Wednesday went well considering how hot and humid it was, much better than I felt last week.
Bella ran the whole ten miles with me today, and my 5 mile recovery run yesterday as well. She runs about 6:45-7:00 pace until she gets tired, and in cool weather she can keep that pace up for 8-10 miles or more. She's a good training partner, except for when she takes a sharp turn to go after a bunny or a squirrel. I ate it once last fall, but I guess my reaction time has improved since then.
The week has felt really easy, almost too easy. I just have 5 mile recovery run tomorrow and a 15-miler on Sunday. I may try to make up for the marathon pace run that I missed last Sunday (I ended up just running 18 at a regular pace because of the heat) and turning the 15 into a race pace run.
Not much else to report... pretty chill week, just enjoying the time off and getting settled into our house. Looks like a nice beach weekend ahead!
Bella ran the whole ten miles with me today, and my 5 mile recovery run yesterday as well. She runs about 6:45-7:00 pace until she gets tired, and in cool weather she can keep that pace up for 8-10 miles or more. She's a good training partner, except for when she takes a sharp turn to go after a bunny or a squirrel. I ate it once last fall, but I guess my reaction time has improved since then.
The week has felt really easy, almost too easy. I just have 5 mile recovery run tomorrow and a 15-miler on Sunday. I may try to make up for the marathon pace run that I missed last Sunday (I ended up just running 18 at a regular pace because of the heat) and turning the 15 into a race pace run.
Not much else to report... pretty chill week, just enjoying the time off and getting settled into our house. Looks like a nice beach weekend ahead!
Saturday, June 18, 2011
School's Out!
Overwhelming feeling of happiness... the book has closed on this 2010-2011 school year and now it's officially summer!
Thursday's workout was five miles easy. I ran part of it with Bella, then dropped her off and finished my run. She can run really far in the winter but she gets too hot in the summer to go more than a few miles.
Yesterday Pete and I drove to VB to run at a park near the oceanfront. Pete took the day off, so I ran the 9 miler on the trails by myself. It was really nice and peaceful. I felt great and ended up running a lot faster than I was supposed to. The part of the trail that I ran on is mostly flat and is 3.5 miles to the trail center, so I turned around there and ran back to where I started from. After 7 miles I stopped my watch to get some gatorade and saw 49:00 mins! I used to run 7 min pace for most of my runs in college but now that I'm relatively out of shape I usually run 7:45 or even slower on easy days. Continuing on the trail after my brief stop, I made the decision to treat the last two miles like a cool-down, especially because this section of the trail is very uneven. I've been known to take a few tumbles on the trail (and on sidewalks for that matter). I turned the corner after crossing the access road, and saw the 3.5 mile marker... well that made a lot more sense. That probably added another minute to my 7 mile time. I shrugged it off with a whatever, continued on my "cool-down" 2 miles.
Pete picked up some sushi and drinks while I was running, so we went across the street to the beach after my run. I jumped in the water to cool off, and then we ate dinner on the sand. The waves were actually nice for Virginia Beach (which is known for ankle-high waves most days) so we watched some old guys surfing, then it started raining a few drops and a rainbow appeared. It almost felt like we were in Maui again... or not. We stayed to watch the sun set and then went home.
I'm about to do my 5 mile recovery run, and then get ready to go to graduation at the school where I work.
Happy Summer!!
Thursday's workout was five miles easy. I ran part of it with Bella, then dropped her off and finished my run. She can run really far in the winter but she gets too hot in the summer to go more than a few miles.
Yesterday Pete and I drove to VB to run at a park near the oceanfront. Pete took the day off, so I ran the 9 miler on the trails by myself. It was really nice and peaceful. I felt great and ended up running a lot faster than I was supposed to. The part of the trail that I ran on is mostly flat and is 3.5 miles to the trail center, so I turned around there and ran back to where I started from. After 7 miles I stopped my watch to get some gatorade and saw 49:00 mins! I used to run 7 min pace for most of my runs in college but now that I'm relatively out of shape I usually run 7:45 or even slower on easy days. Continuing on the trail after my brief stop, I made the decision to treat the last two miles like a cool-down, especially because this section of the trail is very uneven. I've been known to take a few tumbles on the trail (and on sidewalks for that matter). I turned the corner after crossing the access road, and saw the 3.5 mile marker... well that made a lot more sense. That probably added another minute to my 7 mile time. I shrugged it off with a whatever, continued on my "cool-down" 2 miles.
Pete picked up some sushi and drinks while I was running, so we went across the street to the beach after my run. I jumped in the water to cool off, and then we ate dinner on the sand. The waves were actually nice for Virginia Beach (which is known for ankle-high waves most days) so we watched some old guys surfing, then it started raining a few drops and a rainbow appeared. It almost felt like we were in Maui again... or not. We stayed to watch the sun set and then went home.
I'm about to do my 5 mile recovery run, and then get ready to go to graduation at the school where I work.
Happy Summer!!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Good Company
Well the saying, "You are who you hang out with" holds good value.
To be an athlete, especially a competitive athlete, you need to be aware of this. Your company is influential in more ways than you ever could imagine.
Think of your room mates, your closest friends, your team mates, your family, your class mates, and your coworkers. Think of how often you revolve your actions around these people. You eat with them, you play and relax with them, you philosophize with them, and you even develop your sleep habits around them.
So who are these people? How do they help you? How do you help them? Are they helping or hurting your cause and your short and long term goals?
Always great questions to ask yourself, especially for those training and who have specific goals set for themselves.
It's not selfish to make these evaluations and act on them. It's not "Un-Christian-like". It simply holds true that you are positively and/or negatively affected by your company in some way. And with personal goals, come standards that you have to set for yourself.
This weekend, I will be blessed with the opportunity to see my sister and brother in-law as they are making the trip down from NY to hang. They are both road race runners and Brandon participates in triathlons as well. We've all made it a point to spend time with each other despite the large distance of interstate and numerous state lines between us. Biggest reason- they are family. But to keep on topic- they are such positive company. We've all made it a point to go on runs together, enter and run races together all over the east coast, lend ideas to each other considering lifestyle and health, and even just lay around the beach and pool. Seriously, just good people.
Today is a day off from training and tomorrow will begin it again, but mark my words- I will be in the waves at the beach tomorrow! Have a good one people, hope your company is great.
To be an athlete, especially a competitive athlete, you need to be aware of this. Your company is influential in more ways than you ever could imagine.
Think of your room mates, your closest friends, your team mates, your family, your class mates, and your coworkers. Think of how often you revolve your actions around these people. You eat with them, you play and relax with them, you philosophize with them, and you even develop your sleep habits around them.
So who are these people? How do they help you? How do you help them? Are they helping or hurting your cause and your short and long term goals?
Always great questions to ask yourself, especially for those training and who have specific goals set for themselves.
It's not selfish to make these evaluations and act on them. It's not "Un-Christian-like". It simply holds true that you are positively and/or negatively affected by your company in some way. And with personal goals, come standards that you have to set for yourself.
This weekend, I will be blessed with the opportunity to see my sister and brother in-law as they are making the trip down from NY to hang. They are both road race runners and Brandon participates in triathlons as well. We've all made it a point to spend time with each other despite the large distance of interstate and numerous state lines between us. Biggest reason- they are family. But to keep on topic- they are such positive company. We've all made it a point to go on runs together, enter and run races together all over the east coast, lend ideas to each other considering lifestyle and health, and even just lay around the beach and pool. Seriously, just good people.
Today is a day off from training and tomorrow will begin it again, but mark my words- I will be in the waves at the beach tomorrow! Have a good one people, hope your company is great.
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