Chickadee--sounds like a tough (but fun!) trail run!
Tonight, I took my youngest son out in the jogging stroller. It's always so tough for me to run with it. I ended up doing 4.25 miles, but I jogged .2 and then walked .05 throughout the whole run.
Was in South Beach Miami for a bachelorette party last weekend, but managed to get 3.5 miles in Friday, pretty happy with that considering it was about 85 degrees and humid as all get out. I did stop once to catch my breath after 2 miles. Ran 5 miles last night at 42 min. Really trying to get back under 40 min. but my right achilles is giving me trouble again. I'm going to try to stretch better and run again later this week b/w 3 and 4 miles, hopefully it will go well as I have a 5 mile race Sun - REALLLLLLY want to finish under 40 min...
Was able to run Thursday after my double shift, had just enough light. Gets tricky when I work late, we live in farm country and dirt roads get dangerous to run if it's too later
Went for a bike ride on Sunday instead of a run & yesterday it was raining like crazy. Got out there today, felt good! I am still working on just doing a mile. At this point I am worried about pushing myself too much too fast. Slow and steady with no injury is the goal! I will worry about speed later.
Did 3 miles at 5.6 mph tonight, with the last few minutes at 6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 mph. Felt tough, but not terrible. Will do 3.5 miles at the same speed on Wed night, hopefully as a 3/1 run with the last 25% at 6 mph.
lm3898 : 5 miles in 42 minutes!! Good lord! That's fast! You must fly
drake : as you said, slow and steady is the key keep going!
chickadee : nice workout! good job
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hey runners!
Went for my first interval of the my program last night : a 6k with 5 x 2 min little sprint (average a pace of 5:30 min/kilometer). It was okay, I was really feeling I was going out of my comfort zone while doing it. Plus it was rainy, my raincoat felt heavy and got me a bit too hot... Anyway. Did the sprints + recovery time 6k in 39:40.
I'm a bit freacking out these days though, one of my shoes is slowly getting pearced on the top of the toes. Ahhh! I love my shoes so much, I don,t want to change them I might try to fix the hole for now and only change them after my run at the end of June...
Turbo: nice job on the sprints. I work on my pace by doing short runs (3k) as fast as possible with a few breathing-walks.
The weather is just in a funk, I wanted to go running yesterday and then it started to rain like crazy. So I just went today in one of the few breaks from the rain, and OMG! It is hot outside. I've been holing up inside because of the rain and had no clue it was that warm. Haha.
Anyhow, did 7.1k (4.4miles) in 48mins and am pleased with that. I took off my shoes after 3.5miles and my pace went up again. My big toes have blisters on the bottom though so I really can't run too much without them while I wish I could, it's so nice. I love it.
Will do 2 short runs and then hopefully a 12.5k on sunday.
Just a quick drive by SOUNDS like everyone is pushing it yeah for all of us!!!
Ran a 10k this am not my fastest,but 1;06;20. Had a kickbut HIIT class at execise last night and am really achey...well off to deep clean the house YUCK! {but it feels so good when its done)
Went just under 4 miles in 38 minutes on the bike path yesterday. It was super humid so breathing was awful but my legs didn't get tired at all. I thank hiking for that!
3mile run in 28mins today.
Did it barefoot and in the rain with shorts and only a tanktop. Dark clouds everywhere but super warm. It was awesome, animals were noisy along the river where I was running and storm was gathering. but thanks to the internet and awesome weather tools I knew I could go out for 30mins and be back before it broke. Was one of the most awesome runs as of yet. Unfortunately I've made the blisters worse, running in wet surface barefoot is just not the best thing. NEED 5fingers soooon.
Think I'll do gym-cardio and weights tomorrow and saturday and then attempt 7.5mile run on sunday.
It sounds like everyone's running is going great this month! You guys amaze me with your speeds - I want to run like all of you someday.
Turbo: Awesome job with the sprints! I really feel like those help me to improve my speed more quickly. And I think I need new shoes too (or at least new inserts that correct my overpronation), but I, too, am going to wait until after my race in a week and a half. It just seems like a bad idea to change them right before a race!
I did 3.5 miles tonight on the TM, with the first 2.6 miles at 5.6 mph and the last 0.9 miles at 6.1 mph. Again, a tough run but not terrible. I just feel really, really good when I'm done with these runs - proud that I'm pushing myself and able to make it all the way through what I've planned even when it's hard.
Four more runs planned before my 5K next Saturday; three will be training runs, and one will be a slower 5 miler. I'm targeting under 32 minutes for the 5K, which I'm pretty sure I'll be able to do. Secretly I'd love to be able to run it in under 30 minutes, but I just don't think I'm there yet. Some day though.
Did my last run last night before my five mile race this Sunday! Really wanted to see how my Achilles would be - focused on shorter strides and felt like I was running slower but I was actually going faster which was awesome! Did 3.5 miles in 28 min 40 seconds. So if I can just shave off the 40 seconds Sunday I will be at my goal pace...we'll see. The shorter strides [and extra stretching] REALLY helped - I didn't have a single achilles problem. The only problem I did have was insane cramping for about 1.5 miles which was no fun - I really can't eat at all before running - I had dinner b/w 6 - 6:30 p.m. and ran at 9:30 and it was bothering me so something to remember for the future!
Congrats to everyone handling their runs this month - I love this thread! chickadee good working speeding up at the end...that isn't easy!!
Everyone is doing great I admire all your times so much! I am improving but so runs are just better than others.My Garmin does this compare thing for you on the computer. And my fastest 10k was a month ago?
Today I ran it 2 1/2 min slower??Today 10k...1:07:02.
Anyways trying to put in 10 ...10ks by the 22nd in celebration of my 60th birthday. Have 3 done.{just decided today}
Wow everyone. WTG! I just did one run this week. 3 miles in the rain on wed. It was nice. Been crazy hectic here with family coming in for graduation tomorrow. Hope to be back on track next week!
Did a short 25 min run with some sprints mixed in. I was so proud of myself - during one brief burst I hit a top speed of 8.69 mph (14 km/h)!! So happy about this especially since I'm only running probably once a week.
I'd have to attribute the increase in speed/power to my Insanity workouts. Nothing else has improved my running the way this has - remarkable since I only manage about 2 (or less) of these a week.
keep going!
I might try to fix the hole for now and only change them after my run at the end of June...
go devadiva go 
So happy about this especially since I'm only running probably once a week.
