(OK all you C25K'ers I want you to ignore this next part, pacing is NOT something to think about yet!!!!!!)
My "long run" pace and my "short run" pace have been getting closer and closer to the same pace. I just get in this rhythm and have a hard time busting out of it. As soon as I go faster my brain says "you cant MAINTAIN this pace!!!" So after my 2 mile cobweb clearing warmup I ran HARD for 2 miles today and then just let my self run "comfortable" home for the last 3 and they were a good 45 seconds/mile faster than I have been "comfortable" so I just need to shake out of the rut.
Its good because I realized I hadnt had a "now THAT was a good workout" feeling for a while.
Stacy – Hope you feel better soon. I hate getting sick, I’m such a big baby about it. Good thing it doesn’t happen too often! What kind of dog do you have? I take my dog with me on all my runs, he’s usually pretty good company but I do have to keep him from stopping and smelling and peeing on everything along the way. He’s gotten much better about this, I think he’s finally got the idea that jogging time is not check the pee-mail time.
Hiker – That half marathon in the redwoods sounds awesome! Have fun training.
I actually won something! No, not a race. The Race for the Cure had all sorts of sponsor booths with drawings and I won a voucher for new shoes and a jacket from New Balance! I’m so excited, I never win anything. Can’t wait to go shopping.
Thanks everyone for your nice wishes for the half marathon this weekend! Ennay, I'll be thinking of you running one close to the same time as me. I've been trying to take it easy this week, but the weather has been nice and cool here, so I've actually been running at (what for me) is a fairly speedy pace.
Anyway, it's been really nice this week - I haven't been trying to make a big deal out of doing the half marathon, but I guess my friends have figured out how important this has become to me, because I've been getting lots of nice encouraging calls and emails all week, and a few of my friends are going to cheer me on at the finish line, and take me out for a celebration lunch. One of those moments when it's nice to know that you have people in your corner.
Shennanigans, congrats on winning some freebies - nothing like some new stuff to cheer me up, so enjoy your shopping!
I did a brisk 4 this morning. My legs are tired I think from all the additional stroller walks I have been taking since dd is out of school for the summer. Walked downtown twice yesterday. Pushing that double behemoth stroller is no light workout.
Did 9k/5.6miles this morning... I find it warmish, for me when the sun is beaming down I find it difficult... So my run was more like a run/jog/ with lots of walking intervals... I was out for 1h11mins.... wins the race??
Hi everyone! So I finished Couch to 5k last week...this week I started on a 10 wk program called OHM which will take me up to 6 miles when I finish.. These first few weeks though are just the 3 miles like I ran last week on my final week of Couch to 5k. I am really enjoying running now after 10 weeks straight of doing this. :-)
I ran 3 miles tonight, which would've been nice in spite of the heat if these absurdly enormous bugs or flies or whatever they were hadn't been attacking me the whole time. Holy moly.
1.8 miles today on C25K W2D2. I did ignore your speed section, ennay, but do need to put forth that if I were any slower I'd be losing ground! I think I walk faster than I run!!!
Congrats gremlina! Did you find your OHM program on the net? Could you link to it?
Any other suggestions for programs that build from a 5k distance to 10k?
Strength training last night so no running. I ran Tues morning and Wed evening this week and I felt totally wiped after that. I don’t run two days consecutively very often so that was probably it.
The humidity is really on the rise around here, wacky WI weather. At least the bugs aren’t too bad yet.
Very busy weekend here, future MIL is in town today helping us close on our townhouse, tomorrow is her birthday and I’ve got a work picnic to run, then Sunday is moving day. Hope to get a run in there somewhere!
My legs have now pretty much recovered from the marathon, so I'm trying to get back up to my "maintenance" level for a few weeks before starting training for Amsterdam. I did a couple of easy 3 mile runs while I was in Spain, and last night I did 6.7, which I was quite pleased with.
In the next few weeks I have a couple of 10ks and a 5k, so I'm going to do a bit of speedwork and then kick back into mara training in mid July. For now I'm going to keep my long runs at less than 2 hours, which seems like a long time, but believe me it feels like nothing at the moment!
I've started to reflect on my mara time - not only is it the fastest from anyone at my club this year, but I looked at the times of some of the people from the "fast" group who did Berlin last year - I beat two of the four of them and was only a minute slower than the other. Admittedly berlin was hot (I should know, I was there), but I didn't realise I was so close to the times they posted, which is a huge confidence boost.
Ennay - you see, to have been racking up some mileage while I've been away!
yeah....it dawned on dh this weekend when I got back from the 16 miler...."you seem to be a bit ahead, are you gonna keep on adding 2 miles every week til the marathon?" at that rate I think I would be up to a long run of 54 miles or something.
This is my last post before I come back here with a race report for the half marathon on Sunday. I ran 5.5 miles tonight, and the weather was so nice, I wanted to go longer, but figured that was not a great idea.
Now I just have one thing to figure out pre-race - what outfit to wear! Don't worry, I'm not going to wear anything that isn't tried and true - but I have a couple of different options under consideration.
The Race for the Cure had all sorts of sponsor booths with drawings and I won a voucher for new shoes and a jacket from New Balance! I’m so excited, I never win anything. Can’t wait to go shopping. 
wins the race??
at that rate I think I would be up to a long run of 54 miles or something. 
