I'm definitely resting today. I ended up doing 5.5k yesterday, and had to force myself to stop. I will be keeping myself busy and stocking up on those carbs I think! (and working out how to get there, where to park, digging out my number etc etc)

Good luck this weekend JJB and Helen! Let us know how the races go.

Ilene, I definitely didn't run anywhere near pb the other day. My 10k pb is under 52 minutes, last October. I was just thinking that less than a year ago, my race goal was to run the same sort of time that I was running in training without feeling like it was that much of a stretch. I'm not seeing much day to day or even month to month progress. With all the snow this winter, my easy run speeds have even been slowing down compared to last fall, I can't do speed work outdoors and I don't have access to a treadmill. I've been getting nervous about the 1/2 I want to run in May and whether I'll do worse than last year. Until I remembered that 54 minutes was my fastest pre-10k race training run. Done as a time trial, in great weather, on a flat course, with an easy 1k warm up. And it was HARD. Yesterday's 54:20 wasn't easy, but I know I could have run it faster.

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Good luck this weekend JJB and Helen! Let us know how the races go.

Ilene, I definitely didn't run anywhere near pb the other day. My 10k pb is under 52 minutes, last October. I was just thinking that less than a year ago, my race goal was to run the same sort of time that I was running in training without feeling like it was that much of a stretch. I'm not seeing much day to day or even month to month progress. With all the snow this winter, my easy run speeds have even been slowing down compared to last fall, I can't do speed work outdoors and I don't have access to a treadmill. I've been getting nervous about the 1/2 I want to run in May and whether I'll do worse than last year. Until I remembered that 54 minutes was my fastest pre-10k race training run. Done as a time trial, in great weather, on a flat course, with an easy 1k warm up. And it was HARD. Yesterday's 54:20 wasn't easy, but I know I could have run it faster.

DANG and I thought I was giving you some encouragement :lol3:... Hang in there the snow will go away and you'll be stronger on those nice days because of all the leg workouts in the snow :hug:

:D Ilene, thanks for the encouragement anyway, even if I didn't quite deserve it as much as you though. I have to admit that all of my pbs have been done on the race course. I just can't motivate myself as much when I'm alone.

I went out and ran 20k this morning while dh took the kids to my 4 year old's dance class. They seemed to have enjoyed the time together even if I accidently sent them 1 hr early.

I live in a beautiful, historic city but I have this bad habit of running in blah newish subdivisions in a less than beautiful part of town when I do my long runs. As I was about 6k into this morning's run, I decided to head down town instead. I ended up running a few km in and around the Plains and some of the older streets around there before heading home. It was so nice out there. Cold and sunny, with lots of people walking, running, skiing, snowshoeing. I'm going to have to head over there for more of my long runs--it's a bit too far away for weekday jaunts. The only downside is that my garmin lost close to 1k I think of distance because of signal loss between tall buildings as I was heading home. Which means I probably ran closer to 21k than the 20.2 that it claims, but I really enjoyed my run this morning anyway.

my first 10K under my belt! cold and windy as heck and pouring down rain for about 2 miles of it. drizzle the rest. but hey i did IT! i did IT!

:cheer: WTG JustJune :cheer: I look forward to the day when I can run a 10K.....right now its training for my first 5K. GREAT JOB!!!

Well done JJB, the first of many?

:dance: JJB good job :bravo:

oh yes the first of many!! now that i know i can do it and actually enjoyed it i can wait to do it again!!!

with the rodeo and all now starting for the next 20 days my next race isnt until march 25th and its a 5K or maybe an 8k...cant remember.

thanks for the kudos! my race report is on my blog... www.lifeshighway.blogspot.com

Woo and indeed hoo! Not only did I run all the way (I wasn't sure whether I'd be able to as my longest run to date was 12.2 miles), but I had enough energy for a kick at the end! From about 7 miles to 11 I ran with someone from a running club who was on her 10th half marathon, and had a bit of a chat with her. Then between 11 and 12 something really strange happened, either she slowed down or I speeded up, but I lost her (behind me!) and overtook a couple of people on the way to the finish.

Based on my previous race times I had a relatively conservative goal of finishing within 2 hours 10 (based on time prediction calculators online). I knew I'd improved since my last race though, and based on my treadmill "race" two weeks ago I thought I might be able to get close to 2 hours (the calculator was predicting 2:01 from that time).

My actual time?

This deserves to be in bold!

1:55:40

I'm so happy!!!

I actually felt far less tired at the end than I did at the end of my 10k in November, and although I wouldn't want to have gone round the course again, the full marathon seems a little less daunting now.

:dancer:1:55:40 that's totally awesome :cheer:

Awesome! Congrats!

Yay! JJB and YP1!

(Helen, I wish I was as fast as you!)

Today was supposed to be an easy 10k after yesterday's long run. But due to circumstances beyond my control (sleeping in, kid swimming lessons all morning, dh working all afternoon) I only had about 30-40 minutes before supper to squeeze in a run. So I braved the cold and wind and ran a quick-ish 6k. I'm enjoying running at a slightly faster pace once or twice a week after plodding along since last fall. I'm sure we'll be getting a fresh layer of snow this week which will slow me down again.

Way to go on those race times! That is great.

Today was actually nice outside so once I had done the laundry and actually had a clean sports bra I went out to the track and did 2.5 miles of intervals (sprinting the straights, jogging the curves) then walked for another hour or so. Good day, overall.