Unfortunately I didn't reach 50 miles for the week, I only managed 47.2 miles but that still put me at 100.5 miles halfway through November. Last week was tough because I decided to take Monday as a rest day assuming I'd get my runs in the rest of the week. Well, Thursday was ruined because our cat woke Dorian up and then Friday was ruined because Dorian was just restless and having bad dreams so I ended up running 7.1 miles that night.
Saturday I didn't get up early, DH has been working really hard on putting the walls up at the shop and it is really kicking his butt. There's was no way I could've kept up on my weight lifting and running for the last 2 months and him not really suffer from it. Maybe, just maybe once he is done with the walls and a lot of this hard, back-breaking labor and has a few days or a couple weeks of good sleep and not being worn out all the time, maybe then I can get back to the gym again. Not as obsessively as I was of course, because hopefully by that point I'll be preparing to run the LBLM and then preparing to train for my first 50 mile race (or 50k, depending on my training).
Anyways, so Friday I ran 7.1 miles that night and then Saturday I took Dorian out for a 5 mile run which I ran in 47:06 with an average pace of 9:25 min/mile, it's so weird that those paces feel like some effort by myself but when I run with the stroller it doesn't feel all that hard. I was hoping to get in another 4-5 miles later that night but DH didn't get home until 9 PM. Sunday was looking tough.
Sunday around noon I took Dorian for another run, hoping I could get in 5 miles while trying to take it easy and slow as I really wanted to hit the trails that night with the dogs to get in 9-12 miles. Those 5 miles ended up being pretty fast, even with the hills and I still really didn't feel like I was giving a huge amount of effort.
My splits looked like this:
Mile 1 - 9:35
Mile 2 - 8:54
Mile 3 - 9:06
Mile 4 - 9:13
Mile 5 - 9:16
The last 2 miles were slower than I wanted (but where I should've been) due to all the Sunday family walkers that like to take up the whole pathway and then other runners/walkers/cyclists coming from the other direction. It is a bit annoying to say the least but I ran those 5 miles in 46:06 with an average pace of 9:13 min/mile.
DH ended up coming home around 5:30 PM, after I got his and Dorian's dinner done me and the dogs were out the door and headed for the trails. I learned a lesson that night - don't eat whiskey fudge before a run.... on trails.... at night.... luckily I didn't trip but the first 2 miles were very tricky and I was sure that I was going to break something. Even after running 5 fast miles earlier that day, I ended running some of my fastest trail training splits....
I did choose to run only 9.1 miles as that would total 14.1 miles for the day and I just didn't think it was a good idea to add another 3 miles and end up with 17 miles as my longest run in the last few months was just 2 weeks ago and that was only 13 miles.
We ran 9.1 miles in 1:32:13 with an average pace of 10:08 min/mile, and spooked quite a few deer that were already laying down for the night.
Splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:35
Mile 2 - 10:12
Mile 3 - 10:05
Mile 4 - 10:08
Mile 5 - 10:24
Mile 6 - 9:52
Mile 7 - 9:53
Mile 8 - 10:14
Mile 9 - 9:57
.1 - 8:49
This week is going to be pretty raining Monday through Wednesday, so far Monday turned into a no run day as Dorian was restless from 4:30 AM to daylight. If I can get out tomorrow morning, even in rain I am going to do it dang it.
Monday, November 16, 2015
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Thursday, Friday and a Trail Race
I feel like I should wait until after tomorrow's run before posting this week's final blog. But what the heck, right?
So far this week, with the trail 5k race this morning I have ran 40.8 miles and I am feeling well enough for maybe another 3 mile run later today with Dorian and possibly a 5-6 mile run tomorrow with the dogs out on the Angel Mounds trails.
Thursday morning I ran 6.3 miles in 1:00:25 with an average pace of 9:36 min/mile. And then another 4 miles in 38:53 with an average pace of 9:43 min/mile later that evening with Dorian.
Friday evening I took Dorian to John James Audubon Park for a 1.8 mile run/hike , I was so glad I took a flashlight with us as it got pretty dark real fast.
So let's get to the Columbia Hilly Chilly Trail 5k this morning, man was it brutal as hell. I saw quite a few ladies that made me question whether I could place well or not. Luckily they had two waves - those competing and expecting a pace 9 min/mile and faster, and the 2nd being those 10 min/mile and slower or not competing, and then the walkers.
Since I had never pushed myself hard on these trails, I decided to place myself near the back of the first wave of runners. Within the first .25 miles was the largest of the hills, the first .5 miles was on a paved road before we hit the single track trails.
The first mile was good and without any running with a pace of 9:46 min/mile, from that point on the final 2 miles were tough as heck. I think they were that hard because I was pushing myself so much, I only hiked 2-3 times on really tough spots.
My garmin finished me at 2.8 miles, just short of what their race course states so I'll go with their GPS lol, I finished at 30:26 with an average pace of 9:50 min/mile. Strangely my garmin says elevation gain of only 411 feet, though it wasn't on my usual route so who knows.
Now for my results:
Time: 30:26 - Average pace of 9:50 min/mile
Overall Place: 28/133
Female Overall: 5th/75
AG Place: 1st/10
So far this week, with the trail 5k race this morning I have ran 40.8 miles and I am feeling well enough for maybe another 3 mile run later today with Dorian and possibly a 5-6 mile run tomorrow with the dogs out on the Angel Mounds trails.
Thursday morning I ran 6.3 miles in 1:00:25 with an average pace of 9:36 min/mile. And then another 4 miles in 38:53 with an average pace of 9:43 min/mile later that evening with Dorian.
Friday evening I took Dorian to John James Audubon Park for a 1.8 mile run/hike , I was so glad I took a flashlight with us as it got pretty dark real fast.
So let's get to the Columbia Hilly Chilly Trail 5k this morning, man was it brutal as hell. I saw quite a few ladies that made me question whether I could place well or not. Luckily they had two waves - those competing and expecting a pace 9 min/mile and faster, and the 2nd being those 10 min/mile and slower or not competing, and then the walkers.
Since I had never pushed myself hard on these trails, I decided to place myself near the back of the first wave of runners. Within the first .25 miles was the largest of the hills, the first .5 miles was on a paved road before we hit the single track trails.
The first mile was good and without any running with a pace of 9:46 min/mile, from that point on the final 2 miles were tough as heck. I think they were that hard because I was pushing myself so much, I only hiked 2-3 times on really tough spots.
My garmin finished me at 2.8 miles, just short of what their race course states so I'll go with their GPS lol, I finished at 30:26 with an average pace of 9:50 min/mile. Strangely my garmin says elevation gain of only 411 feet, though it wasn't on my usual route so who knows.
Now for my results:
Time: 30:26 - Average pace of 9:50 min/mile
Overall Place: 28/133
Female Overall: 5th/75
AG Place: 1st/10
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
This Week, and Reaching Another Milestone
First off, the milestone was actually reached early last week... about 51.3 miles ago. Without my knowing because I was so focused on reaching 200 miles for October, I didn't realize that I had finally reached 5,000 miles since I first began logging my runs (2010 at some point). As of today I am currently at 5,051.3 miles and 1,319.4 miles for 2015... wonder if I can reach 1,500 by the end of 2015.
Anyways, yep so that is a cool milestone. This week I've got another trail race, on Saturday and at John James Audubon State Park.. in other words it's going to be really tough. I've checked last year's finish times for the top women at the fastest one was 27:16, and the fastest chick in my AG was around 30 minutes - those trails aren't easy and I've never pushed myself hard on those trails so we'll see where I place.
So far I've ran 27.4 miles this week with hopes that I can get past 40 even with the race. I ran 7.3 miles Monday morning on the roads in 1:10:12 with an average pace of 9:37 min/mile, then Tuesday morning I took the dogs out on the Angel Mounds trails for 6 miles - finishing in 1:04:25 with an average pace of 10:44 min/mile. Tuesday evening I took Dorian out on the Newburgh riverfront for 4.1 miles in 39:15 with an average pace of 9:35 min/mile. This morning I hit the roads for 10 miles, it was 54 degrees and 94% humidity... it was muggy but still better than 70+ degrees and that same level of humidity. I ran the 10 miles in 1:34:48 with an average pace of 9:29 min/mile.
I've got a massage appointment tonight but hopefully it won't leave me too sore to run 6-7 miles tomorrow morning and maybe another 3-4 miles in the evening as I would really prefer to take Friday completely off to rest and maybe not run on Sunday if possible as I am sure I will be hurting lol.
Anyways, yep so that is a cool milestone. This week I've got another trail race, on Saturday and at John James Audubon State Park.. in other words it's going to be really tough. I've checked last year's finish times for the top women at the fastest one was 27:16, and the fastest chick in my AG was around 30 minutes - those trails aren't easy and I've never pushed myself hard on those trails so we'll see where I place.
So far I've ran 27.4 miles this week with hopes that I can get past 40 even with the race. I ran 7.3 miles Monday morning on the roads in 1:10:12 with an average pace of 9:37 min/mile, then Tuesday morning I took the dogs out on the Angel Mounds trails for 6 miles - finishing in 1:04:25 with an average pace of 10:44 min/mile. Tuesday evening I took Dorian out on the Newburgh riverfront for 4.1 miles in 39:15 with an average pace of 9:35 min/mile. This morning I hit the roads for 10 miles, it was 54 degrees and 94% humidity... it was muggy but still better than 70+ degrees and that same level of humidity. I ran the 10 miles in 1:34:48 with an average pace of 9:29 min/mile.
I've got a massage appointment tonight but hopefully it won't leave me too sore to run 6-7 miles tomorrow morning and maybe another 3-4 miles in the evening as I would really prefer to take Friday completely off to rest and maybe not run on Sunday if possible as I am sure I will be hurting lol.
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Tougher Than Last Week
This week ain't over yet, I've still got Sunday tomorrow but let's focus on the last few days since Monday. Somehow this week has been a lot tougher than last week and I somehow managed to get 50 miles without pissing off my hubby. This week I struggled through, not getting up in the morning to run so I would run in the evening which felt like I was trashing my legs on the trails. It was just a really hard week to get through, and maybe partially because my mind was constantly on reaching 200 miles this month.
I'm not really going to focus on the runs as far as laps/splits, just what I ran when.
Monday - 6 miles with Dorian in the evening
Tuesday - 6 miles on the trails with the dogs (morning)
Wednesday - 6 miles on the trails with the dogs (night)
Thursday - 4.3 miles on the trails with the dogs (night)
Friday - Full Moon Fever Trail 5k
Now for the race, it was at night and part of a series that I wasn't apart of until this race because over the last 5 months I had been training for a marathon that ended up not happening. So I registered for this race last week or the week before, figured I'd get a little competitive even though I loathe 5k's.
In short, I ran the 5k in 24:47 with an average pace of 8:00 min/mile, winning 1st place in my AG (20-29) and 2nd place overall female.
At this point I had a total of 25.4 miles and 186.2 for October, I needed at least 14 miles to reach my goal.... which would have been less had I not been so lazy and slacked during the mornings. And I wasn't sure what time Cameron would get home Saturday night, so I broke our deal (Saturday mornings he gets to sleep in) and was out the door with the dogs by 5:42 AM.
As soon as we got on the trails I realized just how sore and tired my legs were from Friday night's race.... I really didn't see 14 happening and that pissed me off. I kept going, even though I felt like crap and was struggling. In short by mile 6.3 we were headed to the Tahoe to drop my headlamp and hydration pack off (it was aggravating me, and I really didn't feel the need for it), that is when Cameron called. Of course my phone was in my hydration pack so I couldn't answer, once at the Tahoe I tried to call him back but he didn't answer. We headed home at that point, I was nervous that he was pissed off. We managed to run 6.3 miles in 1:06:09 with an average pace of 10:30 min/mile.
Lap/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:03
Mile 2 - 10:46
Mile 3 - 10:20
Mile 4 - 10:14
Mile 5 - 10:40
Mile 6 - 10:14
.3 - 9:34
Sure enough, he wasn't happy although he didn't show it for the first 15 minutes. Dorian woke him up at 6 AM, and then had a really poopy diaper, and kept him awake. We got home at like 7:40 AM, let's just say it wasn't a pleasant morning. I felt bad, yes I did... but I was more aggravated that Dorian does this, when the heck is he going to either stay asleep or figure out that he can go into the living room and turn on the Roku (netflix or amazon) and watch his letters/number movies without waking Daddy???? Or even just play in his room, if he would just stop waking up while I am gone, or be quiet when awake, this wouldn't be an issue. I mean, I am pretty sure that it's going to be another year or 2 before he is able to run with me dang it.
I still needed 7.5 miles, and it was going to have to involve Dorian in his stroller, this wasn't going to be easy. After grocery shopping and deal with a garage door being jammed (and my freaking out about it), I finally changed my clothes and we headed out to the Newburgh riverfront.
At first it didn't feel awful, but I could soon feel how tired my legs were.... this was going to be a tough run..... could I make it 7.5 miles and reach my goal of 200 miles for October? The temperature was 63 degrees, and 10 mph SSW winds, and 55% humidity. Dorian had fallen asleep on the way there and pretty much stayed asleep for the first 45 minutes... maybe an hour.
I drank all of my fluid from my 21 oz bottle, a first for me. I probably stopped and paused and gained what bearings I could each mile and sometimes half a mile. But after many stops and pushing myself and reminding myself why I was out there, I reached 7.5 miles in 1:11:40 with an average pace of 9:34 min/mile and with that I had reached 200 miles for October!!!!
With an elevation gain of 255 feet and a loss of 286 feet, I had struggled and fought for this modest goal, and this week was an extremely tough week.... if only I could repeat last week over and over again.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:21
Mile 2 - 9:29
Mile 3 - 9:26
Mile 4 - 9:34
Mile 5 - 9:22
Mile 6 - 9:27
Mile 7 - 9:29
.5 - 9:03
And with that, I've got 39.2 miles this week.. so if I am feeling well enough this afternoon I will try for 4-6 miles just so I can get over 40 miles.
I'm not really going to focus on the runs as far as laps/splits, just what I ran when.
Monday - 6 miles with Dorian in the evening
Tuesday - 6 miles on the trails with the dogs (morning)
Wednesday - 6 miles on the trails with the dogs (night)
Thursday - 4.3 miles on the trails with the dogs (night)
Friday - Full Moon Fever Trail 5k
Now for the race, it was at night and part of a series that I wasn't apart of until this race because over the last 5 months I had been training for a marathon that ended up not happening. So I registered for this race last week or the week before, figured I'd get a little competitive even though I loathe 5k's.
In short, I ran the 5k in 24:47 with an average pace of 8:00 min/mile, winning 1st place in my AG (20-29) and 2nd place overall female.
At this point I had a total of 25.4 miles and 186.2 for October, I needed at least 14 miles to reach my goal.... which would have been less had I not been so lazy and slacked during the mornings. And I wasn't sure what time Cameron would get home Saturday night, so I broke our deal (Saturday mornings he gets to sleep in) and was out the door with the dogs by 5:42 AM.
As soon as we got on the trails I realized just how sore and tired my legs were from Friday night's race.... I really didn't see 14 happening and that pissed me off. I kept going, even though I felt like crap and was struggling. In short by mile 6.3 we were headed to the Tahoe to drop my headlamp and hydration pack off (it was aggravating me, and I really didn't feel the need for it), that is when Cameron called. Of course my phone was in my hydration pack so I couldn't answer, once at the Tahoe I tried to call him back but he didn't answer. We headed home at that point, I was nervous that he was pissed off. We managed to run 6.3 miles in 1:06:09 with an average pace of 10:30 min/mile.
Lap/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:03
Mile 2 - 10:46
Mile 3 - 10:20
Mile 4 - 10:14
Mile 5 - 10:40
Mile 6 - 10:14
.3 - 9:34
Sure enough, he wasn't happy although he didn't show it for the first 15 minutes. Dorian woke him up at 6 AM, and then had a really poopy diaper, and kept him awake. We got home at like 7:40 AM, let's just say it wasn't a pleasant morning. I felt bad, yes I did... but I was more aggravated that Dorian does this, when the heck is he going to either stay asleep or figure out that he can go into the living room and turn on the Roku (netflix or amazon) and watch his letters/number movies without waking Daddy???? Or even just play in his room, if he would just stop waking up while I am gone, or be quiet when awake, this wouldn't be an issue. I mean, I am pretty sure that it's going to be another year or 2 before he is able to run with me dang it.
I still needed 7.5 miles, and it was going to have to involve Dorian in his stroller, this wasn't going to be easy. After grocery shopping and deal with a garage door being jammed (and my freaking out about it), I finally changed my clothes and we headed out to the Newburgh riverfront.
At first it didn't feel awful, but I could soon feel how tired my legs were.... this was going to be a tough run..... could I make it 7.5 miles and reach my goal of 200 miles for October? The temperature was 63 degrees, and 10 mph SSW winds, and 55% humidity. Dorian had fallen asleep on the way there and pretty much stayed asleep for the first 45 minutes... maybe an hour.
I drank all of my fluid from my 21 oz bottle, a first for me. I probably stopped and paused and gained what bearings I could each mile and sometimes half a mile. But after many stops and pushing myself and reminding myself why I was out there, I reached 7.5 miles in 1:11:40 with an average pace of 9:34 min/mile and with that I had reached 200 miles for October!!!!
With an elevation gain of 255 feet and a loss of 286 feet, I had struggled and fought for this modest goal, and this week was an extremely tough week.... if only I could repeat last week over and over again.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:21
Mile 2 - 9:29
Mile 3 - 9:26
Mile 4 - 9:34
Mile 5 - 9:22
Mile 6 - 9:27
Mile 7 - 9:29
.5 - 9:03
And with that, I've got 39.2 miles this week.. so if I am feeling well enough this afternoon I will try for 4-6 miles just so I can get over 40 miles.
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