I don't normally run between 8 PM and 5 AM the next morning but I knew if I didn't take a chance once Dorian was asleep, I would be running miserably tonight. So after kind of arguing with DH, I got dressed and was out the door by 1:25 A.M for my 6 miler. I wasn't aiming for a tempo or progression as my legs still need to take it easy from Saturday's race, but I didn't take it too slow either. It was 73 degrees and 94% humidity, pretty nasty really but luckily the sun wasn't up so that made it feel somewhat better. My calves felt tight from my 3.5 mile walk just 6 hours before I went for my run, so this morning before heading into the office I used my foam roller.
It was very quiet, no cars but maybe 2 I think out of the whole 6 miles and one of them was the newspaper guy/girl. I don't really mind running this late in winter, because it is even more surreal and peaceful than during summer or during the day. The humidity sucks the breath right out of you during summer though, but I did my best. I ran the 6 miles in 1:02:22 with an average pace of 10:23 min/mile so not bad at all, not exactly a slow recovery run but not exactly a progression or tempo run either.
Mile 1 - 11:16
Mile 2 - 10:25
Mile 3 - 10:28
Mile 4 - 10:21
Mile 5 - 10:08
Mile 6 - 9:39
Not a bad run, not bad at all but I cannot wait for Summer to be over and cooler weather to get here........ it is driving me insane to say the least. Not normally an issue when I can get up and run between 5:00 - 7:00 AM but DH's poison ivy is still rampant though it is going away thanks to the medication the doc gave him and the icing he recommended. Friday's 5 miler won't be so awful even if I have to run in the afternoon, 5 AM will see 63 degrees so I am hoping and praying DH's poison is gone by Friday, and the high won't really go above 73 degrees so I won't fret about it if I have to run in the afternoon or evening.
The weather keeps teasing me, but it looks like starting Friday we won't see much above 84 degrees for the next 10 days or so, and just hopefully Summer will be over.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
A Humid 5 Mile Run
Yesterday I wasn't able to go for my run yesterday morning, so I had to wait until the evening. It was 90 degrees and 63% humidity, and lots of bugs out when I went for my 5 mile run at 7:20 last night. I did my best to make it an easy, slow run and my calves were a little tight but not bad. I ended up running 5.1 miles in 53:46 with an average pace of 10:33 min/mile. Though I added an extra .1 I do want to stick to my training plan as I get closer to the half marathon. Twenty-four days, 13 hours and 48 minutes to be exact............. it's so exciting even though I've ran 3 half marathons now!
Anyways, elevation gain of 57 feet and a loss of 61 feet.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:55
Mile 2 - 10:33
Mile 3 - 10:31
Mile 4 - 10:44
Mile 5 - 10:05
Lap 6 (.10) - 9:49
I had to make a stop at home around 2.24 miles to change out of my black shorts and into my florescent orange shorts. I had forgotten that I had on my black shorts when I started running, thought it wouldn't be so bad but as it got darker and darker I decided that I didn't want to risk getting ran over.
Anyways, elevation gain of 57 feet and a loss of 61 feet.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:55
Mile 2 - 10:33
Mile 3 - 10:31
Mile 4 - 10:44
Mile 5 - 10:05
Lap 6 (.10) - 9:49
I had to make a stop at home around 2.24 miles to change out of my black shorts and into my florescent orange shorts. I had forgotten that I had on my black shorts when I started running, thought it wouldn't be so bad but as it got darker and darker I decided that I didn't want to risk getting ran over.
Monday, September 9, 2013
A New Goal for the Evansville Half?
Someone in RA mentioned to me that if I could keep that kind of pace from the 15k this past weekend during my half marathon, I could very well pull off a sub 2:00..... and yes it got me thinking about it. The paces, even the the paces I had between mile 5 and 8:
Mile 5 - 8:52
Mile 6 - 8:42
Mile 7 - 8:42
Mile 8 - 9:02
Those paces really weren't hard to hold at all, it got hard when we passed the road to the finish around mile 8 with 1.3 miles to go so fatigue and just being tired was really starting to hurt. The temperature starting out was 64 with 100% humidity and I know it warmed up to like 69 by the time we were finished, sadly last year's same half marathon my garmin didn't get the weather data but the April half started with 52 degrees and humidity of 76%. I am hoping that the Evansville Half Marathon will be between 40-50 degrees starting out, because what was affecting me during Saturday's race was the sun beating down on my head. It was tough, and having the pass the finish line didn't help.
I think, as long as I don't injure myself and stay smart for the next 25 days I should be able to hold a pace close to the 9:02 min/mile and finish under 2 hours. I am really excited to be thinking that this could be possible, about a month ago I felt just getting under 2:10:00 would be awesome but to think that I could actually ran a sub 2 hour half marathon is downright amazing. I've got 25 days, 11 hours and 31 minutes from the Evansville Half Marathon, that gives me 2 more Sundays for long runs before the taper begins. My long run plan is:
September 15 - 11 miles
September 22 - 12 miles
Then I would begin my taper that following week, at least that is the plan as long as everything goes well.
Mile 5 - 8:52
Mile 6 - 8:42
Mile 7 - 8:42
Mile 8 - 9:02
Those paces really weren't hard to hold at all, it got hard when we passed the road to the finish around mile 8 with 1.3 miles to go so fatigue and just being tired was really starting to hurt. The temperature starting out was 64 with 100% humidity and I know it warmed up to like 69 by the time we were finished, sadly last year's same half marathon my garmin didn't get the weather data but the April half started with 52 degrees and humidity of 76%. I am hoping that the Evansville Half Marathon will be between 40-50 degrees starting out, because what was affecting me during Saturday's race was the sun beating down on my head. It was tough, and having the pass the finish line didn't help.
I think, as long as I don't injure myself and stay smart for the next 25 days I should be able to hold a pace close to the 9:02 min/mile and finish under 2 hours. I am really excited to be thinking that this could be possible, about a month ago I felt just getting under 2:10:00 would be awesome but to think that I could actually ran a sub 2 hour half marathon is downright amazing. I've got 25 days, 11 hours and 31 minutes from the Evansville Half Marathon, that gives me 2 more Sundays for long runs before the taper begins. My long run plan is:
September 15 - 11 miles
September 22 - 12 miles
Then I would begin my taper that following week, at least that is the plan as long as everything goes well.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
YMCA 15k Race
I got my butt out of bed just before 5 a.m, get dressed (while drinking coffee) and ready and went for an easy .8 mile warm up run, trying to loosen things up before the race. I ended up deciding not to wear a shirt for the race, and luckily I was able to go to the bathroom before I left home. I really didn't have any plans to aim for a PR, I just wanted to enjoy the race (I've got a lot on my mind right now). Got there with 20 minutes before lineup so I went to the bathroom one more time, then walked a little bit. I tried to line up around the middle but closer to the front, I was really expecting there to be more participants but apparently only 629 this time. The gun soon went off, and we worked our way through the bottle necked part of the start. My legs were a little sore already, probably from Wednesday's double duty and Thursday's 5 mile walk. I didn't worry about and just moved past the slow people, honestly I have no idea how many people I really passed through the whole race but I know it was a lot. Was expecting or planning to go out so fast, I had expected to be at least above a 10:00 minute pace.
Mile 1 - 9:47
Mile 2 - 9:30
Mile 3 - 9:25
I was feeling pretty good still, no bodily function issues and the soreness had gone away. By this point we were onto the Greenway Recreational Trail, which was pretty hilly so I made sure to power up the hills and enjoy the downhills, I managed to pass quite a few during the uphill parts.
Mile 4 - 9:09
Mile 5 - 8:52
Mile 6 - 8:42
Still feeling pretty good, I was picking and choosing runners to tag along with for pace and then I'd switch if I felt I could go faster. Around this point I was feeling like a side stitch was threatening to slow me down, but I just watched my breathing and kept going. At this point I did grab a cup of water, to dump on my head. I easily overheat, especially my head so it feels really good to have cold water on the forehead...... at least for a minute or two.
Mile 7 - 8:42
Mile 8 - 9:02
Mile 9 - 9:07
I had started slowing down at this point, the heat from the sun baring down on my head, and a stupid stitch in the very front just under my sternum wasn't going away. I tried to ignore it and kept pushing it for the last .3 mile stretch and finished with 8:18 minute pace.
I finished and was so happy to being done, but curious of where I placed so I stuck around until I figured they were going to wait until the walkers were done which would have been over an hour longer. My half-ass goal time was to finish under 1:30:00 and I finished at 1:24:16 (chip time, my garmin was 3 seconds slower) and with an average pace of 9:02 min/mile. Sadly I didn't win in my age group, heck I was 16 minutes behind 1st place in my age group.
The results:
Overall - 196/629
Division Placement - 6/49
Gender - 68/354
I'm not to down about not winning my age group, this is so far my fastest time for a 15k and I figure if the temperature is like 10+ degrees cooler than this morning for the half marathon, I should be able to hold this pace no problem for the Evansville Half Marathon.
Mile 1 - 9:47
Mile 2 - 9:30
Mile 3 - 9:25
I was feeling pretty good still, no bodily function issues and the soreness had gone away. By this point we were onto the Greenway Recreational Trail, which was pretty hilly so I made sure to power up the hills and enjoy the downhills, I managed to pass quite a few during the uphill parts.
Mile 4 - 9:09
Mile 5 - 8:52
Mile 6 - 8:42
Still feeling pretty good, I was picking and choosing runners to tag along with for pace and then I'd switch if I felt I could go faster. Around this point I was feeling like a side stitch was threatening to slow me down, but I just watched my breathing and kept going. At this point I did grab a cup of water, to dump on my head. I easily overheat, especially my head so it feels really good to have cold water on the forehead...... at least for a minute or two.
Mile 7 - 8:42
Mile 8 - 9:02
Mile 9 - 9:07
I had started slowing down at this point, the heat from the sun baring down on my head, and a stupid stitch in the very front just under my sternum wasn't going away. I tried to ignore it and kept pushing it for the last .3 mile stretch and finished with 8:18 minute pace.
I finished and was so happy to being done, but curious of where I placed so I stuck around until I figured they were going to wait until the walkers were done which would have been over an hour longer. My half-ass goal time was to finish under 1:30:00 and I finished at 1:24:16 (chip time, my garmin was 3 seconds slower) and with an average pace of 9:02 min/mile. Sadly I didn't win in my age group, heck I was 16 minutes behind 1st place in my age group.
The results:
Overall - 196/629
Division Placement - 6/49
Gender - 68/354
I'm not to down about not winning my age group, this is so far my fastest time for a 15k and I figure if the temperature is like 10+ degrees cooler than this morning for the half marathon, I should be able to hold this pace no problem for the Evansville Half Marathon.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
A 3.2 Mile Trail Run Yesterday Evening
The weather was so nice yesterday that I couldn't just leave it with the morning 6.4 mile run. So my mom got to the shop around 5 in the afternoon and I left for a trail run, I wasn't sure what distance I was going to run though I knew that I wanted it to be more than 2 miles and less than 5 miles. It felt great, a bit warmer than I had expected but it felt so surreal to get out there on the trails and run. There is a freedom to running trails, a freedom I don't get on streets, I feel so much more like an animal than human. It feels so much more natural and exhilarating when running out on the winding trails, more so if there is a lot of hills involved.
I ended up running 3.2 miles on the trails in 31:59 with an average pace of 10:00 min/mile, not bad for the trails. It was 82 degrees but the humidity was only around 45%, sunny but it was pretty shady in the woods. I felt great afterwards, and can't wait to add more trail runs to my weekly training this winter.
Laps/Splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:21
Mile 2 - 9:42
Mile 3 - 10:08
.2 - 8:58
An awesome run, giving me a total of 9.6 miles Wednesday so I will probably rest today and Friday except for some strength training and maybe walking. I want to be fresh and ready for the 15k this Saturday, the Evansville Half Marathon is a month away from today!!!!
I ended up running 3.2 miles on the trails in 31:59 with an average pace of 10:00 min/mile, not bad for the trails. It was 82 degrees but the humidity was only around 45%, sunny but it was pretty shady in the woods. I felt great afterwards, and can't wait to add more trail runs to my weekly training this winter.
Laps/Splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:21
Mile 2 - 9:42
Mile 3 - 10:08
.2 - 8:58
An awesome run, giving me a total of 9.6 miles Wednesday so I will probably rest today and Friday except for some strength training and maybe walking. I want to be fresh and ready for the 15k this Saturday, the Evansville Half Marathon is a month away from today!!!!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
This morning's 6.4 Miles
This morning was a wonderful 59 degrees, humidity was 94% but it didn't even hurt with the temperature below 60. I was tired and didn't really want to get up but I really wanted to feel that wonderful temperature, so I got my butt up and out the door. Stepping outside I was tickled to the bone with the chilly morning, it felt so good to be out there. My plan was to just do an easy 6 miles but the cooler weather had my body wanting to push it just a little so I decided to let it.
Due to a few roads, I ended up running 6.4 miles instead of just 6 but no worries there. I ran the 6.4 miles in 1:00:47 with an average pace of 9:30 min/mile and an elevation gain of 104 feet.
My laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:59
Mile 2 - 9:54
Mile 3 - 9:26
Mile 4 - 9:26
Mile 5 - 9:11
Mile 6 - 8:41
. 4 - 7:53
Seeing the last lap's pace, I kind of wish I had tried to run that .6 more just to make 1 mile with a pace of 7:53 or sub 8 min/mile. No worries, I have all winter to work on getting my 5k down to sub 8 min/mile pace or faster.
Due to a few roads, I ended up running 6.4 miles instead of just 6 but no worries there. I ran the 6.4 miles in 1:00:47 with an average pace of 9:30 min/mile and an elevation gain of 104 feet.
My laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:59
Mile 2 - 9:54
Mile 3 - 9:26
Mile 4 - 9:26
Mile 5 - 9:11
Mile 6 - 8:41
. 4 - 7:53
Seeing the last lap's pace, I kind of wish I had tried to run that .6 more just to make 1 mile with a pace of 7:53 or sub 8 min/mile. No worries, I have all winter to work on getting my 5k down to sub 8 min/mile pace or faster.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
A Tough 10.2 Mile Long Run
This morning I almost thought I was going to be able to run, either due to the storms or Dorian but luckily I made it out the door. Just after 1 mile I had to stop at the gas station, then another 4 miles before the second stop and then a couple of miles before another stop. And just after 9 miles I had to stop again, so yeah it sucked on that part. It was a bit of a slow run, 70 degrees with humidity at 100% and dew point somewhere around 71 I think. Elevation gain was 203 feet with a loss of 201 feet, I ran 10.2 miles in 1:48:25 with an average pace of 10:38 min/mile.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:55
Mile 2 - 10:56
Mile 3 - 10:54
Mile 4 - 10:48
Mile 5 - 10:37
Mile 6 - 10:38
Mile 7 - 10:28
Mile 8 - 10:13
Mile 9 - 10:11
Mile 10 - 9:59
.2 - 8:59
Hopefully tomorrow's easy run goes better, I plan on 5 miles and then maybe 2-3 miles Tuesday afternoon/evening in the woods, then just an easy 6 miles Wednesday. Depending on how I am feeling, I might go for another 3-4 mile run Thursday and then rest Friday before the 15k race Saturday morning.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:55
Mile 2 - 10:56
Mile 3 - 10:54
Mile 4 - 10:48
Mile 5 - 10:37
Mile 6 - 10:38
Mile 7 - 10:28
Mile 8 - 10:13
Mile 9 - 10:11
Mile 10 - 9:59
.2 - 8:59
Hopefully tomorrow's easy run goes better, I plan on 5 miles and then maybe 2-3 miles Tuesday afternoon/evening in the woods, then just an easy 6 miles Wednesday. Depending on how I am feeling, I might go for another 3-4 mile run Thursday and then rest Friday before the 15k race Saturday morning.
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