First I want to mention that I am typing on a Nook, a large stupid touchsceen like an ipad.....so it sucks when blogging.
Rocky and I were out the door by 4:09 AM, there was light rain which actually felt good in the temps of 66* and humidity at 94%. I don't think Rocky could really feel it though...... but he did well nonetheless.
Oh.... Dorian and I ran 2.25 miles with Jumpstart yesterday evening, in 22:57 with an average pace of 10:12 min. Temperature at 75* and humidity at 74%, winds of 6 mph.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1: 10:14
Mile 2: 10:14
.25: 9:45
This morning Rocky and I ran 5.5 miles in 56:56 with an average pace of 10:21 min/mile, and I could've sworn I had slown down near the end, the pace was seemingly easy.
Mile 1 - 11:05
Mile 2 - 10:38
Mile 3 - 10:13
Mile 4 - 10:08
Mile 5 - 9:59
.5. - 9:48
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Temperature was 70 degrees, humidity at 84% and dew point at 65 with 15 mph WSW winds. I was up just before 4 AM, got ready, had some coffee and went to the bathroom then I was out the door. Things were going well, although my stomach was empty and I was worried I was going to bonk at some point due to hunger but after 4 miles or so the hunger pains went away. Everything was going pretty good and the strong wind wasn't bad either, and it definitely helped me deal with the humidity.
The first two miles were around the pace I wanted, but after that things got faster and it wasn't anything I could do about it. Around mile 8, things got suddenly tricky and tough. I think I was beginning to feel heartburn, the area around my heart suddenly felt heavier and uncomfortable when running. It would go away after stopping, but immediately start up again when I would begin running again. It was difficult, and from mile 8 and to finish I had to stoop every half mile or so due to the discomfort in my chest.
I ran 11.3 miles in 1:49:35 with an average pace of 9:42 min/mile BUT elapsed time was 2:14:21, so I stopped the garmin for a total of 25 minutes. Elevation gain of 176 feet and a loss of 180 feet, other than the elapsed time and the discomfort.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:08
Mile 2 - 10:50
Mile 3 - 10:24
Mile 4 - 10:00
Mile 5 - 9:56
Mile 6 - 9:47
Mile 7 - 9:17
Mile 8 - 9:00
Mile 9 - 8:58
Mile 10 - 9:06
Mile 11 - 8:39
.3 - 8:18
I took a really cold bath again, or at least soaked my legs in it for 15 minutes. I am feeling pretty good so that is good, and other than the heartburn or whatever, I am just glad I wasn't feeling any pain during the run. Tomorrow is a rest day, and I am going to stick to the plan.
The first two miles were around the pace I wanted, but after that things got faster and it wasn't anything I could do about it. Around mile 8, things got suddenly tricky and tough. I think I was beginning to feel heartburn, the area around my heart suddenly felt heavier and uncomfortable when running. It would go away after stopping, but immediately start up again when I would begin running again. It was difficult, and from mile 8 and to finish I had to stoop every half mile or so due to the discomfort in my chest.
I ran 11.3 miles in 1:49:35 with an average pace of 9:42 min/mile BUT elapsed time was 2:14:21, so I stopped the garmin for a total of 25 minutes. Elevation gain of 176 feet and a loss of 180 feet, other than the elapsed time and the discomfort.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:08
Mile 2 - 10:50
Mile 3 - 10:24
Mile 4 - 10:00
Mile 5 - 9:56
Mile 6 - 9:47
Mile 7 - 9:17
Mile 8 - 9:00
Mile 9 - 8:58
Mile 10 - 9:06
Mile 11 - 8:39
.3 - 8:18
I took a really cold bath again, or at least soaked my legs in it for 15 minutes. I am feeling pretty good so that is good, and other than the heartburn or whatever, I am just glad I wasn't feeling any pain during the run. Tomorrow is a rest day, and I am going to stick to the plan.
Friday, June 6, 2014
A Not So Bad 6 Miler with Rocky
This morning was 63 degrees with 94% humidity, but with it so close to the 50's it really wasn't that bad. I decided to take Rocky since he hasn't ran since last Friday, and he did pretty good, not panting real hard.
I didn't have any aches before mile 3, surprisingly the aches that did kind of come on after mile 3 weren't bad and were off and on really.
We ran 6 miles in 1:04:15 with an average pace of 10:42 min/mile, elevation gain of 178 feet and a loss of 183 feet. I tried to keep it slow, and it felt slow to be quite honest so I was pleasantly surprised to see the splits.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:03
Mile 2 - 10:43
Mile 3 - 10:43
Mile 4 - 10:55
Mile 5 - 10:31
Mile 6 - 10:18
Afterwards, I soaked my legs in really cold water and it definitely seems to help. I'm feeling pretty good which is definitely good news, tomorrow I plan on meeting Jumpstart for their 2.5 mile run and I most likely will take Dorian with me.
I didn't have any aches before mile 3, surprisingly the aches that did kind of come on after mile 3 weren't bad and were off and on really.
We ran 6 miles in 1:04:15 with an average pace of 10:42 min/mile, elevation gain of 178 feet and a loss of 183 feet. I tried to keep it slow, and it felt slow to be quite honest so I was pleasantly surprised to see the splits.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 11:03
Mile 2 - 10:43
Mile 3 - 10:43
Mile 4 - 10:55
Mile 5 - 10:31
Mile 6 - 10:18
Afterwards, I soaked my legs in really cold water and it definitely seems to help. I'm feeling pretty good which is definitely good news, tomorrow I plan on meeting Jumpstart for their 2.5 mile run and I most likely will take Dorian with me.
Thursday, June 5, 2014
A Short Run with JumpStart and a Plan
I decided to run with Jumpstart tonight, it was only 1.5 miles and I took Dorian with me. Ran the 1.5 miles in 15:29 with an average pace of 10:20 min/mile, though it felt pretty easy to me even with a stroller. Temperature was 73 degrees, humidity 65% and wind of 6 mph E so not bad at all.
Strangely enough, nothing was aching or sore... so we will have to see how tomorrow morning's 5-6 miler goes.
Okay... so the plan for my training is this, or at least I will attempt it.
Monday's are going to be my rest days, and I am going to attempt to run 6 days a week. Tuesday, Thursday and possibly Saturday I will run with Jumpstart/Team 13 pushing Dorian and making those my very easy days. Friday will be just another easy day I think....
Here it is roughly:
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 3-4 miles easy
Wednesday: 8-9 miles mid-long run
Thursday: 3-4 miles easy
Friday: 5 miles
Saturday: 3-7 miles mid-long run
Sunday: Long Run
Hopefully I'll know soon after starting this plan whether or not it is going to work.
My training plan on www.runningahead.com is:
http://www.runningahead.com/logs/6d1d5cb5e27e4230a9d79029229a9ba6/plans/453
Strangely enough, nothing was aching or sore... so we will have to see how tomorrow morning's 5-6 miler goes.
Okay... so the plan for my training is this, or at least I will attempt it.
Monday's are going to be my rest days, and I am going to attempt to run 6 days a week. Tuesday, Thursday and possibly Saturday I will run with Jumpstart/Team 13 pushing Dorian and making those my very easy days. Friday will be just another easy day I think....
Here it is roughly:
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 3-4 miles easy
Wednesday: 8-9 miles mid-long run
Thursday: 3-4 miles easy
Friday: 5 miles
Saturday: 3-7 miles mid-long run
Sunday: Long Run
Hopefully I'll know soon after starting this plan whether or not it is going to work.
My training plan on www.runningahead.com is:
http://www.runningahead.com/logs/6d1d5cb5e27e4230a9d79029229a9ba6/plans/453
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Sore, Humid but not Awful
I have to admit I was a little nervous going out this morning, the first 2 miles sucked a bunch. My knee was hurting but it did have a dull ache, and my ankle or the lower part of my calf was feeling really tight and painful. To top that off, it was 72 degrees, 100% humidity and dew point around 70 so it was freaking awful........... and no wind.
I left Rocky home this time, I knew he would die if I took him out on this run. For the first 2 I stopped every 1/4 of a mile to breath and take a moment, then I would stop every half mile to .75 miles during the other 2 miles and then I pushed it to the last mile.
I was glistening with sweat, just drenched in it. I was so shiny under the street lights lol. Things were going good when I looked at my garmin at 3.25 and then suddenly I hear barking a stupid terrier yorkie thing running towards me, stopping short of the edge of his yard. Instinctively I sprayed the pepper spray but my hand was just near my hip, and I couldn't sworn I inhaled some of the crap.... I hadn't even stopped the garmin, but didn't notice so when I started running again I stopped it. I ran probably .15 before realizing my annoying mistake and started it back up again and ran back about .05 - .10 to make sure I got most of it. I was really aggravated dang it!
The garmin says 5 miles in 51:13 but I assume 5.1 miles and put an extra minute on there so I say I ran 5.1 miles in 52:13 with an average pace of 10:13 min/mile or something like that.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:46
Mile 2 - 10:35
Mile 3 - 10:08
Mile 4 - 9:57
Mile 5 - 9:44
I really, really wanted to go slower but it felt better on my legs when I was under a 10:30 min/mile pace so I just went with how my legs felt but made sure I didn't go too fast.
After getting back to the house, I started a bath of cold water, I am not ready for an ice bath. I then drank some coffee, made me a protein shake and logged my run. Then I inched into the tub to let my legs soak and man was it freaking cold! But I think it did me some good, and I will probably have another one tonight.
My plan is to take it relatively easy these next 2 weeks, log 25-27 miles this week, then around 30 miles next week. I'm just going to take it easy before my marathon training begins.
I left Rocky home this time, I knew he would die if I took him out on this run. For the first 2 I stopped every 1/4 of a mile to breath and take a moment, then I would stop every half mile to .75 miles during the other 2 miles and then I pushed it to the last mile.
I was glistening with sweat, just drenched in it. I was so shiny under the street lights lol. Things were going good when I looked at my garmin at 3.25 and then suddenly I hear barking a stupid terrier yorkie thing running towards me, stopping short of the edge of his yard. Instinctively I sprayed the pepper spray but my hand was just near my hip, and I couldn't sworn I inhaled some of the crap.... I hadn't even stopped the garmin, but didn't notice so when I started running again I stopped it. I ran probably .15 before realizing my annoying mistake and started it back up again and ran back about .05 - .10 to make sure I got most of it. I was really aggravated dang it!
The garmin says 5 miles in 51:13 but I assume 5.1 miles and put an extra minute on there so I say I ran 5.1 miles in 52:13 with an average pace of 10:13 min/mile or something like that.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 10:46
Mile 2 - 10:35
Mile 3 - 10:08
Mile 4 - 9:57
Mile 5 - 9:44
I really, really wanted to go slower but it felt better on my legs when I was under a 10:30 min/mile pace so I just went with how my legs felt but made sure I didn't go too fast.
After getting back to the house, I started a bath of cold water, I am not ready for an ice bath. I then drank some coffee, made me a protein shake and logged my run. Then I inched into the tub to let my legs soak and man was it freaking cold! But I think it did me some good, and I will probably have another one tonight.
My plan is to take it relatively easy these next 2 weeks, log 25-27 miles this week, then around 30 miles next week. I'm just going to take it easy before my marathon training begins.
Monday, June 2, 2014
Now I am Getting Nervous
My debut marathon training begins on June 23, a new journey deeper into this life of running and I am scared any injuries or soon to be injury that might be lying under the surface.
First it was back in late March, early April my ankles started acting up so I had to take 4 days off. Then the few days after the Owensboro half marathon a week and 2 days ago, my calves were extremely tight, my quads were really sore and my hams were a bit tight so I took it easy last week with a 7.4 mile easy run on Tuesday, then 2 days of rest because my calves were a bit tight, then a 5 mile run on Friday that was supposed to be 7 but I just didn't have the heart at the time (financial problems) and then pushed my long run to 14 miles which to some might not have been smart. Saturday morning/afternoon I chased my son around for an hour at the riverfront park in Owensboro (Smothers Park), he would run under things where I would have to squat and walk like a duck to keep up with him. It was feeling like a leg strengthening session before a long run, probably not smart either.
The last 4 miles of yesterday's 14 miler, my lower quads were hurting. They were really sore, just above the knees and towards the inside of the knees (if that makes sense). I pushed on and made it to the 14 miles, by the afternoon I was feeling a very noticeably dull ache when walking (at the point of bending my knee bringing it forward from the ground) so I began icing it as much as possible. This morning I didn't notice the ache too much, though it is more noticeable for a minute or so after icing.... strange. I think it's getting better, or at least recovering but I am seriously wondering if I should take it easy for the next few days.
My only huge concern is that I begin my marathon training on June 23 without any hiccups, and I am worried that things are already falling apart before it gets really serious.
I am wondering if I should decrease my mileage over the next week or 2 before marathon training begins, take it easy and just try to recover so I don't burn out during my training. Things were going really great up until April, I was slowing inching my weekly mileage up closer and closer to a mpw of 35-40 and then the ankle issues started, then the half marathon so I've been keeping it closer to a 26-32 mpw range.
Any advice would be most appreciated.
First it was back in late March, early April my ankles started acting up so I had to take 4 days off. Then the few days after the Owensboro half marathon a week and 2 days ago, my calves were extremely tight, my quads were really sore and my hams were a bit tight so I took it easy last week with a 7.4 mile easy run on Tuesday, then 2 days of rest because my calves were a bit tight, then a 5 mile run on Friday that was supposed to be 7 but I just didn't have the heart at the time (financial problems) and then pushed my long run to 14 miles which to some might not have been smart. Saturday morning/afternoon I chased my son around for an hour at the riverfront park in Owensboro (Smothers Park), he would run under things where I would have to squat and walk like a duck to keep up with him. It was feeling like a leg strengthening session before a long run, probably not smart either.
The last 4 miles of yesterday's 14 miler, my lower quads were hurting. They were really sore, just above the knees and towards the inside of the knees (if that makes sense). I pushed on and made it to the 14 miles, by the afternoon I was feeling a very noticeably dull ache when walking (at the point of bending my knee bringing it forward from the ground) so I began icing it as much as possible. This morning I didn't notice the ache too much, though it is more noticeable for a minute or so after icing.... strange. I think it's getting better, or at least recovering but I am seriously wondering if I should take it easy for the next few days.
My only huge concern is that I begin my marathon training on June 23 without any hiccups, and I am worried that things are already falling apart before it gets really serious.
I am wondering if I should decrease my mileage over the next week or 2 before marathon training begins, take it easy and just try to recover so I don't burn out during my training. Things were going really great up until April, I was slowing inching my weekly mileage up closer and closer to a mpw of 35-40 and then the ankle issues started, then the half marathon so I've been keeping it closer to a 26-32 mpw range.
Any advice would be most appreciated.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Fourteen Miles of Struggle Today
Let me first say this, I am seriously about to break my promise about not complaining about this summer heat. The heat and humidity was tough, but what made it worse is that I am still worried about our business, and running can make things worse as it leaves me to my own thoughts which were primarily on the business so that sucked.
I left Rocky at home, I had a feeling it was the best decision for him and I am so glad I did. I struggled so badly, I knew he would have been dying within the first 5-7 miles. I know I was wise enough to leave him at home, ALMOST wish I had stayed home lol.
It was 68 degrees, 73% humidity and dew point at 68, no wind whatsoever and lots of mosquitoes during every little stop. Even the Sports Bug spray with 40% DEET didn't work, which most likely helped to keep me moving. I drank all of my 12 oz of water with a Hammer Lemon-Lime Endurolytes Fizz tablet and a Grapefruit Endurolytes Fizz tablet, I also just about drank all of my 1 liter hydration reservoir. Yep, and both my Mandarin Orange gu and my Hammer Chocolate gu as well.
At mile 6 I was ready to call it quits, but I pushed on knowing I wouldn't be pleased with just 6. At mile 10 I was tempted to quit at that point as well, but it just wasn't good enough and I knew I wouldn't be pleased with just 10 so I pushed on. I am pretty sure I stopped at every mile, taking a moment to breath and curse the weather. At this point my lower quad near my knees were sore, and tight and hurting. But it was so much worse when I would stop or walk, pretty much in short words this run sucked a lot.
My body glide really wasn't working after 8 miles, and due to not wearing a shirt the hydration pack rubbed against my skin. I was glad it was over and done with, and glad that I had reach 14 miles today, I think it's been a few weeks since I was last over 13 miles.
I ran the 14 miles in 2:32:08 with an average pace of 10:52 min/mile, elevation gain of 202 feet and a loss of 212 feet. And to put into more detail of how much this run sucked my splits are all over the place and I finished my run at 8:08 AM and it's taken me 9 hours to get this blog up.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 12:05
Mile 2 - 11:26
Mile 3 - 10:21
Mile 4 - 11:06
Mile 5 - 11:05
Mile 6 - 10:59
Mile 7 - 11:57
Mile 8 - 10:39
Mile 9 - 10:52
Mile 10 - 10:46
Mile 11 - 10:11
Mile 12 - 10:25
Mile 13 - 10:26
Mile 14 - 9:48
I left Rocky at home, I had a feeling it was the best decision for him and I am so glad I did. I struggled so badly, I knew he would have been dying within the first 5-7 miles. I know I was wise enough to leave him at home, ALMOST wish I had stayed home lol.
It was 68 degrees, 73% humidity and dew point at 68, no wind whatsoever and lots of mosquitoes during every little stop. Even the Sports Bug spray with 40% DEET didn't work, which most likely helped to keep me moving. I drank all of my 12 oz of water with a Hammer Lemon-Lime Endurolytes Fizz tablet and a Grapefruit Endurolytes Fizz tablet, I also just about drank all of my 1 liter hydration reservoir. Yep, and both my Mandarin Orange gu and my Hammer Chocolate gu as well.
At mile 6 I was ready to call it quits, but I pushed on knowing I wouldn't be pleased with just 6. At mile 10 I was tempted to quit at that point as well, but it just wasn't good enough and I knew I wouldn't be pleased with just 10 so I pushed on. I am pretty sure I stopped at every mile, taking a moment to breath and curse the weather. At this point my lower quad near my knees were sore, and tight and hurting. But it was so much worse when I would stop or walk, pretty much in short words this run sucked a lot.
My body glide really wasn't working after 8 miles, and due to not wearing a shirt the hydration pack rubbed against my skin. I was glad it was over and done with, and glad that I had reach 14 miles today, I think it's been a few weeks since I was last over 13 miles.
I ran the 14 miles in 2:32:08 with an average pace of 10:52 min/mile, elevation gain of 202 feet and a loss of 212 feet. And to put into more detail of how much this run sucked my splits are all over the place and I finished my run at 8:08 AM and it's taken me 9 hours to get this blog up.
Laps/splits were:
Mile 1 - 12:05
Mile 2 - 11:26
Mile 3 - 10:21
Mile 4 - 11:06
Mile 5 - 11:05
Mile 6 - 10:59
Mile 7 - 11:57
Mile 8 - 10:39
Mile 9 - 10:52
Mile 10 - 10:46
Mile 11 - 10:11
Mile 12 - 10:25
Mile 13 - 10:26
Mile 14 - 9:48
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