October Goals
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Today on the treadmill, 6.3 (a 9:31 pace) felt like 5.5 used to - meaning it didn't feel too difficult (until the last mile - then I was mentally done...but that last mile was one I just tacked on, anyway, and hadn't gone into my workout planning to do it - AND I worked with some sprints at the end). The treadmill is still just as boring as ever, but I will keep using it for a while to train myself to move faster. I've been capable of it, I just haven't. Prior to my treadmill speedwork, I've been running at 11:15-12 min/mile (usually 3-5 miles at a time) outside. I hope eventually to take the treadmill speed outside.
I also work on cadence counting while I'm on there. It makes the time go faster by distracting me.
Oh my gosh that's fast. Glad you found a way to keep yourself distracted on the treadmill though!0 -
The treadmill is the best place to work on cadence and strike.
I had forgotten about strike, which is something I also need to work on. That will help with more things to distract me.0 -
oooh!! ooooh!! I forgot!!! I actually reached 180 strikes/min a couple times today!!! (Actually, I only count the right foot, and I usually get 85-88 strikes/min). I had to increase to 9:22 pace (6.4 mph) to get to the 180.0
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Oh my gosh that's fast. Glad you found a way to keep yourself distracted on the treadmill though!
I don't think I mentioned earlier - I still haven't run it more than a mile at a time. I do recovery intervals (walk or jog) for .25 mile between. As I get more comfortable, I will increase the distance at that pace/decrease the RI. Last week I was doing 800s at that pace, with 400 RI; today it was 1600s with 400 RI.
I thought today that I just might be able to run with my running group in a 12K in December. They all ran 8-9 min miles for the mile test at our speed group, but usually run 9-9:30 on their 3+ mile runs. I'd love it if I can pace off them. I have two months. I thought they were going to be done eating breakfast by the time I crossed the finish line when we planned this.
Today my total run time was 28:06 for 3 miles. But I did have some RIs in there. So it wasn't all that great yet. But I will be removing the RIs, and hoping to hold the pace.0 -
oooh!! ooooh!! I forgot!!! I actually reached 180 strikes/min a couple times today!!! (Actually, I only count the right foot, and I usually get 85-88 strikes/min). I had to increase to 9:22 pace (6.4 mph) to get to the 180.
Wow! When I first read an article about the 180 I downloaded a free metronome app on my phone so I could hear how fast that was. And then I laughed and laughed.0 -
oooh!! ooooh!! I forgot!!! I actually reached 180 strikes/min a couple times today!!! (Actually, I only count the right foot, and I usually get 85-88 strikes/min). I had to increase to 9:22 pace (6.4 mph) to get to the 180.
Wow! When I first read an article about the 180 I downloaded a free metronome app on my phone so I could hear how fast that was. And then I laughed and laughed.
That's what I thought about that many strides/min, too. But the actual movement seems OK - or, at least, not as bad as the beat sounds like it would be.0 -
Half marathon is done. Came in yesterday with a 2:33:41. Not bad for a first. So new goal for October: recovering back up to 15-20 miles a week. This week run goal: 9 miles.0
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Half marathon is done. Came in yesterday with a 2:33:41. Not bad for a first. So new goal for October: recovering back up to 15-20 miles a week. This week run goal: 9 miles.
Great job!! Congrats!0 -
oooh!! ooooh!! I forgot!!! I actually reached 180 strikes/min a couple times today!!! (Actually, I only count the right foot, and I usually get 85-88 strikes/min). I had to increase to 9:22 pace (6.4 mph) to get to the 180.
Wow! When I first read an article about the 180 I downloaded a free metronome app on my phone so I could hear how fast that was. And then I laughed and laughed.
That's what I thought about that many strides/min, too. But the actual movement seems OK - or, at least, not as bad as the beat sounds like it would be.
Try running in place to 180. I know, I know, I used to DIE at 160. Now that feels like slow motion.0 -
Half marathon is done. Came in yesterday with a 2:33:41. Not bad for a first. So new goal for October: recovering back up to 15-20 miles a week. This week run goal: 9 miles.
Congratulations! That's awesome.0 -
Half marathon is done. Came in yesterday with a 2:33:41. Not bad for a first. So new goal for October: recovering back up to 15-20 miles a week. This week run goal: 9 miles.
Terrific!0 -
Half marathon is done. Came in yesterday with a 2:33:41. Not bad for a first. So new goal for October: recovering back up to 15-20 miles a week. This week run goal: 9 miles.
Awesome!!0 -
Hey everyone....
3 days into my reverse taper and I am doing good. Tonight is my first run since my HM, and going for 3 miles + a quick strength session. Then tomorrow is a simple CT session on the elliptical for 3 miles then a 4 mile run on Saturday. I think recovery is the worst part. Kind of felt lost and didn't know what to do, but found a Coach Jenny training program for my Off-road series that starts in January. I start training for that the first week in November! Perfect timing! I am bringing in speed sessions this training program. The past few I have relied on hills to work me, but this time I am bringing in speed intervals. Fun fun!
Love, peace and chicken grease!0 -
Yay! Speed intervals are awful but fun. Having a plan is so critical.
I'm doing the Gobble Jog this year (the infamous 5k that spurred me into running last year). So I'm going to be training for that after my recovery from my half. Not seriously planning to race it, but I have a pretty good base now and hope to surprise myself.0 -
Yay! Speed intervals are awful but fun. Having a plan is so critical.
I'm doing the Gobble Jog this year (the infamous 5k that spurred me into running last year). So I'm going to be training for that after my recovery from my half. Not seriously planning to race it, but I have a pretty good base now and hope to surprise myself.
Why is it Infamous? I'm totally sensing a story here...0 -
Half marathon is done. Came in yesterday with a 2:33:41. Not bad for a first. So new goal for October: recovering back up to 15-20 miles a week. This week run goal: 9 miles.
Awesome job on the half!!0 -
Well I've technically graduated Bridge to 10k. My race is on Sunday. Consistently holding a pace in the 13:20's for up to 5 miles at a time now. Did 4 miles yesterday and will do 4 again on Thursday and then we'll see how it goes on Sunday.
Then next week it's Half Marathon training time!!0 -
Yay! Speed intervals are awful but fun. Having a plan is so critical.
I'm doing the Gobble Jog this year (the infamous 5k that spurred me into running last year). So I'm going to be training for that after my recovery from my half. Not seriously planning to race it, but I have a pretty good base now and hope to surprise myself.
Why is it Infamous? I'm totally sensing a story here...
So, last year...right about now, I was considering signing up for the Gobble Jog. It was my first race walk (2004?) so it's a sentimental race for me. I wasn't in shape to race walk it but I considered going by myself or with the two babies in the stroller and just walking it.
After pushing the girls around the one mile loop of my neighborhood, I realized that I wasn't in good enough shape to walk for 3.1 miles, even by myself. I have never in my life been unable to contemplate a three mile walk.
Simply walking around my neighborhood wasn't getting me into shape...I couldn't keep the kids happy for more than a mile at a time. And you can't race walk while pushing a stroller. So, when I read about the C25k app in early November, I started it with the foreknowledge that I was going to fail at some point - because, you know, I'm not a runner - but with the happy thought that I'd gain enough fitness to walk a 5k. And that was how I started C25k.0 -
Well I've technically graduated Bridge to 10k. My race is on Sunday. Consistently holding a pace in the 13:20's for up to 5 miles at a time now. Did 4 miles yesterday and will do 4 again on Thursday and then we'll see how it goes on Sunday.
Then next week it's Half Marathon training time!!
Woo hoo!0 -
Yay! Speed intervals are awful but fun. Having a plan is so critical.
I'm doing the Gobble Jog this year (the infamous 5k that spurred me into running last year). So I'm going to be training for that after my recovery from my half. Not seriously planning to race it, but I have a pretty good base now and hope to surprise myself.
Why is it Infamous? I'm totally sensing a story here...
So, last year...right about now, I was considering signing up for the Gobble Jog. It was my first race walk (2004?) so it's a sentimental race for me. I wasn't in shape to race walk it but I considered going by myself or with the two babies in the stroller and just walking it.
After pushing the girls around the one mile loop of my neighborhood, I realized that I wasn't in good enough shape to walk for 3.1 miles, even by myself. I have never in my life been unable to contemplate a three mile walk.
Simply walking around my neighborhood wasn't getting me into shape...I couldn't keep the kids happy for more than a mile at a time. And you can't race walk while pushing a stroller. So, when I read about the C25k app in early November, I started it with the foreknowledge that I was going to fail at some point - because, you know, I'm not a runner - but with the happy thought that I'd gain enough fitness to walk a 5k. And that was how I started C25k.
It was great to read your story, Varda. You have come a looooonnnng way in the last year!0 -
Half marathon is done. Came in yesterday with a 2:33:41. Not bad for a first. So new goal for October: recovering back up to 15-20 miles a week. This week run goal: 9 miles.
I just read this again, and saw that you also met your goal pace. Great job!!0 -
Yay! Speed intervals are awful but fun. Having a plan is so critical.
I'm doing the Gobble Jog this year (the infamous 5k that spurred me into running last year). So I'm going to be training for that after my recovery from my half. Not seriously planning to race it, but I have a pretty good base now and hope to surprise myself.
Why is it Infamous? I'm totally sensing a story here...
So, last year...right about now, I was considering signing up for the Gobble Jog. It was my first race walk (2004?) so it's a sentimental race for me. I wasn't in shape to race walk it but I considered going by myself or with the two babies in the stroller and just walking it.
After pushing the girls around the one mile loop of my neighborhood, I realized that I wasn't in good enough shape to walk for 3.1 miles, even by myself. I have never in my life been unable to contemplate a three mile walk.
Simply walking around my neighborhood wasn't getting me into shape...I couldn't keep the kids happy for more than a mile at a time. And you can't race walk while pushing a stroller. So, when I read about the C25k app in early November, I started it with the foreknowledge that I was going to fail at some point - because, you know, I'm not a runner - but with the happy thought that I'd gain enough fitness to walk a 5k. And that was how I started C25k.
It was great to read your story, Varda. You have come a looooonnnng way in the last year!
I love that story! Would you have dreamed, pushing that stroller around the block, that today you'd be days away from your first half marathon?0 -
Yay! Speed intervals are awful but fun. Having a plan is so critical.
I'm doing the Gobble Jog this year (the infamous 5k that spurred me into running last year). So I'm going to be training for that after my recovery from my half. Not seriously planning to race it, but I have a pretty good base now and hope to surprise myself.
Why is it Infamous? I'm totally sensing a story here...
So, last year...right about now, I was considering signing up for the Gobble Jog. It was my first race walk (2004?) so it's a sentimental race for me. I wasn't in shape to race walk it but I considered going by myself or with the two babies in the stroller and just walking it.
After pushing the girls around the one mile loop of my neighborhood, I realized that I wasn't in good enough shape to walk for 3.1 miles, even by myself. I have never in my life been unable to contemplate a three mile walk.
Simply walking around my neighborhood wasn't getting me into shape...I couldn't keep the kids happy for more than a mile at a time. And you can't race walk while pushing a stroller. So, when I read about the C25k app in early November, I started it with the foreknowledge that I was going to fail at some point - because, you know, I'm not a runner - but with the happy thought that I'd gain enough fitness to walk a 5k. And that was how I started C25k.
It was great to read your story, Varda. You have come a looooonnnng way in the last year!
I love that story! Would you have dreamed, pushing that stroller around the block, that today you'd be days away from your first half marathon?
I didn't dream that I'd make it through the 20 minute run. I was pretty sure I was going to fail at some point before then.
However, to not be disingenuous, I HAD trained to race walk a half marathon several years earlier (I got pneumonia and had to cancel) so I was pretty sure I'm capable of doing the distance within the time (with training). I considered running a whole different beast (which it is, but not as vicious a one as I'd thought). It has taken more effort than I expected, especially after the surprisingly easy onboarding of C25k.0 -
That is really inspirational Varda! I've walked a few halfs and this doesn't seem at all similar. Running so far feels much more real, like I'm not pretending anymore.0
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It has taken more effort than I expected, especially after the surprisingly easy onboarding of C25k.
I get that. Somehow I'm expecting to drop time in the same fashion I began C25K. It's good to have that in my background...confidence building...but I need to remember that change doesn't always happen at that pace.0 -
Whew - the 10-miler race is over! I'm glad that's done. I finished in 1:22.49 (8:17 overall pace). 143rd place out of over 1000. My age group was deep! 40-44 men had 75 guys and I was 19th. Around mile 8 I felt like someone was stabbing me in the side of my left hip. This is not the hip pain I felt before - this was a sharp pain right on the outside edge. I suspect the IT band since that's where it attaches. The other point of attachment, just below the knee, has already been bothering me.
I'm pretty happy with that time. I was shooting for 90 minutes but I ran faster than I planned. The course was brutal - full of hills on the north side of Atlanta. But I am even more proud of my wife - she ran the full marathon and came in around 3:52 (times not published yet). That was her first marathon ever on this killer course! Wow!
EDIT: unofficial results posted for the marathon - my wife finished in 3:52:03. 4th in her age group but the 1st in her group was the 3rd overall female, so my wife should get the 3rd place medal for her age group! Incredible!0 -
Whew - the 10-miler race is over! I'm glad that's done. I finished in 1:22.49 (8:17 overall pace). 143rd place out of over 1000. My age group was deep! 40-44 men had 75 guys and I was 19th. Around mile 8 I felt like someone was stabbing me in the side of my left hip. This is not the hip pain I felt before - this was a sharp pain right on the outside edge. I suspect the IT band since that's where it attaches. The other point of attachment, just below the knee, has already been bothering me.
I'm pretty happy with that time. I was shooting for 90 minutes but I ran faster than I planned. The course was brutal - full of hills on the north side of Atlanta. But I am even more proud of my wife - she ran the full marathon and came in around 3:52 (times not published yet). That was her first marathon ever on this killer course! Wow!
EDIT: unofficial results posted for the marathon - my wife finished in 3:52:03. 4th in her age group but the 1st in her group was the 3rd overall female, so my wife should get the 3rd place medal for her age group! Incredible!
Great race! Hope you recover in a few days - I have that pain on the outside of my foot/ankle that I get. I have it taped and am icing it. GREAT JOB for your wife. She's such a new runner and medaling in her age group is such a phenomenal accomplishment, especially on a hilly course like that.0 -
Whew - the 10-miler race is over! I'm glad that's done. I finished in 1:22.49 (8:17 overall pace). 143rd place out of over 1000. My age group was deep! 40-44 men had 75 guys and I was 19th. Around mile 8 I felt like someone was stabbing me in the side of my left hip. This is not the hip pain I felt before - this was a sharp pain right on the outside edge. I suspect the IT band since that's where it attaches. The other point of attachment, just below the knee, has already been bothering me.
I'm pretty happy with that time. I was shooting for 90 minutes but I ran faster than I planned. The course was brutal - full of hills on the north side of Atlanta. But I am even more proud of my wife - she ran the full marathon and came in around 3:52 (times not published yet). That was her first marathon ever on this killer course! Wow!
EDIT: unofficial results posted for the marathon - my wife finished in 3:52:03. 4th in her age group but the 1st in her group was the 3rd overall female, so my wife should get the 3rd place medal for her age group! Incredible!
Sounds like great races for both of you for that course.0
