I can't believe how well my body pulled up after my long run yesterday. I have virtually no muscle soreness and my only complaint is niggly knees when I go upstairs and a couple of blisters...
I can't say I'm in a rush to do it again but I've heard that long distance running (and it was long for me) is like childbirth... you soon forget the pain and are aching to do it again...
I like that!
So today I did an easy 7.5kms run just to keep myself loose.
That makes my total kilometres for February 260!!
That's another personal record!
Can't imagine I'll beat that in March as we leave for the US and Canada towards the end of March... But I'll keep runnin guntil then...
Total kilometres for February, 260 kms
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Setting another personal distance record
Well today I accomplished another record! I ran 26.5kms from the beach near my house, to my mums house across the city.
Last night, I finally told my husband what I was planning and I don't think he was happy about it. Through gritted teeth he said "I'm coming with you".He didn't mean running though. He wanted to follow behind me on his bike (He's a cyclist)
Now that was a bonus for me because I was stressed about how I was going to carry water for this run and he was going to be my solution to that problem!
I told him I wanted to start early as it was going to be warm today, and I wanted to leave before the sun came up. I didn't know he wanted to be with me every inch of the way though and when I went to leave, just as he was starting to have breakfast, he got angry and told me to wait.
Anyone who knows me knows I don't do go with a change of plans when I have something set in my head! So I started to get anxious... it's getting warmer... the sun's up now... is he almost finished??
Finally at 7am I said "how much longer" and again through gritted teeth he said "do what you want" So.... I drove to the beach (and that's another story as I'd wanted to leave from home but it was going to suit hubby better if I left from the beach but I figured more kms under my belt...) and started my journey.
It felt pretty good at the start even though I was against the wind. I took it easy and knew I was going slower than normal.
I was about six kilometres in when hubby called to say he was on his way and to find out exactly where I was. I had told him that I'd need to concentrate and I didn't want him to disturb me while running (lol... look I know how I am!) so he stayed back, going at 11kms an hour about 10 metres behind me.
When I got to the 10kms mark I had an slight uphill section and it almost killed me!! I was against the wind and going slightly uphill. I had to call hubby up to tell him I didn't think I was going to make it. I was trying to hint that I needed encouragement but I guess he was still mad with me because he didn't say anything... so then I said "tell me it doesn't matter how slow I'm going, just keep taking it easy and you'll get there... just one foot in front of the other"
He didn't say that but I'd voiced it out loud and after taking a drink, I felt a little better and just plodded on.
Besides, if I'd stopped there I would have HATED myself and I was so far from the car AND my mums house.
So I continued on and from about the 13kms mark it felt pretty good.
Hubby says I'm a "shuffler" but he also said it looked like I could keep running for another 12 hours like that.I did feel pretty good and man was I happy when I finally got there!!!
TWENTY SIX POINT FIVE KILOMETRES!!!!
My longest run yet! I did it in about two and half hours.
When I get home I'll load up the garmin statistics and get the actual time but it was about that. Not a fantastic time, but that wasn't my goal. I just wanted to finish.So I'm super pleased with that!!
And though it's only a few hours after my run I feel pretty good with barely any soreness!! Maybe that's still to come
Pretty pleased with it all. I'm almost a "real" runner :)
Total Kilometres for February so far..
252.5 kilometers
Last night, I finally told my husband what I was planning and I don't think he was happy about it. Through gritted teeth he said "I'm coming with you".He didn't mean running though. He wanted to follow behind me on his bike (He's a cyclist)
Now that was a bonus for me because I was stressed about how I was going to carry water for this run and he was going to be my solution to that problem!
I told him I wanted to start early as it was going to be warm today, and I wanted to leave before the sun came up. I didn't know he wanted to be with me every inch of the way though and when I went to leave, just as he was starting to have breakfast, he got angry and told me to wait.
Anyone who knows me knows I don't do go with a change of plans when I have something set in my head! So I started to get anxious... it's getting warmer... the sun's up now... is he almost finished??
Finally at 7am I said "how much longer" and again through gritted teeth he said "do what you want" So.... I drove to the beach (and that's another story as I'd wanted to leave from home but it was going to suit hubby better if I left from the beach but I figured more kms under my belt...) and started my journey.
It felt pretty good at the start even though I was against the wind. I took it easy and knew I was going slower than normal.
I was about six kilometres in when hubby called to say he was on his way and to find out exactly where I was. I had told him that I'd need to concentrate and I didn't want him to disturb me while running (lol... look I know how I am!) so he stayed back, going at 11kms an hour about 10 metres behind me.
When I got to the 10kms mark I had an slight uphill section and it almost killed me!! I was against the wind and going slightly uphill. I had to call hubby up to tell him I didn't think I was going to make it. I was trying to hint that I needed encouragement but I guess he was still mad with me because he didn't say anything... so then I said "tell me it doesn't matter how slow I'm going, just keep taking it easy and you'll get there... just one foot in front of the other"
He didn't say that but I'd voiced it out loud and after taking a drink, I felt a little better and just plodded on.
Besides, if I'd stopped there I would have HATED myself and I was so far from the car AND my mums house.
So I continued on and from about the 13kms mark it felt pretty good.
Hubby says I'm a "shuffler" but he also said it looked like I could keep running for another 12 hours like that.I did feel pretty good and man was I happy when I finally got there!!!
TWENTY SIX POINT FIVE KILOMETRES!!!!
My longest run yet! I did it in about two and half hours.
When I get home I'll load up the garmin statistics and get the actual time but it was about that. Not a fantastic time, but that wasn't my goal. I just wanted to finish.So I'm super pleased with that!!
And though it's only a few hours after my run I feel pretty good with barely any soreness!! Maybe that's still to come
Pretty pleased with it all. I'm almost a "real" runner :)
Total Kilometres for February so far..
252.5 kilometers
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Dead of morning
There's something magical about running before dawn. Everything is so quiet and still. I just love it.
I did 15kms this morning. It was relatively easy. The trick was not to think about how many kms I'd done and how many more I still had to go.
Also what's driving me is knowing I'm going to break my monthly total! I should do that by the end of the week.
So now, if I want, I have two days off but I might just take one day off and do a short run on Friday.
See how I feel.
6.30am and already runned up.
Loved that feeling!
Total kms for February, 226kms
I did 15kms this morning. It was relatively easy. The trick was not to think about how many kms I'd done and how many more I still had to go.
Also what's driving me is knowing I'm going to break my monthly total! I should do that by the end of the week.
So now, if I want, I have two days off but I might just take one day off and do a short run on Friday.
See how I feel.
6.30am and already runned up.
Loved that feeling!
Total kms for February, 226kms
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
If all goes to plan...
Wow. Last month I had my best running month ever. 237kms.
This month I didn't expect to beat that because there's three less days...
And yet if all goes to plan, I'm going to beat it! I can't believe it! It seemed insane to reach 237kms last month let alone beating that in a shorter month!
I guess I shouldn't speak too soon...
Maybe it was having that thought in mind that gave me a really good run this morning...
Total kms for February so far, 211kms
This month I didn't expect to beat that because there's three less days...
And yet if all goes to plan, I'm going to beat it! I can't believe it! It seemed insane to reach 237kms last month let alone beating that in a shorter month!
I guess I shouldn't speak too soon...
Maybe it was having that thought in mind that gave me a really good run this morning...
Total kms for February so far, 211kms
Monday, February 22, 2010
Books
Someone wrote about reading running books on the running forums and this weekend, when the kids and I went to the local library, I found the running books and took out the entire lot!
I started reading through a few of them and I can see how inspiring and motivational they can be! Not to mention the tidbits of information I may not have known, or others that I had suspected and had confirmed...
I'm so glad I took them out!
Who would have thought it...
As it's Monday, did another treadmill run this morning but to my relief, it felt pretty easy.
I'm so dying to do a long run though.... right now, looks like the first day I'll be able to will be on Saturday and the long range forecast is showing another scorcher for Saturday... I know that can change between now and then. I hope it does!
As it stands, if I run at least 12kms each scheduled running day for the rest of this month, I'm going to beat last month's running record! Didn't think that would happen!
Total kms for February so far, 199kms
I started reading through a few of them and I can see how inspiring and motivational they can be! Not to mention the tidbits of information I may not have known, or others that I had suspected and had confirmed...
I'm so glad I took them out!
Who would have thought it...
As it's Monday, did another treadmill run this morning but to my relief, it felt pretty easy.
I'm so dying to do a long run though.... right now, looks like the first day I'll be able to will be on Saturday and the long range forecast is showing another scorcher for Saturday... I know that can change between now and then. I hope it does!
As it stands, if I run at least 12kms each scheduled running day for the rest of this month, I'm going to beat last month's running record! Didn't think that would happen!
Total kms for February so far, 199kms
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Humidity, Blisters, and fear of a hard run.
My run was on the treadmill today. All 12kms of it.
And unbelievably when I was weighing up my options, road/treadmill, the treadmill option looked more attractive because
1. It was humid outside and I didn't want drown in my own sweat
2. I've got blisters on blisters that I'm starting to get a little worried about again and the treadmill is a fraction more forgiving.
3. Yesterday was such a hard run I didn't want to go back out there again.
Oh, and I'll add a fourth that's not listed in my title... Hubby Tivo'ed an SBS movie for me and I love watching those while on the treadmill because reading the subtitles takes my mind off what I'm doing and the run goes quite quickly.
And it was fairly easy and seemed to go by quickly...
Total kms for February, 187kms
And unbelievably when I was weighing up my options, road/treadmill, the treadmill option looked more attractive because
1. It was humid outside and I didn't want drown in my own sweat
2. I've got blisters on blisters that I'm starting to get a little worried about again and the treadmill is a fraction more forgiving.
3. Yesterday was such a hard run I didn't want to go back out there again.
Oh, and I'll add a fourth that's not listed in my title... Hubby Tivo'ed an SBS movie for me and I love watching those while on the treadmill because reading the subtitles takes my mind off what I'm doing and the run goes quite quickly.
And it was fairly easy and seemed to go by quickly...
Total kms for February, 187kms
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Hard, so hard...
Today was no an easy run!
I had been looking forward to it all week... Outdoor run!!! And I could sleep in till 6am!
I didn't have the time constraints associated with getting kids/hubby sorted and getting myself to work...
But...
I had hot wind to contend with.
I knew it was going to be hot. I specifically didn't look at the forecast because I didn't want to stress myself. I told myself I'd just get out there, not look at my speed, and just do my distance however long it took me.
I was going for 16kms this morning.
Not only was I against the wind (in the downhill part goddamit!) but it was a hot wind! It was awful...
And by the time I was doing the last 6kms, I really really really wanted to stop and it was only because I kept telling myself "just see how you feel when you get to that next corner/end of the street/set of traffic lights etc, and if you still feel really bad, stop then" that I didn't.
It's a good tactic because by the time I get to that marked point, I've shaved just that bit more off the distance and figure I'll just 'do a bit more'.
And then those words from some article I read came to me... what separates distance runners from others is being able to push through those pain and mental barriers... so I just kept at it. One foot in front of the other, not thinking about how much it was hurting, how sore I was, how hot that goddam wind was.... and I made it back to my car with a big smile on my face.
And in the end my time was not as bad as I thought it would be.
11 kms/hour average according to my garmin. I was surprised at that. It seems no matter what distance I do (Granted longest distance I've done is only 21kms) what conditions I run in, my average is always from 10.9 to 11.2 km/hour.
I was REALLY hoping to do my 25km run this weekend but I won't attempt it in this heat... Hopefully next weekend...
Oh, and I saw that group of runners in the carpark this morning. They meet up about the time I get there and I don't know why but they intimidate me so much! They're "real" runners. I try to scamper off in the other direction before they can even notice this wannabe. I was actually going to go along the beach this morning but after I saw them, went in the opposite direction.
Total kms for February, 175kms.
I had been looking forward to it all week... Outdoor run!!! And I could sleep in till 6am!
I didn't have the time constraints associated with getting kids/hubby sorted and getting myself to work...
But...
I had hot wind to contend with.
I knew it was going to be hot. I specifically didn't look at the forecast because I didn't want to stress myself. I told myself I'd just get out there, not look at my speed, and just do my distance however long it took me.
I was going for 16kms this morning.
Not only was I against the wind (in the downhill part goddamit!) but it was a hot wind! It was awful...
And by the time I was doing the last 6kms, I really really really wanted to stop and it was only because I kept telling myself "just see how you feel when you get to that next corner/end of the street/set of traffic lights etc, and if you still feel really bad, stop then" that I didn't.
It's a good tactic because by the time I get to that marked point, I've shaved just that bit more off the distance and figure I'll just 'do a bit more'.
And then those words from some article I read came to me... what separates distance runners from others is being able to push through those pain and mental barriers... so I just kept at it. One foot in front of the other, not thinking about how much it was hurting, how sore I was, how hot that goddam wind was.... and I made it back to my car with a big smile on my face.
And in the end my time was not as bad as I thought it would be.
11 kms/hour average according to my garmin. I was surprised at that. It seems no matter what distance I do (Granted longest distance I've done is only 21kms) what conditions I run in, my average is always from 10.9 to 11.2 km/hour.
I was REALLY hoping to do my 25km run this weekend but I won't attempt it in this heat... Hopefully next weekend...
Oh, and I saw that group of runners in the carpark this morning. They meet up about the time I get there and I don't know why but they intimidate me so much! They're "real" runners. I try to scamper off in the other direction before they can even notice this wannabe. I was actually going to go along the beach this morning but after I saw them, went in the opposite direction.
Total kms for February, 175kms.
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