Well, it's 6:07am and I finished the first day of week 3 of Gateway to 8K. Today I tried pushing it a bit harder. I am ultimately trying to improve my 5k time, so that should help. I tried to keep the pace normal and then during the last couple minutes of each run, I'd pick up the pace. For some reason, I doubt I ran faster, though. I had to walk pretty slow to get my HR down during those one minute intervals. (Today was 4x 9 minutes running with one minute walking in between.) Checking.... Map my run says I still only did 11.5 minute miles (including the three walking breaks) for 3.4 miles during 39 minutes. Granted, there were several hills, but darn it, I want to run FASTER!
During a few of the hills, I got in a very interesting zone. I focused on my form and my legs just carried me up the hill. It didn't seem hard, although I think my HRM would tell you otherwise. It registered a max HR of 184 today, although I didn't have it working for at least a portion of the first run. I almost felt like I was flying. Some of the hills took 2-3 minutes to run. Not huge, but enough to get my heart really pumping.
I hit the road at 5:20am. During my whole run, I didn't see one person that wasn't encased in wood or metal. Some people were leaving in their cars for work, but no other runners or walkers.
Although, I didn't see people, I did see plenty of bunnies. Most were alive, one wasn't. I think I should start a bunny count for each run. I wouldn't notice them, but when I get anywhere near, they scurry off, their bright white cotton ball tails advertising their location.
Time to start my day. Have a good one!
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
G28K Week 2 comes to a close
This week was four intervals of 8 minutes run + 1 minute walk. Worked out well, but those one minute walks are SHORT!! :)
This morning was the chilliest yet. 45F (7.2C). I don't have but the slightest squeak in my lungs, but breathing sure seemed harder than when it was warmer. I'm not sure how regularly I will be able to run this winter. My light rain jacket turned out to be perfect over a cotton T-shirt today.
MapMyRun says I ran 3.03 miles in the 32 minutes running + 3 minutes walking. A little disappointing. Although, it's satisfying that that is disappointing! (Boy, this running thing is complicated!)
I think I might enter a 5k in the town where I work for later this month. It's 50 minutes away and $25 (!!!) to enter, $35 on the day of. Although, that includes a dry-wick T-shirt rather than a cotton one. It seems their focus is more on the 10k race they also have. The 5k should be half price... or less, since they are only giving prizes for the 10k. Maybe I'll be up to the point where I could run the 10k next year. Although with walking breaks, I'm sure I could finish a 10k, I'm not going to attempt it. I'm leaving on a business trip the next day.
I was going to run last night, but I went to bed instead. I had gotten 4.5 hours of sleep the night before. So, last night, I got 7 hours and that isn't counting the half hour of pressing snooze! So, I got underway at 5:20am. I really need to run at night, though. I don't mind getting up early, but I'm still at the point where I have to talk myself into getting up early to run. I know I'll feel good and I need to keep to schedule, but it's still hard. I can pop out of bed for other things, but somehow I guess deep down, my mind doesn't put enough priority on working out.
By the way, I'm liking the extra cushion in my Saucony shoes. Now I don't feel the need to run in the street to be on asphalt. They do a better job absorbing the shock of running on concrete than my previous shoes. I tried to see if I could get another back up pair from the discount store for the $37 I spent on these, but they were out of my size, of course. I found them at a local shoe store for $75, which is a fair price.
This morning was the chilliest yet. 45F (7.2C). I don't have but the slightest squeak in my lungs, but breathing sure seemed harder than when it was warmer. I'm not sure how regularly I will be able to run this winter. My light rain jacket turned out to be perfect over a cotton T-shirt today.
MapMyRun says I ran 3.03 miles in the 32 minutes running + 3 minutes walking. A little disappointing. Although, it's satisfying that that is disappointing! (Boy, this running thing is complicated!)
I think I might enter a 5k in the town where I work for later this month. It's 50 minutes away and $25 (!!!) to enter, $35 on the day of. Although, that includes a dry-wick T-shirt rather than a cotton one. It seems their focus is more on the 10k race they also have. The 5k should be half price... or less, since they are only giving prizes for the 10k. Maybe I'll be up to the point where I could run the 10k next year. Although with walking breaks, I'm sure I could finish a 10k, I'm not going to attempt it. I'm leaving on a business trip the next day.
I was going to run last night, but I went to bed instead. I had gotten 4.5 hours of sleep the night before. So, last night, I got 7 hours and that isn't counting the half hour of pressing snooze! So, I got underway at 5:20am. I really need to run at night, though. I don't mind getting up early, but I'm still at the point where I have to talk myself into getting up early to run. I know I'll feel good and I need to keep to schedule, but it's still hard. I can pop out of bed for other things, but somehow I guess deep down, my mind doesn't put enough priority on working out.
By the way, I'm liking the extra cushion in my Saucony shoes. Now I don't feel the need to run in the street to be on asphalt. They do a better job absorbing the shock of running on concrete than my previous shoes. I tried to see if I could get another back up pair from the discount store for the $37 I spent on these, but they were out of my size, of course. I found them at a local shoe store for $75, which is a fair price.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Awesome W2D1
Today was one of those days where the stars aligned. Outside of a small hiccup that my first attempt to download this week's podcast ended in a corrupted file, a fact I didn't realize until I was walking out the door, things went really well today. I guess that beer I had at dinner didn't slow me down.
Today was the perfect temperature: 61F. A slight breeze. I felt strong and ran well. Also, I LOVED this week's music. DJ Beatsmith said it is House music week. I'm not up on all the different nuances in electronic music, but I know now that I like House music! The only problem is I kept getting the urge to dance or shake my booty while running. That would not have been a pretty sight. Although, I did walk with an attitude during the cool down walk! I think I'll do all three days of this week's intervals since I like this music so much.
I ran a different route tonight. One path I took is right by a busy road. I ran down it one way on the side of oncoming traffic and couldn't see the path at all. It was like jogging blind. I knew the path was there, so I just had to hope there wasn't anything to trip over! When I got down the hill and back up the next, I turned around and went back the way I came. Going with traffic made all the difference in the world.
Today while running I even got a honk from a car that drove by. One time my friend and I were running and we got somebody whistling and hooting from their house. Pretty cool in a town where half of the people are 18-23 years of age.
According to MapMyRun.com, I went a little over 5k during my 36 minutes of intervals. 4 minutes of that is walking. I hit 5k right at about 35 minutes including 3 minutes of walking.
Another positive is that my HRM registered my heart rate correctly the whole time. I didn't need to mess with it once. Since I felt well today, I probably pushed myself a bit more than I sometimes do. My HRM registered a max HR of 199bpm and an average (including warmup and cooldown ) of 142bpm. I'm guessing the 199 was towards the end when I picked up the pace. I didn't see it go that high when I was looking at it every now and then during the rest of the run.
Well, here's to a great run and lots of endorphins! BTW, I see on Wikipedia that the release of endorphins is also referred to as "runner's high"... very appropriate, and very accurate.
Today was the perfect temperature: 61F. A slight breeze. I felt strong and ran well. Also, I LOVED this week's music. DJ Beatsmith said it is House music week. I'm not up on all the different nuances in electronic music, but I know now that I like House music! The only problem is I kept getting the urge to dance or shake my booty while running. That would not have been a pretty sight. Although, I did walk with an attitude during the cool down walk! I think I'll do all three days of this week's intervals since I like this music so much.
I ran a different route tonight. One path I took is right by a busy road. I ran down it one way on the side of oncoming traffic and couldn't see the path at all. It was like jogging blind. I knew the path was there, so I just had to hope there wasn't anything to trip over! When I got down the hill and back up the next, I turned around and went back the way I came. Going with traffic made all the difference in the world.
Today while running I even got a honk from a car that drove by. One time my friend and I were running and we got somebody whistling and hooting from their house. Pretty cool in a town where half of the people are 18-23 years of age.
According to MapMyRun.com, I went a little over 5k during my 36 minutes of intervals. 4 minutes of that is walking. I hit 5k right at about 35 minutes including 3 minutes of walking.
Another positive is that my HRM registered my heart rate correctly the whole time. I didn't need to mess with it once. Since I felt well today, I probably pushed myself a bit more than I sometimes do. My HRM registered a max HR of 199bpm and an average (including warmup and cooldown ) of 142bpm. I'm guessing the 199 was towards the end when I picked up the pace. I didn't see it go that high when I was looking at it every now and then during the rest of the run.
Well, here's to a great run and lots of endorphins! BTW, I see on Wikipedia that the release of endorphins is also referred to as "runner's high"... very appropriate, and very accurate.
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