Yesterday's long run went great! I can't believe how much easier it is when you run with other people. We were doing an "out-an-back" run in Minnetonka that was supposed to be about 10 miles. Well...there was some confusion about the turn around point and a group of us ended up doing closer to 13 miles! That's almost a half marathon!
We started at about 7 am and it was probably about 67 degrees. I don't even know what time we ended, but it was close to 10 am, and it was 77 degrees. Luckily we had two water stops each way. I also tried something my coach suggested to prevent cramping -- eating table salt. I put a pile in my hand, licked it off, and tried to wash it down fast with some Powerade. I thought I was going to throw up, so I probably will find a different way to take it next time ha.
I was surprised at how my knee pain went away for the most part but towards the end I was getting some dull pain in my right foot arch. I'm going to need to work on stretching my feet more. But I actually tried the "ice bath" strategy. I say strategy because since I can't take a bath at my apartment, I just took a cold shower. It was a little tough convincing my body to get in and stay in but I can't believe how much it helped. By 11 am I was walking around town and went around with a friend until probably 3 o'clock. Ha but then I crashed at 5 pm, for what I thought was going to be just a short nap. I woke up at 11 pm! Then I went back to sleep from 1 am to 6:30 am ha. Guess my body was pretty tired.
Today was a rest/stretch day and we had our nutrition clinic. The information presented was very interesting and I know that it's something I'm going to have to pay more attention to.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
June 22nd
Wednesday's group run went really well. I've found someone (Melissa) that keeps the same pace as me, so we've been running together. The only sad part is that she's training for the Half Marathon and so she doesn't have to run as far as I do. After our run around Lake Harriet, some of us went to Noodles and it was fun getting to know even more people. I'm surprised at how many names I'm remembering, since usually I'm pretty bad at that. Ha but I did get shamed a little by my coach. He asked how I was doing and stuff and I mentioned how bad my knees had hurt after the last long run. Coach said that my quads are too weak and I need to strengthen them up...which is probably true.
Thursday was a rest/stretch day and a fun day at work. Today and tomorrow I'm switching up my training schedule a bit. I was supposed to run 5 miles today and then do 30 minutes of cross training tomorrow. But since I am scheduled to run a 5K tomorrow morning, I swam for about 30 minutes this afternoon and will try to run tomorrow at a faster pace.
Also it is scary how much my body wants me to eat now that I've started running regularly. Some people say they never lose weight when they're training, others have said they've lost 15 pounds, and some have even gained while training. It'll be interesting to see how my body decides to respond.
Thursday was a rest/stretch day and a fun day at work. Today and tomorrow I'm switching up my training schedule a bit. I was supposed to run 5 miles today and then do 30 minutes of cross training tomorrow. But since I am scheduled to run a 5K tomorrow morning, I swam for about 30 minutes this afternoon and will try to run tomorrow at a faster pace.
Also it is scary how much my body wants me to eat now that I've started running regularly. Some people say they never lose weight when they're training, others have said they've lost 15 pounds, and some have even gained while training. It'll be interesting to see how my body decides to respond.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
June 19th
Sunday was the most difficult run so far. We met at Lake Nokomis and ran to Lake Harriet and back. It was somewhere between 8 and 9 miles. Some people then went around Lake Nokomis (which is about another 3 miles) but my legs were telling me "NO" and so I stretched. It was also interesting because there was a 5K going on at the lake and so we got to cheer people in at the finish line where we were stretching. My knees still hurt today and our next group run is tomorrow...
Monday we were on TV! Kare 11 is doing a 3 part story about Team in Training and so for the second segment they came to talk to us about our training. It was on live so I wasn't able to watch it, but I think it went really well. I didn't speak at all but you might be able to see me in the "group wave" part ha. The rest of the day was basically spent at work, icing my left knee and stretching. I went to a BodyFlow class at the YMCA because it's supposed to help with flexibility. It was actually pretty challenging and today I could feel the work we'd done with the lower back -- but overall it was really relaxing.
Today I ran on the elliptical since my knees were still a little tender. I was supposed to do 4 miles but did almost 6 since the elliptical is easier. Then I made sure to do lots of stretching. I think I'm ready for the run at Lake Harriet tomorrow, but I am a little nervous about the 12 mile run scheduled for Sunday...
Monday we were on TV! Kare 11 is doing a 3 part story about Team in Training and so for the second segment they came to talk to us about our training. It was on live so I wasn't able to watch it, but I think it went really well. I didn't speak at all but you might be able to see me in the "group wave" part ha. The rest of the day was basically spent at work, icing my left knee and stretching. I went to a BodyFlow class at the YMCA because it's supposed to help with flexibility. It was actually pretty challenging and today I could feel the work we'd done with the lower back -- but overall it was really relaxing.
Today I ran on the elliptical since my knees were still a little tender. I was supposed to do 4 miles but did almost 6 since the elliptical is easier. Then I made sure to do lots of stretching. I think I'm ready for the run at Lake Harriet tomorrow, but I am a little nervous about the 12 mile run scheduled for Sunday...
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