Runner's Forum: The Official: Training Summary Start Up Thread

 barely survived the long run this morning,. 18 miler,. longest ever for me,.but my body is terribly unhappy with me now,.the humidity finally broke so weather was good,.but last 3 miles were brutal.  i had a nice 10 min pace going then last 3 i just bonked,.i think i could hav walked those faster then i was running,.will take a well needed rest tommorrow,. try to regroup and refocus for next week.

Yesterday about an hour after my 15 miler I began to have pain on the outside of my right foot just in front of my heel.  It is a constant dull pain that becomes sharp when I put weight on my heel. It feels OK when I first begin to walk if I have been sitting awhile, but after I am on my feet it gets progressively worse.

Plan for now it to rest until it feels better and pray if it is a stress fracture that it will heal fast. Never had a stress fracture so not know how to diagnose it.

did 10/day for the 2nd half of the week then a 15 mile long run yesterday, nothing interesting. Tomorrow i'm going to our high school camp as a counselor. The camp is in Cloudcroft, New Mexico and all the running is done on mountain trails at around 9000ft. These kids wont know what hit them, they are gonna be so sore they cant walk after day 2 and its a 5 day camp ;). I took today off to rest up for it myself. I just hope none of them get lost cause last year we had to run back up the mountain and find some of them.

great running everyone!

8 miles last night according to my Nike Plus - which seemed to take forever.  Checked my route on mapmyrun and turns out it was 9.75miles.... will have to drive it tonight and double check.   Has anyone else experienced distance problems with Nike Plus?

On the positive side - at least I know I can run for almost 2hrs which will stand me in good stead for the upcoming half in September....

Rest Day according to my marathon plan.  Did 20 mins strength exercise and 40 mins cardio at a relatively slow pace.

rest day today for me ,.felt great,.no soreness after  18 long run yesterday suprisingly.  starting to wonder if i should experiment with some kind of energy supplements on long runs.  i run with two 9 oz bottles of water during run and nothing else,.any opinions on using or not using supplements??  i seem to loose almost all my energy around 16 miles..  has happenened every time for last 3 long runs. not sure how i will make 26 if i dont figure out how to overcome this problem,.  i hav been doing interval workouts on saturday with my son on the track,. wondering if these are too much the day before long run on sun.i will try and switch sat workout to fri rest day and rest to sat to see if this is the problem,.anyone else having this problem??

kdogg my "new" socks arrived today,.. will try them tommorrow,. can't wait,. the newspaper trick has worked well, so i am hoping the socks provide the other half of the solution. ty

Sunday was a nice easy 90 min run. Today I wanted to go for a normal run - coach agreed. So I did just over 12 km in 54 mins. Just under 4.30 pace which is the quickest for any decent distance I have run. Hopefully I can transfer that to my long run on the weekend.  

I think Thursday could be a killer!!

Welcome to all the newbies

Rest day on Sunday (needed to wax the boat) and then yesterday did some interval training.  I did my first mile cold at 7:40 (had to run at about 6:30 for the 2nd half to get the time down).  After that, I ran 3 miles each at 7 mins with a 3-4 min walk in between.  The heart rate recovered from 180 to 115 in 3-4 mins after the first two miles but I had to take a 5 min walk between mile 3 and 4 to get the heart rate down below 120.  I'm working hard to get my speed up so I can hopefully do my half marathon in Nov. at an 8:00 min pace or better.  I think I'm on track for that.

bahh i'm a lazy bum...I did two miles slooooowww today. :(

I've been doing a fair bit of swimming this last week. Low impact and good fun. Been trying to give my joints a bit of a rest while still usinmg all the muscles.

Oh, and my boyfriend introduced me to Badmintion. I was impressed how much I ached the day after (we did 2 hours and he gave me a decent work out running backwards and forwards accross the court learning how to go for different shots etc). I guess all the lunging and dashing and emergency stops uses very different muscles to the rest of my training.

Today I did my long run- 15km in about 1:45. Doubt I will make my aim of the HM in under 2 hours, but that was always a pipe dream anyway! My main aim is still to finish :)

gfinkelde - was your 4:30 pace relaxed?  If so, you're looking good for your goal time at Melbourne.

I got in 6k yesterday with a 15 minute tempo in the middle then followed up with a very relaxed steady state 6k this morning.  I have to say there has been no sign of achilles problems since restarting so I put a lot of that down to replacing both pairs of shoes I was using - neither of which should have been used for the sorts of milages I was doing.  Note to self: stay away from Cross Trainers even when on a budget!  The number of years I've been running you'd think I'd know that!

Hey folks, been away for a week or so as I decided to give my body plenty of rest time after the race. My knees and feet were feeling sore, so I have spent the past week praying that I don't strain a tendon or pull my hamstrings and that I don't develop the dreaded PF. (I can't even bring myself to say it).

Today was the day however, well it was supposed to be yesterday but I did kickboxing in the morning, then when I went to the run club they were doing bootcamp and that's just too much circuit training for me. Was going to run on my own last night but it was so darn hot that I decided to leave it to this morning.

 So another 4am run for me!! Actually I quite like it - nice and cool and quiet. Once you're up, you're up! Did just over 3 miles in 31 mins. 9.1min/mile pace so okay for an easy run. 

Now just 14 hours of work before I can snooze!

Glad to hear everyone is doing so good! Got my 1/2 marathon in 10 weeks and a 14k race in 4 weeks. Toying with the idea of the seattle half in November too.

Decided to skip the gym (threadmill) and ran 6.92 miles this morning in 10 mins.  This is the first I have ever ran outside during the week.  I normally run on the threadmill during the week and outside on the weekends.  I just have to get over my fear of running before day-breaks.

kdogg :    i put 9.5 miles on the new "ultra balega socks"  in some serious humidity  this morning and the "dogs" were completely dry after the run,.i was extremely impressed with the comfort, drynes and how cool they kept my feet...awesome!..i wil try the "balega stryders"  tommorrow,. but i think already i am sold on the "ultra's"..ty again for the advice.

 now if i can figure out the "fuel" issue before marathon i should be ready roll.,..those of you who are running the marathons this fall, what types of food or supplements are you using during your runs??..this is very new to me, and i hav been reading articles on line, but there are sooo many its overwelming,.and time for experimenting is getting pretty short.   i bought some "power bars" that claim to refuel during runs, and "nutrament shake 12 oz drinks that claim the same, i will experiment with these next couple runs,.but they taste pretty gross.

 

 

 

Hi All, ran 6kms at lunchtime today. Nice weather. feeling hungry now!!

 

Hi all,

2km warm up then tempo run 4km pushed hard against the group at the end. Then did 8 hills of Anderson St at the Tan. As well one of those rare occasions where I felt sensational the whole time. So I ran another lap of the tan doing it in intervals. Still felt awesome after. I think I'll get a solid 10km in tomorrow, 15km Sat and 30km Sunday.

 Cant believe how good im feeling. Guys in the group are impressed and that feels good to get the peer recognition! Sandy point half is surely going to be my best time!

Ran 3 miles - 30 mins.  Did another 30 min - 2 mile hill walk. Trying to stick with my running plan, tomorrow should be my rest day (no cross-training or workouts). I will have to force myself not to do anything tomorrow.

Interval training last night.  had to stop half way thru as couldn't breath.  felt like asthma - wheezing?  anyone else experience this - or could still be hayfever and grass allergies.  not good......

Hi all,

 New to this site and not from the big old U S of A!! I'm in wee bonnie Scotland!

Hi FBP,  agree with brooklyngrrl, think you may have an excercised induced asthma. I do, and feel it at the  end of my runs, and I have never been diagnosed with asthma, but told by my GP that I must have a mild form of it anyway!! 

Found this site by accident. Love how I can actually see how many miles I am running! Thought I was doing less than I actually was...Yippeeee!!

Not ran for a while but getting there slowly. Ran London Marathon couple of years ago and gone down hill ever since! OHNO!! Need to get back into it seriously. Need something to destress me after work.

Climbing Ben Lomond tomorrow. 1000 metres, nice climb, brilliant views over Loch Lomond and miles beyond it. Can't wait. Love to camp on shores of the Loch when weather permits. Cant beat it!

 

I ran a 4k (2.5 mile) race on the grass tonight, it was terrible. 12:27 (5:00, 4:58, 2:29)

I can't remember the last time that a 5:00 mile felt that hard. When I saw that I split 5:00 for the first mile, I was like omfg that felt like a 4:40. Luckily I was able to come back and negative split, but still, this is frustrating.

I wasn't doing the little things right and I paid for it today with a race that is way under my capabilities. I'll bounce back this Saturday for my tempo run

Feeling a little envious of some of you in terms of your condition.  (gfinkelde, SimmoT, Harro8).  Still working up to mine.

Big C: welcome to the club.  Not all the runners are from the big ol' US.  There's a handful of us in and around Melbourne, Australia and a few others dotted around the place.  Makes for lots of different times of day for postings and a huge range of weather conditions.  (Cold here now, hot up there.)

8k steady run on Thursday followed by 6k with 6 x 200 repeats on Friday.  Will do 13k tomorrow (actually it will be later today - just watching the last of the athletes marching on to the field in Beijing as I write this so it's now Saturday morning here) then a day off Sunday.

Enjoy the weekend all.

easy 6 miler today on the trails, 53'50 ish so just under 9min pace which is great for me. Felt good running too, quite focussed and on the ball. Was trying to pay attention to my gait - which I think is poor. How do you learn to run with a straight spine? I can't help but sway! Going for 9 miles easy on Sunday and then full on into my 1/2m schedule.

I'm off to buy my New Balance 1062's today - can't resist it and my feet have been hellish sore since that last race so squidgy NB's are in order. Plus with the 14k race and 1/2 coming up.... 

SimmoT - my first Marathon I want to be the London Marathon. I am hoping I won't be in the UK in 2009 so I am aiming for 2010 - until then I have to resist temptation!

Kdogg... ONLY a 5 min mile... sheesh... 

Won't be enjoying the olympics as I am trying to 'boycot' it (I know not watching it on TV won't make that much difference but it's the principle) - although I will be sorely tempted to tune in for Paula Radcliffe and the rowing! 

 

9 mile pace run tonight. 8:40 per mile. For the first time in 3 weeks, I've felt good running. I didn't go running until nearly sunset, and the day was pretty cool anyway. Low 70's and 60% humidity....beautiful evening for running.

good luck tommorrow aldiara88,. enjoy your 1st half,.nothing like the feeling you get when you cross that finish line.  enjoy ..

good luck with the 5k gilly32,.

 speed work today at track with son,. 6:39 mile,. great for me,.fastest i ran 20 years ago was 6:18,. so i am closing in,. held back a bit since i am doin first 20 mile tommorrow. if it goes well i celebrate by locking in registration for oct marathon tommorrow nite...finnally!!1...

60 mile ride this morning. First ride that I've done with any significant amount of hills. Hills of any size are very hard to find in Central Indiana. Something about 2 mile high glaciers coming through 10,000 years ago kind of flattened out the land. Even these today, there was probably nothing that topped 100 feet, but they just kept coming, lots of little ones one right after another through the middle of the ride. Make s difference when you are used to flat terrain.