The Training Blog of 5Kbie

I’m still here. Got hit with a few things, including Fay, so I didn’t get to post anything for a while.

I did my first 5k in 8 years on the 16th, and I didn’t die! Walked a few times in mile 2 but ran a 36:50! I felt great, all I wanted to do was under 40 and I did it! Yeah for me!

So I started camp this week with some speed work (or I guess that’s what its supposed to be). We did 800 repeats with 60 second rests in between. 6-10 was the goal at 6:00. And of course, I was running late and forgot my watch (didn’t even ask the coach for one - despite his policy of having a bunch extra).

So I ran with a few people in my time range and did my best guess to maintain my 6:00 time. I managed to do 5 repeats at about 6:00 to 6:10, the last one I walked the last 1/4 mile. Next camp day is tomorrow and tonight I’m aiming to run 4 miles!

I’ve been running and slowly increasing my distance. Unfortunately, I heard a rumor that the little loop in our neighborhood was a total of 2 miles. I don’t look at my gadgety gadget while running so I still really don’t know the distance until I’m finished. SO, I ran the loop, felt really good and then saw it! IT WAS BARELY 1.5 MILES–UGH!

So I added another loop and was hoping I’d get to 2 miles this week. Last night my legs felt pretty bad, especially my left calf. Drats again, I got only 1.5 miles. But I did feel pretty good after I hit about a mile.

I think I’m going to have to just go the distance today!

Last night’s run was intended to be a bit longer than the usual mile, but I just couldn’t get into my rhythm. My pace and cadence was all over the place and I just couldn’t settle into a comfortable zone. Kept thinking about more mileage and something my brother said to me about my Garmin nagging me…I spent most of the run trying to figure out what we were talking about.

My left side again plagued me with pain in my knee and calf…I really need to incorporate some stretching time.

The best part of the run was when I lapped an elderly lady walking and she said…”WOW, you’re running fast”. YES THE RUN WAS THAT GOOD!

Anyone have any suggestions on getting into your “zone, rhythm”?

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/06/2008
• Time: 19:45:00
• Total Time: 12:48:00.00
• Distance: 1 miles
• Average Pace: 750:00/mile

So, I had the afternoon off and intended to have some “me” time. Well my “me” time was spent napping! Don’t know what happened, but I slept for 3 hours!

No run either; my little guy got sick so that took over my running time.

I’m seriously doubting whether I can even finish a 5k on the 16th! Have only logged 2 real miles of running! UGH!

Health:

• Date: 08/04/2008
• Mood: Less Happy

Woohoo! Went out for my third run…yep I know I’m not at all consistent with days and have no schedule yet, but all in due time! I added a little loopdy doo to my run so I would reach a full mile. So my mile (actually it was 1.05 miles- but who’s counting) time was 13:11.

Wonder how that time is? Anyone, anyone…Bueller?

Well, the pain in the butt was gone, but I gotta start stretching the calves more. My legs felt really tired and horrible this run. A lot of fatigue mid-way through– then I started remember in that in ancient times (high-school) the mighty “Red Knights” coach would scream - KNEES UP - whenever he saw the look of pain in my face; amazingly enough that actually worked.

I have no idea if its a mental thing or if lifting your knees (besides lengthening your stride) alleviates the fatigue…again Anyone…

I will be attempting to schedule a run every Tuesday night and Thursday night, but who knows how it will pan out (life is in chaos with a toddler).

Later gators!

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/03/2008
• Time: 19:00:00
• Total Time: 13:11:00.00
• Distance: 1.05 miles
• Average Pace: 750:00/mile

So I’m posting this after the fact, a few days after! I got my gadgety gadget to work, so my little run around the block was close to 1 mile. So, I have no idea how good or bad my time was, which is probably good. Anyway, the same pain in the butt and now calves started to pipe up…but I was out there.

Felt good on the cardio side, which is a plus!! More later!

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/01/2008
• Time: 19:00:00
• Total Time: 11:47:00.00
• Distance: 0.85 miles
• Average Pace: 857:08.57/mile

Yipee for me I got out for my first run in forever (really about 8 years)! So I expected the usual pains and thought I may have cardio short-comings as well, but Yikes! Ok, pain in the knees was expected, pain in the feet was expected, hamstrings yep, expected and I even expected some pain in the quads.

SO the answer is Check!, Yes to all of the above, but what I didn’t expect was the monkey jumper pain I felt in my glute (singular because it was only the left side)! For those who don’t know elementary school slang, take your thumb tuck it under your pointer finger, then make a fist…jab into the arm of your pal (making the muscle and the monkey “jump”) hence the monkey jumper! Imagine that pain every step right in the center of your butt cheek! Talk about pain the the a**!

Well I need to figure out how to get that monkey off my a** for my next run, because it was excruciating.

I’m going to have to report the distance tomorrow once I drive it; its not far, I say its just around the block, but where I am now that really has no consistent distance associated. Growing up and running “around the block” it was easy to calculate distance as I lived in a neighborhood and city that was created using square blocks. 8 blocks equaled one mile. Real simple to know how far you run. Here every subdivision is different and when I say I went around the block–who knows how far it really is, its basically a big loop…I start at the house end at the house and I turned four times!

Anyway, I didn’t use my cool gadgety gadget because I wanted to get out before the rain started again and I hadn’t set it up yet. So I’ll keep ya posted when I get it figured out.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 07/31/2008
• Time: 19:30:00
• Average Heart rate: 1
• Distance: 0.5 miles

Yipee for me I got out for my first run in forever (really about 8 years)! So I expected the usual pains and thought I may have cardio short-comings as well, but Yikes! Ok, pain in the knees was expected, pain in the feet was expected, hamstrings yep, expected and I even expected some pain in the quads.

SO the answer is Check!, Yes to all of the above, but what I didn’t expect was the monkey jumper pain I felt in my glute (singular because it was only the left side)! For those who don’t know elementary school slang, take your thumb tuck it under your pointer finger, then make a fist…jab into the arm of your pal (making the muscle and the monkey “jump”) hence the monkey jumper! Imagine that pain every step right in the center of your butt cheek! Talk about pain the the a**!

Well I need to figure out how to get that monkey off my a** for my next run, because it was excruciating.

I’m going to have to report the distance tomorrow once I drive it; its not far, I say its just around the block, but where I am now that really has no consistent distance associated. Growing up and running “around the block” it was easy to calculate distance as I lived in a neighborhood and city that was created using square blocks. 8 blocks equaled one mile. Real simple to know how far you run. Here every subdivision is different and when I say I went around the block–who knows how far it really is, its basically a big loop…I start at the house end at the house and I turned four times!

Anyway, I didn’t use my cool gadgety gadget because I wanted to get out before the rain started again and I hadn’t set it up yet. So I’ll keep ya posted when I get it figured out.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 07/30/2008
• Time: 19:00:00

Health:

• Date: 07/30/2008
• Weight: 114
• Mood: Normal
• Sleep Hours: 8
• Sleep Pattern: Disturbed