Today is the long slow run. 5 miles at marathon pace.
I’m pacing myself to do 10 minute miles.
5 miles took me 54 minutes today.
felt fine. no complaints.
8 mile run tomorrow!
Today was so much better than yesterday.
Ran on the treadmill again, too freakin hot outside.
Completed my 3 miles in 27 minutes and 3 seconds.
It’s my fastest 3 miles ever.
My records at this point:
- 1 mile: 7:11
- 2 miles: 17:01
- 3 miles: 27:03
- 5 miles: 47:54
- 8 miles: 82:01
This morning I ate a banana at 7:00 along with a cup of coffee. Ran around 9:40 and had no problems at all.
After my run I did 20 minutes of weights and stretching intertwined.
seriously, such a better day. Looking forward to my day of rest tomorrow.
This was my worst day of running ever. It sucked royally.
The blisters from last week and the purple grape toe were bad enough, but the real problem was my diet.
As a rule, I never eat 2 hours before running. At 7:30 AM I had an ensure drink along with a banana.
I went to run around 9:40.
10 minutes into my run I could feel the ensure drink bouncing in my stomach.
it was making me burp and tasted horrible.
I had to force myself to keep running. Had to walk some. Almost didn’t make it.
do I look happy?
OK, so this one isn’t necessarily a running injury, but it happened during my training so I’m recording it here.
Sat. while running around Roo’s fun zone I jammed my pinky toe between two canvas strips.
There’s a reason they say that all children must wear socks!
Which brings me to my next tip.
When you get bruised or you are feeling general soreness – a bucket of ice water can work miracles.
it helps the swelling go down and promotes healing.
warm water might feel good, but it doesn’t help the actual injury.
Get a buck, put water in it, put ice in it – soak the affected area.
I usually do a minute or two in, than a minute or two out for 20-30 minutes.
I can’t begin to tell you how good this felt and how nice it was later that night.
(ice also works for hickeys – put a spoon in the freezer and after it’s nice and cold rub it on the bruise)
Today should be an easy 3 mile run. Although I hurt myself during my cross training yesterday.
3 mile run
Hope you all have a great day!
Week 1 is behind me. Only 17 more to go.
After my long run yesterday I’m looking forward to doing something other than running today 
Last night my legs were a bit sore. My right hamstring was killing me. I spent an extra 30 minutes stretching while watching “Rise of the Dead” (I wouldn’t recommend it, the movie that is).
Today I’m going to try swimming. I’m not very good at it, but I’d like to try and do a triathlon at some point in the future. My pool is around 35 feet long, so I need to do 20 laps or so to do a quarter mile. I’m thinking I’m going to have to join a pool at some point with more room.
I’m done rambling for now. Hope you have a great weekend.
Run Bitches!
Last day of week 1 (or week 18 if you’re counting down).
8 miles took me 82 minutes and 1 second.
82 minutes is a long time to be doing anything. Ask anyone that’s seen Bruno.
Or maybe ask Nicole Ritchie (that’s how long she was in jail – DUI)
But I digress.
I felt good during my run. It was hard and after mile 6 it was really hard. But I kept going and hope you do to.
I’m getting ready for my first long run.
I’m a little anxious about it. running for an hour and 20 minutes seems like a long, long time.
I’m sure my blister will love me for it.
This is a slow run by design. Supposed to help you get to know what it’s like to run slow and steady.
Tomorrow is the long run. Every week it’s going to follow the same general pattern:
- cross train
- short fast run
- mid-week longish run
- short fast run – followed by weights
- rest
- longish run at race pace
- Long run
On Day 3 I ran 5 miles. Unfortunately I didn’t have my running socks and I used regular Nike gym socks. Have I mentioned how important good socks can be?
A really nice blister formed in the arch of my foot. I know that I should leave blisters alone so I didn’t touch it.
Later that night I had an itch and I accidentally scratched it off. talk about a rude awakening.
blister in arch of foot
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