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LindsayLoves

LindsayLoves

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Hello all! Been off the radar for a bit after my race last week, didn't hit my PR goal but came away with a solid half effort at 1:47 (aiming for sub 1:45). I went out with a pacer who was running faster than pace the first 6 miles - I didn't realize this until I looked at my watch to see a 7:40 pace when we were supposed to be running 8:00's.
I can't blame the pacer for my finish but have learned that I am definitely not a fast starter and should run my race the next time. Once I realized that my PR chances were shot I got over myself and started having lots of fun, high fiving everyone with their hand out and smiling as much as possible, because if its not fun, then what's the point?
I ran a few miles the next day while still in Buffalo and then have done nothing since then. Its not that I haven't wanted to run but the weather here has sucked (hot and humid, late July weather) and I have been walking a lot (6-10 miles a day).
I am going to be focusing on some overall strength stuff until marathon training picks up towards the end of this month. Not to say that I won't be running at all but trying to focus on the stuff that usually falls to the side when running gets kicked up a notch.
 
JillC LI

JillC LI

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Sounds like a fun race @LindsayLoves despite the no PR.

This past weekend I ran 4 miles on my own, then I ran/walked 20 minutes with DD13 who was doing Day 1 of the same program I did 20 years ago to learn to run from scratch (because she has to be able to run 1.5 miles for the Varsity Swim Team next Fall), and then I ran a half a mile with the puppy. It was a nice morning of workouts. Unfortunately I'm having a touch of knee pain lately so I'm trying to take it easy.
 
imagination30

imagination30

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so ive been underweather , summer sinus crap ... i guess , but i needed to run today even though my body didnt feel like it... but I did 4.03 in my new disney half marathon training shirt ... and breaking 200 miles this time .. 204.84 for the year ...
 
Texas84

Texas84

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4 miles this AM. First run after four days at the World. Got into a nice zone and didn't even notice the nasty hill until my Garmin's mile alert went off at the top. I like that!

Right foot is still bothering me but it's OK as long as I keep moving. Started wearing a night splint boot to try and stop the morning lockup. Final Chick-fil-A Series 10K this Saturday.
 
LindsayLoves

LindsayLoves

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Monday - 4 miles progression run. First run in a week and wanted to go nice and easy but my legs felt great so I went from 8:58/mi to 7:30/mi. Nice confidence booster for the race on Wednesday.

Tuesday - Daily Burn Inferno Power workout. Wanted a full body workout and told myself I would take it easy on my legs which I thought I did until I woke up with SUPER sore glutes on Wednesday morning, oops.

Wednesday - my glutes were sore all day but I pushed that aside to run with my co-workers at the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge, a 3.2 mi road race in Central Park with over 15,000 runners each night. I always suck at this race so I had super low expectations and decided to run my race and see what happens. I was pleasantly surprised with a 23:18, 7:17/mi pace. It was the best I have ever done in this race and I am glad that I broke 23 minutes in the 5k, which was one of my goals for the year. I could kill it on a flat 5k course right now, but I don't think that is going to happen before the summer heat kicks in.

Overall: 1136/150000 - the male winner finished in 15:57 - that's a 4:59/mi :eek:
Female: 166/?
Team: 7/50, top female finisher for my team

Edit: Today - rest and stretching, my glutes hurt yesterday and today they took a step up on the pain scale.
 
Texas84

Texas84

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10K done. Bleh. Too hot and my foot didn't fully loosen up until mile 2. Chick-fil-A changed the course this year and threw in a bunch of hills. Just wanted to beat an hour and missed it, 1:01. Going to the doc this week. Got to get the foot fixed before Dopey training starts in August.
 
LindsayLoves

LindsayLoves

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@dreamfinder and @JillC LI - thanks!

Hope everyone heals up while I am away. I am off on vacation for the next 8 days starting tomorrow (cruise, non-Disney) but I hope to take advantage of the gym on the ship to work on some the strength work I need to address before I start marathon training. I still need to select a marathon training plan, might go out on a limb and get a trainer for this training cycle. Nothing super fancy, an online trainer with a real person behind it to answer any questions and build the schedule around me and tell me what my paces should be for tempo runs, etc. We shall see...
 
dreamfinder

dreamfinder

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Sat was 6.2@2i@8p. Sunday was nothing, got hooded instead which was nice to do (no idea if I will never do anything with it again besides hang it in the closet). Today was a quick hop on the bike.
 
Texas84

Texas84

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Still going to the doc Thursday but my symptoms seem to be Achilles tendonitis. The solution is to stop running and heal. So I'm stopping until I talk to the doc.

The bad thing about this is that the pain stops after 1-2 miles but damage is still being done. So you think it's really OK to keep running. But it's not.
 
Texas84

Texas84

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LindsayLoves said:
@dreamfinder and @JillC LI - thanks!

Hope everyone heals up while I am away. I am off on vacation for the next 8 days starting tomorrow (cruise, non-Disney) but I hope to take advantage of the gym on the ship to work on some the strength work I need to address before I start marathon training. I still need to select a marathon training plan, might go out on a limb and get a trainer for this training cycle. Nothing super fancy, an online trainer with a real person behind it to answer any questions and build the schedule around me and tell me what my paces should be for tempo runs, etc. We shall see...
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Contact Nick (Donald Duck) on Facebook. But he might try to talk you into a 50-miler.
 
JillC LI

JillC LI

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3.75m last night on TM.
DD is on week 2 of her learn to run program and going strong! I'm so proud of her because I remember how hard it was for me 20 years ago.
 

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