Last night was the first workout of this phase of training....and I got not even two miles into it and fell, spraining my ankle pretty good. I got right back up and walked (hobbled) for about a minute then started jogging again and just gradually picked back up my pace. We were doing a steady run of 8-9 miles so I had about 6 left to do on it. Coley (my training partner) actually started getting bad stomach pains about 4 miles into it, so the run was quite the disaster for both of us! BUT we still managed to get in 7 and a half miles in 53 minutes (7:07 pace). Slower than we wanted, but with how the night went, we were just grateful. My coach asked me what patch of ice I slipped on....and I just looked at him, smiling, and he says: "You would. I pick the clearest of clear paths that I can find and and you manage to trip over a tiny bump in the road that you probably never knew was there." He was correct.....I have been fighting the black ice, snow, and sleet for a week now and haven't had any issues...the path is finally clear and I hit a bump the wrong way and go down. He has sympathy for me though because he has done that on numerous accounts. :oD It is pretty dark out there when we run, so I am surprised something hasn't happened yet!
SO, today is a day off for me. Just going to give it a rest and keep icing it, trying to keep the swelling down. I'll run my 4 mile morning run tomorrow and then hopefully be able to do the 8-9 mile hilly steady run in the evening.
This month's focus is on mileage and core work. The mileage is to take what we accomplished this fall and have our bodies store it so that when we begin "winter minutes" next month, we are aerobically very fit. I talked with Coach on the phone this morning and he said he knows I am going to improve a lot the next few months, and at a really fast pace, so he may start putting me with the guys on some workouts to push myself to where he knows I can be. He also informed me today that he predicted that I could run 1:20 or faster for a half marathon at this point right now. VERY good news because that would allow me (in theory) to complete a marathon in 2:46, which is the qualifying time for the Olympic Trials. :o)
Well, I am off to ice my ankle some more. :o) Hope you are all doing well!!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Snowy pictures :o)
A path in Hulls Gulch that I run on sometimes...up behind my house.
Top of Hull's Gulch
My house :o)
Snow, Snow, and more Snow :o)
Looks like it has been awhile since I have updated anything on here! Let's see...
I ran my 6k time trial last month and it went very very well. I ran a minute and 5 seconds faster than my PR from a couple of years ago. It was VERY cold that morning and I ran it by myself in 20:55. Also managed to break my 3k and 5k pr's as well :o). My coach was really pleased with it. Mom was here visiting that weekend so she got to see it :o).
I am now almost finished with the de-training phase...this is the last week for it, and then I will begin phase 2 of the training. My mileage will go up a little bit and I will have 2 steady runs a week, one will be hilly. Saturdays will be another workout of a fartlek or FCR (Fast Continuous Run...not the same as a steady...I know, confusing :o)). The other days will be 6-8 miles.
I went home for Thanksgiving and will be home again at the end of this month for almost 2 weeks. I get that time off of work because there is no school, so I get to go see family :o).
I came back to about 3 or 4 inches of snow left on the ground from the storm during Thanksgiving...it got down to about -2 degrees. My roommate said the morning after it had snowed quite a bit, she opened her car door and a pile of snow fell in....and that same pile of snow was there 4 days later because of how cold it got :o).
Another storm came in this week...it is still snowing. :o) It has snowed about 5 or 6 inches since yesterday late afternoon. We had practice last night at 6 and it was VERY pretty to run in :o) We were the only ones out on the greenbelt so it was peaceful :O) The run this afternoon should be interesting :oD
I didn't have work today because of school closures, but I am teaching the holiday cooking class on Mondays and Wednesdays and then the Ronald McDonald (who I think is really creepy...) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For the Ronald McDonald house we will make winter decorations and crafts to take over on the 16th and help decorate for Christmas. We also put on a drive to collect items the house needs so we will make posters for that and put it together to get donations. It should be fun :o)
Well, I am off to make some lunch before I go out and run. :o)
I ran my 6k time trial last month and it went very very well. I ran a minute and 5 seconds faster than my PR from a couple of years ago. It was VERY cold that morning and I ran it by myself in 20:55. Also managed to break my 3k and 5k pr's as well :o). My coach was really pleased with it. Mom was here visiting that weekend so she got to see it :o).
I am now almost finished with the de-training phase...this is the last week for it, and then I will begin phase 2 of the training. My mileage will go up a little bit and I will have 2 steady runs a week, one will be hilly. Saturdays will be another workout of a fartlek or FCR (Fast Continuous Run...not the same as a steady...I know, confusing :o)). The other days will be 6-8 miles.
I went home for Thanksgiving and will be home again at the end of this month for almost 2 weeks. I get that time off of work because there is no school, so I get to go see family :o).
I came back to about 3 or 4 inches of snow left on the ground from the storm during Thanksgiving...it got down to about -2 degrees. My roommate said the morning after it had snowed quite a bit, she opened her car door and a pile of snow fell in....and that same pile of snow was there 4 days later because of how cold it got :o).
Another storm came in this week...it is still snowing. :o) It has snowed about 5 or 6 inches since yesterday late afternoon. We had practice last night at 6 and it was VERY pretty to run in :o) We were the only ones out on the greenbelt so it was peaceful :O) The run this afternoon should be interesting :oD
I didn't have work today because of school closures, but I am teaching the holiday cooking class on Mondays and Wednesdays and then the Ronald McDonald (who I think is really creepy...) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For the Ronald McDonald house we will make winter decorations and crafts to take over on the 16th and help decorate for Christmas. We also put on a drive to collect items the house needs so we will make posters for that and put it together to get donations. It should be fun :o)
Well, I am off to make some lunch before I go out and run. :o)
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