QuincyF and Oriolepwr's Magical Mys-tri Tour for Newbies Has Begun (CLOSED) (Page 29)

It is funny I was thinking today, hey since my ankle surgery I have cut off approx 2 min a mile and if I can now have 2 more ankle surgeries then I should be running a 6 min mile. With that I can probably win a ton of tournaments. LOL. Boy do I wish that was so true.

Dave, I didn't want to do this, but I think I'm going to have to report you to the proper cheese authority and have your WI passport revoked!

I've been smoked in races by young and old, short and tall, small and large. I consider it a public service I provide

Had one of THOSE runs today. But not the good one of THOSE runs. Planned on an 8 miler but bagged it after just over 2.5 miles. I can't remember the last time I cut a run short but anytime I have in the past, I try and look at what lead up to it as far as nutrition, sleep, hydration, health etc. to avoid future blow ups. Couldn't come up with anything for this mess, just one of those days.

Caught up on the posting, lot's of awesome progress is such a short time. Very impressive everyone...

Been out of touch for the last few days. On the west coast, again...

Came down with a nasty head cold/flu, whatever. Probably the result of sitting in the plane for 7hr on Monday, next to a young lady, who spent the entire time, coughing, sneezing and blowing her nose. That's what I did on the return too. So been taking it easy these last 3 days.

Still haven't fully recovered, but I couldn't wait any longer. Rode the bike this morning and took whatever the body was going to give me. This flu/bug is an energy drainer...

Tonight getting together with friends and will snowshoe up a trail. With an almost full moon, and its reflection on the snow, it could make it a pretty cool hike. Plus a fresh snowfall (3-4") this morning, it will make it even more enchanting. Hope there’s no cloud cover!

Hot chocolate and beer are the rewards, great mix...

Hitting the couch for a snooze.

Well the Superbowl picks in my pool are in.     I was wrong about assuming the other leaders would all pick the Pats to win.    Every single person left in the pool picked the Giants to win, and for the game to go under on points as I did.    So this means I cannot win or come in 2nd.   Best I can do is finish 3rd which is likely  and that place gets ZERO    so  all of my fun has been taken out of the Super bowl.      Kudos to the others for their strategy.

Instead of having fun/excitement watching the game with the outcome mattering to me.   I don't care who wins now.    I may as well not run until the afternoon, skip the super bowl party,  and whatever.     UGH!   its weird to feel like I have lost the game and it has not even been played. 

Well, weekend got messed up: so, bike tomorrow night after work and run again on Tuesday

Oh, and Dave, right again, I did improve my run again and added a little more distance.  I have nice 2 mile loop that I can add side streets when I'm ready.

Wendy,

I love the shoes. Are they Mizunos? Great job on the walk. Let us know how the appt. goes.

Shelly

Question about running: Should I be trying to breathe diaphragmatically?

I'm a mouth breather/chest breather.  Thus, I can get winded pretty easily.  I'm also built more for sprinting - 5'4" with BIG muscles.  Endurance is hard form me.  While I was running today, I tried to concentrate on breathing more from the belly than the chest.  It seemed to work (until my hip started cramping up).  I'm trying to run 5 minutes, walk 1, but I couldn't get in a rhythm today.  Am I headed in the right direction?

 Lauren:

On the breathing, I practice doing breathing meditation which transfers over into run/walk - 10 counts in and at least that out. The count is reduced when I run/walk, but I find that it is more efficient and I get the oxygen I need.

If I do a 3mile run with 4min. run and 2min. walk intervals in 36 minutes now.

What's the best way to geto to 3miles running the whole time by March 10, the date of my first sprint of the year?? I really want to run the whole thing if at all possible.....

Hmmm    In looking at your data  it seems to me that in the run portion of your intervals  you are going at a faster than your slowest run speed  is this correct?    That's a good thing.   

cause it means you can dial it down.     

For your next run  What I'd like to see and believe that you can handle is to run say 1.5 miles straight  no walking.    But run it as slow as you can run.       the other runs you do for the week  keep doing the run/walk  method  but run even harder/faster  during the run portions. 

THEN   week 2 

if you succeeded at the 1.5 mile run,    bump up the next straight run to 2 miles as easy/slow as you can possibly do.    and repeat your intervals for the week running them as fast as you can.

THEN week 3    go for 2.3 - 2.5  mile straight run.    repeat intervals.

Week 4  run 2.75-3  miles     leaving you with 4-5  easy days-taper before your sprint.    

But you need to attempt that first straight run SOON  like tomorrow or next day       Whoops!  I see you just ran 1 mile straight!!   good!   (how did it go?)   do not run tomorrow,   rest up or swim only.    Then try the 1.5 mile run.  

I think you can do it.  

Thanks, I will give that a shot! I'm probably going to swim tomorrow and run Wednesday.  THANK YOU!

I need all the help I can get.  Happy for whatever you can offer.  I'm hoping for straight distances - because I literally can't go across and back without stopping and choking yet.  I know this won't always be the case, but my swim workouts (I've done one - getting in the pool for 24 min tomorrow and 44 min Thursday) are about frustration and humility right now.  Any suggestions for either my 24 min or 44 min workouts this week are welcome.

cherifortin - 2012-02-04 12:15 AM Alright....I am logging and blogging again! It is a start!

Welcome back Cheri! 

Thanks!  Got in the Gym today and I had a nice strength workout with my trainer.  Lots of squats but some arm work with light weights. My quads feel great - my butt hurts - my arm is SORE.  I remember someone, somewhere telling me that strength work is important.  If anyone is interested, I put the workout in my blog!  It was a quick 30 minutes but a good workout!

My Doc says still no bike riding (only the dreaded trainer) or heavy weights since my ulner bone is STILL broken.  After 5 months I find that ridiculous and unaccpetable.  But, at least I now know why everything still hurts....

Smiles for you all! Tomorrow...I swim!

Up, Up Up, On, On, On....

Thanks for the advice!  I'll see how that works.

I'm so proud of myself today!  I've had a hard time getting workouts in while speech season is ramping up, but I pushed this morning.  I did 30 minutes on the bike and then ran/walked at 1 minute intervals.  Wow!  Did that make a difference.  I felt much better running harder for 1 minute and could keep better pace at during the walk.  Now, how do I build this up?

Breathing was better, too.  I tried not to think too hard about it, and I didn't seem as winded.   

These workout's happen, I blew up on a run last Saturday(see a few posts above) and it's definitely frustrating(as my blog can attest to ). Take it as a learning experience. Consider your nutrition, fatigue level, hydration etc and of course your inhaler and try and correct any of those issues for next time. It's all trial and error, I've found some of my "best" training days were the ones that felt the worst at the time but in reality, improved future workouts based on what I learned from them.

So much for my "pink" month, LOL, looks like a "white" month.  Crazy weekend. 

Can someone tell me how to keep my calf muscles from cramping?  I did buy a massage stick which helps a little.  I'm think a massage when I get enough money.

I warm up with 10 minutes on my nordic trak cross country skier, stretch a little, then run, then stretch.

On another note:  2 weeks to spring training, LETS GO METS!

How to deal with a Failed work out

Ted made some great points!     We are all going to fail on a work out, or even a race.    Its GOING to happen!  

Remember when we were talking about injuries and "listening to your body"      One thing I said then was "my body lies to me"    Sometimes its NOT lying!  ha!  I learn this the hard way, by pushing when I should rest.      Its like learning a new language.   Your body speaks to you, but without a translator you don't know what its trying to tell you.     We  begin to learn to speak its language and understand via fails and successes.     They are both important.     In order to improve we walk a fine line.     

This is why logging/blogging  is so important!   You can go back and  read what you were feeling before something happened,  Or when Fatigue set in or whatever.     The more detail you have the better you can learn from it.       I've noticed that some of you are  incorporating more and more of BTs features.   Such as amount of sleep, weight, fatigue, soreness level etc.     Along with HR data.     For a long while I used to log my resting heart rate.     After a period of time it told me when I was fatigued, by being higher than usual.    I could also learn what conditions/rest was needed for my RHR to get to its lowest #        again  the more data  the better.    I stopped logging much of this  but wish I had not.  

I'm out of time for now, perhaps others  can weigh in on this.   Dunno,   discuss  some fails and how in th eend they were really key learning points,    or tips on how to deal with the frustration.

In one of his first half marathons, my DH got passed (like he was standing still) by a dude doing 6 min miles with a baby jogger. We still laugh about that.

A few years ago the Chicago Tribune did a piece about why people do the marathon...one guy said he was doing it for a second time because the first time he ran it, he got passed by a "bull" and a "matador" and he was hoping to run it faster this time...

I tend to just put it in the rear view and move on...not that I recommend that, but unlike most areas of my life, I am fortunate to not ruminate too much about my sport...

But on the other hand, Peter, I am impressed with your frustration. I don't view it as a bad thing...it means you care and you're not going to give up easily. Frustration is one of those strange things that most people view as a negative, but I see it as a neutral. It's HOW you answer the frustration that will define the outcome of your problem...

So, like Dave said, what can you do with the information you have now (besides beating yourself up)...