RW Run Challenge: Thanksgiving-New Year's Day (Page 4)

I did my required mile on the tready after my fabulous bike ride.  Here's a picture from my ride.

Pretty!

Thanks, guys! She is the baby and I'm trying to keep her small and cute, but she keeps growing!! 

The stand up paddling is so relaxing, but also an awesome workout for the entire body. My back and upper arms are feeling it today!

Kim: I love squeezing and biting the little one. I know she won't let me do that anymore soon. Goodness, no, I didn't take her to wait 7 hours. That would have been torture! I felt really bad for the small children waiting there. A lot of the wait was outdoors in the hot sun.

Today's soccer Sunday, so I'll get some miles in during the game, but I'll start if off with an official warm up mile.

Hope you're all have a great weekend!

Gorgeous!

Great pics everyone, looks like a fun weekend!

I had a hectic Sunday, up at 5am to try to get a Uni assignment done - I made the unfortunate decision to enroll on a post grad uni cert course and 2 years later I've just completed the final assignment, time for a break....!

The kids had nippers (kids surf club/lifesaving training) after that and I spent 2 hours paddling around on a rescue board, then I was back at the beach for a 5 hour patrol as a volunteer lifesaver.

Managed to sneak a short run in on the beach followed by a short swim in the ocean, I'll sleep well tonight!

Those are my concerns, too. We will be vacationing in California, where I don't know routes, and I might not have a treadmill. But if I have to run up and down the halls of the hotel for 15 minutes, I guess I'll just do that. lol

Kim -- I loved your 8 mile run story. Don't you hate youth sometimes?

I went out for a 3-4 mile run and ran 5.15 miles. I could have kept going, but since I told my husband I would be just 30-45 minutes, and I was pushing an hour, I decided I had better call it good.

I've noticed a difference in running every day -- I've run for the last 10 or 11 days (my streak started the day before Thanksgiving). A month ago, it would take me about a mile or mile and a half to feel warmed up and ready to go. Lately, like this past week, it seems like it takes no time at all, and my legs feel good, my breath is regulated, and I'm sailing along (well, okay, I don't exactly "sail," but you know).

Has anyone else noticed a change?

You didn't do mine!

Tomorrow's a real run day so I'll get some intervals done

Happy Monday!  Got my one mile in immediately after 1:20/26.50 miles on the KK.  Great workout to start the week!  

Great job, guys!

Felicia: Definitely notice that it's easier to get a run started. The rickety feeling isn't there for the first couple miles as it normally is. Legs are feeling, looking stronger too!

I've been getting my miles in pretty much one at a time. So much focus on biking and swimming lately because they're my weaknesses. I'm considering a 1k swim this weekend, part of a swim challenge of a bunch of different distances. 1k is the shortest. Wish is was 1/2 a k, haha! Not sure though because everyone will likely be "swimmers", and I don't want them to laugh at me. We'll see how I feel throughout the week swimming at the pool.

Keep it up, guys! Oh, and feel ya on the difficulty eating right. I feel like I've been eating since Thanksgiving, even though the choices are a lot healthier than they'd usually be.

I planned to do intervals tonight but after just one my legs were telling me NO!!! I think it's from my LT trainer ride last night.

Anyway, I told myself to just continue to make it an easy 5km and then started to feel good and ended up running 12km

wgraves7582 - 2011-12-06 5:06 AM

owl_girl - 2011-12-05 11:45 PM Still streakin'!!!! 

Pictures

You're such a boy. 

12 days and counting!...I haven't run yet today.

Saturday I ran a 1/2 and came in under 2 hours, a mark I haven't hit in a couple of years.  It felt great, but I was really sore after.  Sunday and Monday runs were painful.  I got a massage yesterday after my run, so hopefully I should be bouncing back.

While I was out running yesterday, our dogs apparently toppled our Christmas tree that we put up Sunday.  Complete chaos erupted as I was already running late for the massage appointment.  Tree, ornaments, water on the floor and tinsel-type stuff.  It looked like the Grinch had paid a visit.  I think I'm going to set up what remains of the Christmas tree outside.

Is your schedule getting more hectic too?

That is always my goal...I'll take anything under 2:00--usually it's right around 1:58ish--but I'll take it!

To answer your question....YES!  'Tis the season.  I'm trying to keep my usual schedule--both training and eating--to the best of my ability, but realize the month of December is always a little wonky!

One of our tree toppled the other day too, courtesy of Brutus, our 80 pound puppy.  Good times!