Looking for a Few Virtual Training Partners v2.0 (Page 4)

Finished my HM -1:54:05.  Since I was just hoping to hold on to a sub 2hr time, this was a pleasant surprise.  Because of my lack of recent long running, I was afraid I'd blow up at mile 8.  This result makes me think I could have pushed the pace a bit more and still have been ok.  Still, I am happy with this result.

Thanks for all the well wishes!

Ann-Marie

Well, yesterday wasn't such a great workout day for me.  It was a step back week (training for my marathon) and I was 'only' supposed to run 12 miles.  Considering I ran 18 miles last week, I wasn't to worried about this run.  But, it kicked my butt.  Thankfully I don't think it had to do with my fitness or anything...

I left the house early (6:30 am) so that I could be done with working out for the day and spend time watching football and hanging with my family.  It was pitch black outside and hovering around 20 degrees.  I wore my sport boxer briefs, a thin pair of long-john leggings, and a loose pair of warm-up style pants.  On top I wore a short sleeved tech tee, a long sleeve tech tee, and a long sleeve outer-wear style top over everything.  Though I was utterly freezing for the first 8 or so miles, I felt fine.  But at mile 8 my right knee started to hurt (never hurt before) and my nipples (sorry!) were killing me.  I headed home thinking I'd just take off my short sleeve tech tee and keep going.  When I got home I removed my tee-shirt (which was completely soaked through) and tried to put my two long sleeve shirts back on.  But my second long sleeve shirt was soaked too... so now I am cold, my knee and nips are killing me, and I just don't feel like continuing.

So I called it at mile 10.3.

I know I need new shoes and I think that's the culprit for the knee pain.  I have almost 900 miles on my shoes!!  I know its bad, but I just have a really hard time justifying spending $100 on shoes every three months.  Also, I am thinking my nip issue likely stems from having cheap, winter running clothes.  I usually buy all my training clothes for Target (again, I have a hard time going into a dedicated running store and dropping $$$$ on workout clothes).  But in this case I probably got what I paid for.

Anyways, I had a nice trainer ride this morning and I'm looking forward to hitting my planned 19 miler next Sunday with a vengance.  We all have bad workout days sometimes, right?!?  Doesn't mean my whole training regiment was for nothing!

OK, post over, sorry for the novel. 

And here I was about to brag about my run this morning but after your "only" 10 something miles my 3 does not seem so special to me. Have you thought about putting bandaids on your nips? Just a thought. And I also have a hard time spending money on expensive running cloths. All of the tops that I run and train in now are ones that I got from previous run events and I don't seem to have to many problems.

Anyway my run today was simply amazing. I just seemed to glide along for my 3 miles. It seemed like power was surging through my body giving my legs seemingly enless energy. I was hitting every stride with absolute perfection. I loved the feeling of my body moving with almost no effort and glancing at the stares of other people. I know it was not a long run but I loved every second that it lasted.

Well, yesterday wasn't such a great workout day for me.  It was a step back week (training for my marathon) and I was 'only' supposed to run 12 miles.  Considering I ran 18 miles last week, I wasn't to worried about this run.  But, it kicked my butt.  Thankfully I don't think it had to do with my fitness or anything...

I left the house early (6:30 am) so that I could be done with working out for the day and spend time watching football and hanging with my family.  It was pitch black outside and hovering around 20 degrees.  I wore my sport boxer briefs, a thin pair of long-john leggings, and a loose pair of warm-up style pants.  On top I wore a short sleeved tech tee, a long sleeve tech tee, and a long sleeve outer-wear style top over everything.  Though I was utterly freezing for the first 8 or so miles, I felt fine.  But at mile 8 my right knee started to hurt (never hurt before) and my nipples (sorry!) were killing me.  I headed home thinking I'd just take off my short sleeve tech tee and keep going.  When I got home I removed my tee-shirt (which was completely soaked through) and tried to put my two long sleeve shirts back on.  But my second long sleeve shirt was soaked too... so now I am cold, my knee and nips are killing me, and I just don't feel like continuing.

So I called it at mile 10.3.

I know I need new shoes and I think that's the culprit for the knee pain.  I have almost 900 miles on my shoes!!  I know its bad, but I just have a really hard time justifying spending $100 on shoes every three months.  Also, I am thinking my nip issue likely stems from having cheap, winter running clothes.  I usually buy all my training clothes for Target (again, I have a hard time going into a dedicated running store and dropping $$$$ on workout clothes).  But in this case I probably got what I paid for.

Anyways, I had a nice trainer ride this morning and I'm looking forward to hitting my planned 19 miler next Sunday with a vengance.  We all have bad workout days sometimes, right?!?  Doesn't mean my whole training regiment was for nothing!

OK, post over, sorry for the novel. 

I know I need new shoes and I think that's the culprit for the knee pain.  I have almost 900 miles on my shoes!!  I know its bad, but I just have a really hard time justifying spending $100 on shoes every three months.  Also, I am thinking my nip issue likely stems from having cheap, winter running clothes.  I usually buy all my training clothes for Target (again, I have a hard time going into a dedicated running store and dropping $$$$ on workout clothes).  But in this case I probably got what I paid for.

Anyways, I had a nice trainer ride this morning and I'm looking forward to hitting my planned 19 miler next Sunday with a vengance.  We all have bad workout days sometimes, right?!?  Doesn't mean my whole training regiment was for nothing!

OK, post over, sorry for the novel. 

Awesome job. You deal with the hard stuff ahead time, you're not fazed by it race day!

So, yesterday my friend and I got some OWS in. I was fine until I lost my hairband. My hair kept flopping into my face, blinding me, and it made me freak the heck out. I froze on this one rock that held me above water. My friend didn't know I'd stopped, and I didn't want her to keep going and then think I drowned, so I got out of the water, ran through the beach area to holler at her, let her know I was OK.

I finally steeled myself to get back in and swim through a patch of water where I couldn't reach the bottom. I forced myself to be calm and to tread when I felt the panic coming on. Made it through, but I was so angry that I freaked out. Still angry about it. I'm going to continue to try though and wear a dang swim cap.