Wednesday, August 31, 2011

8/31

10x400-meter repeats today--started running at 9 pm (definitely not my preferred time of day). 

1st repeat (warm-up) at 8:00/mile out and 8:12/back.
2nd repeat at 7:53/out and 8:12/back
3rd repeat at 7:53/out and 8:06/back
4th-10th repeats at 7:47/out and 8:06/back

NO STOPS!  Yay!!  I was really proud of myself--I ran the whole 5 miles much faster than usual without stopping.  I'm not exactly sure what the final pace was, since the treadmill didn't click over to the mileage until 40:05, but I at least know that the whole 5 miles was sub-8:00/miles averaged out.

(I do have to say that after I finished I just started walking around and I got super dizzy so then I had to get back on the treadmill and walk for 4 minutes to cool down before I fell over or threw up or something exciting like that.  I should be running like this more often so that it doesn't affect me so much.)

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

8/30

Scheduled run of 3 today; as I was finishing the 3rd mile Luke started crying, so I ran another mile after I gave him his pacifier hoping that he would go back to sleep (no luck).

Lost track of the total pace time; it was probably just under 8:24/mile, since that's where I was running the first 3 and I sped up at the end and for the last mile, which was around 8:18 or so.

Monday, August 29, 2011

8/29

Treadmill; stopped at .9 miles to check on the kids (who were supposed to be asleep but were yelling); stopped at 2 miles to lock the front door (I have kind of an obsession about doors being locked and realized that Neil had probably left it unlocked when he went running), then at 2.5 miles to try to figure out what the really hideous noise was that the treadmill was making (no luck.  Really hoping it's not breaking again!!)...then ran the next 3 miles.

5.5 miles; 8:19/average pace

Saturday, August 27, 2011

8/27

Ran the 5K hills course today on the treadmill--oh my heck.  I felt like I was dying when I hit the "big hill" (incline 7).  I seriously felt like I was going to fall off the treadmill--every fifteen seconds or so I caught myself grabbing the front of the thing to catch my balance again.  I'm kind of worried about my lameness right now when it comes to running hills--last summer I made a real point out of running as many hills as I could (like my favorite long-run hill that was a full mile long), and this summer I just am not running outside (combination of 100+ temperatures and a new baby).  So I guess I better be running this thing more frequently...at least I could pick up the pace at the end when it leveled out again!

5K hills course; 8:34/mile for most and 8:00/mile last 0.2 miles; total 25:44 (at least it was a good six minutes faster than the last 5K I ran)


Friday, August 26, 2011

8/26

7 miles today on the treadmill (that is a LONG time on a treadmill, let me tell you).

Stopped after 4.1 miles to get Jooj a snack, then finished out the 7.  Ran mostly at incline level 1 with some 2 and 3 thrown in to imitate some low hills.

7 miles; average pace 8:24/mile

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

8/24

So unbelievably tired today--I was reading Jules The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe before my run and after 3 chapters I was falling asleep and missing words and the like.  I was supposed to do a 45-minute tempo run today, but it was SO hard to make myself go fast that I just settled for whatever I could do speed-wise.

Started out at 8:34/mile and worked up to 8:00/mile.  Stopped at after 30 minutes to give Jules a snack and Luke his pacifier, ended at 44:28 when the treadmill flipped over to the next tenth of a mile and Luke started crying.

5.3 miles; 8:23/mile

8/23

3 today; 8:20/mile, hurray for no stops!

Monday, August 22, 2011

8/22

Scheduled run of 5 today (again on the treadmill, big surprise!)  Started out at 8:34/mile and worked up from there; one stop at 2.5 miles to give Luke his pacifier and then he magically--MAGICALLY!!--went back to sleep again and is still asleep.  Could this be a trend?!!?

5 miles; 8:24/mile average pace

Saturday, August 20, 2011

8/20

Whew!  I didn't know if I was going to be able to run today--we went to the temple last night in Chicago so it was kind of a weird night's sleep at the hotel, then we went to Navy Pier this morning with the kiddos (and we parked a mile away and walked in, plus walking all around for 5 hours and the walk back to the car).  But we had everything ready for Sunday by nine tonight so I went ahead with the run.  I am SO glad I only had 3 miles to do; I don't think I would have been able to make myself do it if it had been much more than that.  I was so tired starting out that I almost quit after 14 seconds, but I told myself to run at least half a mile first and then I was able to just keep going once I got into my rhythm. 

I've been having some pretty nasty pain in my right hip lately after I run--it was bad enough yesterday that I couldn't sit or walk comfortably for a couple of hours.  I'm thinking I may try to get in to my mom's personal trainer, since she told me to check in with her after Luke was born to repair all the pregnancy damage to my joints and alignment.

3 miles; 8:30/mile

Friday, August 19, 2011

8/19

Six miles on the lovely treadmill, so exciting.  Same pace as yesterday; stopped @ 2.6 miles to give Luke his pacifier and get some water; stopped at 4.7 miles for the same thing again.

6 miles; average pace 8:34/mile

Thursday, August 18, 2011

8/18

I'm hoping to be able to fit my long run in tomorrow, so since today was supposed to be a rest day after speedwork, and I'm doing the longer run tomorrow, I took it easier today (although I did run 4 instead of the scheduled 3 so I can run the shorter 3 on Saturday, since it's shaping up to be a crazy day).  I know that sounds a little weird, but basically I just obsess about getting all the miles in during the week, so sometimes I add and switch here and there to come out with the total mileage on my training chart.  Moving on.

Steady pace of 8:34 today, no incline.  Luke woke up 11 minutes in, gave him his pacifier, then gave it to him again 4 minutes later @15 and wrapped him up super tight--the swaddling seemed to do the trick since he slept for the rest of my run (cue the Hallelujah Chorus here!!!) and is STILL asleep! Yay!!  I was so glad I could finish out the rest of that run without stopping.

4 miles; 8:34 pace

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

8/17

So on Monday night I was working until midnight on my courses for fall (they just made the sites available at 7 pm Monday, hence why I waited until the last week before the semester starts to do it...).  And then I was worrying about things and fell asleep at 2 am, and Luke woke up for the day at 6, and I spent the next hour groggily hoping that he would go back to sleep.  In other words, I didn't get up early to run Tuesday like I was planning to. 

Then I spent Tuesday afternoon during naptime working on my website again, and the same thing at night--I finished around 10 pm and Neil told me to just go to bed instead of running (too bad I didn't fall asleep until 12:30; I should have just run anyway).  I was so stressed about not running and trying to work out if I could run Thursday instead of taking a rest day, etc.

Anyway, so I finally did get to run today and boy was it a tough one...I keep beating myself up mentally about my times, comparing them to last year when I'd been running 25 miles a week all summer (although at this time last year I was pregnant and still putting up pretty good times...aaah, the self-beating-up continues).  Anyway. 

9x400-meter repeats today, except I wasn't running them on a track so I just ran 2 minute intervals, which means that my "fast" pace was going longer than 400 meters.  It was not the best run for me today.

I ran the first three at 7:30 pace out and 8:20 back (I think I ran the first one back a little slower but then I bumped it up).  Then Luke started screaming so I gave him his pacifier and ran another 2 at 7:30/8:20.  Then he started screaming like CRAZY so I put him in his bouncy seat and ran another 2 at 7:30/8:20 and I started getting the worst side ache, and I do NOT get side aches.  I can tell you when I had the last one--mile 8 of my first half-marathon in April 2010 running up the biggest hill I've ever run in my life.  And that's the only one I can remember since I ran a cross-country training run too fast in 7th grade.

I digress.  Side ache really bad, and I wanted to stop sooo bad, but I finished out the repeat, and then slowed down to 8:00 out/8:20 back.  Then it sort of gets hazy because I was playing mind games with myself trying to finish out the last repeat and I ran at 8:12 for a minute, then 8:06 for 30 seconds, then finally up to my 8:00/pace for a minute, then it was the "back" and I slowed it down to 8:06, then realized I really wanted to finish in less than 36 minutes so I went back to 8:00 and finished there.  The treadmill didn't flip over to the mileage until 36:09 (it alternates between showing speed and mileage) but I'm just going to call it at 36.

4.5 miles; 9x400 repeats; avg. pace 8:00/mile.

this might be the longest training log post ever.

Monday, August 15, 2011

8/15

4.5 miles on the treadmill today; steady pace of 8:34/mile, incline level 1.  (I know it's wimpy, but I have to start somewhere.)

Stopped at 6 minutes to take a piece of mulch out of my shoe and at 20 to give Luke his pacifier.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

8/13

This is the farthest I've run in the last ten months (since that half-marathon I ran in my first trimester).  And it was hot--yuck!  The weather really cooled off so it was kind of a shock having it comparatively hot (plus let's be honest, I'm not one who loves running in the evening).

Neil and I ran together which was great--we haven't been able to do that since December.  It was really nice to spend some time on the trails with him, even if it wasn't the best performance run ever--it was hot enough that we stopped twice for water and then probably every mile or mile and a half we walked for a minute to just try to keep our core temperatures down (Neil was pretty bushed by the end of the run since he has been sick and hasn't exercised much since Luke was born, but he was a trooper and stuck it out!)  We also ran a LOT of hills--4 miles on the roads and 2 miles through the woods. 

6 miles, not sure on pace--probably around 9ish?

Friday, August 12, 2011

8/12

Easy 3 on the treadmill; stopped at 1.5 miles to give Luke his pacifier (when is that kid going to take real naps?!)  Realized that I need to be running more hills, so I ran at a very gentle incline for the last half (level 2) and vowed that I will start running the 5K hills course on the 3-mile days.



3 miles; 8:34/mile

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

8/10

40-minute tempo run today; started out at 8:49/mile and worked up to 7:30/mile, then back down to end at 7:53/mile.  Stopped for a drink at 27 minutes and ran an extra 38 seconds to finish out the 5 miles.

5 miles; 8:07/mile

Monday, August 8, 2011

8/8

4 miles on the treadmill today, nice and slow @ 8:45/mile. 

Saturday, August 6, 2011

8/6

Really tired today!  We were up until 1:30 am processing beans (plus then Luke is still waking up 3-4 times a night to nurse), and then it has been the most nonstop work Saturday.  I barely managed to squeeze the run in.  Treadmill, no water stops, and even the slower pace didn't help much--my knee was starting to hurt by the third mile.  I definitely need more rest than I'm getting. 

STATS:  4 miles; 8:45/mile

Friday, August 5, 2011

8/5

I did this week's "long run" (although it's not that long) today rather than tomorrow because I was hoping the treadmill thumping would keep Luke asleep.  He reminds me a lot of running with Juliet as a baby--she hardly ever slept and a lot of the time I would be running with her in the pack-n-play next to me or something like that.  I'm hoping I can run outside tomorrow, but since Neil can't touch Luke for fear of giving him chicken pox, we'll see.

Kind of frustrating today in that I had to stop at 18:30, 26:30, and 30:00 to get Luke settled down, but I'm just really grateful that I have a treadmill and that it IS possible for me to run during naptime.

5 miles; 8:14/mile

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

8/3

8x400-meter repeats today.  Ran at 8:00/mile for the first 400 and then the recovery 400 varying between 8:34 and 8:20/mile.  Stopped after the second set of repeats to check on Luke and after the fifth to get a drink.

4 miles; average pace 8:15/mile

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

8/2

Easy run of 3 today--I was also supposed to do yoga but things are so busy that I don't know if it will happen or not (Luke woke up right as I was finishing my run so I couldn't do it then).

3 miles, average pace 8:46

Monday, August 1, 2011