Tuesday, February 28, 2017

2/28

USRD yesterday; just too exhausted and sick--baby was up every 40 minutes all night for four nights running and I was totally trashed.

10 today but kinda wish I'd just quit at 6, which is when I stopped to feed the baby. Once he was awake I had to stop a few more times since he wasn't very happy just chilling on my bed with toys & watching me run...all told it took me about 3 hours to get in just under 100 minutes of running and it felt like I was running ALL DAY and deprioritizing everything else. I'm not very happy with myself right now.

146 for February, which stinks.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

2/25

6.2 easy. Tibia aching last night after the speedier stuff so I didn't want to push it today on pace or distance.

37.2 week; 136 month



Friday, February 24, 2017

2/24

SRD yesterday--out almost the entire day since Neil took his prelims and passed!!!!!

6.3 today. First 3.2 ran at 6.5 with a few slower-paced intervals at 6.1; second 3.1 ran mostly at 6.5 cranking it every couple of minutes to 6.6 and 6.7.

First 3.2 around 9:22/mile (not exactly sure because I accidentally reset the TM, so it was faster than this). Second 3.1 ran at 9:02/mile.

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

2/22

7x800 with 400-meter(ish) recoveries. Half-mile warmup but no time for cooldown (baby stop just before the 7th set, raced through that one and didn't do a recovery, then booked it out to pick up a kid from school). I really tried to run the recoveries as a recovery, instead of keeping them fast-but-slower-than-speedwork-interval pace like I usually do, which made the overall run slower, but whatever. 6 miles total; 56:22. 

Monday, February 20, 2017

2/20

11.2 for my standard late-night Monday run; quick baby break at 4.5. This TM belt feels much more fatiguing than my old one...hopefully I break it in soon! Then again my legs are pretty dead--2 hours of hiking with the kids in the woods today and an hour-long walk with them yesterday.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

2/18

8.3 today, but spread out--maybe a triple? 3.2 with my oldest 2 this morning in the woods--mostly slow running with a few walking breaks (12:22/mile). Oldest DD wanted to go much slower than the younger, so I promised the younger one I would take her out again. Fed the baby, then ran 2.55 alongside my daughter to bike to the library (9:37/mile), picked out a couple of books that she'd been waiting for, then ran 2.55 home (9:19/mile). I swear that kid never gets tired!! This was supposed to be a very easy day for me and I kept having to ask her to slow down when we were biking.



42.3 for the week; 98.8 for February.

Friday, February 17, 2017

2/17

5 miles just under 10/mile. This is more miles than hours of sleep I got last night--I am completely trashed and my legs are even more tired than yesterday.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

2/16

7 miles & first run on new TM belt. 10 minute warm-up, a little more than 5 miles at 9:30, mile cool-down. Legs were just dead (finished at 10:30 PM).

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

2/15



Officially dead. Half-mile warmup, then six sets of intervals (1 @ 7, 1 @ 7.1, 30 seconds @7.2 mph, then 2 at 6 mph...normally I like to do this one at 8 and 7, but I was afraid to go faster because it was really hard to keep my balance!! There was a HUGE fold in the belt and I lost about 5 inches on the side of the deck of runnable space). At the end of the last interval I just did not have a good feeling about it and stopped to check on the housing, and when I started it again I realized that the mileage and time clocks were no longer working. So...I'm done for the day at 3.5 miles and REALLY hoping that the new belt will be a good fit and that things will be okay and I won't have to buy a whole new treadmill...not what I want to invest in with a few months of grad school left. 

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Monday, February 13, 2017

2/14

12 at 9:51. Felt surprisingly good, probably because I spent most of yesterday in bed living on cough drops. Stopped at 6.5 to remove the motor housing on my treadmill, since the belt was sufficiently creased that it was catching and tearing on the housing (ordered a new one today and it should be here by the end of the week; it was still under warranty for 2 more years but the company was bought out and the new company won't honor the warranties, so that expense was a fun way to start off the week!). Ran another 3 miles and then had to adjust the housing again, another half-mile and baby woke up. Took 20 minutes to feed him, then got back on the TM (midnight at this point) and ran another 2 miles. Ah, the relaxation and euphoria of running...

Saturday, February 11, 2017

2/11

Had to stop running tonight because my treadmill belt is starting to tear and it was tripping me--also it's after midnight and I'm tired. 9 miles.

35 for an unplanned cutback week.

Friday, February 10, 2017

2/10

5.3 today at 9:56 today and made myself take a rest day yesterday. My throat feels like I've been eating glass.

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

2/8

4.2 first thing this morning. Felt SO much better than yesterday, although I'm still coughing a lot. Started out very gently (11:30/mile) and worked up; avg pace for the run was just under 10/mile.

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

2/7

6.5 easy. felt terrible like I'd been run over by a truck.

Monday, February 6, 2017

2/6

10 miles at 9:39. Legs are dead. Can't remember the last time I got a decent night's sleep and it's really catching up with me--moved baby to his own room tonight so fingers crossed.

Saturday, February 4, 2017

2/4

7.5 and yoga. 40 for the week, 21.5 for February.

Thought about going longer so I could hit 42 for the week, which is what I need to stay on target for 168 miles in a shorter month, but I decided my overall health would be better served by spending that time stretching. Hopefully that will allow me to stay limber, avoid injuries, and ramp up bigger miles in marathon training later on.

Friday, February 3, 2017

2/3

8 at 9:26 today; SRD yesterday. Bad night with Matthew & I'm exhausted.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

2/1

6 tempoish (started out at 11:20, worked my way up to 7:53, then back down to 8:57ish and hung out there, then finished the last quarter-mile or so at 8:30ish). Avg pace was 9:18 thanks to the fact that I took about 2 miles to warm up. I don 't know if I'm doing these tempos right--based off the Higdon method I used when I very first started--but working my way up speed-wise and then back down to the HMP seems to work well for me mentally and physically. Frankly I was so tired today that the idea of running a mile warm-up and then holding a static pace seemed totally unbearable! Matthew has had a couple of HORRIBLE nights and I've gotten so little sleep that my legs have been aching ever since Monday...just not enough sleep for the muscle repair. I actually went back to bed for about an hour during his morning nap after I'd gotten the kids off to school...when I was lying facedown on the carpet after breakfast I realized I probably should try for more sleep. I think the problem is that I'm just not getting any quality sleep--he's still in our room (which is 2 months past when all the other babies have moved to their own room) and I can't sleep soundly even when I do get the chance to sleep since I'm listening for him, and he's still waking up about 4 times a night. Argh!