NEW women's training thread - 3/23/08

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Humbled,

Thanks for reviving the thread - I'm hoping to peep in on some of the OT participants' final prep, but not doing much myself. I'm 15 days into a self-imposed "90 Days of Fitness" in hopes that the motivation I've been lacking recently finds me rather than me trying to find it.

Glad to see both you and this thread back. I'll look forward to seeing you soon.

Hello Running Ladies,

Humbled - I am so sorry to hear of your illness. Let us know how you are doing. I was wondering why your name wasn't in the CorkTown results.

Mommy mommy - How does this "90 Days of Fitness" work? I'm finding out that working out in a fitness center before going to work has been working recently for me. The treadmill has helped my achilles problems and sometimes I even run a second time outdoor in the afternoon.

Hasn't this winter been something? We have snow predicted again on Tuesday, Wed, and Thursday. Some of our dirt roads are still snowcovered.

Michigan Granny

Pardon me for posting on your thread ladies, but...

I just wanted to say I was sorry to hear you have been ill Humbled. It's good to hear you are on the mend and getting out to run a bit.

Take care and have a speedy recovery!

The 90 Days of Fitness is totally contrived, so it can work any way you'd like. I've just set a few minimums of exercise per day for 90 days (no days off) and plan to stick with it, whether I feel like it or not. The more I talk about it, the greater my incentive to do it and the better my chances to keep from being laughed at by my training partners and spouse.

I must do at the very least each day for 90 days:

30 min of running

45 min of elliptical

1000m of swimming

1 hour on the bike (when it's a little warmer)

Any combo of the above is acceptable, but one of the activities has to be the minimum (ex: 20 min of elliptical followed by 1000m of swimming). I am also trying for a long run at least one time per week.

More info than you needed? I'll let you know June 5 how it all turned out.

Thanks to all for the good wishes.

m2, I had to laugh at the description of your "90 days of fitness" routine . . . I think the part that got to me was the bit about combinations being acceptable, but *only* if one activity reached the minimum threshold. It's such a perfect illustration of the obsessive-compulsive tendencies so many of us runners share. Glad it's working for you!!

MG, I was really sorry to miss Corktown - was originally hoping to watch and cheer, if not run, but my surgery ended up being the Thursday prior, so didn't feel like dealing with parking and the parade crowd. (And by the way, I *still* haven't figured out for sure who you are. Can you give me a hint? Or email me at first initial_last

name@att.net

?)

Hoping that bumping the thread will get us some additional, non-Michigan posts . . .

Hello Humbled, I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis, please keep us informed.

I have been running about 45-50 miles/week for 9 weeks now, just going into hill work to get ready for speedwork. I am an older (45 yo) newbie runner and lack the impressive PR's of many of you ... but I still keep plugging away. I am hoping to run a decent (for me) 1/2 marathon in early May.

I live in SLC. Yesterday I ran 7.5 loops in a hilly park on the grass, this one of the first workouts on this course because the snow just melted a couple weeks ago. It hurt, but when I went over my training logs from last October (the last time I ran this particular workout) I ran all the loops 10-20 secs consistently faster - and my fastest was the last one! Dare I hope for a "breakthrough" soon!!?

Happy week Ladies.

I'm glad the thread is back. I've been running about 35 mpw, slowly building mileage. My shin still bugs me a little though. I'm thinking about running a marathon (my first) maybe in November if I stay healthy. Good luck everyone.

Glad to see a thread for women to post. I'm just returning from a femoral head stress fracture suffered late last year. Last week I was able to get in 64 miles, but my quads are sore from the pounding.

Wishing for warm weather, as we just got 7 inches over the Easter weekend! Good to see so many active women posting...keep up the good work!

Humbled,

The main reason for the 90 Days is that I am not at all obsessive-compulsive - mostly just fly by the seat of my pants. My usual behavioral tendencies is what got me soft and lazy, which is OK in January coming off a rest in December, but not in March.

L

I'm not a woman, but I dress like one. Can I post here?

Humbled I am sorry to learn of your illness too. Best wishes to you and I am sure your resilient spirit will carry you through. Keep running and living. I covered a couple of Avon runs and talked to 30+ year survivors so hang in there!

(And I'm off this thread forever).

Glad to see this thread back.

Have struggled with asthma a lot this winter but, a 23 mile hilly training run gave me the confidence boost I need before Boston.

Humbled my thoughts are with you as you recover and return to running.

Kevin52 wrote:

Pardon me for posting on your thread ladies, but...

I just wanted to say I was sorry to hear you have been ill Humbled. It's good to hear you are on the mend and getting out to run a bit.

Take care and have a speedy recovery!

Ditto.

WOW! A 23 mile hilly run. How do you do it? Good luck in Boston.

Humbled - Sorry you missed Corktown. I have run it the last 3 years with my daughters. You couldn't have missed us - we were dressed in green! The grandkids love the parade. The police were a little bit crazy this year trying to control the crowds - kid and grannies - none of us listened to them - we were having too much fun.

Great to see so many women joining in this thread. Just a few responses/"attagirl's" ...

working on it, I think you'll find a wide variety of PRs on this thread, so don't assume yours are slower. (I know for a fact that mommy mommy's are MUCH more impressive than mine.) It sounds to me like you're ready for a breakthrough. For what it's worth, I'm also a late-blooming runner; didn't run at all until my mid-30s, didn't get serious until my 40s. I noticed a huge, huge improvement from simply upping my mileage to around where yours is right now. Keep us posted on your half marathon training. Do you have a particular race picked out?

mrpac, good luck in Boston! What's your goal?

Good to hear that various posters are working their way back from injuries.

(And Michigan Granny, are you really sure that being dressed in green would have made you stand out at Corktown? I seem to remember a lot of green - and the occasional running leprechaun - in years past.)

Humbled wrote: I've been off this board for a while after getting a diagnosis of breast cancer back in January.

Hi Humbled,

I have followed this thread in the past and wanted to send you all the best for a speedy recovery. I find it amazing that you were able to keep running even after your surgery and hope you can compete again soon!

I did 30 miles this week including a workout of 6 x 800 with a 90 second recovery. I also did a lot of hurdle drills and core stability work. I am hoping to run a fast 800m later this spring when the weather gets nicer and also try the 400 hurdles in a couple of summer meets.

Have a great week ladies and enjoy your running.

Hello Humbled, thank you for the inspiration and kind words. I 'think' I am going to run the American River Parkway 1/2 marathon (in Sacramento) as my 'key' race. It is at sea level, flat, and cheap to get to from SLC. I might also run the Salt Lake City 1/2 marathon a couple weeks before as a training run ... but even though it is sort of "downhill" it still is at altitude and I want to race a sea level race.

Right now I am running one steady state (LT pace) run a week and one hill workout with the other days either easy or medium-to-long runs (10 - 13 miles) ... it feels good, not too hard but seems like a fair amount of stimulus. Soon I will be hitting the track (I am both excited and dreading it!).

Hope everyone is haveing a good week, the weather here is pretty nice right now (though snow is in the forcast for next week).