Women's training thread - week of 6/15/08

Have returned to a regular training schedule this week....first time since Boston to cover 40 miles....

Had a very nice run of 4X 1 mile with 2min recovery...felt very good but, was sore the next day....today was a 12 miler (alone) because I'm on the road!

Hope all the lets run ladies are doing well....I'm always happy to see this thread

Hello.

Yesterday I did 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 and on Fri I did starts... that's about all I can remember.

I'm sore too and really ache, think it was from some rock climbing I did (or an extremely long walk over uneven terrain). Sure it'll wear off soon.

Tonight I don't know what I've got for training, TBH I don't look at the schedule these days, I just turn up!

after a 92-mile week two weeks ago, last week saw relatively low mileage (65), in part because of heat early in the week and in part because of stupidly consuming too much salt and my legs feeling just rotten for a couple of days as a result.

still, by this past thursday i was feeling better and successfully completed long-hill repeats (5x 1.5 miles up a dirt road, 2 miles down a trail) with each loop faster than the previous week's, and i followed this on friday with 21 on trails, starting easy and progressing the effort as i went.

crazy news from my 18-year-old son kept me occupied all day saturday; and although he and i walked together for a couple of hours, i didn't run. he and i have more walking (and talking) to do in the coming days.

perhaps the day off (and the emotional stress) left me with more to pour into a 10-mile trail race sunday morning, which i won, but largely because only the fast men showed up this year. the one woman there who would have beat me handily had just returned from her honeymoon and chose the five-mile distance instead of the ten. anyway, i'm hoping the combination of hills, distance, and effort runs will have me in shape for my next 50 miler (late july) -- and, more significantly, i hope to gain a better understanding of what's bouncing around in my son's head.

humbled, although my son's decisions aren't life threatening, they are life altering, and i'm going to have to arrive at a new stasis. it sounds as though you are navigating the new-stasis road very effectively. kudos to you.

I had an eventful week, although nothing involving life-altering decisions. My mileage is really getting up there as I rebuild my base in preparing for fall marathon training next month: 90 miles.

I also did a hill session -- although it was a mere 5x1 mile repeats. Doing 1.5 mile repeats is mind-boggling to me -- on the other hand, I can't fathom running a 50 mile race, so there you go.

The fun part about doing hill repeats in a residential neighborhood is seeing the perplexed faces of homeowners as they see you torturing yourself on multiple passes.

Capped the week yesterday with a 20 miler inside on the treadmill, last few at current marathon pace (7:30ish). The humidity has been brutal. It's supposed to lift tomorrow and I'm hoping for a very cool, very dry Wednesday morning when I hit the track for some longish speed intervals.

I ran the NYRR Mini 10K earlier in the month and that was a blast, although again freakishly hot. My SO got to high five the winners and get within about 20 feet of the women's olympic marathon team, so it was a fun day for us both. This week I take the mileage and intensity down a notch to prep for the Fairfield Half on Sunday. I'm gunning for an age group award, but if it's humid all bets are off.

My legs are often quite tired with all these miles. But I'm starting to see some real muscles, and I'm still getting incrementally faster, so something's going right.

Happy and healthy running to you all...

Humbled - Thanks for starting the thread again. We are glad to hear that you are doing well.

Wow - do I ever admire you ladies who do long repeats! I am happy with the 10 x 1 Minute repeats that I did today. I run from 25-40 miles per week but gotta start working harder - My daughters both beat me by 2 minutes in a 5k on Sunday. If it weren't for the hills I would have been closer.

Pfitzinger Pfan - It sounds like you race alot and enjoy it. That is great - keep it up and let us know how the half goes.

Michigan Granny (also a Pfitz Pfan)

Wishing Pfitz Pfan good luck on Sunday! (Here's hoping for low humidity.)

Michigan Granny, it sounds like you trained your daughters well.

And No Longer Stressed . . . I honestly think that watching someone you care about (especially a child) go through a life-altering transition (of whatever type) is more stressful than going through it yourself. For what it's worth, the things that have helped me the most in this whole cancer episode have been keeping a sense of humor; support from other people (friends who know me, support group members who know what I'm going through, and in a few lucky instances, people who are both); and running. I know you (and your son) will find your own sources of equilibrium.

I'll restart the thread on Sunday so that we can hear about Pf2's race exploits. (Oh, and I can share the lessons I learned working the finish chute at a club race Wednesday night.)

Humbled - We are waiting to hear about your club race. Was it on the east side? Hope you had a good turnout.

Pfitz Pfan - How was your race?

Anybody going to Eugene to watch the Trials?

Rehab Week #3. Swim, Aqua Jog, PT office visits. I'm growing gills:)

I wish I was going to the trials!!!

Have been getting in some good training and will do a 5K this weekend, even though it is hot as heck and I'm not 5K fit at all!!

Billie

I wish I was going to the trials!!!

Have been getting in some good training and will do a 5K this weekend, even though it is hot as heck and I'm not 5K fit at all!!

thanks, humbled for your wise thoughts. things with my (18-yr-old) son will be fine, and i'm getting used to the fact that things will be different for him than previously projected. kids definitely don't follow deterministic trajectories, but have a way of landing nonetheless.

as for me, there's good and bad news. the (very, very) good: i get married on saturday. the bad: a year and a half of injury-free and successful running is currently interrupted by some sort of a hamstring thing. i tried running through it, but am now taking NSAIDs and icing, taking a full week off, and hoping i'll still be able to participate in my two goal races this summer (white river 50 miler and pikes peak marathon). clearly the good news overshadows the bad, but, hey, this is a running forum so i get to bellyache, don't i?

hoping all you women have a wonderful weekend; i surely will :-)