Women's training thread - week of 9/7/08

The race sounds like a success to me, so good job! :) Its ood to have the thread back.(I either couldn't find it or ot wasn't there for a week or two)Also, fall is definitelty the best time to run-usually not too hot or cold, but not as sloppy as spring can get.

I have been very busy with school starting again and my first meets.We had our first one on 9/2/08, so last Tues., and it was awful. I think it was around 92 degrees, and humid. In the end I came in 3rd-from-last in the varsity, righ behind a struggling teammate, and only with cramped-up calve to show for it. One of our girls literally fell out of the race at the mile mark, and couldn't finish, too.

Then yesterday after the temps dropped off by about 20 degrees, our team ran at an invite on a fun, hard, very hilly course(it's ranked one of the hardest in the state)and got 2nd over all in the jv race(our coaches decided to run the varsity team down since we have a young team we can do that with). I got 30th in a field over 180 girls, and did much better, and ran a better time so I'm happy.

Wow, that was long. So how's everyone else?

Humbled hey, Good job on the 5km that is great, after all you have been through I am sure you are mighty glad.I have been blessed to string together my 2 most consistent weeks of running this year. 36 miles last week close to 40 this wk, so it may be safe to say I am back to building a base and starting all over again after 3 yrs off set backs and other injury nonsense.....Last few weeks have been an adventure, leaving the West and heading back East to start massage therapy jobs in a new location.After the dry arid air of Utah, humidity feels like a bear but I am suere I will adapt to it all, just happy to be back running even though it is slowish, I will take it, much better than not at all.Hope everyone has a great week!

Sarah, thanks as always for the kind words. I didn't realize that you've been struggling with injuries and and other health issues for three whole years (I do remember your low ferritin from a while back). It is so good to hear that you're doing better and ramping up your mileage. I hope you start blasting out some really fast times soon!

hsmiler, I plead guilty to not starting the thread last week. I'll try to do better! Congrats on Saturday's meet(the less said about Tuesday's, the better, it sounds like). Keep us posted!

Anyone else?

I confess to doing a minimal amount of training as I'm preparing for a move across country and wrapping up things at work at the same time.

Great job humbled.

HSmiler....hang in their....the season is just beginning!

sounds like all chiming in thus far are in a better-than-expected state of mind and body (hsmiler's tuesday race notwithstanding). i'll jump on the bandwagon.

after a seven-week layoff from a hamstring strain, i'm finally back on the trails, and really quite joyful about it. there's simply nothing that can match a good romp in the woods. since my first run three and a half weeks ago, i've ramped up to a bit over 45 miles this past week in four runs (running every other day), while reducing my time on the bike commensurately. yesterday's run was the most fun of all: a beautiful out/back (down/up) section of the finger lakes trail totaling 13 miles, with the up taking only two more minutes than the down, which surprised me although i knew i put extra umph into the final three increasingly flat miles.

i'm kind of chicken to get on a track or do a measured tempo run, because i expect i'll be rather disgusted by my pace, but i know that an objective assessment is part of figuring out how best to move forward. i'll decide wednesday whether to put myself to the test for real, or instead do a few circuits of my long-uphill loop (1.5 miles at tempo effort up a dirt road; 2 miles easy down a trail) -- i can always justify doing the latter because i know it won't hurt my hamstring ;-)

have a good week, women, and congrats on your move, sarah -- and on your improved health! hope you and john enjoy your new jobs in the southeast and keep out of the path of hurricanes. you wouldn't, um, need any furniture or household supplies, would you?