Women's training thread - week of 4/26/09

I'm with you on the fatigue. I think the heatwave has been a shock to the system for everyone, and the sudden appearance of allergens in the air just make things worse.

Case in point: I ran 4 miles on the track today at 7:50ish pace (50 seconds slower than MPace) -- at an 88-92% max heart rate.

That's baaaad. I blame the weather (and residual tiredness from running 20 miles on Sunday in 91 degree heat).

Man, am I glad this crap is clearing out overnight. The rest of New England can have it.

i'm also struggling with fatigue, but i don't have any allergy-related symptoms. for me, i think it's just a combination of more recovery needed than expected from saturday's trio of races and the sudden, intense onset of summer in the northeast (which promises to recede this evening, as RLAG noted). each run the past three days has been tough. today i cut it short to just 8 miles, and ran those purposefully extra easy so that i wouldn't end the outing less energized than i started -- a recovery run at its slothful fineness ;-) i'm hoping and expecting that i'll have better energy tomorrow, and the 20-degree drop in temperatures should make a big difference.

hope you like SC, sarah. my brother's family now lives in charleston, and it's quite pretty there (at least it was in the comfortable november climate when i visited!).

NLS,

I ran the Marathon Trials here in 96 and the National Marathon Championships in 97 both on the same very challenging course, but my memory of the place is hazy at best. It is always fun to discover new areas to run and network in with others so this is all quite the adventure and I am sure my body will adjust to what already feels like Summer.

"but I have noticed a boat load of fatigue and a constant itch/ache in the back of my throat the last 2 days, I was wondering if that is because everything is in full bloom here"

My guess is...yes :)

As for the honey thing, Patti, here's a good explanation of the reasoning behind it:

http://www.carlislehoney.com/allergies.htm

The key points are that you should start eating it in the winter for spring benefits and that the more local the honey is, the better.

I had heard of the honey thing before, but wasn't as good about eating it this winter as I should have been. I'm now trying to get into the habit, though it's likely too late for me this year.

Humbled: not to be a bad influence, but I believe that it's not a bad thing to be running if it doesn't seem to aggravate the injury. You're keeping the circulation up to promote healing, and doing something to retain the strength and range of motion. I don't know too much about human sports medicine, but I do know some equine sports medicine, and we try to keep injured horses in work as much as we can, for that reason.

Heh -- we're supposed to be getting rain and 50 degrees in the next day or two. Being a runner means seeing a rainy 50 degrees as better than a sunny 85!

They say: misery loves company! HA!

heat, humidity, pollen counts and blooming things....they seem to have affected a great number of us this past week.

It rained here yesterday, and cooled down, so I did a short run this morning and felt much better than the last few days.

everything blooming here right now - I mean everything - beautiful time of year - but no friend to the respiratory system!

I fell asleep sucking on a throat lozenge and now going into the 3rd day of scratchy slightly sore throat. I know what you mean by everything is in bloom I do not even recognize all the flora and fauna in SC yet.....

Maybe some shorter runs instead of the daily 10 milers could be in order.

No rain in the near forecast here!

My 13 year old daughter is now running with me 3 days a week, 3 to 4 miles each time. I love it. She and I are becoming closer friends because of it. She wants to run more but this is on top of 5 hours of soccer a week and 7+ hours of karate a week. So I'm holding her back a bit. Anyone else here enjoy the company of one of your kids when running?

Well, I am headed in the final week of half-marathon training before I put it to the test. Thursday, a final challenging workout:

1 mi w/up,

2X2K @ 6:50-7:00 pace,

2X mile@6:30 (did 6:20 & 6:30 miles),

1X1k & 1x800 with a 2 1/2 mile cooldown.

Today's long run at about 90 min to scale back from 2 hour runs. Average mileage is around 60-65 mpw of one run/day. Hoping for a 1:32 finish next weekend in the Fargo 1/2 marathon. After that, I have about a 6 weeks until Grandma's 1/2 marathon. Any training suggestions? I think I'll take a couple days off after Fargo and then ease up for the remainder of the week, with an 80 min long run the following week before I train the remaining 5 weeks for Grandmas.