Treadmill Trouble

Well, I ran my 11 miles on Thursday. I was just cooling down when my treadmill shut completely down. It turns off after 100 minutes. I'm glad I was done and know about this now. I will have to plan accordingly for my longer runs. Today I ran a 5K. I wanted to run it in 25 minutes and I made it in 24:52. That was close. I'm not used to running outside in cold temps so my lungs are feeling it right now. Also, there was a nice hill at the beginning of the race. I sure need to run a few more of those. Overall it was a great week for running.

Milestone

I hit a milestone today! I ran 10 miles! I'm very proud of myself. I did, however, have to stop at 7.8 miles for an emergency bathroom break. I sure hope I don't have to take bathroom break during the race. It was hard to start again, but after about a half a mile I felt amazing and could go even stronger. I guess the break wasn't all that bad.

So This Is Why We Do It

As I was running last week, I couldn't help but think, "why am I running again? It hurts, I am not having any fun, and I think I just heard something pop!!!" But I continued on anyway. Then when my toe spontaneously turned black I had to give it a rest and I kinda missed it. Then today as I was running, things just clicked. I was running a good pace, my breathing was good, legs felt strong, I really felt like a runner. So I remembered why we do this crazy thing called running. I just have to remember this after those tough days!

Tired Arms

So last week I ran 7.5 miles for my long run. After I was done I felt pretty good. My legs weren't tired, my heart and lungs felt great, but my arms were tired. What!!! I try to shake them out every once in awhile, but I guess I need to do a better job with that. Perhaps I should lift weights! My arms are wimpy. Is this just me? I wonder how my arms will do tomorrow on my next long run.

Longer, Slower Run

So I decided to follow expert advise and run my long run much slower than normal. Guess what, it was still hard. Hopefully it will help me build my endurance though. I'm going to need it! :)

Getting There

So I feel like I'm finally getting the miles that I need to feel like I'm doing anything. I actually ran 2 days in a row, which for me is super weird. I hopefully will get my run in tomorrow, but right now all I can think about is how good a sleep in would feel! It's hard to get my lazy out of bed early every morning but so far I've done it for 2 weeks in a row. Go Me!!

Steady-state... come on steady legs

Tonight I ran a steady-state run as a stamina workout prescribed by McMillan's six step training program. I've been developing a pretty good base (at least I think it is good) so I decided to throw in a different type of workout.

The run went very well. McMillan suggests in the beginning you only do the steady-state portion for 25 minutes to get used to running this way; however, thinking I was tougher than I am, I ran for 40 minutes. It was a great idea at the time but now my legs are feeling quite fatigued.

The good news is that now I get to enjoy a nice recovery run tomorrow without feeling like a slacker!