What a beautiful way to start my first full day on the South Carolina shore!
Woke up nice and early this morning, before the rest of the family, and hit the sand for a morning run.
The sounds of the crashing waves, seagulls and my own two feet as I watched the sun rise.
Nothing could possibly be better.
It was paradise!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
hurting...
finished my 14 miles
took a hot bath
hurting, still hurting
i feel my feet like i have never felt them before
the upper and outer side of my left thigh is screaming at me
thankfully, blessedly, i will be sitting on my a.. in a car all day tomorrow
sunny south carolina, beach, ocean, vacation
;)
figure 8s
The family and I are leaving for a week long vacation in sunny South Carolina tomorrow!
According to my training schedule, 14 miles was on tap for tomorrow. Since I will be spending all day in the car - I crammed my weekday runs to allow for a rest day yesterday, I'll run my miles today - then the day in the car tomorrow will be another rest day.
I mapped out a run, again sticking to main drags - and those with sidewalks (I've come across a few now that don't have sidewalks and running in the rutty grass along the side of the road is tough on the ankles)... so tonight's 14 mile run will consist of figure 8s, 1 mile long by 1/2 mile wide. I plan to wind my self up to 17 Mile Road then weave back home. I am actually looking forward to this run. It's a 2 mile jump up in distance from my last long run - but I am feeling pretty confident today!
The only draw back to running tonight will be that I will be leaving my husband to pack the car for the trip! I have such a complex about packing... it's like loading the dishwasher. God bless anyone who wants to help out by loading my dishwasher for me... just please don't take offense when I proceed to empty it and re-load it my way. Everyone is packed - but loading properly, I swear, is an art form! But, I guess, as long as the port-a-crib and hotel overnight bag are the last things in the trunk the rest doesn't really matter... at least that is what I'll keep repeating to myself during my 2.5 hour run tonight!
According to my training schedule, 14 miles was on tap for tomorrow. Since I will be spending all day in the car - I crammed my weekday runs to allow for a rest day yesterday, I'll run my miles today - then the day in the car tomorrow will be another rest day.
I mapped out a run, again sticking to main drags - and those with sidewalks (I've come across a few now that don't have sidewalks and running in the rutty grass along the side of the road is tough on the ankles)... so tonight's 14 mile run will consist of figure 8s, 1 mile long by 1/2 mile wide. I plan to wind my self up to 17 Mile Road then weave back home. I am actually looking forward to this run. It's a 2 mile jump up in distance from my last long run - but I am feeling pretty confident today!
The only draw back to running tonight will be that I will be leaving my husband to pack the car for the trip! I have such a complex about packing... it's like loading the dishwasher. God bless anyone who wants to help out by loading my dishwasher for me... just please don't take offense when I proceed to empty it and re-load it my way. Everyone is packed - but loading properly, I swear, is an art form! But, I guess, as long as the port-a-crib and hotel overnight bag are the last things in the trunk the rest doesn't really matter... at least that is what I'll keep repeating to myself during my 2.5 hour run tonight!
Monday, August 17, 2009
a hot run due to a late start
12 miles...
I woke up a little later than I would have liked Saturday morning. The whole family slept in a bit - very unusual. I had hoped to be hitting the pavement by 7:30am, instead I hit it at 8:30am. It was a hot day and we had a lot planned. I was going to be running for 2 hours - not getting finished until 10:30 put a wrench in my well orchestrated plans.
The Woodward Dream Cruise was Saturday. It's a pretty big deal here. Cars and car enthusiasts from across the country come to the Motor City and drive their beautiful classic cars down Woodward Avenue. Sherwin-Williams has a store right on Woodward and so every year they have a cookout in the parking lot and watch the cruisers. This year SW even had the 3M NASCAR experience car there. It's a video game in a stock car - pretty cool.
Chris, the kids and I had planned to get to his store by 10 - but our late start meant he had to head out with the kids himself and I would meet them as soon as my run was over. And in my rush to get out the door - I forgot to grab a bottle of water. I've never run with a bottle of water in my hand - but 12 miles, 2 hours - I knew that I would get over the awkward-ness of carrying the water because I was really going to appreciate having it on hand. Instead, after nearly 10 miles of winding up and down all main roads in my area (I've given up on neighborhood streets after my debaucle last weekend) I come upon a Panera Bread. I stumbled my sweaty self in, probably much to their dismay, and breathily ask for a cup to get myself some water. After slamming half a cup of great ice cold water - I had to get my now rubbery feeling legs to carry me the last 2 miles home. I made it back to my driveway in 2hrs 3minutes. Not too bad. I did have about a 3 minute detour into Panera, so I maintained a 10 minute mile for that distance... I hope I am able to do the same on race day...
So, now I finished my run and was welcomed into a nice quiet house (Chris and the kids had headed to the dream cruise already) to stretch and shower. I met up with the family, saw some beautiful cars... capped the day off with a date night with Chris. Only the 2nd time we've hired a baby-sitter in nearly 3 years in Michigan!
Not everything went according to plan - but Saturday turned out better than I had planned!
I woke up a little later than I would have liked Saturday morning. The whole family slept in a bit - very unusual. I had hoped to be hitting the pavement by 7:30am, instead I hit it at 8:30am. It was a hot day and we had a lot planned. I was going to be running for 2 hours - not getting finished until 10:30 put a wrench in my well orchestrated plans.
The Woodward Dream Cruise was Saturday. It's a pretty big deal here. Cars and car enthusiasts from across the country come to the Motor City and drive their beautiful classic cars down Woodward Avenue. Sherwin-Williams has a store right on Woodward and so every year they have a cookout in the parking lot and watch the cruisers. This year SW even had the 3M NASCAR experience car there. It's a video game in a stock car - pretty cool.
Chris, the kids and I had planned to get to his store by 10 - but our late start meant he had to head out with the kids himself and I would meet them as soon as my run was over. And in my rush to get out the door - I forgot to grab a bottle of water. I've never run with a bottle of water in my hand - but 12 miles, 2 hours - I knew that I would get over the awkward-ness of carrying the water because I was really going to appreciate having it on hand. Instead, after nearly 10 miles of winding up and down all main roads in my area (I've given up on neighborhood streets after my debaucle last weekend) I come upon a Panera Bread. I stumbled my sweaty self in, probably much to their dismay, and breathily ask for a cup to get myself some water. After slamming half a cup of great ice cold water - I had to get my now rubbery feeling legs to carry me the last 2 miles home. I made it back to my driveway in 2hrs 3minutes. Not too bad. I did have about a 3 minute detour into Panera, so I maintained a 10 minute mile for that distance... I hope I am able to do the same on race day...
So, now I finished my run and was welcomed into a nice quiet house (Chris and the kids had headed to the dream cruise already) to stretch and shower. I met up with the family, saw some beautiful cars... capped the day off with a date night with Chris. Only the 2nd time we've hired a baby-sitter in nearly 3 years in Michigan!
Not everything went according to plan - but Saturday turned out better than I had planned!
Monday, August 10, 2009
In the rain
I hopped on my favorite website - mapmyrun.com and planned out my 11 mile run for this past Saturday. I wanted to change things up a little - head into a new neighborhood instead running the streets in mine - again. After making a small loop through my neighborhood I headed out to 14 Mile and then east for a couple miles before turning north off the main road to wind through some meighborhood streets. Because I was winding through streets completely unfamiliar to me I printed out a map of my route to take along with me. Unfortunately it was raining a good steady rain Saturday morning and my map got a little wet (to say the least). I found myself stopping at each intersection, cowering under a tree so that I could evaluate my map and not get it so wet that it would no longer be of use. Even doing that I still managed to make a few wrong turns - street names became illegible - before finally getting back onto a main drag and making my final loop towards home.
So, maybe winding through streets completely unfamiliar to me is not the best idea - at least not in the rain when my little map can get destroyed. I think for my 12 mile run this coming weekend I'll stick to the main roads!
So, maybe winding through streets completely unfamiliar to me is not the best idea - at least not in the rain when my little map can get destroyed. I think for my 12 mile run this coming weekend I'll stick to the main roads!
Saturday, August 1, 2009
In a flash?
I hit the pavement this morning for my 10 mile run - armed with a new playlist titled "Katie's running tunes" - I'm so very clever, don't you think?
Before I headed out this morning, I asked my husband to "wish me luck". I was nervous, I've never posted double digit miles in one run. I envisioned myself crawling home...
I was wondering if the new mix of tunes would help pass the time, pass the miles...
I headed out nice and easy - longer runs are for endurance, shorter runs for speed. I was running at what I was estimating a 8:45 - 9 minute mile. Again, not going for speed here...
A short 1:32:12 and 10.2 miles later I was back at home (and honestly, could have gone for more!).
I have figured out two tricks...
1. Avoid the treadmill for long runs
2. Mix up the music - same old, same old just doesn't cut it
Have any suggestions for good running tunes? Let me know!!
Before I headed out this morning, I asked my husband to "wish me luck". I was nervous, I've never posted double digit miles in one run. I envisioned myself crawling home...
I was wondering if the new mix of tunes would help pass the time, pass the miles...
I headed out nice and easy - longer runs are for endurance, shorter runs for speed. I was running at what I was estimating a 8:45 - 9 minute mile. Again, not going for speed here...
A short 1:32:12 and 10.2 miles later I was back at home (and honestly, could have gone for more!).
I have figured out two tricks...
1. Avoid the treadmill for long runs
2. Mix up the music - same old, same old just doesn't cut it
Have any suggestions for good running tunes? Let me know!!
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