02/10/2010

Ack i'm falling behind in my blogging...oh well no one's reading this anyway...
The weather was a little cold today, about 20 but i was feeling good.  I was able to skip my first break and make a mile none stop.  I decide i would added just over a quarter mile and another big hill to my trip.  I had a good strong run took my scheduled breaks on they way back but did pretty well.

3.12 miles in 38.39 = 12.18 pace

http://roadrunnergps.com/gps/shared/mPNS

02/08/2010

Ack, it's snowing and being new to running i wasn't to sure what i wanted to do.  I did so looking around the internet and found stuff that talked about the right kind of snows, don't have them, and to bring extra socks, noper, run where it's plowed, they don't plow here and that running in snow was almost like running on the beach...oh great.  Well i finally just go up from my desk, put my running stuff on, with a hat because it was also about 25 degrees, and headed out.  It was slippery and cold, i was getting snow in my mouth, which i guess could work as re-hydration, and in my eyes.   Lucky it wasn't much snow, just about an inch or so but it was still cold enough for it not to melt.  It was hard, maybe not as hard as sand but i definitely felt a difference, my ankles and shins hurt more because i was trying to stay on the sidewalk where it was clearer most of the time.  I also felt a little safer there too but had to move back to the street when my legs were hurting too much and it really made a difference.  I also had to slow down a lot but better safe then sorry.  I had to push myself but i made the 2.8 i guess this makes me one of those people i thought were crazy for running when snowing...does that make me a real runner...

btw - the "cold" is gone, i guess i just ran it out of my body ;)

http://roadrunnergps.com/gps/shared/kN8D

2.8 miles at 36.24 minutes =  12.54 pace

02/06/2010

Had the swim lessons today.  Found the lonely treadmill and stationary bike in a little glass room about the office at the Mulberry Pool in Fort Collins. For two buck i was able to get in alttle extra run time while my boys were in swim lessons.  I was able to only run for 23 minutes on the treadmill so i kicked up the speed a bit and ran at about 5.4 miles per hour which gave me 2.05 miles for a pace of about 11.13.  Not bad for a treadmill work out.  There are two more weekends left of swim lessons but it will give me a little extra speed work and an extra run day.

I also had a Scout day at the ice rink and wound up skating for about an hour so I'll count this as part of my cross-training.

Day 13 - 02/05/2010

Still fighting this cold and it's still in my head so running was a go.  I did my regular 2.8 but felt much stronger today.  I even skipped my first one minute break, although it doesn't show in my time :( , but over all it was a good strong run i feel like I'm getting more stamina.  I think I'm ready to add another day, which works out, as i mentioned my son has swim lessons tomorrow and they have a treadmill or elliptical i can use so for now i'll make that my extra day.  Since his lesson is about 45 minutes i'll just run or elip for that whole time, work on my endurance.
I think i might be a runner because I'm already trying to figure out when and where I'm going to run on our summer trip to Vegas...


http://roadrunnergps.com/gps/shared/HJKL

2.8 miles at 33.36 = 11.57 pace  ( my pace has remained consistent in the high 11:50's or low 12:00's, i guess i found my stride not i need to work on distance)

Day 12 - 02/03/2010

Yesterday i started to feel a cold coming, i did some googling and say "if it above the next you can run, if it's below the neck don't and never run with a fever" so i decided to go for it plus i know my body and it like to get moving when i'm sick otherwise it will just give up and crash.  Plus a little Afrin in the nose an I'm breathing easy. I did decide not to make today run a longer then usual one but i reversed my usual track.  It's seemed to be much easier except for the long uphill at the end but that's fine.  I read about all these people trying to schedule their "hill work" and I'm thinking ...that's all i run is hills...so I'm assume this is conditioning me better then just running flats which is why my times aren't getting any faster yet.

btw my GPS freaked out again today so all i have is an accurate time.

2.8 miles at 34.18 = 12.12 pace

Day 11 - 02/01/2010

It was cold today, about 20 degrees when i started so i added a hat to my apperal.  It really made a big difference in keeping me warm.

I did the 2.81 again today.  I was thinking i wanted to get through it with out stopping but now I'm not sure if that's the right course of action.  I need to read some more but i think I'll keep working on my distance and not worry so much about my pace.  There's a 5k in March I'm thinking about doing and I'd like to a) finish it without walking and b) finish it in less the 30 minutes.  To do this I'll need to get my distance longer and my pace slower.  I'm thinking about adding at least one more day to my running.  I'd like to get to 5 days but i want to do it slowly to prevent injuries.  Since my son has swim lessons on Saturdays i might take that as a cross-training day and use their elliptical or maybe a sprint day on the tread mill.

http://roadrunnergps.com/gps/shared/JJJJDDJh

2.81 miles in 33.29 = 11.52 pace

End of week 3 - Day 10 - 1/29/2010

Friday was a bust day we were heading to Steamboat Springs to get a little Rocky Mountain skiing in so i didn't have time to write before we left.

I had a pretty good run.  I went for the 2.8 again but tried to speed it up a bit.  My gps fubared on me so it's data is a little messed up but it looks like i did ok.  The course is pretty tough with about a 150 foot altitude difference.  The first mile is almost all down hill and then the rest of the 1.8 is almost all up hill which really make it a challenging workout.

After three weeks of running i don't think i'm really getting anywhere but i'm just being to hard on my self because it only been 9 days.

2.81 mile in 32.17 = 11.29 pace.

Skiing tomorrow... i guess that will work as my cross-training.