I am tired of the snow! At least it has come on a decent day... Still working with the sore foot & some chafing from the worn out Under Armour. Guess it's God sayin to rest today. Hopefully back out on the road tomorrow?
***Update***
It did stop snowing... nothing stuck, it's just aggrivating, LOL! Hopefully I will be back up on my ankle & over the chafing soon so I can get back out on the road. I also did some internet searching, I think my foot issue is a stress fracture of the talus (or talas, not sure how it's spelled).
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Weekly Data Points
Here's the data for my first runs back on the road after the massive thaw out we had.
Count: 3 Activities
Distance: 25.22 mi
Avg Distance: 8.41 mi
Time: 04:53:25 h:m:s
Avg Time: 01:37:48 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 4,486 ft
Avg Speed: 5.2 mph
Avg HR: 167 bpm
Calories: 4,793 C
Median Distance: 8.13 mi
Max Distance: 11.84 mi
Median Time: 01:33:38 h:m:s
Max Time: 02:22:38 h:m:s
Avg Elevation Gain: 1,495 ft
Median Elevation Gain: 1,493 ft
Max Elevation Gain: 2,085 ft
Elevation Loss: 4,650 ft
Avg Elevation Loss: 1,550 ft
Median Elevation Loss: 1,561 ft
Max Elevation Loss: 2,130 ft
Max Avg Speed: 5.5 mph
Max Speed: 12.1 mph
Max Avg HR: 173 bpm
Max HR: 185 bpm
It was a pretty good week of runs, though I did experience some pain... my left calf & foot still ache from my 13 miler where my GPS messed up, but I am handling it okay. Hopefully back out on the road next week.
Enjoy!
Count: 3 Activities
Distance: 25.22 mi
Avg Distance: 8.41 mi
Time: 04:53:25 h:m:s
Avg Time: 01:37:48 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 4,486 ft
Avg Speed: 5.2 mph
Avg HR: 167 bpm
Calories: 4,793 C
Median Distance: 8.13 mi
Max Distance: 11.84 mi
Median Time: 01:33:38 h:m:s
Max Time: 02:22:38 h:m:s
Avg Elevation Gain: 1,495 ft
Median Elevation Gain: 1,493 ft
Max Elevation Gain: 2,085 ft
Elevation Loss: 4,650 ft
Avg Elevation Loss: 1,550 ft
Median Elevation Loss: 1,561 ft
Max Elevation Loss: 2,130 ft
Max Avg Speed: 5.5 mph
Max Speed: 12.1 mph
Max Avg HR: 173 bpm
Max HR: 185 bpm
It was a pretty good week of runs, though I did experience some pain... my left calf & foot still ache from my 13 miler where my GPS messed up, but I am handling it okay. Hopefully back out on the road next week.
Enjoy!
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Feb 27th Run (Week 6, Run 70)
Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Feb 27th Run (Week 6, Run 70)
Click the link above for my run from this morning.
Man, a half marathon is as long as it sounds! If you look at the track at the link above, you'll see it came out to 11.84, or something like that, miles. I had a GPS error. I looked down at my wrist and noticed that somehow the stop button got pressed. So, there is a bit of time & mileage that didn't get counted. I know it ran fine all the way out, so it was on the way back, around 8.9 miles... not exactly sure how long it was stopped though. I know I ran out 6.5 miles, so it should've come to 13ish miles total.
Worn my new shoes today. Unfortunately, it looks like I may have to buy a new set of quick laces. Quick laces are this bungee cord material with one of those plastic squeeze lock things to hold it tight. It allows the shoe to be tight to the foot, but expand as your feet swell with the pounding of the pavement. I wore the regular laces today and had to stop a couple times to retie my shoes.
I wore out my first pair of Under Armour compression shorts. The material, I guess from the friction & constant washings, has began to pile. It's no longer smooth, which caused some chafing today... not fun!
All that after working the overnight shift!
In case ya'll want a beautiful area to go walk through, the town of Steinalben is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! It kept me pushing forward to see what else I'd get to discover! Will definately have to go walk though this area & just take my time to enjoy the scenery one day as the weather gets better.
Click the link above for my run from this morning.
Man, a half marathon is as long as it sounds! If you look at the track at the link above, you'll see it came out to 11.84, or something like that, miles. I had a GPS error. I looked down at my wrist and noticed that somehow the stop button got pressed. So, there is a bit of time & mileage that didn't get counted. I know it ran fine all the way out, so it was on the way back, around 8.9 miles... not exactly sure how long it was stopped though. I know I ran out 6.5 miles, so it should've come to 13ish miles total.
Worn my new shoes today. Unfortunately, it looks like I may have to buy a new set of quick laces. Quick laces are this bungee cord material with one of those plastic squeeze lock things to hold it tight. It allows the shoe to be tight to the foot, but expand as your feet swell with the pounding of the pavement. I wore the regular laces today and had to stop a couple times to retie my shoes.
I wore out my first pair of Under Armour compression shorts. The material, I guess from the friction & constant washings, has began to pile. It's no longer smooth, which caused some chafing today... not fun!
All that after working the overnight shift!
In case ya'll want a beautiful area to go walk through, the town of Steinalben is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! It kept me pushing forward to see what else I'd get to discover! Will definately have to go walk though this area & just take my time to enjoy the scenery one day as the weather gets better.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Feb 25th Run (Week 6, Run 69)
Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Feb 25th Run (Week 6, Run 69)
Click the link above for my run from this morning.
I think I learned a few things on my run this morning:
- I think you can run too slow. I was running and my pace was way down, and my knee started hurting. I picked the pace up & the pain subsided. Weird, huh?
- I think I need a new pair of shoes. The outside edge of my left foot started hurting about mile 7. I checked when I got home & sure enough, the cushion on the sole has worn WAY down... like dangerously worn in my opinion. Wonder if this is what has been causing my knee pains.
- I think 8 miles for my second day back on the road was a little too ambitious. I had to walk a couple times, which really didn't bother me. My pace was still way slow, which I fully expect to last at least a little while longer while I strengthen up my legs from that dreaded elliptical machine.
All in all, not a bad day of running though!
Click the link above for my run from this morning.
I think I learned a few things on my run this morning:
- I think you can run too slow. I was running and my pace was way down, and my knee started hurting. I picked the pace up & the pain subsided. Weird, huh?
- I think I need a new pair of shoes. The outside edge of my left foot started hurting about mile 7. I checked when I got home & sure enough, the cushion on the sole has worn WAY down... like dangerously worn in my opinion. Wonder if this is what has been causing my knee pains.
- I think 8 miles for my second day back on the road was a little too ambitious. I had to walk a couple times, which really didn't bother me. My pace was still way slow, which I fully expect to last at least a little while longer while I strengthen up my legs from that dreaded elliptical machine.
All in all, not a bad day of running though!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Dwindling Time
45 days, 14 hours, 57 minutes, 45 seconds. My marathon experience is almost upon me!
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Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Feb 24th Run (Week 10, Run 68)
Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Feb 24th Run (Week 10, Run 68)
Click the link above to see my run from this morning!
Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you, The Great Thaw!
Man, it was nice to get back out on the roads today. I have decided, I DISPISE the elliptical though. While I admit, it kept me in some kind of running shape, even doing hill repeats on the machine, I managed to lose 7 minutes off my goal pace. Got to kick it in to high gear now and get that time back for the big race... 9 more weeks of training to go until I suit up and jog my chunky body through the streets of Paris.
My route was pretty much all clear of ice, except for 2 spots. 1 is right around the bridge area where I turn right before entering Linden and is about 25-50 feet of mostly patchy ice. The other is on my uphill climb as I round the corner from the bridge. This one is the one that worries me. It's on a pretty steep incline and it's a pure sheet of ice, probably 7"-10" thick... may take awhile for that one to thaw. It's about 100', so the entire uphill portion. At least it's not the downhill portion of that hill too. That'd be treacherous.
I feel a little tingle in myright knee, the one I suspected I have Illiotibial Band Syndrome in, but there is no pain. Hopefully the time on the elliptical actually helped in that aspect. We'll see tomorrow when I run my 8 miler. That'll be out & around the church in Horbach & back. Hopefully this weekend I can go out with the camera and take pictures of my route out to 10 miles & back, so ya'll can see what I see. No such luck on the Paris one though... but hey, ya'll can always come for a visit and we'll head out there and you can see it first hand! LOL!
Enjoy!
Click the link above to see my run from this morning!
Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you, The Great Thaw!
Man, it was nice to get back out on the roads today. I have decided, I DISPISE the elliptical though. While I admit, it kept me in some kind of running shape, even doing hill repeats on the machine, I managed to lose 7 minutes off my goal pace. Got to kick it in to high gear now and get that time back for the big race... 9 more weeks of training to go until I suit up and jog my chunky body through the streets of Paris.
My route was pretty much all clear of ice, except for 2 spots. 1 is right around the bridge area where I turn right before entering Linden and is about 25-50 feet of mostly patchy ice. The other is on my uphill climb as I round the corner from the bridge. This one is the one that worries me. It's on a pretty steep incline and it's a pure sheet of ice, probably 7"-10" thick... may take awhile for that one to thaw. It's about 100', so the entire uphill portion. At least it's not the downhill portion of that hill too. That'd be treacherous.
I feel a little tingle in myright knee, the one I suspected I have Illiotibial Band Syndrome in, but there is no pain. Hopefully the time on the elliptical actually helped in that aspect. We'll see tomorrow when I run my 8 miler. That'll be out & around the church in Horbach & back. Hopefully this weekend I can go out with the camera and take pictures of my route out to 10 miles & back, so ya'll can see what I see. No such luck on the Paris one though... but hey, ya'll can always come for a visit and we'll head out there and you can see it first hand! LOL!
Enjoy!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
A Special Day
I just wanted to let everyone know that today is World Cancer Day... Take time to do something for those you know who are battling this beast, beat their cancers, or something for the families of those who've lost loved ones to this horrible disease!
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