My running buddies and I have a track party every single week. It's usually on Wednesday but this week one of the girls had a bike race and so we switched it to Tuesday. We initially had a tempo run but since we are all at different levels and I don't want anyone to get left behind, I decided to just go to the track. We ended up doing 3x1600 with 800 jogs in between each set.
We all meet at my house to get ready and then jog down to the track for our warmup mile. My only goal was to keep each mile repeat around the 7:30 mark. One of the running buddies is almost at my pace in the running game. We usually run our jogs in between each set at the same time and our warmup and cool down miles are at the same pace also. So when we get to the track for speed, I feel as though I'm racing her the whole time. This week was no exception. She told me to set the pace and she would keep up. I'm not exactly sure of all the times but the first one clocked in around 7:16. The second one was at 7:28 and the last one was around 7:40ish. On the last one my Ipod died, so I had to run it with no pump me up music. It was brutal. We ran the mile back home and ended our work out with 6 miles for the day. Those six miles were ran in 51:XX. Not to bad I say.
The race we are training for is Run for Love on August 4. It's a night race, so doing most of our training runs during the evening is really helping me gauge how I will feel at the race. I do like evening races but I'm better in the morning.
I'm planning on running 4 miles this evening after work and then taking tomorrow off and running somewhere between 8 or 10 miles on Saturday.
I hope everyone has a marvelous Thursday.
Angela :)
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Still around
I'm still here, just mainly reading everyone's blog posts.
I have a lot going on and things are getting excited around these parts. I've started training a friend for a 5k race on August 4. She's already a runner, she just wanted to bring down her 5k time. I've been working with her since the middle of June for this race. At the last 5k we did she ran a 26 or 28:00 minute 5k and wants to run somewhere around a 23 or 22:00 5k. At that same 5k race, I ran a 22:46 5k. Where that speed came from is beyond me. But I was excited.
As for the running buddy, we've actually added two more buddies to our group for a total of 4. We meet together once a week, usually Tuesday or Wednesday, for some speedwork at the local high school track and then get together Saturday mornings for our longer runs. It's been a lot of fun running with these ladies.
I've come to find comfort in knowing that someone else is running with me. I ran by myself for the longest time and about two weeks ago, I attempted a long run one Saturday morning by myself. I started way later than our usual start time and I guess with the heat, the being by myself, and the humidity, the run was awful. I cut it short and had the hubs come pick me up after 9 miles of running. The next week, I was back with my running friends, and the 8 miles went by way to fast. I'm loving running with people. I'm honestly looking forward to marathon training. Even though I'm the only one out of our friends running the full, they will still run their long runs with me, breaking up my longer runs where I'm not out there by myself the whole time.
I've also started Tapout XT. I did all but two days last week. My whole body was aching and I just didn't think I had it in me. Also my hip has been giving me problems, so I decided to cut back and let everything just rest.
Today I plan on running 5 to 6 miles after work, just because I feel the need to run. I'm itching to get out and hit the pavement for a relaxing (crazy I know) run and just let the stress of this past week and the stress of the past weekend, run away (pun intended).
Also my girls are still out of town. They have been at their grandmother's for almost a month (tomorrow will be one month). I saw them for five days at the beginning of this month but when we left to come home and the girls stayed there, I think I cried harder than they did. I never thought I would miss them this much, but I do. I'm looking forward to Saturday. They will be home on Saturday.
I hope you all are doing great. I'll try to stop by more often, I promise.
Angela :)
I have a lot going on and things are getting excited around these parts. I've started training a friend for a 5k race on August 4. She's already a runner, she just wanted to bring down her 5k time. I've been working with her since the middle of June for this race. At the last 5k we did she ran a 26 or 28:00 minute 5k and wants to run somewhere around a 23 or 22:00 5k. At that same 5k race, I ran a 22:46 5k. Where that speed came from is beyond me. But I was excited.
As for the running buddy, we've actually added two more buddies to our group for a total of 4. We meet together once a week, usually Tuesday or Wednesday, for some speedwork at the local high school track and then get together Saturday mornings for our longer runs. It's been a lot of fun running with these ladies.
I've come to find comfort in knowing that someone else is running with me. I ran by myself for the longest time and about two weeks ago, I attempted a long run one Saturday morning by myself. I started way later than our usual start time and I guess with the heat, the being by myself, and the humidity, the run was awful. I cut it short and had the hubs come pick me up after 9 miles of running. The next week, I was back with my running friends, and the 8 miles went by way to fast. I'm loving running with people. I'm honestly looking forward to marathon training. Even though I'm the only one out of our friends running the full, they will still run their long runs with me, breaking up my longer runs where I'm not out there by myself the whole time.
I've also started Tapout XT. I did all but two days last week. My whole body was aching and I just didn't think I had it in me. Also my hip has been giving me problems, so I decided to cut back and let everything just rest.
Today I plan on running 5 to 6 miles after work, just because I feel the need to run. I'm itching to get out and hit the pavement for a relaxing (crazy I know) run and just let the stress of this past week and the stress of the past weekend, run away (pun intended).
Also my girls are still out of town. They have been at their grandmother's for almost a month (tomorrow will be one month). I saw them for five days at the beginning of this month but when we left to come home and the girls stayed there, I think I cried harder than they did. I never thought I would miss them this much, but I do. I'm looking forward to Saturday. They will be home on Saturday.
I hope you all are doing great. I'll try to stop by more often, I promise.
Angela :)
Monday, April 30, 2012
Cheetah Chase 8 Mile Race Report
Saturday was a busy day for me. I decided early in the week that with (what I thought was an 8 a.m. start time) I could do this race and be back home in time to get Monkey to her 10:15 soccer game. So the decision was made, registration form was filled out and pizza was eaten the night before. I laid out everything the night before so I could be ready to go by 7, since I didn't pre-register for this race I needed to be out there early enough to be ready for the start.
Now remember at the top I wrote how I thought it was an 8 a.m. race start. I was wrong and read the form wrong. It was an 8 a.m. race start for the fun mile. The 8 and 4 mile race started at 8:30. No biggie. I was already there, paid and was waiting to go, so I sucked it up, reevaluated my time plan and just decided to go straight to the field from the game. The hubs would have to get the girls ready for their games but that shouldn't be a problem, I had everything laid out the night before.
So the director of the race goes over the ground rules and points out that they marked the course as best as they could but there was still a lot of roots and stuff and that the trail was a single trail, which meant that going around people was going to take patience. He finally yelled go and off we went.
It was trail race in all sense of the word trail. I decided to just follow people as long as I could without feeling like I was on their butt the whole time and pass when I could. The course was very pretty but with all the roots and stuff, I kept my eyes down the whole time. At the 3.5 mark, the four milers went on to the finish line while the 8 milers kept on trucking. I did end up having to walk some during this race because it was a lot tougher than I was ready for and my legs where killing me.
I ended up finishing the race in an hour and 9 minutes. I was very happy with that time because I had given myself an hour and 15 minutes to finish. I came in 2nd place for my age group (30-39). I'll definitely be back to do this race again next year. It was tough but so much fun at the same time.
Afterwards, I drove like crazy to get to Monkey's game. Since she is on the U6 team, they don't keep score but she is loving her first season of soccer.
Then we headed over to the other fields for Bug's game. Her team lost by two points but it wasn't because of effort. The Warriors played hard and I was very proud of them. Soccer season is busy for us right now but I'm loving every minute of it.
Angela :)
Now remember at the top I wrote how I thought it was an 8 a.m. race start. I was wrong and read the form wrong. It was an 8 a.m. race start for the fun mile. The 8 and 4 mile race started at 8:30. No biggie. I was already there, paid and was waiting to go, so I sucked it up, reevaluated my time plan and just decided to go straight to the field from the game. The hubs would have to get the girls ready for their games but that shouldn't be a problem, I had everything laid out the night before.
So the director of the race goes over the ground rules and points out that they marked the course as best as they could but there was still a lot of roots and stuff and that the trail was a single trail, which meant that going around people was going to take patience. He finally yelled go and off we went.
It was trail race in all sense of the word trail. I decided to just follow people as long as I could without feeling like I was on their butt the whole time and pass when I could. The course was very pretty but with all the roots and stuff, I kept my eyes down the whole time. At the 3.5 mark, the four milers went on to the finish line while the 8 milers kept on trucking. I did end up having to walk some during this race because it was a lot tougher than I was ready for and my legs where killing me.
I ended up finishing the race in an hour and 9 minutes. I was very happy with that time because I had given myself an hour and 15 minutes to finish. I came in 2nd place for my age group (30-39). I'll definitely be back to do this race again next year. It was tough but so much fun at the same time.
Afterwards, I drove like crazy to get to Monkey's game. Since she is on the U6 team, they don't keep score but she is loving her first season of soccer.
Then we headed over to the other fields for Bug's game. Her team lost by two points but it wasn't because of effort. The Warriors played hard and I was very proud of them. Soccer season is busy for us right now but I'm loving every minute of it.
Angela :)
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
I thought this was Recovery Week
So I've made it to week 5 of Insanity, also known as Recovery Week. I'm not sure if Shawn T. understands what recovery is suppose to be, but I'm in some serious pain. My arms and shoulders have never hurt this good. I'm really happy to have made it this far though and the pain that was in my hip has seem to disappeared so I'm going to stick with Insanity. I realized I've only really made it through two days of Month 2 before I gave up, so I'm determined to make it through the whole month this go around.
Plus it's bathing suit season and I want to look hot in my new Victoria Secret bathing suit.
This evening I'm planning on running 4 miles and then doing Insanity. I'm really enjoying my running at the moment. I think before the half marathon back in March I was starting to get burned out on running. Taking some time off and finding exercise again has made me realize how much I really love it.
Angela :)
Plus it's bathing suit season and I want to look hot in my new Victoria Secret bathing suit.
This evening I'm planning on running 4 miles and then doing Insanity. I'm really enjoying my running at the moment. I think before the half marathon back in March I was starting to get burned out on running. Taking some time off and finding exercise again has made me realize how much I really love it.
Angela :)
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Lunch Time 5 Miler
Whatever problems I was having with my right hip are almost gone. That means I've back to running at the pace that I'm comfortable with (8:00ish) and I'm able to go further and longer. It also means I'm back to running on my lunch break. Well that and it's spring time. It's hot but not unbearable just yet.
Yesterday I had 5 miles on tap but because I didn't get up in time to go running before work (must work on this) and didn't bring my stuff to go on my lunch break, I decided I would go in the evening. Well family time got in the way and I ended up pushing my run back until today. I still did Insanity. I'm on week 5, which is the recovery week before the hell of month 2 begins. I've only made it through one week of month 2 before calling it quits so I'm hoping to get through the first month and JUST DIG DEEPER!!!!!
I decided to go on my lunch break but when 12 rolled around and the weather didn't seem to want to heat up past 60, I decided to take a chance and hope I didn't freeze to death in my shorts and tank top. It was the windiest five miles I've ran in a long time but I was able to pull out a 41:19 5 mile run, which means the pace was around 8:15. I don't think I ever saw a 9:00 minute pace but it got close when I felt like I was standing still in the wind.
Speaking of Insanity. This is suppose to be a recovery week, but I'm more sore again after last night's workout. His recovery week is really all about control of your core muscles. So you hold posses longer, you do the same exercise a little bit longer, you control your speed to work your muscles but at the same time take it a little easier so you can recover from the first 4 weeks before moving into the last 4 weeks. I'm a dead woman next Monday.
Angela :)
Yesterday I had 5 miles on tap but because I didn't get up in time to go running before work (must work on this) and didn't bring my stuff to go on my lunch break, I decided I would go in the evening. Well family time got in the way and I ended up pushing my run back until today. I still did Insanity. I'm on week 5, which is the recovery week before the hell of month 2 begins. I've only made it through one week of month 2 before calling it quits so I'm hoping to get through the first month and JUST DIG DEEPER!!!!!
I decided to go on my lunch break but when 12 rolled around and the weather didn't seem to want to heat up past 60, I decided to take a chance and hope I didn't freeze to death in my shorts and tank top. It was the windiest five miles I've ran in a long time but I was able to pull out a 41:19 5 mile run, which means the pace was around 8:15. I don't think I ever saw a 9:00 minute pace but it got close when I felt like I was standing still in the wind.
Speaking of Insanity. This is suppose to be a recovery week, but I'm more sore again after last night's workout. His recovery week is really all about control of your core muscles. So you hold posses longer, you do the same exercise a little bit longer, you control your speed to work your muscles but at the same time take it a little easier so you can recover from the first 4 weeks before moving into the last 4 weeks. I'm a dead woman next Monday.
Angela :)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Thoughts I've Never Thought I'd Have
The hubs and I were talking last night while I was doing the warmup to one of the Insanity workouts. We got to talking about Boston and destination marathons. He innocently suggested that making Boston a destination marathon. I explained to him that you had to qualify for Boston and it wasn't a race that I could just signup for on the sly. He then said that if I ever qualified, then we would go to Boston so I could run the marathon and also see a state that both of us had never seen.
So now I have thoughts of trying to qualify for Boston. I'm not going to attempt it next year, since I'm doing my first marathon next year, with a friend who has suggested trying to beat 4 hours. I have a feeling I can, possibly, if I train smart and not become injured, beat 4 hours in the marathon. But I'm thinking of making 2014 the year I try to qualify for Boston so the hubs and I can go.
On another note, I'm coming back from a hip injury. I really don't know what exactly happened but I had a really bad pain shot through my leg on a 3 mile run about 3 weeks ago. I took the rest of that week off and started Insanity to help stretch out my hips. Ever since then I've kept an eye on my pain level in my hip and this week is the first week I've ran pain free. I'm also on week 3 of Insanity and I'm starting to see my abs come back in and my running is becoming stronger.
Also on April 28, I'll be running in my first 8 mile race. It at my local zoo, which is exciting because I've always wanted to go over there and run. My mom will be running it also. It's suppose to be a trail run but trails in my area are pretty easy to navigate so I won't be purchasing trail shoes for this run. I'm also planning on wearing my black running skirt and a cute colorful top that I have.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Angela :)
So now I have thoughts of trying to qualify for Boston. I'm not going to attempt it next year, since I'm doing my first marathon next year, with a friend who has suggested trying to beat 4 hours. I have a feeling I can, possibly, if I train smart and not become injured, beat 4 hours in the marathon. But I'm thinking of making 2014 the year I try to qualify for Boston so the hubs and I can go.
On another note, I'm coming back from a hip injury. I really don't know what exactly happened but I had a really bad pain shot through my leg on a 3 mile run about 3 weeks ago. I took the rest of that week off and started Insanity to help stretch out my hips. Ever since then I've kept an eye on my pain level in my hip and this week is the first week I've ran pain free. I'm also on week 3 of Insanity and I'm starting to see my abs come back in and my running is becoming stronger.
Also on April 28, I'll be running in my first 8 mile race. It at my local zoo, which is exciting because I've always wanted to go over there and run. My mom will be running it also. It's suppose to be a trail run but trails in my area are pretty easy to navigate so I won't be purchasing trail shoes for this run. I'm also planning on wearing my black running skirt and a cute colorful top that I have.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Angela :)
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Insanity
I recently started over on the Insanity project. I'm in my 2nd week and the pain is starting to subside and I'm starting to feel the effects of Insanity. Clothes getting looser, feeling really good, have lots of energy. The only problem I'm having is my right hip. It's bothering me to no end. I have been really good at stretching it and I've started using patches of icy hot on it at night after my workouts. That makes it feel amazing but if I go for a run, the pain isn't as intense as it was, but I can sure feel it later in the evening and especially at night when I roll over or try to sleep on my right side. It feels bruised. Ugh, driving me crazy.
So I haven't been running as much but I have been doing Insanity every day except Sunday because that's my rest day. This time I'm hoping to make it through the second month. The last time I got to the second month, I was only able to get through the first week and it was just too much for me. This time, I'm actually putting running on the back burner to do Insanity so I can see the results.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter.
Angela :)
So I haven't been running as much but I have been doing Insanity every day except Sunday because that's my rest day. This time I'm hoping to make it through the second month. The last time I got to the second month, I was only able to get through the first week and it was just too much for me. This time, I'm actually putting running on the back burner to do Insanity so I can see the results.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter.
Angela :)
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