Runner's Forum: The Official: Training Summary Start Up Thread

kdogg -- Hey. My best 5k time is around 17:30, but that was in highschool. I haven't really run too many 5k races since then since we did 8k in college. Right now I'm trying to get back into the shape I was in my freshman year when I did a 28:26 8k on a very hilly course. I am currently running in the Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 shoes that I got from a running store I live nearby. I'm taking a couple days off to take care of my knee and try a 5k on the 26th to see what I can do for time. In terms of the ITB, I was a little inconsistent in the beginning of my training, and I think I pushed myself a little too hard in the last couple weeks in terms of upping the miles a lot and going hard on my speed workouts.

 

Took the day off today. I'll be back at it Friday.

Another 35 mile bike ride this evening and another day of putting off getting a second opinion on surgery for my knee. The riding feels great, but sooner or later I think I need to deal with the knee definitively.

chiggy - Yeah, I've pretty much decided to hold off on my marathon in the fall and rest my knee. Fortunately, all my close freinds are physical therapy students, so I can take advantage of some free advice. Looks like its going to be the swimming pool for me for a bit.

hill workout last night x 6 hard up and walk down -just over 3.4 miles total.  thought my heart was going to pop out of my mouth!  slightly easier than my last hill workout, so must slowwwwwly be getting better/stronger. 

rest today and 10km fun run London on Sunday.

 

xxemmaxx - great job!!! I just started running back in April and I couldn't run for more than 1 minute at a time. when I do my long runs I try to keep with a consistent 3 running to 1 walking. The other night I pushed myself to see how long I could run without a walk break and I went for 15:40!! You'll be there sooner than you think - just be consistent with your training.

 and you go girl! hope your date goes well. i've never been asked out while running, but my husband does give me 'the look' more often since i've been running.

 

Hey LexB-- Thanks for the great advice. I need to focus on the training and stop worrying about the weight.  I do feel much stronger and I can run much further than when I started out. So, that is a huge, huge plus.  

 Today was a great workout day. I had a burst of energy and combined  a 3.5mi run with some serious strength training.  I know I will be hurting tomorrow.  But my plan is to take a nice hot bath and rest tomorrow.  I need a break.

Going to shoot for a long run either Sat or Sun. 

xxemmaxx:  Keep cranking along.  It is surprising how adding on more miles gets easier. 

 

Rest day for me as well. Should be 6 miles tomorrow and 13 on Saturday.

Rememberly: I'll venture a guess. I think if you push yourself for speed on the 5k, I think you'll be around 21:15. Maybe even a bit faster. Your pace runs seem to be about equal to mine (8:15 or so). My last "speed" run for 3 miles (not quite 5k) was 20:08. I think you'll surprise yourself. Post after the race and let us know how  you do!  

10 today, my knee hurt again today so I'll have to keep an eye on it

I'm going home tomorrow for the weekend. I am so tired of living in the city, Lubbock isn't exactly big, pop. 200k, but there isnt even a stop light where i'm from so it seems big to me. I desperately need to get back to the country for a bit. You know so I can see my dogs, ride my horse, fish, and i guess I might see my parents too ;). I may go out to some of my old HS running trails.

6 miles in just over 48 minutes.

Rememberly, I think kdogg is right. I've yet to do "speed work" in my runs. Last year when I was doing almost weekly 5k's, I knocked my time from 25:00 to a PR of 20:24. (and I'm about your age). So go kick some butt for the older guys.

Remeberley i too think you will be very pleasantly surprised,.i really increased my mileage from my half  marthon to when i ran the 5k and didnt do any speed work,. i agree with k-dog because my pace for the half was 9:17, then the 5 k i ran was a whopping 7:26,. my guess is a sweet 21:07,.good luck..let us know,. and

Good luck too all who are racing this weekend,. there seems to be a lot of people racing this weekend.,  and welcome to all the new runners. this is a  great site with a wealth of info from some extremeley knowledgeable runners.

brooklyngrrl, i started running a year ago april,at 257lbs,.currently i am at 190lb,. when i started it was with the intent to loose the weight, but i quickly realized that it was the satisfaction of knowing i was improving my physical conditioning and the enjoyment of being outside running in nature and the great people i was meeting that ultimately kept me going,. just concetrate on enjoying your runs and the weight loss will come naturally for you.  lexb is right .

had rough couple days with humidity and my knees adjusting to new shoes,kept mileage low for couple runs to let them adjust to new style of shoes.  did 9 mile last night and knees finnaly felt better, think i will do 1 more 6 miler tonite, then 4 mile hill run tommorrow , and 17 miler sunday,.lookin forward to the serinty of the forest and river,.gonna head out around 0400 and wake up the birds.

 

 

ten miles nice and easy. I met up with the girl and one of her (well, both of our) friends and ran with them for about four miles or so. When they were done I finished up the rest on my own.

Tomorrow is the race I was planning on peaking at for the summer, but since i injured my achilles, I won't even be racing in racing flats. We will see what happens

Last long (ish) run before the crazy relay race (which is next weekend). Did an 8.4 mile loop with some hills and a bit of trail in 1hr15 mins approx, bringing me in at about a 9 min mile pace. That was 'easy/tempo' and it felt great, I'm very happy with my time. Was going to extend my run to 9 miles and hit some trails but my knee started bugging me so wanted to get back and ice, and not push it this close to the race.

FBP - check out some of the girls posting - while I am not that fast I am making 9min mile pace on 7-8 mile runs. I'm sure Burgalurg is too - and others (it's kind of hard to work out whether some people are male or female from their nickname). Aldiara's cooking on gas too!

While I do appreciate that at the elite level men are faster than women - there are stacks of good female runners out there that can kick butt and to who 8 or 9 min mile pace is a walk in the park (literally).

Kdogg- shoes not so brilliant today - (Don't know whether to blame them for my 'twingey' knee) they were rubbing quite badly at the heel. Guess that's just breaking them in and they are trail shoes so they do have to be a bit tougher I guess. But I now have a sore on the back of my ankle : ( I'll keep using them on shorter runs to get past that and hopefully will come good. Other than that they are still good!

One last, random question - where does all the snot come from when I run?! I haven't had a cold in ages, I am in no way sick now, but whenever I go running I constantly need to blow my nose to clear out huge quantities of mucous that seem to be produced. Where does it come from? Does this happen to anyone else?

lexb i hav same problem, including very thick at base of throat that i cant seem to clear up or down,.i asked doctor , and there reply was that due to the amount of time i was spending running,  i was ingesting more of the polen and allergenic material in the air and that distance runners hav a tendency to develop "exercise asma and or allergies" due to the large exposure to the air contaminates.  not sure if i agree with them, but i hav the same problem and i dont hav any other explanation,.

 

awesome gfinkelde,. dont know if humidity is as bad there as it is here, but i did a 1hr speed work out this morning , and breqathing was difficult with the air quality and humidity,.. cant imagine 100k in it,. hope all did well on todays races,. can't wait to hear the results.  17 miler planned for mornin for me,.leavin out at 0430 to try and beat heat n humidity.   drove the course with car after track work this morning and mile 6 to mile 11.5 is one long,. steep uphill,.sigh..but what goes up must come down and i need the hard work on hills for marathon course,.there is an 8 mile down slope in beggining of marathon  and all the advice from the previous runners are to train on the hills to build the quads,. so next 8 weeks i will be concentrating on 1 killer hill run each week. next sunday is local 5k with family,. then no more races untill marathon,. kdogg..i am startin to love these 859's, little heavier then my 892's, but now that my knees hav adjusted to the difference, i think they will serve me well,. hope the achilles held up for ya..

Well I didn't live up to your predictions in the 5K. I finished in 23:43. 6:30 for the first mile, 14 flat at mile 2 . . . and then came the hill to the finish and I just didn't have it in me to finish strong up the hill. The positive spin on it is that in five years I have stayed in shape and am running longer and stronger than ever before. Also, the race had age category prizes for overall winners and town resident winners. I was the first home town male finisher age 40-49 yrs. old. So I won a $20.00 gift certificate to a local restaraunt. My wife is happy because we have a date for lunch sometime and my kids think I am a superhero because they heard my named announced as a winner. All in all a pretty good day!

 

I ran 5m in the morning and then had a race at night. I ran the race pretty well, it was a very controlled effort with a bit sporadic splits, but I got it done. The only problem is, the cops who were directing the traffic directed a lot of people (like 60) the wrong way. Unfortunately, I was one of em.

4m race - 20:55 (4:57 - downhill, 5:20, 5:30, 5:05 - slightly uphill). My time is actually an estimate. I was making a push to catch one of my teammates and he ran 20:38, I figured I was about 50-75m back when I took the wrong turn (which was with about 400m to go). I was in 5th or 6th place when I got misdirected. 

I'm pleased. Like I said, this wasn't an all out effort, it was a pretty hard run and I felt good most of the way.  

16 miler today, planned on 17 but the course i had picked to run took a bigger toll on me then i expected,.there was a 5 mile hill climb at mile 5 to 10 and it beat me up pretty good,. then i missed the road i was supposed to turn on and crossed into the next hills by mistake and had to back track over another 2 miles of steep hills,.by the time i hit 15 miles i was grabbin my cell phone n callin the wife to bring me water and i blew off the last mile when she arrived. i started at 0500 but humidity was still unreal..felt crappy when i started run today but wanted to try n tough it out ,.almost made it..junkie dont give up ,. this week has been tough running with the humidity and heat,. and we all have some bad days,.it will pass and you will hav better days.

Ran 4.00 miles/walked 2 miles (came out later than usual could not deal with the sun and the beach-goers on the boardwalk).

Kudos for taking first place rememberly!  Awesome job.  

lexb -- my nose is always running -- Especially on long runs and it does'nt matter what the weather is like. I have to wear a sweat band on my wrist because it is so gross.  I can't stop it.  There may be something to what pappypage's doctor said, because  I am asthmatic and I constantly have to deal with phlegm in my throat or a runny nose --  especially on long runs. 

Ran 10 mi today. Had weird ankle pain towards mi 7.  This is my first distance run since February. Not my greatest run, but I am happy that I made it to the end.  Trying to get back to my 9:25 pace before my next 10K race at the end of August.   

 

4/9 double today. Needed a break from long running so took a nice easy double day

10km Hyde Park run on Sunday.  Manged to finish without walking - approx 64mins.  felt good/consistent, although glad when it was over.  If 10km is tiring not sure how I'm going to get thru the half in September - practice, practice, practice!

Seem to have been quite  few races - well done to all.  Your mileage is impressive - 18miles?? are you guys human?!!

 

4 miles today in 34:41. This week the mileage increases again 4 today, 8 on Tues, 4 on Wed, Rest on Thurs, 17 miles on Saturday. I get tired just thinking about it, but I've been slowly building and feel confident that I can go the distance.

Junkie99, you do need to listen to your body and if you do not feel that you are ready for the marathon, then you may have to give yourself some more time to get ready. But you can't make that decision after one bad long run. Stick with it and see how you progress. I know after I ran 16 miles I wondered how I'd be ever able to run another 10 when it comes to marathon day. (And still wonder.) But I am going to trust my training schedule. I have never run a marathon so I really do not know what to expect, but I am going to keep working hard and try my best to finish in 4 hours. Right now if I run at a pace around 9+ min/mile I have been able to keep going. If I try to go too fast on the long runs, that's when it gets really hard. So I stay at my comfortable pace and I do OK. I do not know how it will all play out when I get above 20 miles, but I'll face that when it comes. For now I just take each training session at a time, try to enjoy the run/challenge, and remember my other goal that goes beyond the marathon - staying fit. I nail that goal everyday I get up and go for a run. So, all that to say, Junkie99, don't give up!

Oh, I saw a Great Blue Heron today on my run. It was wading by the edge of a pond I ran by.  

Ran 5.2 miles.  Will take it easy this week for my Half Marathon on Sunday.

15/5 double today. Felt okay, but was going really easy on both of em.

115 miles for the past week! Feeling alright 

8 miles is 73:29 (9:10/mile). Didn't really want to get up to run this morning, just felt lazy and tight. But dragged myself out there and ran.