So, as you probably noticed, I've not blogged since June 28. The reason is because I was happily vacationing for the whole Independence Day week on Whidbey Island.
Needless to say, it was a doggy haven on the water. BEAUTIFUL weather all week long too.
I attempted to stay ontop of my training also...
The day I got there, Sat June 30, I did the 6 mile long run.
See? There I am running with my mom's whippet, Michiko.
Stats...
DISTANCE: 6 miles TIME: 59:44 minutes PACE: 9:59 minute/mile
My mom agreed to play the role of a mobile aid station for me, driving by at 30 minutes with my water bottle. It worked out great! The funny bit about this run was when I was happily chugging along, when out of nowhere a miniature dachsund came charging at me. Not knowing how serious the little dog was, I leapt over the little dog and looked back, the dog was still after me, so I sprinted away from it. Man that was alot of work after running 4 miles.
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On Monday, July 2 I did hill ascents up a grassy slope here at Fort Casey
I did 8 nonstop laps of hard runs up the slope and jogging back down the slope. Ofcourse I also did a 10 minute warmup run to the fort from our rental house, and a 10 minute run back home again.
Stats...
warm-up
DISTANCE: 0.91 miles TIME: 10:04 minutes PACE: 11:02 minute/miles
laps
1) DISTANCE: 0.11 miles TIME: 0:50 minutes PACE: 7:45 minute/miles
2) DISTANCE: 0.11 miles TIME: 0:52 minutes PACE: 8:18 minute/miles
3) DISTANCE: 0.11 miles TIME: 0:56 minutes PACE: 8:57 minute/miles
4) DISTANCE: 0.11 miles TIME: 0:56 minutes PACE: 8:57 minute/miles
5) DISTANCE: 0.11 miles TIME: 0:59 minutes PACE: 8:55 minute/miles
6) DISTANCE: 0.11 miles TIME: 0:59 minutes PACE: 8:55 minute/miles
7) DISTANCE: 0.11 miles TIME: 0:57 minutes PACE: 9:05 minute/miles
8) DISTANCE: 0.11 miles TIME: 1:00 minutes PACE: 9:40 minute/miles
cool-down
DISTANCE: 0.98 miles TIME: 10:03 minutes PACE: 10:15 minute/miles
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Happy Independence Day!!
Wednesday, July 4 was a 35 minute run. It was getting a little late in the day, but I was planning on running late cause it was a really warm day. The only thing I didn't count on was the wind picking up. I simply did a 17:30 minute run away from the house, and then turned around and headed back. The return run was directly into the wind... it was pretty intense.
Stats...
DISTANCE: 3.52 miles TIME: 35:02 minutes PACE: 10:01 minute/miles
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Saturday, July 7 was a little disappointing for me. I was supposed to do a 10 mile run... and had determined the day before that the lake our rental house was next to was circumvented by a ~5.5 mile road. I was going to circle the lake twice, and walk back to the house in a cool down over the final mile after I hit the 10 mile mark... once again my mom was going to play the mobile aid station and drive by every 30 minutes to allow me a drink of water.
Unfortunately, after a strong start (first 5 miles I was going faster than a 10 minute mile pace and feeling great), at approx 7.2 miles I found my knee suddenly and painfully stiffening up on me, just like on that 6 mile run about a month ago.
I tried walking it out, and then running again, which allowed me to run about 20 more feet before the knee seized up again. I continued the run/walking for about .5 more miles before the mobile aid station came by again... and I admitted if I kept it up I'd be doing more harm than good. I gave up at about 7.8 miles and climbed into the car.
So sad.
Stats...
DISTANCE: 7.8 miles TIME: 1:25:15 PACE: 10:46 minute/miles
After the run, we packed up and headed home.
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Sunday, July 8 my mom helped me run another garage sale with the remaining items I still had in my garage, and we did really really well!! About twice as well as my first (rained out) garage sale. THANKS MOM!
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Monday, July 9 track session again. We were doing slightly different hill ascents. It involved a lap around the track, and then a hard run up the hill, and then a walk downhill to begin the next lap. Coach Joe was telling me to take it a little easy due to my inability to run 10 miles the previous weekend. I only had to do 4 laps of this course instead of the 6 my fellow inexperienced marathon runners were doing.
Stats...
warm-up
DISTANCE: 1 mile TIME: 10 minutes PACE: 10:00 minute/mile
laps
DISTANCE: 1.83 miles TIME: 18:54 minutes PACE: 10:22 minute/miles
cool-down
DISTANCE: 1 mile TIME: 10 minutes PACE: 10:00 minute/mile
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Wednesday, July 11 another 35 minute run. I have to mention my plantar fasciitis plagued foot was KILLING me this morning. I decided to run anyway. I tried to take it easy though.
Stats...
DISTANCE: 3.29 miles TIME: 35:04 minutes PACE: 10:40 minute/miles
AND... that's all folks! We're all caught up! I was supposed to do a 30 minute run today, but I'm going to attempt that tomorrow night instead to give my foot a little more time off to heal.
3 comments:
Good for you on keeping up with the training while on vacation. I too tried to keep running while on my vacation, but it was difficult as it topped 100 degrees most days I was there. Running in 94 degree full sun is much different from running in 60 degree overcastness. Ugh. So mostly I didn't do much but lay around like a slug.
I did some slug impressions on my vacation too, but my mom was adamant that I keep up with my runs, no matter how tired I was. Looks like she is now considering walking the Portland Marathon too while I attempt to run it (I believe she'll do really well walking a marathon actually).
and heck, if my knee doesn't stop seizing up on me, I may be walking the derned thing too!
It was fun being your mobile aid station. Garage sale was lots of fun, too.
hopefully i'm not being too crazy by thinking i can walk the marathon.
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