Training Log

I'm such a wimp, 30 degrees outand I ran this on a tredmill.

It was snowing?! So ran this on a tredmill. Started out with the speed at 6.2 and ended with 6.8. Did some weights - leg press, leg extensions, and hamstring curls.

50 degrees and sunny! It was a great very very easy run. I can't wait to start increase mileage. Followed this with a painful 20 minutes of core work.

My knees were hurting (already!) Decided to do 20min elliptical and 25min bike along with some upper body lifting instead of a run.

A nice lazy Saturday morning! I love Spring when I can run at noon and its not too hot. Jogged/ran this in 31.55. Not bad considering my primary source of calories last night was Easter candy...

Felt really tight so I did some yoga after. I don't know if that is a good idea or not.

Happy Easter!

This was supposed to be just under 6 miles, but I forgot to make a turn and it ended up being a much longer run. Oh well, it felt great and the weather was nice and sunny and I'm not really tired at all and I feel pretty fantastic. I'm worried about adding too much too soon so I'm not going to add too much?

After the run I went out to Easter brunch with some friends :-D

3.4 slow recovery-ish miles from my longer-ish run yesterday. It's definitely spring time - saw a cardinal, red wing black birds, and some male mallard ducks along the river. I can't wait for the bunnies to come out - I'm pretty sick of squirrels.

A quick 20 minutes of upper body weights after.

This run was supposed to be 5 slow miles but ended up being 2.5 really really fast miles (I swear almost my 400 meter pace.

Anyway, I run after work on a really beautiful (usually quite populated) flat trail by a river behind my work building. Last summer I saw a few weird things - like a man and a safari hat rummaging in the woods with a crowbar ect. There's a guy who like to play the bag pipes too. Usually it doesn't really bother me. Anyway today I got really paranoid - I see this guy way ahead of me and it looks like he's not in running clothes and he's walking on the trail. I'm about 400ish+ meters behind him and he looks back in my direction and then starts to run with his big jacket flying in the breeze. He stops at a trail map and gets really close to it so I can't see him anymore. Too close to the trail map to actually be reading the trail map? I'm not close enough to see anything well at all but I get creeped out and paranoid and turn around and sprint the 1.25 miles back to the gym at work. The worst thing is that while I'm sprinting I look back and I see that he is now running towards me. I don't think I've ran a faster mile in my life.

My boyfriend thinks I'm crazy and it's all in my head but I don't think I want to run around my work after work anymore?

My other options are to run on the roads around my apartment (country-ish roads, but I'm near a high school and a middle school) before work, or after work.  I don't have a problem with mornings, I leave for work at 7:30AM. I don't know when I'd have to get up...5AM? Is it light when people run in the morning? Is that safe? Do people get up earlier?

My other option is to run on the roads around my apartment after work. I'm afraid I'll get home and loose all motivation once I get back from work and see a nice comfy couch. I get home at 5PM.

I guess a third option is to still run at work. The really nice part is that my work has a gym and I can lift weights after. If I run at home I'll have to adjust and figure out a way to get some lifting in.

I think my new route is going to be much harder on my legs being all road instead of trail. Oh well, I'll get used to it. I feel so much safer now though. I still really want to start running before work  but I'm not sure how I feel about running when it's dark before the sun rises...

Another 3.4 miles - how boring! I've only started to run this route this week and I already feel like a need a new one. I did lots of abs after while I watch some Wheel of Fortune - I haven't seen that show in forever. I also stretched a lot before and after my run and my knees felt so much better.

I'm really enjoying running again. We'll see how I fair when the weather isn't 50-60 and sunny :-P

Tomorrow is my rest day.

Rest Day!

Tried some new ice cream - Ben & Jerry's oatmeal cookie chunk - It was pretty fantastic.

Another 3.4 miles. My legs felt great but my breathing was harder - probably normal after a rest day?

I could hear my stomach the whole entire run! This morning I tried 2 graham crakers with peanut butter. I guess that wasn't enough. Last weekend I tried wheat toast with pb one day and 1/2 a bagel with pb the other and both felt too heavy. I wonder what is in between?

 Tomorrow I plan to do a longer run, I'm pretty jazzed :-D

Probably 10min/mile pace and it was another beautiful day.

It is supposed to rain for the next 3 days. I'm not sure what to do, I'm afraid I'll wimp out and I won't run.

3.5 miles at 9:13-9:22 pace on the treadmill at work as it was a windy rainy day and I'm still a wimp.

Followed the Boston Marathon online at work today (I guess wasn't very productive today) - I wish I could have watched it on TV. I wonder where I can find it!

I ran in the rain today! I feel so proud and kind of like a real runner :-P

I ran faster than usual because I could feel it raining harder and harder. I think I accidentally did a tempo run? It was fun, I think I'll do more of these. I hope I don't have to pretend that it's going to pour everytime. Ran the 2.7 miles in 22:30 (8:19 pace).

Did 15 minutes of abs. Tried some pushups - but only managed to do 7 - oops.

Owwww. Everything below the knee was screaming today! Soothed my aches with some Hawaiian pizza after.

I was feeling daring so I ran my loop - but in the opposite direction. I know it's earth shattering. I think I like my original way better - it ends on a pretty nasty uphill instead of starting on a easy downhill.

 My legs were pretty achy. I think I'm getting some swelling/fluid build up in my outside lower shin/ ankle area. During my run it felt really tight and after my run it hurt to touch. Good thing Friday is a rest day.

 Hot morning 80 degrees and really windy.

Really really slow running today. My calves felt tight and painful for 3 miles! Then all of a sudden it went away. Does it take my legs 3 miles to warm up??? That would be terrible, because that's all I run for now :-P

One of the streets I ran on was having a giant neighborhood yard sale. It felt like I was running through a wal-mart isle. I was very tempted mid-run to buy lemonade from a kid, but I don't normally run with money.

Felt great!!

I bought ice cube trays this weekend. I can't believe I didn't own them. Now I can ice my calves and shins and complain a little less.

 I think I'm going to do some x-training on the bike tomorrow.

45 minutes on the stationary bike in the gym at my work. I just picked the "random" setting and put it on level 7. I don't run with an MP3 player so listening to music while I work out makes it extra special. I also had a magazine in front of me, but I was struggling with level 7 which made it quite difficult for me to be able to focus.

 Followed by 20 min. of abs and TV and leg icing.

I think I'm in the very early stages of shin splints :-( I haven't been adding mileage, and I added a cross training day. I don't know whether to keep going along like I am or to dial it back a bit. When I was a sprinter in college I always had shin splints. I guess I was hoping my legs would react differently to longer distances.

Ran on the treadmill today - my legs like it much better

1 mile slow

2 miles fast

1 mile slow

.5 mile walking cool down

Then stretching, icing, and abs

Aside from some AM push-ups (I went from 7 to 10 in one set!) today is a rest day.

My left shin has been hurting and it really scares me. I had a stress fracture in college from the stress of being a triple jumper. I know my shin pain  isn't a stress fracture and that shin pain is normal. However, I've been getting some weird ankle swelling, calf tightness, shin pain, and other lower leg problems, so today I'm forcing another rest day on myself. I'm not throwing in the towel, just  trying to be extra conservative.

I did 45 min. of yoga for runners from yogadownload.com and it really loosened my legs up. The plan for today is calf massages and ice.

Tomorrow I really want to go for a run.

Ran 3 miles in 26:30 minutes (might have been too fast) while the roommate biked beside me. Fantastic weather and the 2 days of rest made my legs feel terrific!

At this early stage I definitely think my problem was not enough rest. I only planned 1 rest or x train day a week and I think I would really benefit from 2 or 3 for now. Let's see how restless I get :-D

 Tomorrow I will bike!

45 minutes bike at the gym. I did the hill program on level 7 - this was much more difficult for me than running.

I bought a calf sleeve a while ago and it arrived in the mail. I plan to wear it on the leg that I fractured a couple years ago and the one that currently feels icky (scientific term). I don't know if it's a good idea, will cause muscle imbalances between left and right calves, ect. but I'm gonna take it for a spin Wednesday.

What a great run! Ended up being  9:30 pace. Until today I have never seen another runner out while I was out. Today I saw 5 runners and 3 cyclists.

The agenda tonight is to eat cake and watch the series finale of Scrubs. I'm so sad to see it go.

So tired today - probably from my longer run yesterday. 

Tomorrow is a rest day - getting my hair cut and picking up my graduation gown after work tomorrow.

I'm glad I got this run in! It was either really windy and rainy the rest of the day.

6.69 miles in 1:02:12. This was the hilliest windiest run in all my life.

Happy Mother's day! I had flowers delivered to my Mom yesterday and I'll be calling her today. I don't think she has had flowers delievered to her (at least as long as I've been alive). I hope she likes them!

Oh my goodness - it felt like I was dragging a two year old around with my lower left leg it felt so heavy. I'm glad tomorrow is a bike at the gym day (even though it's supposed to be beautiful out). 

45 min. on the bike at the gym followed by some yoga to loosen up my muscles a bit. Overall it was a great day!

No complaints here! Just a boring run.

 I'm planning to run a 5k this Sunday - Do people taper/take it easy the day before a 5k (even though it's not a very long race?). 

Went out to ice cream after work instead of running :-0 Had 2 scoops of death by chocolate and 1 scoop of bananas foster - and that was a small!

 I'm going to try running before work tomorrow. I run in the mornings on the weekend...but never THAT early. It'll be an adventure :-D

I don't why but I was SO nervous to try running in the morning. I was out the door by 5:50 AM and it was a beautiful morning. I had plenty of time to get ready and I was even 10 minutes early getting to work. My legs feel so much better when they haven't been at work all day - I guess I'm on my feet a lot.

Temperature: 48 and windy.

Woke up at 5:45AM got ready and ate a bowl of oatmeal, a banana, and a spoonful of pb. (I heard my stomach at mile two; maybe I should eat more, or have less time elapse before the race, or was it too full?)

My roommate and I picked up a friend who was also running at 6:45AM. We arrived at the parking lot at 7:20 after getting lost for awhile – even though we used a garmin to get us there.  I, of course, was freaking out :-D. My friend had to register for the race thankfully the line was short and we were warming up by 7:40.

The start of the race was pretty terrible – I had to weave around so many people even though I was fairly close to the front – it makes me so angry! The course was downhill and with the wind for the first 1.5 miles and the last 1.6 miles was uphill and into the wind.  

First mile: 7:36
Second Mile: 7:46
Last mile+: 9:35ish I guess the strong wind and hill really got to me. I do confess to drafting off of the guy in front of me though for this last part.

Post-race I had 2 cookies and a banana to balance out the cookies. We were too cold to hang around so we hoped in the car and drove to dunkin doughnuts where I ordered a medium hazelnut coffee and a chocolate kreme doughnut to soothe aching calves thanks to the hillish course.

Overall I’m happy with the way everything went. Despite the hills and wind I shaved about 3 minutes off of my last years 5k! This is only my second 5k and I know I have so much experience to gain.

A train  interrupted my run half way through it.  I didn't want to wait for it so I decided to just jug around the neighborhood really slowly for about an hour.

40 minutes on the bike at the gym.

The original plan was 6 miles but, by the time I was able to run it was 90 degrees outside. I also ate wayy to many mini almond joy candy bars before I headed out. Needless to say I felt sick - so I cut my run short and will do the 6 miles tomorrow! Lessons learned.

So much going on this graduation I'm happy I got this one in!

A great morning run. I'm surprised it went so well, I ran all my miles on the weekdays so I could take the weekend off of running to pack and of course - graduate. Today was my last run in NY for a while. I can't wait to run in my hometown again.

Came back home last night at 10pm to find the toilet had a crack in it and leaked all over the floor. What a great way to be welcomed home. We only have one bathroom so my parents stayed in a hotel. 

 Was fun to run in my home town though!

Nothing too special. Saw an old friend I haven't seen for 4 years and stopped running to talk for a few minutes.

Went to my parents gym because it has been raining all week. It was so hot in there I could wring my shirt out when I left.

Got new shoes this week too. The other ones were giving me blisters in my arch. There is a new balance factory store realatively close by :-D

Such a low mileage week and to sum up my excuses - this week has been crazy with moving out of my college apartment, flying to CA for 2 months (tomorrow), and it's been cold and rainy.

So in this past week and 1/2 I graduated from college, moved everything I own from New York to  Maine, and then flew out to California to visit my boyfriend. I'll be here for over a month!

I haven't done a track workout in two years - since I got a stress fracture on the track team. I was a jumper and  a short sprinter so long distance track workouts to me are foreign.

1 mile warm up.

4x400 (1:44, 1:39, 1:41, : 139) with walk 200m jog 200m rest in between each.

2x200 (46.50, 46.10) with walk 200m in between.

1 mile cool down.

As my first track workout in forever, I didn't worry about times, just wanted to see  where I  am.

6 miles? I have no clue how far we went :-( but we ended up running for 55 minutes. I need a garmin so badly.

Another estimated distance :-( Did a tempo-ish faster run. I have to look up running routes around here...

It's national running day and the only day of the week I wasn't planning to run. Whoops.

 30 min. bike and an ab workout.

5 miles? No clue. It's impossible to map my run because we ran on so many bike trails. Beautiful though!

I'm thinking of getting the garmin forerunner50 at costco soon (gotta find someone with a membership first).

For my long run today I found a marked out 10k bike trail. The plan was to do the trail one and a half times but I ended up just running it twice. Probably not the best idea ever... I couldn't stop myself though!

4.5 miles along the bike path by the American River.

This loop was so hard. The last three miles are all uphill!

So so so so tired and sore!

Rest day! I decided to not even cross train today. I got invited to play a pick-up game of soccer tonight but declined. I'll have to change my rest day so I can join in :-D

There was a big russling in the woods and then a squirrel dashed across the path...I swear the squirrel touched my foot. I was supposed to run more than 6.5 miles but I'm a big baby and I jumped at every russling there after. I think I'm going to buy a cell phone holder tonight. I'm from Maine - nothing in Maine is poisionous and now I'm in California... I'd rather have moose and puffins anyday :-D

Hiked 5.6 miles in three and a half hours. We started at 6900 ft and hiked to 8650 ft and back. There were three pretty lakes at the top and snow. Way too much snow. Cross training?

4ish miles. My boyfriend was supposed to check the distance on his new nike+  thing but we were down three flights of stairs when we realized he left one of the necessary parts in the apartment. Yes we are quite lazy, but there will be other days.

4 miles again - still trying to calibrate nike + . It was 1/2 a mile off, could be normal?

A slow slow 3 miles this morning. I played a rough game of intramural soccer last night starting at 9:00PM and I was tired.

5 miles that ends with a mile hill, I love to hate this loop.

6 miles along the American River bike trail. It was beautiful and there were so many people out this morning.

First long run of Hal's marathon training plan. 10:47 min/mile pace. 

5.8 miles in the AM and a soccer game at night (we lost 2 to 0).

3.8 slow miles - I'm always sore after soccer even though it's a lot of running it's so different!

4 miles it was so hot out this morning. Went rafting today and now I'm pooped! 

Was supposed to do my long run of 11 miles but I got a late start and it got way to hot outside. I stopped early and did a slow and sweaty  6 miles. I stopped a few times to hand out in the shade. With stops I ended up running the 6 miles in 1:04. I'm planning to try the long run again tomorrow!

I'm definitely planning to run a 4th of July race this Saturday. I can't decide if I should run the 5k or the 10k.

Ran 5 miles at 10min/mile pace with my boyfriend. I stopped for three minutes to use the bathroom and drink some water and then ran the last  6 miles alone. Hope it counts!

3.8 slow miles. I'm resting Friday and then I have my first 10k on Saturday!

I'm not sure whether "Race overall Place" is for women or women and men. Out of 230 people I placed 86th and out of 111 women I placed 19th. My average pace was 54:42.

Saturday was a beautiful day for my first 10k race! I didn't really have a time in mind, I just wanted to come out of it feeling good.

My boyfriend and I started the morning with a good mile warm-up, stretches, and a few warm-up drills. We lined up close to the front, closer than I've ever been before. The first part of the race was on the road and after the first 1/2 a mile to mile or so it snaked onto a dirt bike trail. Some part of the trail were very holey and rocky and I felt like I was running a trail race. I can't imagine that the people pushing the strollers got past that stretch! After the rocky parts we ran parallel to the river which distracted me from my side cramp for awhile. This race was so hilly. The trail was marked with markers in miles and in km and I got pretty confused with splits so I ended up with no individual mile times. I do know that I kept the pace for most of the race for the first 4 miles and I slowed down to a crawl for the fith mile.

The path entered another rocky patch and I saw my boyfriend who finished before me (49:48) who came back to tell me to push it because the finish line was just behind the bend in the road. I sprinted the last 200m in my best college sprinting form (probably my 400m pace) and I heard people saying "wow she's running fast." Whoops.

I had way too much in me in the end. I need to learn how to push myself better but overall I'm very happy about this race!

So painful!

Ever since my long run last week my knee has been so painful, I haven't been able to run for the past three days. The tendons (?s) on both sides of my knee start to feel tight and hurt and when flexing and impact with the ground. When I'm in the middle of a run it feels like I won't be able to bend  or straighten my leg all the way.  Once I stop running I don't feel it anymore.

Not sure what to do, I was hoping three days of rest would cure it! It got better, but not much.

It's my birthday tomorrow! I'll be spending the weekend in San Fransisco. I was hoping to do a run from my hotel across the San Fransisco bridge but I'm not sure anymore.

4 miles in along The Embarcadero in San Fransisco.  I've never been to San Fransisco and it was such a good time! I thought my knee was better but after running in the AM and walking around for hours I could barely move my knee joint at all. I'll be biking/resting/icing all of next week.

Used the exercise bike for 40 minutes and did lots of upper body weights. Maybe I can use this time to get some biceps :-D

I have been biking, lifting my upper body, icing, stretching, anything but running this week! I even went kayaking for 2 hours this morning! It's been so hard not running.

My first time running in about two weeks. Ran a slow two miles. My knee hurt by the end of it, so I'm icing after. By my symptoms I feel like it's an IT band issue?

I really wanted to run a 10k this weekend, I'm home and my parents really wanted to see a race. Still tempted to try...

Still not able to run :-(. Marathon is definitely out. Can't really cross train either, I don't have a gym membership and I'm moving to Michigan for grad school in a week and a half. Not sure what to do really.

Tried out the knee with a 10 min. jog. I haven't ran in forever!

I finally caved and bought a foam roller after my Sunday run. My knee still hurt after 5ish weeks of rest. I now want to marry the foam roller and have little high density foam babies.

Another 2 miles :-D  I'd say I didn't run further than this because of my knee, but in reality it's because I'm really out of shape.

I really don't like this every other day running stuff. It feels so lazy and I forget that I ran two days ago. But, if my knee likes it, I like it.

Increased my mileage a whole .5 :-P Felt good.

Such a beautiful day! I didn't plan on hitting 3 miles quite yet but a train blocked my route home for awhile so I decided to run a little bit more.

Three miles this morning. My knee hurt by the end it, I guess I'll back off a bit :-(

I ran with the mid-Michigan track club. I'm not sure if this goes under the category of good ideas. It was awkward because I didn't know anyone, but it was fun and I pushed myself harder than I would have done alone.

The workout was 3x1 mile. We started every 12 minutes (speedier people did 10), so the slower you ran, the less rest you got). The course was in a cemetery and it was surprisingly hilly. I'm not sure of my splits yet as they haven't been posted and I didn't have enough brain oxygen to remember anything. I think they were something along the lines of 7:36, 7:45, 8:10...I know I ran 10 to 20 seconds slower each time and I was one of the last ones to finish the last mile. I'm definitely not in shape to run any sort of negative splits.

 There was no knee pain whatsoever! I'm just kinda sore everywhere else :-D

This is probably my favorite route I've found since I've moved to Michigan. It's a simple 3 mile out and back but it goes past two schools and it feels pretty safe. At the turn-around there are plaques with information about planets on them and I assume they are spread out to scale. I forgot to look for Pluto. Anyway, I ran to the moon and back.

My knee feels super :-D

Three miles in the morning. I think very soon I'm going to stop this running every other day thing.

I decided to run 4 miles today, 3 miles was getting too short.

I decided to run two days in a row today and to break the every other day thing. I sat through 7 hours of "orientation" for grad school and I just had to get out and move after.

First day of graduate school tomorrow!

4.3 miles. The sun rises here so late so I ran after school -- so tired!

4 miles this labor day morning. It was fun because there was less traffic - I guess everyone else slept in.

I'm thinking of signing up for a 5k thats this Sunday :-D

The plan was to jog for 5 minutes, run harder for 5 minutes, jog for 5 ect. for 3 miles to try to get my legs moving for the possible 5k on Sunday. I ended up getting a nasty side stitch during the first 5 minute hard section so the run turned out to be - run until I get a side stitch and jog until it goes away ect.

I signed up for the 5k on Sunday! I'm definitely in no shape for a PR but I'm excited!

Today I ran slowly - for some reason once I get a bad side stitch in one run - it's easier to get them in subsequent runs.

An easy three miles...Even though it's just for fun I think I'm taking tomorrow off before my race on Sunday.

I knew that I wouldn't PR today...I didn't think I'd win my age group!

Mile 1: 7.56

Mile 2: 8.11

Mile 3.1: 8.43

I lined up right near the front - it was a smaller race of 350 or so, so it wasn't that difficult to get up there. Right at the start about 7 or so women passed me- we stayed in that order until the finish - although I almost caught up to one at the end.

The course was all on paved bike trails and it was very pretty. My only issue was that there was one out and back hairpin turn that was around a cone on the narrow trail which wasn't very fun.

I don't see how people can do detailed mile by mile reports - I never remember much. Basically I went out at a good pace - my stomach gurgling the entire way (I really need to fix this), let some people go ahead of me with the intention of speeding up after the first mile, didn't speed up although I think I could have, and then the race ended and I got a massage :-D

I was pretty surprised to see that I won my age group and I recieved a shiny medal at the end. I also won a door prize (a long sleeve T that's too large) and ate way too much. The MSU women's basketball team helped out with the race and the winners had to get their pictures taken with them. I can't wait for the pictures to be posted.

Nothing too interesting, which is a good thing.

A quick run before the sun went down. I had a slice of pizza and 1/2 a beer with some grad school friends before I ran - my run felt really good, maybe I'll always do this pre-run :-D

Felt like nothing! I think I'm going try out 5 or so this weekend.

Wanted to do 5 miles but the road I was on randomly ran out of sidewalk. I chickened out and turned back a bit early.

Such a beautiful day! I ran 7 very slow miles and took 2 2ish minute walking breaks just to enjoy the weather. I think it's supposed to rain all next week :-(

So incredibly humid today, about 80ish%

I signed up for another 5k on October 4th :-D.

A picture of me (and my medal) and the MSU basketball team from the last 5k. I'm as tall as some of them!

I was supposed to run yesterday, but I didn't. My heels are starting to hurt?! I think it's because I stand all day in the lab and then run...

Woke up and did not want to run. But, as it usually goes, felt much better after!

It was raining and 50 degrees...I chickened out and ran on the treadmil. The whole time I was thinking that I should have ran outside. I did 1.5 miles at 9 min pace, 1.5 miles at 8 min pace, 1 mile at 9 min pace and hopefully that adds up to 4 miles.

Today was absolutely perfect fall running day :-D

Went out for ice cream after as well.

3 cold and rainy - but fun - miles.

5k race on Sunday!

A PR (by almost a minute!?) I got a mug for getting in the top five of my age group, I really needed one too. I'm really not happy with this race though - I did several stupid things today.

I started the morning eating so much oatmeal. It was so good with strawberries and bananas in it but I ate until it hurt...such a bad idea.

I also didn't really know what to wear. The morning started out being in the 40's and slightly rainy. By 10AM when the race started the weather was in the 50's and not rainy. I ended up wearing shorts with a long sleeve black under armour type top. I was.sweating.so.much.

Me in the upper left (number 457). I do look less in pain then the rest of the people I'm running near :-D

I had a really good warm-up, usually I'm too timid. I lined up fairly close to the start, aparently close enough. A guy wearing JEANS stepped in front of me. I should have moved up...

Worried that I lost too much time weaving through runners wearing jeans I ran a really fast first mile...at 7:30 (which includes the 15 seconds I spent standing in place after the gun went off...).

The second mile was a really a bad one. Pain hadn't  set in yet but I doubted myself and thought very negatively the entire mile which ended up being 7:49.

The third mile I was wheezing and side stitching and complaining. I definitely gave up, I even told myself I gave up! The third.1 mile was 8:56, and several people in my age group whizzed by me at the last few yards.

My splits don't add up to my time and I was even quite diligent with my watch this time. Maybe they didn't start my time until I crossed the start line?

After the race..my neck glands hurt and I couldn't breathe in all the way without coughing. I did some cool down stuff,  ate some food, and headed home.

Took two days off then decided to try out the MSU running club. The girls all ran 6 miles so I had no choice :-x Felt really good though (for now at least...). As it gets colder and colder it's more fun and motivating to run with others.

Ran with the running club again.

We started out with a 1.5ish mile warm up.

The workout was 7x400m on the track with 1.30 rest. My 400's ranged from 1.30 - 1.45

Being a grad student has made me an inconsistent runner. I took the last two days off to study for a large molecular biology test on Tuesday.

Today I ran 7 miles, not because I super wanted to, but because I woke up early and there were unannounced guests sleeping in the living room / kitchen area. Got back at 9:30am and everyone is still asleep. 

Still quite inconsistently consistently running. Ran 6 miles with the running club - tommorow is a day off due to my 7:30PM molecular biology exam :-(

Five miles with the running club.

Great track work out today.

 1 mile warmup. 400m, 800m, 1200m, 800m, 400m with 400m jog inbetween each. I didn't time my splits except for the last 400m (1:44). It felt like I was running much faster. 1 mile cooldown.

Before the run I put a bandaid around my 2nd toe because of a blister...the bandaid ripped all of the skin off of my big toe and my third toe. I've only got one good toe left.

7ish miles in 1:06. 27 degrees this morning. I don't have a problem with the cold and I dressed perfectly except my wrists felt like they were freezing. Maybe some wrist warmers will be in my future.

When will I learn that the running club does longer runs on Monday and that running a longer run on Sunday before this long run is a bad idea...Ran 8 miles in the same time it took me to run 7 miles on Sunday. Felt good though!

1.5 mile warmup then 4 1,000's on the track with a three minute break inbetween.

4:20

4:12 

4:16

4:20

(we were supposed to do 5 of them, but we chickened out)

1 mile cool down

 Cold, rainy, and dark. I felt too good after this workout...I should have pushed the tempo a bit more.

1 mile warm-up

4 mile tempo (about 7:30 pace-ish)

1 mile cool-down

5.8 miles in 54 minutes. I know I've ran a lot this week but I just needed to get out today. I could definitely feel yesterdays tempo run in my legs.

6 miles at a pretty fast pace. I'd give you my total running time but my watch is in my room and I am way too lazy to move right now..

1 mile warm-up

6x800m (3:20pace)

1 mile cool down

I signed up for a 5k trail race this Sunday (the day after halloween...eewww). I've never done a trail race before so I'll see how it goes!

A slow relaxing 5 miles with the running club. 

Just an easy 9min/mile.

Happy halloween!

Ran a "5k" today. It was 1/2 a mile too short :-O

 I ran whatever the distance was in 20:29.

Fun morning though!

1.5 mile warm up

5 x 1200m repeats with 2:30 minute rest

 1.5 mile cool down

6 miles in 50 minutes

1 mile warm-up

1 minute fast, 2 minute fast, 3 minute fast, 2 minute fast, 1 minute fast (all with 2 minutes jog inbetween).

1 mile cool-down.

It's a fartlek run? Anyway, it was extremly fun and the workout went by really quickly.

Went out way to fast and felt sick at the end. Such a beautiful and unusually warm (60!) though, so it was great to be outside.

Had a piece of toast before running and started out much slower - a much better experience than yesterdays run!

A track workout!

 1.5 mile warm-up

6x400m meters with 2:30 minute breaks inbetween. I ran each 400m around 1:25

 1.5 mile cool-down

It's been So warm here! I have to remind myself that it's not normal and to not get used to it.

Today we ran around an old golf course to run on some grass to give our legs a rest. It hurt! My ankles and calves are definitely not used to grass.

The other girls in running club are getting ready for a big race this weekend so we just ran an easy 5 miles.

I met a new running friend! We did 7.51 miles at 8min/mile. She's so much faster than me and I had to keep asking her to slow down. It was fun though, I hope she'll want to go again.

Morning run before class - I've been afraid to run in the early morning - now I don't know why, it was a great time :-D

5.5 miles in the dark without a side walk...I was running with 3 other ladies, it didn't make it less scary though! I don' think we will run that route at that time again.

I had an afternoon conference call and by the time I was out of it it was dark and rainy. I went to the gym and ran on the tredmill...with no motivation I managed to eek out a 4.5 mile walk/jog. It didn't help that there was a personal tv attached to the tredmill either.

I've been running so much with other people I think  I forgot how to run by myself. Either that or I'm just really tired. I ended up walking a lot of this - my motivation is gone. Do I need to take a break?  

 I am running a turkey trot on Thanksgiving - hopefully I'll be in better spirits.

Same as yesterday, something doesn't feel right at all.

 My boyfriend is flying up from California for thanksgiving and we are running the turkey trot together. It also means I'll have a running partner all weekend. If that and an endless supply of thanksgiving food/pie doesn't help, I dont know what will :-D

This run felt amazing!

10 minute jog then 5 minutes fast followed by 5 minutes slow repeats until I got back home.

Finished the 4.4 mile loop in 36.36.

I'm also almost at 100 miles this month...I don't think I've done that ever

**Just kidding, I've just never noticed that I've ran over 100 miles in a month**

I usually don't run the day before a race, just a super easy run to try it out.

It's lunch time.. I'll add things later

Ran the first 4.5 miles with my boyfriend and then the last 3 by myself. He's a whiner :-P

7.5 super slow miles.  I keep waiting in the morning for the temperature to get to above 30 degrees. What am I going to do in the colderer weather?!

I usually take Mondays off but I won't be able to run tomorrow so I'm making it my rest day.

4 miles on the tredmill, I have to figure out how to go further on this thing.

First snow of the year, and it snowed on me. I'm so proud :-)

23 degrees F....and I wore way too many clothes. I looked like a took a shower afterward :-D

I did a much better job picking out clothes for my run - I was the perfect temperature. A pretty boring run, but sometimes that's a good thing!

I can't believe it's pitch dark at 5pm now! Ran 4 miles on the treadmill, averaged 8 mile pace (with no incline). My goal is to keep up my running throughout finals week (next week) and through the snow storms we are supposed to get.

4.4 miles, 39 minutes, 12 degrees, very windy, and snow covered sidewalks. I was feeling super hardcore until I saw another runner :-D

I should have really ran out side today. It was 30 degrees and sunny this morning! Instead, I felt a strong urge to watch TV so I ran 5.5 miles at the gym of my apartment complex watching the Today show. It might be the only TV I watch during finals week :-P

I was super excited about running outside today, everything is covered in ice though. 3 boring treadmill miles - the other guy in the apartment gym was watching ESPN and doing burpees...

Finally a longer run! 

Ran with my much faster running friend again. So much to talk about, but I was out of breath the entire time :-D 

 Beautifuly sunny and 22 degrees

1 mile into my run I realized that I didn't turn off my alarm clock, I doubled back to the apartment to prevent angry roommates (who sleep until 1pm!) I went out again and a bit further than I mile when got a pretty bad side stitch - I think I was breathing too shallow (12 degrees out). My jaw was also frozen, which was worrisome, so I doubled back again to the apartment. I think I'll buy a neck warmer over break.

Ran after my last final of the semester and before my flight to Maine! My first flight was delayed 3 hours, and my second flight was delayed 2 hours. I'm thankful I'm not stuck like a lot of people this season.

3.5 Maine miles with the boyfriend. We just beat the snowstorm that started to roll in.

No sidewalks plowed :-( If they were, they were just solid blocks of ice. I've got to find longer routes in my hometown - last time I was here I couldn't run very far!

Same route as yesterday. 19 degrees. Running in the roads, this time lots of oil trucks though...

I was planning to run in the morning, but it was 9 degrees. I'm on vacation so i just lounged around and ended up going to the gym with my parents at 8pm. They don't stay very long so I only got in 3 miles and a little bit of arms & abs.

I could definitely feel the lifting and running I did last night. It was 32 degrees and sunny this morning so I couldn't miss out. I'm still dripping with sweat though. I think that 20 degrees is the better winter running temperature :-D

Gym with the family again. 3 miles & leg lifts. It's pouring and almost freezing outside :-(

 What a low mileage couple of weeks!

I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow (all of them?), I don't think I'll be running for awhile...