Mileage reporting 24th week 2014

Weekend wrap: Saturday - kicked off the morning with the local running club. Nice chatty run for most of the way, and then I found myself with one of the quicker runners in the group. He decided to try and catch a kid who was out in front of us and picked up the pace. After a couple hundred metres at under 4 min/km pace I remembered two things. 1) I had promised myself I was going to take it easy and look after my sore ankle, and 2) I have no business trying to run with people who can wipe the floor with me without even trying. I pulled the pin and ambled to the finish. The surf forecast was poor, but the reality was much, much better, so I raced home to get my board so I could sneak out for a surf before my daughter woke up. It was my lucky day - Australia were playing (well, losing to) Chile in the world cup at the time, so the usual crowded bedlam of main beach turned out to be a nice cruisey surf with a few others. Freezing feet by the end of it. Hello winter.

Sunday - I decided to give my regular 11km route a go and test out the ankle. It was quite stiff to start with and I almost bailed, but I took it easy and ran to the point where it loosened up. Big headwind on the way out, and some wind assisted speediness on the way back. I'm not sure if running was the best idea, but I'll rest now for a couple of days and hope it keeps improving.
 
6.4 miles yesterday and 4.6 this morning.

I scared a deer today and the deer scared me good too. Was running down a trail and scanning for rocks and all and when I looked up, I see something big and brown apparently bouncing towards me, then I shook my head and saw that the deer was bounding away from me, not toward me.
 
rode my bike to school except for friday. i wussed out cuz of the rain. then got home and took a good nap. also walked every 20min break we got.
walked dogs for an hour yesterday and debating doing it again today. have to go study for finals.
 
6 miles today on flooded streets. Ran a leg for a marathon relay team from work in the pouring rain. It was fun running through the puddles while the shoddies ran around them. A very labored run though as I came down with a flu bug on Friday. Lots of coughing left my throat so dry that I lost my voice, my wife is happy about that. Not so if one is running, could not reply to all the barefoot comments, they were all positive so I just gave them a thumbs up as thanks. I arrived at the exchange zone right on my predicted time which surprised me as I felt really slow due to suffering with flu bug, felt light headed a few times. Now to medicate myself and rehydrate with a few IPA's.
 
15 km, slow and steady. Some pull-ups along the way. (Yes, en courant; I call them flying pull-ups :)). Lots of comments about my lack of shoes. Perfect weather. Good times.
 
rode my bike to school except for friday. i wussed out cuz of the rain. then got home and took a good nap. also walked every 20min break we got.
walked dogs for an hour yesterday and debating doing it again today. have to go study for finals.

WUSSED OUT CUZ OF THE RAIN??? Whoa...dude, WHO are you and what have you done with MIKE??? :eek::eek::eek:
 
2.5 miles pavement. Some weird yoga moves along the way. Looked like I was peeing in the middle of the road. :) Had a couple swigs of whiskey before I ran - cuz there is nothing alcohol and running can't make better.

Haha...the original performance enhancing drug lol
 
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6.57 miles today STG...felt really great...was supposed to be a 5 mile run on the trail, but my day got away from me watching World Cup matches and got too late to drive to trail and complete the run before sunset.

Did the first mile and a quarter on the local track, which is extremely uncomfortable to run on, its hard as concrete with a thin layer of very course sharp sand bordering on gravel...see pick below...its like running on concrete with a thin layer of sharp, non-cushioning gravel on top.

That track forces me to run with proper form, as pushing off hurts a lot, and not landing softly and picking the feet up quickly above 180 steps per minute hurts a lot too.

I had previously only ran a bit under 3 miles STG on concrete, so I wanted to start on that torturous track to get proper form set in before attempting such a big leap in STG concrete miles.

Worked great...no problems at all doubling my previous miles on concrete. :)


Each mile I improved my mile split time...first mile was at 13.28 mm...last mile was at 9:53 mm...peak pace for the last quarter mile was 7:19 mm.



I think I don't really get warmed up and settled into a rhythm until I've ran at least 5k. :-/



YTD miles: 168.5





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Nice run Steve and thanks for the pic. I'm always curious about what other BRSers are running on. A few more months and I predict you won't even notice that surface. I still struggle with larger gravel and rough chip seal.
 
Well, that swim never happened. I got taken out to dinner by a daughter and son-in-law early Saturday evening, then today I worked in the garden some. By the time I had done "weeding squats" for a couple of hours, I knew that it would be best to call it a day since I have a long run tomorrow.
 
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Skipped the trail again today due to time constraints...had a good long slow run though 10.3 miles on pavement..slow pace, about 12:30 a mile average, some faster, some slower...just got into a rhythm and enjoyed the scenery :)

Very happy with my running this weekend.




Miles YTD: 178.8
 
Nice run Steve and thanks for the pic. I'm always curious about what other BRSers are running on. A few more months and I predict you won't even notice that surface. I still struggle with larger gravel and rough chip seal.


Thanks Rick...was a great weekend!


That track surface hurts so much cause there is no give under that coarse sand..it sits on top of hard pack so the only give is into one's skin lol

Running on pavement is like a little slice of heaven after a mile or so on that track....oddly, coarse gravel does not bother as much as that track lol


If anyone in Socal wants to give it a go as a training aid, its the quarter mile track behind the Junior High at Roosevelt and Jeffrey...Take the Jeffrey Rd exit off the five, go East, and make a Right on Roosevelt...school is on the left....good times :)
 
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sandy trails became very easy for my feet
I ran 80 km in 4 days
I guess I was tired at the end cause I lost my balance and my right foot fell on a bad rock
now I got abad pain in the arch, no run for the coming week,
maybe I'm gonna learn to cook or do more yoga