Women's training thread - week of 9/28/08

By the way, this was posted over on the masters thread, but may also be of interest to the women who post here:

http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?duid=USATF_2008_09_23_14_08_10

Hello, Humbled!

Good to see you running longer, even if doesn't feel so easy right now. At least you earned your pancakes!

My training has been erratic as I've been traveling too much for my own good. At least that's my excuse. I'm running about 4 times a week now, with a long run of 19 miles this week. Didn't enjoy my long run one bit though--I ran with a new running partner who kept changing pace, and was talking way too much (about the Chinese and conspiracy theories, no less). Anyway, I earned my French toasts, too :)

Humbled,

Good to hear you are "out there". My training has morphed from Freep relay mode to Freep half marathon mode in the past two weeks. Our relay didn't register early enough, so the half is the next best thing, I guess. Brooksie Way is way too hard and way too soon.

I agree that the weather this morning was perfect - yet again. We have enjoyed a fabulous September.

Just returned from the Obama rally in beautiful Downtown Detroit, enjoyed a nice snack at Traffic Jam's, but now I really (and I mean REALLY) need to go shower. It was about 10 degrees warmer in the crowd than out of it. A little cloud would have made all the difference, comfort-wise.

Greetings Humbled and ladies,

Good 5th week of training here, starting over is never easy, even though I have trained and raced for more than 30 years there is nothing like a lingering injury to make one feel like a beginner. Still I would rather be that than not!

Humbled I also did a 10 miler this week as well as 2 8 milers and just looking for consistency as I build base.

Had a drizzly rain misted afternoon run today but was treated to the sight of 3 white tailed deer up close, they were probably wondering why I was running on 2 legs instead of 4 Ha!

I enjoyed reading about Joanie, back in the early 90s she was in a 10km in Atlanta that I had entered and was running just for fun. She came up alongside me asked me what my PR was, I told her 35:35 and she said "whoa you have got some jets." then she just pulled away like I ws standing still.... hmmm... special memory all the same.

Hope you all continue to enjot the Autumn and a good week to you each!

I start my new massage therapy job this week, am excited :o)

mommy mommy wrote:

Just returned from the Obama rally in beautiful Downtown Detroit, enjoyed a nice snack at Traffic Jam's, but now I really (and I mean REALLY) need to go shower. It was about 10 degrees warmer in the crowd than out of it. A little cloud would have made all the difference, comfort-wise.

I saw you on TV! just kidding. Go Obama.

Mmm. Pancakes...

I just finished my first of three pre-marathon taper weeks. And not a moment too soon, as I am totally fried after five months of training.

Although now the pre-marathon anxiety is taking hold. I'm trying to do lots of positive visualization, which worked well for me last time around. And trying not to eat too much, which is hard after being able to scarf down around an extra 1,200 calories per day...

I'm also breaking the "do nothing new before a marathon" rule and running in a new shoe model, the Asics Speedstar. The Saucony Fastwitch is just slightly too minimal for the full distance (or at least it's been too little on my 20+ mile training runs). If any of you have run a longer race in the Speedstar, I'd love to hear about how it went.

Cooler weather is on the way. Happy running, all!

Well today's early morning trail run ended quite badly. I was on the 7th mile of an 8 mile run when I got stung by a wasp or hornet on the top of my head. Within a few minutes my hands and feet began to tingle and itch. By the time I got to my car, my whole body itched and welts were beginning to show. I took a couple of benedryles at my car and then decided to drive straight to an urgent care. By the time I got there, my tongue had started to swell as well as my lips and eyes. I looked awful since it was first thing in the morning, no makeup, hair just pulled back, and welts and swelling on top of that. Of course the waiting room was packed. I ended up getting a shot of steroids and a perscription for more steroids. As I was paying my bill, I got extremely light headed and almost passed out. I sat down for a minute until that feeling passed. Before I left, I went to the bathroom and realized I had just started my period. The allergic reaction is pretty much gone now but I just got back from a dentist appointment to have 2 small cavities filled. So what started out as a beautiful morning and a great trail run ended up with a stung head(that still is sore), a shot on my right hip, and 2 shots of novicane in the mouth. I hope everyone else's day and run goes better than mine.

Dear Mind Runner, what a morning you had! I hope you can stay home today, on your favorite plump sofa with a cup of hot cocoa, and feel better. Tomorrow will be a better day!

Thanks for the thoughts. But I'm in the middle of cleaning the house cause I'm trying to sell it. I wish I could sit outside and enjoy the beautiful day. Maybe I'll just go sweep the driveway instead of cleaning the toilets!

You are one tough cookie. I would have cancelled the dentist appointment had that happened to me!

You definitely earned some ice cream points for that.

Quick vacuuming break. I decided it had already been a bad morning so I might as well get the dental stuff done on the same day instead of stretching it out to two bad days. Oh, and when the dentist did x-rays, he saw that 4 teeth that I had another dentist do root canals and crowns on 3 years ago are all BAD. The other dentist didn't clean out all 3 roots in the teeth but only 2, leaving 1 bad root per tooth. So, now because these are bothering me again, I have to have them extracted and bridges put in!!! Looks like several more bad dentists days ahead of me. Sigh.