Born to Run - 4/20

[ceejay]

Happy Monday everyone!

This is a weekly thread for runners who are TTC, that is posted on Mondays. All who run--or who want to start running--are welcome, regardless of mileage, pace, ability, size, shape, or terrestrial status. This is a place to talk about running while TTC, training, runs, races, gear, recovery, nutrition, and whatever else we can think of.

>>> Anyone who posts here regularly should feel free to start the thread on Mondays if it seems to be missing. <<<

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How were your runs this week? Lay it on us...


GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?

[ceejay]

Where are all the runners today? I guess I'll respond to my own thread... haha


How were your runs this week? Lay it on us...
My runs were good this week! I've stayed on track so far with my 10k/half marathon training schedule. My 10k is on Saturday! I'm excited but also a bit bummed because I know I'm not in very good shape yet since it's so early in the running season, and I know I won't be getting a PR at this race. Oh well, hopefully it will still be a fun race and there's beer at the finish line, so that always helps! (even though I'll be finishing the race around 8:30 am... haha)


GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?
Hands down, it was my first (and only) marathon that I did last year. My dad ran the entire race with me, even though he's a much better runner than me and could have run it much faster on his own. It was such a special experience, and we crossed the finish line together hand in hand, and then both burst into tears.

[pinkcat]

How were your runs this week? Lay it on us...
I only had 3, but they were good! I'm so happy that it is finally warm enough to be running outside again. I do the elliptical in the winter, but I never feel like I can get a good enough workout. This weeks runs were 4 miles, 5 miles, and 5 miles. In each of the runs I did walk a half mile, but other than that my times were great (for me) and I was happy that they felt pretty easy. Last year at this time doing the same runs I would have been so sore for days.

Also, this is not trying to be a humble brag at all, I'm just proud since I have been working on this for several months and I'm finally seeing results! I have lost about 14 lbs since the fall (I'm only 5'2 so to me this feels like a lot), and it is amazing the difference in how I feel when I run! I didn't think it would make such a difference but I do feel "lighter" and find running easier now, which I'm happy with.


GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?
The first run of the year is always my favorite! The fresh air, finally getting to be outside, using muscles you haven't used in several months...I look forward to it every year!

[ceejay]

Apr 20, 2015 12:03:22 GMT -5 pinkcat said:

How were your runs this week? Lay it on us...
I only had 3, but they were good! I'm so happy that it is finally warm enough to be running outside again. I do the elliptical in the winter, but I never feel like I can get a good enough workout. This weeks runs were 4 miles, 5 miles, and 5 miles. In each of the runs I did walk a half mile, but other than that my times were great (for me) and I was happy that they felt pretty easy. Last year at this time doing the same runs I would have been so sore for days.

Also, this is not trying to be a humble brag at all, I'm just proud since I have been working on this for several months and I'm finally seeing results! I have lost about 14 lbs since the fall (I'm only 5'2 so to me this feels like a lot), and it is amazing the difference in how I feel when I run! I didn't think it would make such a difference but I do feel "lighter" and find running easier now, which I'm happy with.


GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?
The first run of the year is always my favorite! The fresh air, finally getting to be outside, using muscles you haven't used in several months...I look forward to it every year!

Congrats on the weight loss!!! That's awesome!

[pinkcat]

Apr 20, 2015 12:06:50 GMT -5 ceejay said:

Apr 20, 2015 12:03:22 GMT -5 pinkcat said:

How were your runs this week? Lay it on us...
I only had 3, but they were good! I'm so happy that it is finally warm enough to be running outside again. I do the elliptical in the winter, but I never feel like I can get a good enough workout. This weeks runs were 4 miles, 5 miles, and 5 miles. In each of the runs I did walk a half mile, but other than that my times were great (for me) and I was happy that they felt pretty easy. Last year at this time doing the same runs I would have been so sore for days.

Also, this is not trying to be a humble brag at all, I'm just proud since I have been working on this for several months and I'm finally seeing results! I have lost about 14 lbs since the fall (I'm only 5'2 so to me this feels like a lot), and it is amazing the difference in how I feel when I run! I didn't think it would make such a difference but I do feel "lighter" and find running easier now, which I'm happy with.


GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?
The first run of the year is always my favorite! The fresh air, finally getting to be outside, using muscles you haven't used in several months...I look forward to it every year!

Congrats on the weight loss!!! That's awesome!

Thank you! And good luck on the 10K this Saturday, that sounds like fun! A race that ends with beer is always a good one :-)

[ironbaby]

pinkcat, wow! What a wonderful success story. Way to go!
ceejay, good luck this weekend!

How were your runs this week?
It rained, and rained, and rained. I was good about other workouts, but only ran once. 7 miles, and it was miserable. We hit a break in the rain, and it was so hot and muggy. The boardwalks were slick, and we started taking long walk breaks. Ick. I need to be more consistent this week.

GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?
Ironman. So many moments, but two of my favorites were when I hit the halfway mark (double loop), saw my family and H, and told them "I am going to finish." It was the first moment I acknowledged out loud that I knew I not only could do it, but WOULD do it. I cry thinking about it. Second was when they gave me my glow stick. Silly, I know, but I trained for 10 months knowing that I would start the race when the sun rose, and finish when it set. The glow stick was my affirmation that the end was near and I had hit this milestone I had looked for through all my training.

[mugster]

How were your runs this week? Lay it on us...

They happened, so that is good. It rained all week, and my outside runs are normally on trails, so all of my runs were treadmill runs again. More exciting, my h is running again after is gall bladder removal. I'm thrilled he is pretty much back to normal.

GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?

I don't know. It is either my first marathon or running a marathon with my husband. The first one, I started to fall apart around mile 17 and was adopted by this woman who talked me through the last nine miles. She taught me some of my favorite mental tricks for surviving marathons, like: (1) dedicate each mile to somebody and think about them during that mile, (2) tell yourself "I can do anything for ten minutes" and by the time those ten minutes are up you will be done, or almost done the next mile, and then just tell yourself that again, and (3) pick a point in the distance and imagine a bungee cord is pulling you towards that point. Anyway, I'm still grateful that she took me under her wing, and I hope to pay that kind of support forward to another runner at some point.

With my husband, we always "race" together, even though he could probably go faster than I could. Marathons are about the only distance that I could probably beat him at. So it was a blast to suffer together, and talk each other through the rough patches. That marathon was my fastest, and his first, so it was a great experience all around.

[pinkcat]

Apr 20, 2015 12:27:32 GMT -5 ironbaby said:

pinkcat, wow! What a wonderful success story. Way to go!
ceejay, good luck this weekend!

How were your runs this week?
It rained, and rained, and rained. I was good about other workouts, but only ran once. 7 miles, and it was miserable. We hit a break in the rain, and it was so hot and muggy. The boardwalks were slick, and we started taking long walk breaks. Ick. I need to be more consistent this week.

GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?
Ironman. So many moments, but two of my favorites were when I hit the halfway mark (double loop), saw my family and H, and told them "I am going to finish." It was the first moment I acknowledged out loud that I knew I not only could do it, but WOULD do it. I cry thinking about it. Second was when they gave me my glow stick. Silly, I know, but I trained for 10 months knowing that I would start the race when the sun rose, and finish when it set. The glow stick was my affirmation that the end was near and I had hit this milestone I had looked for through all my training.

Thank you! And what a great Ironman story!

[ceejay]

Apr 20, 2015 12:34:39 GMT -5 mugster said:

How were your runs this week? Lay it on us...

They happened, so that is good. It rained all week, and my outside runs are normally on trails, so all of my runs were treadmill runs again. More exciting, my h is running again after is gall bladder removal. I'm thrilled he is pretty much back to normal.

GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?

I don't know. It is either my first marathon or running a marathon with my husband. The first one, I started to fall apart around mile 17 and was adopted by this woman who talked me through the last nine miles. She taught me some of my favorite mental tricks for surviving marathons, like: (1) dedicate each mile to somebody and think about them during that mile, (2) tell yourself "I can do anything for ten minutes" and by the time those ten minutes are up you will be done, or almost done the next mile, and then just tell yourself that again, and (3) pick a point in the distance and imagine a bungee cord is pulling you towards that point. Anyway, I'm still grateful that she took me under her wing, and I hope to pay that kind of support forward to another runner at some point.

With my husband, we always "race" together, even though he could probably go faster than I could. Marathons are about the only distance that I could probably beat him at. So it was a blast to suffer together, and talk each other through the rough patches. That marathon was my fastest, and his first, so it was a great experience all around.

That's such a cool first marathon story! I love those "mental tricks" and will try to keep them in mind during my next long race.  

One of my favorite things my dad told me during a half marathon that we ran together was to try to feel like I was light and "floating" during a long downhill stretch in mile 11. I remember thinking that that was a weird thing to say at the time, but I tried to embrace that feeling and ended up running my fastest mile of the entire race while "floating."

[cnf2013]

Runs this week were okay. I had a really miserable two miler on Tuesday that was just sucky. I did a 30 minute speed spin on Saturday on the bike. Sunday I ran as part of a relay team at a 77 mile relay race. Over the three legs I ran I covered about ten miles. It was pretty good but I was definitely undertrained for it. I ran the same race last year and did, personally, significantly better although my team this year placed much higher.

Finishing my first triathlon. Totally a cathartic experience that has stayed with me for years.

[cnf2013]

Good luck this weekend ceejay! Also, my husband and I did his first triathlon together and crossed the finish line hand in hand. It was really special and so fun.

pinkcat, congrats on the weight loss! Such an amazing accomplishment. I'm also short at only 5'3" and totally get how much a few pounds can affect you.

mugster, My H and I also "race" together whenever we do an event together. It's so much more fun to have someone with you during the race and since neither of us are winning anything it doesn't matter if one of slows down for the other.

ironbaby, I can't wait until my favorite race memory become finishing my first 140.6. Next year if all goes as planned.

[babyzebra]

How were your runs this week? Lay it on us...

No runs this week, but I've had some good power walks. I think I'll be able to start running again in a few weeks when my life calms down. I can't wait!


GTKY: What is your favorite running memory/experience?
My favorite and most painful running experience was finishing my first marathon when I was 19. I was in so much pain the last 6 miles, but there was no way I wasn't going to finish!