richard

I did 5.8 miles on Sunday and today about 2.2 miles. I have a 10K race this Saturday so perhaps I'll start to taper for that. Plus it's hot!!

redbeard911

Two weeks ago I was on vacation, last week Mrs. Redbeard was in town, and this week I am sick. Hopefully get back on the horse next week.

annerj

I got a forerunner 201 this week as an early b-day present from some friends! Will try it out and post back. Does this thing track elevation gain?

magiciansampras

It does, although not very well. The first thing you should do is connect it to your computer and update the firmware on it - that helped mine a ton!

annerj

Cool. So how/where is the elevation deal? I went out for a quick 2 miler when I got it to test it out. I could see pace, distance ect but not elevation....?

magiciansampras

Go to the Garmin website and download their little utility called "Training Center." Once you transfer the info to Training Center the elevation log is shown. I think you can also show it on the unit itself by setting a "Custom Screen" where you choose what you want displayed (I have "Average Pace" in my custom screen because I find regular pace to be way too spastic).

annerj

SWEEET MAN. I posted earlier that I had not had many long/hard runs in. This may be just the motivation I need.

I've downloaded all the software and will update/transfer everything when I get back to the cabin on Thursday as I only have dial-up there

magiciansampras

Today on the schedule was 6 miles at a "comfortable pace." Given that it isn't too hot today, that's exactly what I did. Ended up with 6.05 miles in 48:48 or 8:05/mile pace. I ran the last mile at 7:31 which helped bring down the average pace a bit. I probably averaged around 8:10 to 8:15 before that. Total calories knocked out: 855. Felt pretty good. Looking forward to another easy day of 3 miles tomorrow before resting on Friday before the long runs on the weekend!

magiciansampras

Today was another simple 3 miler at a comfortable pace. I felt good so I really laid it out and finished in 21:36 or 7:12/mile pace. Felt really good to run fast (for me). Rest tomorrow. Thank goodness.

richard

yesterday I did my first 10K race. Lots o' fun. Humid but not unbearably hot. I was very happy with my time and I came in first place amongst all barefooters...(didn't see any others besides me, so the competition wasn't difficult )

I think I have another 10K coming up next week. I really enjoyed the day and look forward to the next one.

dukeman

Forgot to post this past week:

Monday -- 6 miles at 7:30 pace
Tuesday -- 1 mile warmup followed by 4 1-mile hill repeats at 7:15 pace and then a 1 mile cooldown.
Wednesday -- Off
Thursday -- Long run broken in to 2 parts because of time constraints --
1:40 in the morning and then 1:00 in the evening (actually ran a negative split by 2 minutes, and boy was it hot).
Friday -- 8 miles at 7:30 pace
Saturday -- Off
Sunday -- Off

What an ugly week of heat and humidity. I hope it gets better this week. Can't wait to start my week with a Monday morning at the track.

magiciansampras

This weekend was interesting, running-wise. I was at the Cape yesterday and today. Yesterday I tried to squeeze the run in between swimming with my niece and nephew and dinner. I think I was a bit worn out from the horsing around and that forced me to slow it down a bit. Ended up doing 6 miles (on the schedule) in 50:01 or 8:20 pace.

Today I woke up and just did not feel all that great (probably too much alcohol last night ). Anyway, I tried to do the 12 miler, but about 2 miles into it, I knew it wasn't my day (plus I really had to use the bathroom - case of the runs!), and I decided to postpone the long run till tomorrow. So, I ran/walked (due to the runs) 3.65 miles in 38:44 or 10:36/mile pace back to the car.

So, not a real productive weekend running wise, but I hope tomorrow's 12 miler will get me back on track. Weather isn't supposed to be too terrible.

magiciansampras

Continuing from above, today I did my long run of 12 miles. It was fairly dry and only in the upper 70s and consequently, I felt pretty good. I ran a bit faster than I should have, finishing in 1:38:49 or about 8:18/mile pace. If I want to run a 3:40 marathon I need to do 8:24s, so I shouldn't be running these long runs quite that fast as they're supposed to be slow, but what the hell.

Totals calories burned amount to 1706. I think I'm going to treat myself to pizza for lunch.

Cross-training tomorrow and then 6 on Wednesday. Giddy up.

dukeman

The weather here was perfect this morning.

1 mile warm-up -- 7:50
1 X 1200 -- 4:54 (little slow)
400 jog
1 X 800 -- 3:05
400 jog
1 X 800 -- 3:04
400 jog
1 X 400 -- 1:24
400 jog
1 X 400 -- 1:23
400 jog
1 X 800 -- 2:58
400 jog
1 X 800 -- 2:57
400 jog
1 X 1200 -- 4:29 (ouch)

1 mile cool down -- surprised to look at my watch and see that the cool down was a 7:08 mile.

Tomorrow should be an easy 6 miler and then going long on Wednesday (2:15).

pinniped

The heat wave broke in KC - finally!! And to celebrate, I had my first decent semi-long run in about 6 weeks. Went 13.4 in just under 2 hours. Nice 9 minute miles, and felt great afterwards - like I could have pushed the last mile or two hard if I weren't running with a group.