well my spring training time is winding down and i'll be starting marathon training in early july. yikes. this week i acquired some freak strain in the arch of my left foot so i had a bunch of unplanned rest days and was worried i might not be able to run my race on sunday. but the rest paid off and i did complete my 5k. total mileage for the week = 5k or 3.1mi.
monday - rest
tuesday - rest (foot)
wednesday - rest (foot)
thursday - rest (foot)
friday - rest (foot)
saturday - yoga
sunday - 5k race
Sunday, June 24
Monday, June 18
spring training week 9
18.5 for the week. i was traveling the early part of the week which threw things off a bit. but pulled it together. and i'm finally back to ending weeks on sundays. :)
tuesday - rest
wednesday - rest
thursday - 4.5mi plus yoga
friday - 5mi
saturday - yoga
sunday - 9mi
tuesday - rest
wednesday - rest
thursday - 4.5mi plus yoga
friday - 5mi
saturday - yoga
sunday - 9mi
Monday, June 11
race report: mini 10k
i was looking forward to this race as i thought i had a shot at a PR, but as it turns out, it wasn't meant to be. but i had a good time and enjoyed meeting up with my VCTC teammates post-race, so all is well.
did pretty much my usual pre-race routine. saw this lady painting her nails on the shuttle train. random.
arrived at central park with what should've been plenty of time to get settled before the gun. but i apparently forgot how much slower/longer the bathroom lines are for all-women's races. for the first time ever, i missed the start while waiting in line for the bathroom. but, it couldn't really be helped, i knew i couldn't do a 10k needing to pee the whole time, and with chip timing, a late start doesn't count against you whereas stopping mid-race does. so i opted to stay in line and take care of things before beginning. i made friends with two ladies behind me who were doing the race on a lark (their husbands signed them up for it apparently).
i headed toward the start and was able to jump in without having to go all the way to the back of the pack, but still much farther back than i would've been had i gotten to my corral on time. it was crazy crowded, and runners were behaving quite poorly, walking in the middle of the course, jogging slowly three abreast, texting & futzing with their ipods, holding up phones to take pictures. really bad. so at this point, all hopes of a PR had evaporated and i decided to just chill out and treat this as a regular run. despite that, it was really frustrating trying to run an even pace in the crowded conditions with people to whom "race" and "pace" are at best abstract concepts. because of this, i'm not sure i will/would do the mini again.
my official time was 54:23 for a pace of 8:46. not earth shattering. we got a pink carnation, a medal and a popsicle, in addition to the usual post-race goodies. :)
my time in this race last year was 54:22, and i bonked pretty hard in that race, so that was disappointing. but so it goes! incidentally, my garmin put my distance for the race at 6.35mi, an indication of how much extra distance i ran thanks to weaving through traffic. my splits were actually pretty decent, so i am pleased with that. and i'm proud of myself for not sulking about the less-than-ideal conditions the whole time and letting it ruin the whole run. and i enjoyed sporting my new singlet & having people to chat with post-race.
did pretty much my usual pre-race routine. saw this lady painting her nails on the shuttle train. random.
arrived at central park with what should've been plenty of time to get settled before the gun. but i apparently forgot how much slower/longer the bathroom lines are for all-women's races. for the first time ever, i missed the start while waiting in line for the bathroom. but, it couldn't really be helped, i knew i couldn't do a 10k needing to pee the whole time, and with chip timing, a late start doesn't count against you whereas stopping mid-race does. so i opted to stay in line and take care of things before beginning. i made friends with two ladies behind me who were doing the race on a lark (their husbands signed them up for it apparently).
i headed toward the start and was able to jump in without having to go all the way to the back of the pack, but still much farther back than i would've been had i gotten to my corral on time. it was crazy crowded, and runners were behaving quite poorly, walking in the middle of the course, jogging slowly three abreast, texting & futzing with their ipods, holding up phones to take pictures. really bad. so at this point, all hopes of a PR had evaporated and i decided to just chill out and treat this as a regular run. despite that, it was really frustrating trying to run an even pace in the crowded conditions with people to whom "race" and "pace" are at best abstract concepts. because of this, i'm not sure i will/would do the mini again.
my official time was 54:23 for a pace of 8:46. not earth shattering. we got a pink carnation, a medal and a popsicle, in addition to the usual post-race goodies. :)
my time in this race last year was 54:22, and i bonked pretty hard in that race, so that was disappointing. but so it goes! incidentally, my garmin put my distance for the race at 6.35mi, an indication of how much extra distance i ran thanks to weaving through traffic. my splits were actually pretty decent, so i am pleased with that. and i'm proud of myself for not sulking about the less-than-ideal conditions the whole time and letting it ruin the whole run. and i enjoyed sporting my new singlet & having people to chat with post-race.
spring training week 8
just over 16 miles this week, plus two yoga classes.
tuesday - rest
wednesday - yoga
thursday - 5mi (treadmill)
friday - rest
saturday - 6.2mi race (garmin measured 6.35) plus yoga
sunday - rest
monday - 5mi
tuesday - rest
wednesday - yoga
thursday - 5mi (treadmill)
friday - rest
saturday - 6.2mi race (garmin measured 6.35) plus yoga
sunday - rest
monday - 5mi
Friday, June 8
bib pick-up: mini 10k
picked up materials today for this weekend's race, the nyrr mini 10k. some 40 years ago, this was the very first organized road race for women. back then, it was called the crazy legs mini marathon. women obviously couldn't run a full marathon, so a "mini" version was made just for them and their "mini" abilities. and of course, any woman who would want to do such a thing was crazy.
40 years later, we dropped the crazy part and the marathon part, but it's still called the mini and it's still just for women. lots of women run it in mini skirts. i did it last year and despite bonking out, enjoyed the race. so i signed up again this year!
like the more/fitness half, since this is women only, i get a lower bib number :) red corral! in addition to a tshirt (a lot like last year's but orange instead of pink), we got a mini tote bag, lara bar samples, mini sunscreen, mini soap and mini hairspray (??), instant tea mix and a nyrr hair tie.
this will be my first race since joining a running club, the van cortlandt track club! looking forward to wearing my team singlet!
40 years later, we dropped the crazy part and the marathon part, but it's still called the mini and it's still just for women. lots of women run it in mini skirts. i did it last year and despite bonking out, enjoyed the race. so i signed up again this year!
like the more/fitness half, since this is women only, i get a lower bib number :) red corral! in addition to a tshirt (a lot like last year's but orange instead of pink), we got a mini tote bag, lara bar samples, mini sunscreen, mini soap and mini hairspray (??), instant tea mix and a nyrr hair tie.
this will be my first race since joining a running club, the van cortlandt track club! looking forward to wearing my team singlet!
Monday, June 4
spring training week 7
20 miles this week, plus two yoga classes! yay! ended up splitting sunday's long run into two shorter ones on sunday & monday because at the last minute i volunteered at sunday's riverdale ramble, a race organized by the running club i just joined. next week i'll get back on my regular monday-sunday schedule. also have a 10k next saturday!
tuesday - yoga
wednesday - rest
thursday - 5mi
friday - 5mi
saturday - yoga
sunday - 5mi (treadmill)
monday - 5mi (treadmill)
tuesday - yoga
wednesday - rest
thursday - 5mi
friday - 5mi
saturday - yoga
sunday - 5mi (treadmill)
monday - 5mi (treadmill)
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