Training Week 57
My next race is the Rotary Santa 5K Run on December 4th. This is the week of the Clear Water Outdoor’s 6th Annual Turkey Trot: 10K.
Day 393 | November 15, 2010: yoga
Steven and I did the YogaWorks Beginners DVD. I forgot how much I laugh when I do yoga with Steven… because we are screwing around. Yoga isn’t supposed to be funny, is it? Are you able to focus when you do yoga at home with someone else?
Day 394 | November 16, 2010: strength + stretch
| 1 Rope Pushdowns: 3 x 15 @ 30 lb | 6 Leg Curl: 15 @ 30 lb, 15 @ 40 lb, 15 @ 20 lb |
| 2 Biangular Lat Row: 15 @ 45 lb, 2 x 15 @ 60 lb | 7 Arm Curl: 3 x 15 @ 25 lb |
| 3 Hip Abduction: 3 x 15 @ 110 lb | 8 Pectoral Fly: 2 x 15 @ 45 lb, 15 @ 60 lb |
| 4 Hip Adduction: 3 x 15 @ 55 lb | 9 Shoulder Press 3 x 15 @ 20 lb |
| 5 Seated Leg Press: 15 @ 90 lb, 15 @ 110 lb, 15 @ 130 lb |
Day 395 | November 17, 2010: 3.2 m run
After a week of FOUR runs in the daylight, running in the dark was a bit of a downer. BUT – I got to run with Steven! We ran 2 miles, then walked for three minutes, then he ran to 2.75 miles and I ran to 3.2 miles.
I didn’t mind stopping to walk, but I was wearing an Under Armour ColdGear top, and when you stop for too long in those, your sweat gets REALLY cold. I found out that three minutes might be too long to stop (and it was 42° – pretty warm!).
Distance: 3.23 | Start Temp: 43° | End Temp: 42° | Time: 33:52 | Avg Pace: 10:29 | 1: 10:15 | 2: 10:44 | 3: 10:57 | 4: 1:55
Day 396 | November 18, 2010: 4.3 m tempo run
I ran 3 fast miles and a 1.3 mile cool-down, in this ridiculous outfit:
The last time I ran in the low 30s/high 20s, I was too cold in an Under Armour ColdGear top and a tee over, so I added a sweatshirt this time. But it was just a bit too much. I actually bought it to be my throwaway sweater for the Chicago Marathon. Yeah. Didn’t need that!
Distance: 4.30 | Start Temp: 28° | End Temp: 28° | Time: 40:18 | Avg Pace: 9:22 | 1: 9:07 | 2: 9:02 | 3: 8:55 | 4: 10:16 | 5: 2:56
Day 397 | November 19, 2010: rest
Day 398 | November 20, 2010: yoga + 10K walk + cross
I did 25 minutes of yoga in the morning, to warm up for the 10k walk. Wow. My muscles felt so tight. It was like I had lost all of my flexibility. My neck was sore and tight like it used to get. Weird.
The 10K walk with Bobbi and Tori in Lake Geneva, WI was a lot of fun! Walking and chatting with friends is so relaxing.
Late in the afternoon, I went roller skating with Erin and Kate! So. Much. Fun! I think the skates were a bit too big though… I might be getting a blister on the bottom of my foot. Ha ha.
I will definitely be going back. Definitely!
Day 399 | November 21, 2010: 13 m run
I went to the trail head of the Des Plaines River Trail to do a long-ish run.
If you click on the picture, you can see that it says “0” for the trail marker.
The trail starts on the Wisconsin border, about 30 minutes from our house. I hadn’t run that part of the trail yet and was excited to see new scenery… but it was foggy and the trees are all bare. Oh well.
I did get to run by some moving trains and that was kind of exhilirating. It made me want to speed up.
This run went really well until mile 9. At that point, I started to see a blurry and shaky, kind of “electric” line in the far outside of my right eye. It made me feel disoriented and dizzy. I sat down at a bench in the 10th mile to try to make it go away. But I could only sit for a few minutes until my tech tee started to get too cold. It eventually went away, but felt sick and dizzy – like how you feel when you take too hot of a bath. I had to stop the run short at 13 miles and walk the last mile to the car.
I’m confused by this. I drank enough water, ate two servings of malt-o-meal (+ a banana!) at breakfast, and also had two snacks on the run. Maybe the headband was making me too hot? Whatever. I felt better after an hour or so.
Run stats: I wore the Asics Cumulus 12s. I drank 32 ounces of water during the run (most of the water was in the last few miles when I felt so awful). I ate a pack of Sharkies (first time – yum!) at mile 4 and a Mint Chocolate GU at mile 8. I walked 1-minute at miles 4, 8 and 12. I stopped to take a few photos, to rest on a bench around 10.5, then use the bathroom right after. I wore bermudas, a long sleeved tech tee, gloves and a headband. I took the gloves on and off a few times. This outfit felt just right. I listened to a rock station for the first 7 miles, and pop music on my MP3 for the last 7 miles.
Distance: 13.0 | Start Temp: 45° | End Temp: 48° | Time: 2:12:13 | Avg Pace: 10:10 | 1: 10:19 | 2: 10:26 | 3: 10:23 | 4: 9:50 | 5: 10:20 | 6: 10:02 | 7: 10:11 | 8: 9:58 | 9: 10:15 | 10: 9:45 | 11: 9:39 | 12: 9:59 | 10:57
Week Summary: 20.5 miles
This week I tried to write out my work outs in advance so I could fit everything in, and it would be more “balanced.” That didn’t exactly work. Maybe next week? (Riiiiiiiiiight, the week with the holiday in it… if I work out at all while traveling, I consider that a BIG accomplishment).
Shoe update:
During Thursday’s run, I felt like the padding was wearing down in the Asics Gel Cumulus 12s. It may be because I was wearing a pair of socks I don’t normally wear though! They felt fine on Sunday’s run.
I decided with these shoes (and all others moving forward) I will keep track of the mileage I put on them on my blog sidebar (on the right). At this point I am just tracking miles run, not walked.
Themocracy
You ran in my favorite spot today! Very strange about the dizziness – I wonder what that was all about? Maybe not enough salt? That’s how I felt after the rock-n-roll half in august. I chalked it up to dehydration, but maybe it was an electrolyte balance thing…
That might have been it. I really need to figure that out if it is the problem. I don’t wan that to happen again!
I know the dizzy feeling! That happens to me when my shower is too hot. Makes me feel like I’m suffocating though, I always have to open the shower door… TMI? Haha. 🙂 I like your funny outfit! Very classy! That sweatshirt is cute! (Seriously.)
Never TMI! With me anyway. When that happens in the bath I have to go lay in bed until I am not dizzy anymore. Then the bed gets too wet.
Thanks! I thought you would like that sweatshirt 🙂
I’m seriously jealous that you went roller skating! I used to skate 1-2 times a week when I was in middle/high school. I was a huge roller rink geek. I even have my own speed skates. haha.
As for the weird vision/dizziness, I wonder if you had a migraine with aura or “silent migraine” as they call it. I’m certain I’ve had them twice now. Never during a run but both times it happened to me were just after a run and usually when I was a bit overheated.
The funny thing is that the night before I watched “Whip It”! Ha! You should go back to the rink. It’s fun.
I was wondering if it was a silent migraine thing. When I told my mom she mentioned that.
I heart doing yoga with Steve, its so much more fun!
Love that you went skating. I don’t think we even have rinks that exist any more. Good times!
Ha – I’m not sure what you were doing in that skating pic, but it looked FUN.
Yeah, you gotta keep track of the miles on your shoes. What happened to your supination dealie? Get that figured out?
We were doing the YMCA! 🙂
I still supinate big time. 🙁 Maybe not as much as before though? Maybe?