Running Blog

Started at Sullivan Park around 11 AM. Went down the river trail and followed it out to where it connects to the half marathon course. Lots of memories there. I connected out to the Dam Road and finished the loop down Washington Fields Drive. Felt super good, except for a small sideache. The weather was beautiful. Only 4 minutes of core after.

Went at like 10 PM with Kaylee. Started at Walmart and headed down Telegraph (the side with a sidewalk, in case you were wondering. I have a feeling that Kaylee makes safer decisions when I make them for her. I don't know this for sure, but the fact that she wore a dark gray shirt to go on a night time run gives me a pretty good idea.). We hit two miles at almost exactly the Washington Parkway turn. It was a super good run- felt way good. We talked the whole time. It's so good to run with Kaylee again.

15 minute warm up with the PVXC team as they did their run. 6x Ice House at 1:15. It was tough. 15 min cool down.

Opened presents, programmed Alli's and my mom's new phones, then threw on all my new running stuff (Garmin included) and dragged Alli on a run with me. Also we took the dog, which is my Christmas present to her because it's a downright pain in the butt. She got a new leash though, which lets her run like 20 feet ahead of me before she yanks me off my feet, so that was nice. We did a small 3 mile loop (it took years because the dog kept stopping and Alli wanted to go "really really slow"), then I dropped Alli and the dog off at the house and finished to 40 minutes. I set all kinds of new records on my watch, which is always nice, even when the original record is 0. And I really did go exactly 4.5 miles, which is good to know, because that's what I've been putting for all my 40 minute runs up to this point. Now I get to eat waffles and enjoy Christmas. 

15 min warm up, 10x(60 sec fartlek, 2 min recovery), 10 minute cool down. I did my Telegraph/fire station loop and it ended up being the perfect length. It was a decent workout, but I am exhausted. Thankful I only have a long run left this week. 

I was going to run from my house to Sullivan Park and back for 8 miles, my longest run of the season so far, but I wore some of the new running tights I got for Christmas (they're an ugly maroon, but all the others were in the wash) and they were a nightmare. They're just a weird fit, and the fabric sucks, so they fit fine until I actually started running, then all of a sudden they were far too short. Short pants are the worst thing in the whole world (and I know a lot about that, because I was a rather short person until sophomore year, when I suddenly grew 8 inches and thus had no dress-code appropriate clothing to wear, because they do not make pants to fit giraffe legs). Anyway, the tights kept bunching all weird around my knees and I had to stop every mile or so to fix them and I got so fed up with them that I turned around at 30 minutes rather than 4 miles. Ended up being a good thing, because as they bunched around my knees they also rubbed them weird so by mile 6 the sides of my knees were chafing. Odd. It was an okay run though. 7 miles in 61 minutes for an overall pace of 8:45. Not fantastic, but decent. I think I will do core now, seeing as I haven't all week.