Terry's Running Blog

Terry you need to find a few speedsters in your area to run with a few days a week. It's 10 times easier for me to get up early knowing there are going to be a 1/2 dozen or so runners doing the same thing. Of course it always helps if a few of them are just a bit faster than you. I'm thinking it's a bit easier for me to find runners just a bit faster than it is for you.

But beware of those 25-30 yr. old fast women. They can be great training partners but they also tend to worry the wife and bishop a bit ;)

I think down in Bryce we should spend some time eating ice cream with yogurt and bananas.

I have the same problem some mornings. It would definitely be easier with a group, but there don't seem to be too many in my neighborhood that are inclined to go for a seven or eight mile run at 5:15 am, that run close to my pace. When I have found someone it seems like I end up waiting for them nearly every morning. The thing that works best for me is to get everything ready the night before so that I don't have to think about it at all. It takes a mile or two to wake up and push myself, but that's probably not such a bad thing. Tom has kind of an ideal situation down there in Spanish Fork. That kind of running community produces a lot of strong, fast runners.

I ran my first quarter today in 2:13. About 2 miles + 4x100 strides later down the road I ran a 4:46 mile. I find that the more fit I am, the longer it takes me to warm up.

In line with Sasha's comment I might additionally add.....I find the more OLD I am, the longer it takes me to warm up.

I do not know if you've ever seen or heard of a typical Kenyan pre-race warm-up. It happens at about 10:00-12:00 mile pace. Then they race at sub-5:00.

I go to a running group here in So. Jordan. We run around Bingham and So. Jordan neighborhoods on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30am or 6:00am. You would probably be the fastest there, but some of them would push you. Curt Evans is a regular attender. E-mail me at cherkeith@msn.com if you are interested

Cheryl:

When are you going to set up your blog?

I love reading the various blogs. My training is kind of sporadic, I probably only run about 3 times a week, with a lot of cross-training. I don't feel quite confident yet to set up my own blog. Maybe soon.

Cheryl:

One of the main purposes of having a blog is to keep your training from being sporadic, rather than to show your perfect training to others. The people who benefit the most from the blog are the ones whose training is the worst before they start blogging. Once the light comes on and they come to grips with the idea of showing whatever training they have, they run huge PRs.

Thanks for all the comments. I always enjoy running. Sometimes it takes a few miles to get going and sometimes I don't get enough sleep so that always takes away from the good attitude but I'm sure I'll keep running.

The one thing that still bugs me is that in my mind the Marathon is the big race because everyone is always impressed when you tell them you ran a marathon. Anyway, the last few marathons I probably trained about 30-40 miles a week for the couple of months before the marathon and I always would cramp up between miles 15-20 and I'd have to walk jog the rest of the way. I'd still usually manage a 3:20 marathon but I don't want to walk jog the last 5-10 miles of a marathon. I'm sure I need to get up to 60+ miles a week to solve this problem but putting that much time into running is difficult. Potentially a running group or scheduling a Marathon may be what I need to do. PS, This BLOG site helps a ton. Thanks Sasha!

Terry:

I find the key to getting high mileage in is getting the family involved on a regular basis. With us, for the additional mileage, with no kids babysitting age, I put the ones that cannot run in a stroller, and the older ones trade between biking and running. I leave one at home with Sarah, and she thinks she is getting a big break.