On the road to BOSTON!

I have been thinking about yesterday's run. Bummed out about the hip...can hardly walk. It seems like forever ago that I ran the Saint George Marathon....really only 5 weeks and I was able to cut 55 seconds off of my marathon pace. I know I am not as prepared as I was for the marathon so I am feeling much better about the time yesterday. I am starting to understand more about getting proper rest between long races. I am planning on running the Painters Half in January...talked myself into it today. I will take it very easy this week and try t get the hip feeling better. Probably get doing some biking to break things up. I do plan on training harder in December and leading up to the run doing some longer runs just as I did for the marathon. The one thng that I was lacking yesterday was being able to feel strong at the end. In September I was feeling much better after much longer runs.

Great race to all that ran!!!

Today I needed to get out of the house and clear the mind.....but I can't run! I went out walking very slowly trying to stretch out the hip a bit. I was able to gradually speed the walk up to where I built up some sweat. I jogged very slow for about 100 feet is all at the end. Hopefully I can get this worked out fast and be able to do some fun enjoyable runs for the rest of the month before training for the Painter's Half.

Logan just informed me that I took 3rd in my age not 4th. The master's winner was in my group and that bumped me up to 3rd. Yee Haa

Went out for a very easy walk/run. The hip is feeling a bit better but still sore. I started out walking for about 30 feet then jogged. It felt good to run so I continued at a 10:00 pace just trying to stretch things out. At 1 mile mark I pushed the pace a little more to 8:19 pace for the 2nd mile. The 3rd mile I pulled back a bit to 8:30. I am going to continue to take it easy this week and hope to get back on track for next week.

I decided for sure to run Painter's Half. I am going to train different this time, getting some longer runs in prior to the race. Between the Marathon and the Half I really didn't do much as far as long runs. I feel that I need to get at least 3-4 runs over 15 miles in this time to improve my endurance. The speed is coming along alright I just need to be able to hold it for a longer distance without getting exhausted.

Today I ran the first half of the Painter's Half course. I am taking things very slow just trying to get the hip feeling strong. After a mile I felt pretty good but there is still pain and stiffness in the hip. I ran about as far as I felt I could push it. ( 8:20 ave pace) I stopped and decided to run another 3-4 miles, started out about a 1/4 mile and that was all the hip needed today. Don't want to push it when I don't need to. Beautiful day today!

I am going to train on this course for the rest of the year getting to know it well so that I can give it a great run in January.

I ran the club 7 mile run today. Nothing special. Great day to run! ran 8:20 pace til the last 1 1/2 miles than slowed down up Sunset to the Running Store. 8:45 average