Perfect my diet to run better, stonger and faster!
Long-Term Running Goals:
Run 3:15 marathon.
Personal:
I have 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls. 11, 9, 6 and 2. I have been married to my guy for 13 years. He is great and so supportive of my running life. He is also very active, mostly weight training and he has run 2 half marathons as well. He is very fast without training too hard. 1:28 Half Marathon!!! I am working on being able to keep up with him. Someday when are kids are older we look forward to training together.
.5 mile warm up and .75 cool down. Should have done atleast a mile warm up.
Blessing: Navagation System in our car... I do not know how I would get around a new area with out it.
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Cal on Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 13:27:11 from 66.133.117.3
That's cool that you're loving the new house. I bet you'll miss the beach though...
Nice job on your 400 repeats. When is the 1/2 marathon that you're training for?
From Britta on Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 17:12:32 from 98.148.73.26
Cal,
The half marathon is on Jan. 9th. I ran 1:43 at hobble creek a year ago August. I would like to run 1:40 at this half.
Do you do much speed work on the TM? Is it better to do it on the road?
From Cal on Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 17:43:45 from 66.133.117.3
i've done most of mine on the road, but that will likely change over this winter.
my opinion is that it's fine to do it on the TM as long as you only relate or compare your times to previous TM workouts. i still haven't figured out how to make an exact correlation between TM pace and road pace. but improvements on the TM should indicate improvements in fitness and racing speed.
do you know when your next full marathon might be yet?
From Britta on Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 17:02:08 from 98.148.73.26
Cal,
I am not sure when my next full will be. I am thinking about Ogden or Salt lake this spring.
When is yours?
From Cal on Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 17:12:29 from 66.133.117.3
Ogden will be my next major focus.
From Runner Adam on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 04:17:21 from 64.203.55.70
I heard Ogden is a beautiful course. Utah is chalk full of great races. Plus I heard they have really great running blogs too;) Congrats on the house and good luck with your races coming up.
By the way, I am going to let you know I am anti-treadmill. There's no substitute for being outside, feeling the wind at your face, knowing your going somewhere, having to be in control of your pace, and in control of your path. Plus treadmill works different leg muscles than running since you dont have to push off the ground to move forward, you just have to hop up to not fall off the conveyor belt. But I'm not a girl nor afraid of running in the dark - probably speaking as a minority here.
From Cal on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 09:41:16 from 66.133.117.3
I would imagine that most runners would prefer outside runs vs. the treadmill. But there's a time and place for it. (Especially when its 5 degs outside, dark, 25 mph winds and iced over streets...)
But even minus all that, having access to a TM can mean the difference between getting in a run vs. logging a big goose-egg for the day.
From Huans32 on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 10:08:09 from 138.64.2.76
I found this a while back. And hope this helps you guys too.
So you know what paces to set on the TM and what it is like outside.
From Britta on Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 10:22:23 from 98.148.73.26
I totally prefer outside to TM. I would agree with you Adam that outside is better when preparing for a race. I would also agree with Cal that it is better than nothing.
As a woman I do find it a little more difficult to run outside sometimes... I have run into my fair share of Exibitionists.. and that is even in a group.
My husband especially does not like me to run alone which makes getting in all my training runs a bit challenging. Thank goodness for the TM. I have a love hate relationship.
Huans, Thanks for the link!
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