Tue Sept 25

{{Susan}} I hope you're feeling better soon.<br><br>
MC: "61Fbrrrrrr" <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Very Happy"> Not quite, buddy. But you can have your 105F, so I guess we're even.<br><br>
I ran 3 miles this morning. In the spooky darkness I saw a jogger in black sweats crossing the street toward me, about 1 block ahead. This guy had on a hooded sweatshirt with the hood up, even though the temp was a perfect 55F for shorts & SS shirt. I got the creeps when he disappeared into the trees by the side of the trail. Just to be safe, I crossed to the other side of the street. I kept an eye on the trail I'd just left, though, and there he was again, just staning there. He looked across the street, saw me and took off jogging very slowly, but this time going the same direction I was. He only jogged about 1/8 of a mile, then veered off the trail through a grassy area. He was probably harmless, but creeped me out, nonetheless. I was glad to get home. Total distance with w/u and c/d was 4 miles.<br><br>
On a happy note, my hip feels pretty good. I'm hoping last weeks soreness was just a little bump in the road. (tomwhite, I'm sending good vibes your way....///)

Good morning to all, a little over 6 miles in the woods at a nice 9:15mm sproinky pace. It was cool enough (low 40's) this morning to wear a long sleeve shirt.<br><br>
Marie, be careful out there, the guy was probably takin a leak, but ya never know. A "get the f*&%$ outta here" wouldn't work on him.<br><br>
Millbot-Thanks for the training schedule info. I've C & P'd it to my log for further reference. I run 5 days a week now, but it took a few years to build up to that without injury. When I started at age 52, I was running only every other day.<br>
I can see now that a heart rate monitor is going to be the way to go, so I'm going to have to bite the bullet and invest in a 305. I'm realizing it's just too hard to try to run by feel. Today I wanted to go easy, but the body wanted to go faster.<br>
I try to have 2 easy days, a short long run of 10-11 miles, alternating a long run between 12 & 16-18 miles, and some other kind of speed work, be it intervals, tempo, or hills each week. I usually don't run on Mondays & Fridays.<br>
I also try to reduce the milage for a few weeks every few months, but usually some injury takes care of that. This year I've managed to build up to some 40-45 mile weeks, which is the most I've ever done.<br><br>
What method do you use for determining your max heart rate??<br><br>
Johnny

Mill - I do have trepidation about increasing my days of running beyond the current 4 days that I do. Running 4 days per is about all I do with the time constraints that I have. And since I've only been running a little over 1.5 yrs and only 1 yr sans ITBS, I am apprehensive about doing more than I currently do without the risk of reinjury. I was so patient and diligent during my recovery from ITBS, that I feel like I'd jinx myself by now thinking I'm all better and healthy and can just run as much as I want. Plus, in reality, my work schedule (40 hrs per week, plus about another 7 hrs per week of commute time) and still having quality time with my husband and son (quantity is definitely not there - so have to make up for it in quality) would really suffer if I tried to squeeze in yet another night of running. I "sort of" have a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, (sometimes friday), Saturday run schedule. But my Tuesday and sometimes Friday runs are just lunch break runs so are quickies at only 3-4 miles. Thursday nights usually go out the window about twice a month due to other things that come up . . .<br>
It's hard fitting all this in some weeks. . . <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.kickrunners.com/forum/images/smilies/cool.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="Cool">

Thanks Souci. I do try to do alot, probably too much sometimes. . . last night is a prime example. I get home from my run, ds hasn't taken his post soccer practice shower yet, so I scoot him off to the shower, remind DH that all the garbages need to be taken out and he needs to haul the garbage can down to the end of the driveway (1/4 mile) (I guess it didn't help that I put "GARBAGE" on the calendar so he could do it earlier in the day?), whip up a batch of banana muffins with the REALLY dead banana's I have, get DS his bedtime snack and make DH a grilled ham and cheese because he was too tired to make himself anything to eat and was hungry. I'm doing all these tasks, in addition to cleaning up kitchen, at the same time. WELL, after I get the muffins IN the oven, I see TWO EGGS sitting on my counter. Damn . . forgot a sort of crucial ingredient like eggs. I quickly take the muffins out (they had only been in not even a minute before I realized I forgot the eggs), scrape batter back into mixing bowl, toss in eggs, mix, pour back in muffin pans. DH asked "how could you forget the eggs?" - "well, I'm trying to do 4 things at once here, Dear." he chuckles at me and then goes on to talk about his day, etc. and I politely tell him "please don't talk to me while I'm doing this".<br><br>
I guess some days I'm not quite up to my normal multi-tasking abilities.<br><br>
I'm off to go running now . . . fortunately, running and talking IS something I can do.