Thursday, June 16, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
a fast person has stolen my body....
and is running all over town with it!
i don't know what's gotten into me, but lately my runs can do no wrong. one good run after another and i love it!!!
here are my splits from today's, what i call my "usual run". its a reasonable hilly 4.6 mile loop around my neighborhood. notice those 7's in there?? craaazy. and for reference my previous best time on this loop was 39:50.
this is so exciting!!!
i don't know what's gotten into me, but lately my runs can do no wrong. one good run after another and i love it!!!
here are my splits from today's, what i call my "usual run". its a reasonable hilly 4.6 mile loop around my neighborhood. notice those 7's in there?? craaazy. and for reference my previous best time on this loop was 39:50.
this is so exciting!!!
Monday, June 6, 2011
20 miles and clipless pedals
yay! the last real long run of my marathon training is complete!! ran 20 miles on saturday, and it feels so good to have it done and out of the way. it was also a pretty big confidence booster going into the actual marathon. my pace has been getting progressively better with each long run, and this one was no exception. it looks like i really may have a shot at breaking 4 hours which would be incredible!
the other exciting news (and second half of my very exciting title) is that josh and i took the plunge and got clipless pedals for our bikes this weekend. the first 3 mins of attempting to get my shoe into the pedal were pretty foolish, but after that, its been easy peasy. we've been practicing up and the down the street and around the neighborhood, and we hope to take them for an actual spin sometime early this week.
here are the shoes that i got.
we decided to go with the spd system, but my shoes have the right holes on the bottom for both spd and real road bike pedals, so that is cool. as a quick review, these shoes are really nice and comfortable. they conform nicely to my feet and the ratchet thingy in the back provides for a really good fit. i tried on some pearl izumis that were garbage by comparison. i'll keep everyone informed of the number of times i fall over. so far its only about 0.5 (no real fall, just a wobble as i forgot to take my 2nd foot out before i tried to get off the bike. haah)
20.17 miles / 3:08:27 / 9:21 avg pace
here are the shoes that i got.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
in the month of may
stats for may (a little more detailed this time. yay!):
running: 141.9 miles in 22 hours and 17 mins for an average of 9:25 min/mile pace
biking: 29.5 miles
pilates classes: 1
spinning classes: 2
goals for june:
this is kind of tricky because i'll be spending most of june tapering for the seattle rock and roll marathon on june 25, but i would love to break 150 miles in one month, so if not june then july. i'm also a little afraid to admit it, because then somehow its real, but i'm going to throw it out there...i've been thinking about doing a triathlon. just a sprint distance to start, but i'd really love to do a half ironman. i mean really, it makes good sense. i'm a pretty good swimmer (left over from years of high school swim) and i've really been enjoying the bike rides that josh and i have been taking and of course, i like running. duh. so another one of my june goals is to get clipless pedals for my hybrid and start riding more! (lets say "more" means 100 miles; need to have measurable goals, after all) and while i'm at it, my 3rd june goal is to swim at least 3 times. that should be a good start in case i want to get all craaaazy and sign up for one of these things. :)
(for those of you unfamiliar with tri distances, here are the distances:
sprint (can vary, but usually): swim 0.5 mile, bike 10 miles, run 3 miles
HIM (half ironman) (also known as an ironman 70.3): swim 1.2 miles, bike 56 miles, run 13.1 miles
ironman: swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, run *A MARATHON * 26.2 miles)
anyone out there reading my blog ever do a triathlon? its just sounds so different from a road race, what with all the transitions and all. any first time stories? advice? and don't all comment at once...i don't want to get overwhelmed. :)
running: 141.9 miles in 22 hours and 17 mins for an average of 9:25 min/mile pace
biking: 29.5 miles
pilates classes: 1
spinning classes: 2
goals for june:
this is kind of tricky because i'll be spending most of june tapering for the seattle rock and roll marathon on june 25, but i would love to break 150 miles in one month, so if not june then july. i'm also a little afraid to admit it, because then somehow its real, but i'm going to throw it out there...i've been thinking about doing a triathlon. just a sprint distance to start, but i'd really love to do a half ironman. i mean really, it makes good sense. i'm a pretty good swimmer (left over from years of high school swim) and i've really been enjoying the bike rides that josh and i have been taking and of course, i like running. duh. so another one of my june goals is to get clipless pedals for my hybrid and start riding more! (lets say "more" means 100 miles; need to have measurable goals, after all) and while i'm at it, my 3rd june goal is to swim at least 3 times. that should be a good start in case i want to get all craaaazy and sign up for one of these things. :)
(for those of you unfamiliar with tri distances, here are the distances:
sprint (can vary, but usually): swim 0.5 mile, bike 10 miles, run 3 miles
HIM (half ironman) (also known as an ironman 70.3): swim 1.2 miles, bike 56 miles, run 13.1 miles
ironman: swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, run *A MARATHON * 26.2 miles)
anyone out there reading my blog ever do a triathlon? its just sounds so different from a road race, what with all the transitions and all. any first time stories? advice? and don't all comment at once...i don't want to get overwhelmed. :)
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