Tuesday, August 30, 2011

My garmin died in the middle of my run today and I forgot to bring my charger to work to charge it and to upload the run information from Friday...sigh. But I  did my normal route from last year that I know is 4.7 miles. Hopefully back into the swing of things this week. Eeek!

Miles today: 4.7
Total Miles Run for 2011: 83.31

Friday, August 26, 2011
Got out of work early and didn't have to teach piano, so I got a 5 miler in before Hurricane Irene hit for the weekend. Only run for the weekend...eek I am so behind..I should be up to 7 miles by now!
 
Miles today: 5
Total Miles Run for 2011: 78.61

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Today I did a great 3.5 mile run. My ipod has been dead this week and I keep forgetting to charge it so I've been without music for the past three days! I actually don't mind too much because I have a lot to think about anyway during my runs so I don't even realize I don't have music sometimes. Last week I was already 2 miles into my run before I realized that I had my ipod and headphones in but had never turned it on. However, I do need some music soon to help me step up the pace.

Today I ran 3.5 Miles in 33:32. I'd like to really try and get my 5K time to 30 minutes or less so I think that will be a goal of mine over the next few weeks. I kept an average pace of a 9:34 minute/mile. and my average heart rate was 117bpm.
Here are my stats:

Pace and Heart rate stats:

Miles today: 3.5
Total Miles Run for 2011: 73.61

Wanna know something interesting? By this date last year I had already run 486 miles total for the year!! I think I was a crazy person...What's interesting to me though...is I'm the same weight whether I run 486 miles or 70. So what this has taught me over the past year that even though working out and being healthy is obviously important...weight really primarily has to do with what and how you eat, and that I don't have to run like a crazy person just to keep my weight down.

August 17, 2011

Interval Training Day!!
I warmed up for 1/2 mile then did fast 1/4 mile laps. My stats for the run are as follows: 
Each lap was a 1/4 mile running as fast as I can-

Lap 1: 1:45 (Fastest)
Lap 2: 1:54
Lap 3: 1:51
Lap 4: 2:01
Lap 5: 1:55

Lap 6: 2:03 (Slowest)

= Average fast pace of 1 minute and 68 seconds for a 1/4 mile. 
 

Is it any surprise that my fastest time was the first lap and my slowest was the last? And by 18 seconds, which is kind of a lot! I kind of like these interval training days. They're rough, but I like being able to take breaks every two minutes!

Miles today: 2
Total Miles Run for 2011: 70.11

August 16, 2011

Tuesday, August 16, 2011
I felt so bloated and dehydrated from my dinner last night when I got up today.I thought for sure that it was going to be a rough run but it actually was pretty great, and just what I needed to relieve my stomach ache. I ran for exactly 35 minutes, which came to 3.61 miles. I was keeping a pretty slow pace throughout this...but not too much slower than normal. I averaged a 9:41/mile and my average speech was 6.2mph. Not bad...but I can do better. I also need to wake up earlier!! UGH! 

Miles today: 3.61
Total Miles Run for 2011: 68.11

Sunday, August 14, 2011
I was supposed to run 6 miles today, but it was raining cats and dogs and I had no access to a treadmill so I did an hour on my parent's elliptical machine. Oh well...maybe I'll get to 6 miles next weekend?


Friday, August 12, 2011
I had an AWFUL run on Friday. I guess I started too late in the morning and the heat got to me, but I had a side sticker for pretty much the last 1 1/2 miles, which SUCKED. I almost just gave up at 2.5 miles but just kept myself going at a slow pace..I was determined to get to 3 miles. I hate when I have days like this...but these days will happen.
Miles today: 3
Total Miles Run for 2011: 64.5

August 11, 2011

Ran 3 uneventful miles today. Forgot my power cord to my garmin so I can't upload my stats, I think it was just over 28 minutes. Trucking along...trucking along...

Miles today: 3
Total Miles Run for 2011: 61.5

August 9, 2011

Today was interval training, I had to run 1/4 mile for as fast as I can with breaks in between, and do this 5 times. At first, I thought that I had to do this for 1/2 a mile before realizing that 400 yards if actually a 1/4 mile and that was all I needed to do. Thank goodness! My first fast half mile was ROUGH. 

Thanks for my garmin, here are my stats for the run:
Warm up for 1/2 mile: 5:16
Lap 1: Running at a fast pace for 1/2 mile - 4:09.18
walking cool down
Lap 2: Running at a fast pace for 1/4 mile - 2:07.50
walking cool down
Lap 3: Running at a fast pace for 1/4 mile - 1:54.57
walking cool down
Lap 4: Running at a fast pace for 1/4 mile - 2:09.14
walking cool down
Lap 5: Running at a fast pace for 1/4 mile - 2:01.42

My total stats:
Total Distance: 2 miles
Total Time: 18:01.15
Average Pace: 9/mile
Average speed: 6.7
Max speed: 9.3
Total Calories: 225
Average Heart Rate: 118 bpm
Max Heart Rate: 187 bpm

Miles today: 2
Total Miles Run for 2011: 58.5

August 8, 2011

Terrible run today! Absolutely awful...maybe I pushed myself too hard in the beginning since I was running to a paced podcast, maybe it was the heat/humidity, maybe I'm still sore from Saturday's 5 miler, but I had to stop at 2.5 miles and walk the rest of the way home. Here's hoping tomorrow's run is better.

Miles today: 2.5
Total Miles Run for 2011: 56.5


Saturday, August 6, 2011
Did 5 miles in Pennsylvania today while my parents went for a bike ride! It was surprisingly pretty easy..it helped that it was a little cool and the sun wasn't out too. My dad took me to a different trail than I usually run at home, so it was nice to have some change of scenery for this one. I did the whole 5 miles in 49:20! Felt very good after this run!

Miles today: 5
Total Miles Run for 2011: 54

August 4, 2011

Good run today! I ran 3 miles in 28:32...I'm really loving finally using my Garmin Forerunner for training purposes. I got this last Christmas and it's been slow-go for me to learn how to use it. I finally sat down and figuted out how to use it and even ran with the heart-rate monitor today for the first time ever!

I don't really know much about heart rate...what it should be? what zone should I be in? what's my resting heart rate? etc. etc.... But from what I'm reading online, it seems like my physical activity heart rate today was supppper high, and I don't know if that means I pushed myself too hard or not. I'm going to have to do some research about how to use this heart rate monitor thing. Looking at this graph it's funny cause the three places where my pace spikes to much slower are so obvious and I know exactly what happened at all three places. 1) I re-tied my shoe 2) Stop light 3) Another stop light

Miles today: 3
Total Miles Run for 2011: 49

Slept in yesterday, but ran 2 miles on Tuesday.


Miles today: 2
Total Miles Run for 2011: 46

August 1, 2011

Well.....my time has arrived. It is time to train for another half marathon!!! I have to say....i've been dreading this. I haven't really run at all since April, I'm soooo out of shape and I just don't know if I have it in me to start training for another half marathon. But I have to say...getting up this morning for a 3 mile run before work was fantastic, and I really hope that this time, I'm back for good. I just feel 10X more accomplished and happy on days that I get up to work out before work, plus it was a gorgeous morning! I usually hate missing getting ready with Chris in the morning but when I came back...he was just waking up!

Here's my motivation for training this time: The Delaware and Lehigh Heritage Half Marathon. It's a gorgeous trail near my hometown and I know that on October 23rd, it's just simply going to be the most BEAUTIFUL race I'll ever run, with all the Fall leaves and cool weather. I can't wait to see the beautiful PA countryside on this run. My partner in crime this time around will be the lovely, Christina!

So I did 3 miles in 31 minutes. I used my new Garmin Forerunner and I'm so mad I forgot to bring it with me today because I wanted to upload my stats and start tracking things. I def. was keeping a slower pace than normal and my knees were bothering me by the end of the run. I'm going to need to ease into things for a few weeks while I get back into shape and make sure that I build up my leg muscle again so I don't put too much pressure on my knees. According to my schedule I didn't need to run today, but I wanted to get a good start to my week, and see how I could handle 3 miles to begin with.

Here's my running calendar for the month.



Miles today: 3
Total Miles Run for 2011: 44