Report: Active!

Sunday; a good, overly active day! :/
Won the game playing with the other team as Goalie....ok that was super fun. I would totally do that again. Of course it wasnt that hard...the team I played for played awesome defense and we didnt play the most skilled team out there; a lot of the really good players were away at a tournament;
Which is part of the reason we missed Lorna and lost our game afterwards SIGH. It was a good game tho.

Soccer; we won that game; rare as we have only won one other game ever! It was good; I was super tired but I tried hard and did ok and Marilyn put in a really nice goal to take the game.

So I kinda had a sore back during the morning run; continued to be sore all day just inside my left shoulder blade; added heat and heat and heat...
By morning could barely stand up straight. Sharon said my ribs were "out" and put some of them back (stubborn) and I put heat on it the rest of the day; by Wednesday back to normal!

Tuesday went to PEI and got new sneakers and a new track coat. Asics Gel Cumulus 11 again; maroon. Nice sneakers that work ok for me; not in a hurry to change although I looked awfully hard at some Gel Nimbus.

Busy Tuesday night so Wednesday evening finally got out for another run; 8.2 km in 50:21...did 8 km in just under 49 minutes. Speed might be coming along; foot was rather sore afterwards tho. Reducing milage this month has not cured the sore foot. SIGH.Ice Ice Ice..

Run tomorrow?

Sunday Morning Run

Somehow Sunday has become a rediculously busy active day. A bit too, in my opinion. Something has to go! (and that would be soccer, ya know?)
Friday and Saturday were not active days. Friday was really busy and Saturday I just couldnt get myself out of bed; Really, after the early hockey game I was just wrecked; exhausted. In attempts to listen to my body more, I rested.

This morning I joined the Hubtown Running Club for their first official run. It was warm and snowy and slippery and quite fun to run with friends :) 5.4 km in 32:30 which is....omg 6:01 a km which is right around the pace i need to run for the Cabot Trail Relay! OMG. So if nothing else, maybe running with this group will help get used to running that pace. ON a regular basis. Tuesday night is another run but again, busy. We will see.

This afternoon is hockey; and I offered to play goalie for another team in the game before ours. Im not a goalie. Ive never done it. Ive always wanted to try it and it seemed a good opportunity so I said sure I would do it. OH my. LOL.
Then right after that our team plays. I wont be much use for that ;) sorry team! If I had known I was playing goalie I might have skipped the run. Maybe. Likely not. hehe

then this evening there is a soccer game. Im going to be completely useless for that. But I do feel more rested this morning than I did all of yesterday. So I think that rest day was just what I needed.

Not sure about a plan for this week. Will check in later.

Unplanned rest day and Interval Day

Didnt really plan to not do ANYTHING yesterday but some times it just works out that way. Between the storm and the working and hockey game in Halifax there was no time for activity. SIGH. Still dying to try out my new SnowShoes. Its going to be great once I finally get to use them. :)

Weather is better today; mild and not snowing. Its been lots of wet weather lately; the cold didnt last long last time but its been flurries and little snows for like a week off and on. Little accumulation until yesterday when we did have a storm worth mentioning.

Was back out running this morning doing a fast 5 km interval run 5X400 M of under 5:45 minutes/km. VERY slow inbetween because legs felt heavy leaden and was somewhat nauseated. Could be from lack of sleep (less than 6 hours) and not an adequate breakfast. And not enough water. Must get more water.

No plans for tomorrow as schedule is unclear; Try another 10 K on Saturday.

Wishing for sleep now but too busy.

Running when sick

I wonder how people do it; running when they are sick. Im so not good at it!

Sunday was a totally busy day. In the morning I saw the pony then played 2 hockey games and after a little rest I played a soccer game. No rest for the weekend, for sure.
Monday I planned a short run after work; around 4 pm I became so incredibly tired I could barely drive home; making supper was slow; fell into bed a little after 6 and stayed there until morning. Aching joints made sleep very uncomfortable.

So on to today; felt little better this morning in fact a little nauseated and a little cramping stomach. But work went ok and after picking up kids I did decide to go out and just do a couple of km. And naturally once I was out there, it was going ok so I went further and although the last 2 km I felt kinda crampy again, I managed 8km in 53:30 minutes.

I just dont get how some people run while sick; colds, flu, other aches and pains. Im just a wimp at heart I suppose. Tired gets me down faster than anything else. And since i could happily sleep away this time of year it can be a real feat to stay out of bed. Because often once I get there I stay there for days. lol this year is going shockingly well; Ive stayed out of bed all 2010 so far! Being busy on the weekends and evenings sure does help! :)

Storm coming tonight so I am going to see if I can try out that treadmill tomorrow :) maybe I will get a coffee and a visit in too!

Long Run Saturday

Kinda starting into a new training schedule aiming for May 29 weekend Cabot Trail Relay. My leg of the run would be 15.6 something km and I have to run them faster than Im actually capabable of; its overwhelming and intimidating but Ive 16 weeks to train and attempt to get faster, and Im going to try my best :)

So until hockey season is over Im making Saturday my long run day. I have hockey at 7 am then nothing until Sunday so Saturday afternoons for now are long run. Ive been running 5-8 km runs since beginning of January so its not exactly a stretch to try for 6 miles (9.6 km) today.

Ran up around Greg road and back up Valleydale. It was nice and sunny and warmish, at about 0C. The wind picked up on the way back but mostly it was pretty relaxing. Again didnt break any records SIGH need to pick up speed! Ugh.

Tomorrow is hockey and soccer. Maybe a little bike trainer.
Monday is a 5 k easy run
Tueday a 30 minute tempo run
Wednesday 5 k plus srengthen; I might use Bike Trainer that day
Thursday rest
Friday 5 k Pace
Saturday calls for a 6 mile run but might go a little further.

And its all weather dependent. And Im going to try out a treadmill maybe on bad weather day if its not bad to run on :)

Have a nice week :)

more snow to run in

Its been snowing all day; didnt add up to any to speak of but made things a little slick. OH and its warm enough that snow is melting into massive puddles on the side walks so feet got rather wet. About 1 C tonight.

Was a nice run; didnt have a lot of time so planned to run for 1/2 hour rather than a distance. Garmin didnt keep a pace until I was about 6 minutes in so accuracy likely is off; about 34:48 minutes for 5.5 km.

PLanning 10 k for tomorrow, if the weather is decent.

Beautiful sunny run

I simply cannot wait until spring! Really! So much! Can you tell?
I love spring! Its so new and warmer and sunny (except when it rains). I shouldnt complain; at least I can run in snow, not so much in rain.

But runs like this morning always give me hope; it was sunny and I could feel heat in the sun; real heat. It leaves me desparate for spring! lol

Did spin the bike a bit yesterday morning but day was too busy to get at anything else.

Today - I went up Valleydale which is an 8 km look. after 5 km I sped up to 5:30 or less/km. And kept it up for about 1.2 km. Im so not designed for speed but if I plan to run the Cabot Trail Relay I better practice speeding up :)

Run total wasnt great; 8 km in 53 minutes, 6:37 average.

But runs are slower in winter eh ;)