running stuff update
Apr. 2nd, 2018 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ilanaramaEarly last month I was up to 17.5mpw and a 5-mile long run, and finally saw one of my runs get below 10 minute average pace for the first time since my injury last July. I said then that I hoped to get back above 20mpw and start doing strides again. Well, it's a month later, and I'm steadily making progress.
I ran 98.5 miles in March, which is more than I have in run a month since July 2017 (which was only 101 miles due to not running the last week). My longest run is now 8 miles (this past Saturday) and I ran 24 miles last week, 25 the week before that, and 20 each of the previous two weeks. My pace is still in roughly the same range it was a month ago - generally 10:30 to 9:50 - which is okay by me. ("Easy pace" is not a good gauge of fitness, as what is easy varies from day to day, and it's easy to push and convince yourself it's actually easy when it's not. My runs are complicated by Britt running with me occasionally, as I think I tend to run faster when I'm with someone else.) I've been doing strides once or twice a week.
I've also been mountain biking once a week, and skied a couple of times. (The skiing's been terrible, though. The resort is open on weekends only through April, but unless we actually get some snow we're not bothering. It's been one of the driest winters on record.) I should really bike more, as we've got a White Rim trip coming up in May. My plan is to bike 2-3x/week and run 4-5x/week. No racing plans yet, but I'm starting to think about the possibilities.
Anyway, for now everything works, nothing hurts (much), and running has begun to be fun again. Yay!
I ran 98.5 miles in March, which is more than I have in run a month since July 2017 (which was only 101 miles due to not running the last week). My longest run is now 8 miles (this past Saturday) and I ran 24 miles last week, 25 the week before that, and 20 each of the previous two weeks. My pace is still in roughly the same range it was a month ago - generally 10:30 to 9:50 - which is okay by me. ("Easy pace" is not a good gauge of fitness, as what is easy varies from day to day, and it's easy to push and convince yourself it's actually easy when it's not. My runs are complicated by Britt running with me occasionally, as I think I tend to run faster when I'm with someone else.) I've been doing strides once or twice a week.
I've also been mountain biking once a week, and skied a couple of times. (The skiing's been terrible, though. The resort is open on weekends only through April, but unless we actually get some snow we're not bothering. It's been one of the driest winters on record.) I should really bike more, as we've got a White Rim trip coming up in May. My plan is to bike 2-3x/week and run 4-5x/week. No racing plans yet, but I'm starting to think about the possibilities.
Anyway, for now everything works, nothing hurts (much), and running has begun to be fun again. Yay!
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Date: 2018-04-08 02:30 pm (UTC)I'm still not running, outside a slow 2K jog/walk once or twice a week at the most.
(That's a problem, since I'm signed up for a very hilly 8K race next month that I'm in no shape to do. I'm hoping I'll be in shape to walk it, though, because it's a beautiful course?!)
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Date: 2018-04-09 02:41 am (UTC)