Week 3 - Technology try-outs & my first "real" long run
We are in week 3 of my half marathon training. It's still hard to wrap my mind around that concept. You see, I am all of 5'1" with a short torso and short legs. There is literally about a half inch between my bottom ribs and the tops of my hips. Nope. This body was not built for running.
But I'm running anyway.
Justin and I are still tweaking our running schedules around each other's running schedules and our crazy life. This week I ran on Wednesday morning and Thursday evening for my short runs. Then my long run was on Saturday with Amber. More on that later.
Wednesday morning was a nice little run. Since I didn't get up to the 4 miles I wanted the Sunday before, I did 4 miles that morning. Walked a bit still but I can tell my endurance is improving. Pretty little sunrise to start the day off just right!
One thing I did try was my husband's Garmin running GPS watch in lieu of using the RunKeeper app. I LOVED it!!! Now, these things are not cheap. So I will not be getting one as fancy as his. But I am definitely getting one. This thing does everything for you, and the GPS rarely fails. It vibrates when you hit whatever milestones you want to hit (time or mileage, or both). I loved knowing I could just glance at my wrist instead of having to pull my phone out of the Spibelt I was wearing. Try-outs for this baby was a success!!
Thursday night I ran with my fast little friend Alicia. I will consider this run a "tempo run" because we kept between an 8:30 and a 10 minute pace! Whew! I got a mile and a half in and had to walk a little bit :/ If I have to keep up a fast pace, obviously my endurance suffers. I decided I would cut it a little short and make it a 2 mile run since the pace was so fast. The last thing I want is an injury to sideline me. Here's the specs for that run. No pretty pictures. No time... we were flying! Haha!
The long run is a run that we do when we are training for a longer race like a half. It's done once a week and the mileage varies from your baseline maximum you can do upwards to the race mileage. I did 5 miles on Saturday morning with Amber. I forgot Justin's Garmin GPS watch so I was going to go off of hers. My goal was to run at least 2.5 miles straight, since I have not yet gotten to that point.
Here's why I love Amber. We talked so much during our run and she knows how I like to do the bare minimum, so she didn't tell me when we got to the 2.5 mile point. I ran to 3.25 miles and was a little winded. So she agreed to walk for a quarter mile and then we ran the rest to 5.1 miles! I was so proud of myself!!
So although I have no sunrise pics this week, I do have a pic of us after that run (which ended up being 5.65 miles with the cool-down walk). We enjoyed each other's company & it was definitely the most fun run I've ever had.
Here's a pic of the Greenway, although I didn't take it. I'll give the others the credit for it :)
But I'm running anyway.
Justin and I are still tweaking our running schedules around each other's running schedules and our crazy life. This week I ran on Wednesday morning and Thursday evening for my short runs. Then my long run was on Saturday with Amber. More on that later.
Wednesday morning was a nice little run. Since I didn't get up to the 4 miles I wanted the Sunday before, I did 4 miles that morning. Walked a bit still but I can tell my endurance is improving. Pretty little sunrise to start the day off just right!
One thing I did try was my husband's Garmin running GPS watch in lieu of using the RunKeeper app. I LOVED it!!! Now, these things are not cheap. So I will not be getting one as fancy as his. But I am definitely getting one. This thing does everything for you, and the GPS rarely fails. It vibrates when you hit whatever milestones you want to hit (time or mileage, or both). I loved knowing I could just glance at my wrist instead of having to pull my phone out of the Spibelt I was wearing. Try-outs for this baby was a success!!
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| These manly hands are my hubby's... not mine... now don't you feel better knowing that? ;) |
Thursday night I ran with my fast little friend Alicia. I will consider this run a "tempo run" because we kept between an 8:30 and a 10 minute pace! Whew! I got a mile and a half in and had to walk a little bit :/ If I have to keep up a fast pace, obviously my endurance suffers. I decided I would cut it a little short and make it a 2 mile run since the pace was so fast. The last thing I want is an injury to sideline me. Here's the specs for that run. No pretty pictures. No time... we were flying! Haha!
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| Sorry for the blurriness... And that average pace is misleading since I walked twice during that recorded run. Average pace was more like 9 minutes! |
Here's why I love Amber. We talked so much during our run and she knows how I like to do the bare minimum, so she didn't tell me when we got to the 2.5 mile point. I ran to 3.25 miles and was a little winded. So she agreed to walk for a quarter mile and then we ran the rest to 5.1 miles! I was so proud of myself!!
So although I have no sunrise pics this week, I do have a pic of us after that run (which ended up being 5.65 miles with the cool-down walk). We enjoyed each other's company & it was definitely the most fun run I've ever had.
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| Forgive our hair and lack of makeup... this is AFTER, remember! |
On a side note, anyone wondering about the Buffalo Creek Greenway at the SRAC... it is gorgeous and we felt very safe (well, maybe having 2 ferocious-looking dogs with us made us feel safe too)...
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| http://www.visitsmithfield.org/outdoor-adventure/89-buffalo-creek-greenway |
Looking forward to this week's runs!!! :)
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