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Mar 02, 2009

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Running Accomplishments:

Madison Inaugural 1/2 Marathon August 2009 2:02:48--yippee PR!

Fall Frolic 4 miler Nov 09PR 33:27 AG 4th place

Race to Wrigley 5K April 2010 PR 24:54

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR my 5k time. But maybe for now I should shoot for under 30 minutes.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free and see where that takes me.

Personal:

I have a husband who is wonderful, three beautiful dogs, I'm a teacher, and I'm a runner. Life is good.

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Fri, May 20, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

waah norunning or walking. I'm gonna try walking in the afternoon. I hope. I got to grocery shop first. I'm wearing flip flops today so I"m hoping that will help.

And why is it when you are hurt people ask "What is wrong?" "Oh my foot hurts" "Is it from running?" and maybe it is just me but they all just look for reasons to not run and me being hurt is perfect. So I just laughed it off and the girl this morning no I"m serious I want to know.

I was talking over my injury with my brother and he said that maybe I was running my intervals too fast and that is why my foot hurts. He said, "April if you are running your easy runs at 11 min you can't do your intervals at 8:30" I"m like but I thought I was suppose to go all out for those 30 seconds. I'm such a nube when it comes to speed training. So I guess my intervals will now be 10 min ones as soon as my foot feels better. I hope to run tomorrow then I could still get in 5 days!

Comments

From Tracy on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 09:56:27 from 209.175.177.37

I don't understand the story in your middle paragraph--it's just the end that confuses me.

But there are a lot of pace calculators out there, that if you put in your last race, you can get help with your training paces.

For instance, this one

http://www.runworks.com/calculator.html

I don't think that's the best one out there, but it's the first one I hit on.

I bet your issue is not so much the speed, but your mechanics during the faster portions.

From april27 on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:20:51 from 165.138.243.1

Sorry a lady from work asked what was wrong. I told her my foot hurt. And She always talks about wanting to run but she had ACL surgery etc and can't for whatever reason.

Just seemed when she said "Is it from running?" she was saying see running does injure you. Like sitting on the couch is better. It was sort of a rant.

From april27 on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:21:52 from 165.138.243.1

Oh and you might be right with the mechanics. I notice my foot was going out more (then I was heel striking) on slower runs I hit mid foot. It just feels weird to move my legs faster in order to go faster. LOL

From nicole on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 13:10:36 from 128.208.244.70

I KNOW! I hate hate HATE having to tell people that I'm hurt (AGAIN) from running because that just reinforces their bad notions that running is bad for you. I HATE THAT!

Feel better, I hate injuries!!!

I like the McMillan Pace Calculator myself. http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm

From april27 on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 13:40:07 from 165.138.243.1

Okay just looking back I get hurt when I put in the speed. Why? Heel strike! Grrr! duh! I run differently when I'm trying to up the speed.

I have been putting biofreeze on my heel. It is loosening up so I hope to walk the dogs tonight.

I put in my last 1/2 time and I am running my intervals about a minute or so too fast. I just stink at gauging my pace and I have a Garmin! LOLI go either really fast or really slow. hahha

Thank you all for your support!

From Tracy on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 13:45:43 from 209.175.177.37

Maybe during intervals you should focus on your running form. I know that Carolyn last year was doing something with proprioceptive cues and she explained all of them in her blog. She also referenced a book, though I can't remember which one. But it seems that if you have trouble when you try to move from all easy running to training, that you'll never be able to really train if you don't try to correct that heel strike.

Maybe you should do accelerations instead of full blown intervals to concentrate on keeping your form in check while you are gearing up into fast running. So perhaps steer clear of short, timed intervals and try 400s and 800s, and maybe even 1600s, where you have more time to build into your speed?

From Tracy on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 13:46:40 from 209.175.177.37

And I'm not trying to be an annoying know-it-all, so I hope I don't come across that way :)

From april27 on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 13:56:56 from 165.138.243.1

LOL Tracy you are fine! I just thought doing a time interval would be better b/c no matter how fast or slow I went I am done after 30 seconds. Clearly that is not working! LOL

I have been working on my form with easy runs for a while now. But apparently I forgot ALL about it when I kick in the speed. I just got a little depressed. In 09 the year of my best 1/2 I ran like an 8:30 or something mile for 4 miles! Now I'm all 11 mile girl. I HATE IT! lol.

I'll change my watch tonight to do intervals with distance instead of time.

Oh and I feel dumb b/c I read Daniels Formula and I know I have a chart of his paces stuff. but I guess I only paid attention to the tempo runs instead of intervals.

For now I will work on form for my speed. It should help that I know I don't have to go all out. I really only have to do a 9:30 pace not 8:20 LOL I just keep kicking myself. With my good foot of course!

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