Cool Running for the week of March 5, 2006

[ttdriver]

Re: Cool Running for the week of March 5, 2006

Jim, no shame in that accomplishment! That's great, considering how long its been since you've been running!!! Keep it up; you'll be amazed how fast your stamina will return. The human body is an amazingly adaptable machine!

Saturday: 13.7 miles done on the trail. The heat is really becoming more of a factor now .. it was 80 degrees at 10:00 when I finished. Took me 2 hours 35 minutes. 31.5 miles this week!!!!!

I have a 10k next Saturday, so today I thought I'd see how fast I could do the first 6.2 .. turns out I did it in my best time: 1 hour 9 minutes. I'm psyched!

The next competitive race after that will be the Minnie Marathon 15k at Disney .. so of course I had to see how fast I could do the 9.3 miles today .. turns out, it was 1 hour 46 minutes .. I hope to finish the race in under 2 hours given the fact that by May 7th it will be BRUTALLY HOT here .. that's going to be enough of a challenge if I can do it that fast by then.

Dang, I just love these challenges!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Betty

[Kent]

Re: Cool Running for the week of March 5, 2006

Well the last two days were nice enough to run outside, and I simply couldn't let them pass without at least putting a few miles under my feet. I ran 2.25 miles (17:30) on Friday, and 3.1 miles today. I would have ran more, but if I had Laura would not have had a chance. (I had to walk with the kids at that point.)

I have planned my next race. It will either be on April 8th or 15th -- both races are 5 miles races around lake/glorified ponds. I am leaning towards the second as the kids will get to run for free on a 1 mile fun run, but given their performance today on the 2 mile nature walk, they need more a lot more time on their feet.

[BigRunner]

Re: Cool Running for the week of March 5, 2006

12 miles in.

Rich