Amber's ankle is still hurting......so my advice to her was skip the long run today. She has to heal if she wants to run the race.....and we still have 27 days left AND we've already ran 11 miles. So I decided to stay inside today and see just how many miles I could do on my treadmill. I knew this was going to be a battle. I really wanted to get 8 miles in. I knew I wasn't going to get 12 in on the treadmill......I'd go crazy trying to do that. I have a hard enough time staying on the treadmill for 30 minutes most days. But I thought.....I'll shoot for 8, be happy with 5. haha.
The one thing I do like about the treadmill is that I can work on increasing my speed a little bit. I did increase my speed by .5 mph on my last few miles. So I did a lot of running, walking, increasing incline.....just to try to entertain myself for awhile. I did end up getting 7 miles in. I know it isn't 12.....but I'm happy with it. It was a good workout......I ran a little bit faster than normal and I burned 996 calories according to my heart rate monitor.
Next weekends run is supposed to be 5 miles, I believe. Since I cut this week short.....Maybe next Sunday I'll shoot for 8. One thing I did notice.....I'm not so stiff. I'm guessing it is because I didn't have to deal with the cold weather. The wind was quite chilly today and I just didn't have it in me to to out today.
Have a great week! Oh and Lori did not sign up for the Chicago Marathon. When she went online to sign up......it was already full. It filled up in just a couple of days, I believe. She is on the lookout for another one. She's crazy! :)
Happy Running! Heal up Amber!
We didn't long run this week either. We went bowling for Am. Heart saturday and we both got sore butt muscles. Haven't used them in a while. Lol. Back at it today. 40 minutes on the elliptical loosened up the ass. Just get healthy for the half. Anything you do now is just for maintaining. I'm ready to run. Probably just do a bunch of stretching as we get closer. Good luck. Don't get hurt. Amazing how fast the runs fill up. I tried GreenBay last year and was rejected. Two days and they were full. Man I wanted Lambeau. Oh well. Some other time.
ReplyDeleteSome advice on training for Sarasota (ok it may be a little late), but don't worry about incline running - remember it's south FL and we don't have hills. The only part of the race that you will have to worry about an incline (and it's a pretty good one) is the Ringling Bridge just after mile 1 (heading to St Armands) and just after mile 4 (coming back from St Armands). So if you're treadmill running, concentrate on those mile markers for a steady incline (for about 1/2-mile); other than than, it's all flat.
ReplyDeleteGoodness I hope everyone gets here healthy!!!!
Good to know!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHey. Who's this Teri lady posting?
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