ironfiling (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ironfiling) wrote,@ 2007-01-06 18:15:00 |
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Half Marathon Training - Fifteenth Long Run
Date: 1/6/2007
Time: 7:30 PM
Duration: 199 min
Location: Run-Tex Riverside
Sport: Run
Workout: 12 mi South Austin Ramble
Distance: 11.69 mi
Weather: cold, drizzly, breezy (high 40s)
People: Rogue (Chrysta, Maryanne, Lisa, Vivan, and Patricia)
Comments:
According to Carolyn, we started off the run with "perfect marathon weather" but it got colder and rainy and pretty miserable about halfway through. Otherwise, this run was pretty great for me. Usually my legs hurt until about 3 miles in, but today I didn't feel anything until mile 5, and even then I felt pretty great until my arches got sore around mile 11. At first I thought it might be a sign of improvement, but then I remembered that I had some preventative alka-seltzer this morning in case the sake from last night decided to cause me a headache. Even though I haven't been completely keeping up with the workouts, Chrysta pointed out that I must have kept up better than the rest of the group because I kept running when everyone wanted to walk. The scenery on this run was mostly new to me but not too exciting. Sadly, we saw a dead kitty by the side of the road on the way back that wasn't there the first time we passed by. Apparently it was a bad day for kitties - someone posted on the forum about seeing one get hit by a car during her run, but fortunately she took her to the vet and the kitty is gonna be ok.
Afterwards I bought new pair of the same running shoes (even though I thought mine were a size 7.5, the Run-Tex person glanced down at my shoe and correctly identified them as an 8!) and met Stacy for some Chuy's. Hearing about my training has inspired her to train for a 5k, so she asked me about various gear she might need. I guess the student has also become the teacher. I love how this triathlon/running stuff is infectious. I was feeling my usual post-running hip pain at lunch and she the radiology technician identified the problem as my iliac, which is a part of the pelvis where a bunch of muscles attach, and not the hip. I wondered if I have scoliosis or some lopsided body weirdness and she said I should come by her work for a free x-ray. It was rather cold and uncomfortable to spend a few hours in my damp workout clothes but I don't really feel sore tonight like I usually do, which leads me to the possible conclusions that 1) maybe it wasn't the aspirin in the alka-seltzer that made me not sore and/or 2) maybe it's better to not rush home to lie in the bath tub and take a nap. When I got home I found multiple barfs on the bedroom carpet and felt a little less sad about the kitty.
Date: 1/6/2007
Time: 7:30 PM
Duration: 199 min
Location: Run-Tex Riverside
Sport: Run
Workout: 12 mi South Austin Ramble
Distance: 11.69 mi
Weather: cold, drizzly, breezy (high 40s)
People: Rogue (Chrysta, Maryanne, Lisa, Vivan, and Patricia)
Comments:
According to Carolyn, we started off the run with "perfect marathon weather" but it got colder and rainy and pretty miserable about halfway through. Otherwise, this run was pretty great for me. Usually my legs hurt until about 3 miles in, but today I didn't feel anything until mile 5, and even then I felt pretty great until my arches got sore around mile 11. At first I thought it might be a sign of improvement, but then I remembered that I had some preventative alka-seltzer this morning in case the sake from last night decided to cause me a headache. Even though I haven't been completely keeping up with the workouts, Chrysta pointed out that I must have kept up better than the rest of the group because I kept running when everyone wanted to walk. The scenery on this run was mostly new to me but not too exciting. Sadly, we saw a dead kitty by the side of the road on the way back that wasn't there the first time we passed by. Apparently it was a bad day for kitties - someone posted on the forum about seeing one get hit by a car during her run, but fortunately she took her to the vet and the kitty is gonna be ok.
Afterwards I bought new pair of the same running shoes (even though I thought mine were a size 7.5, the Run-Tex person glanced down at my shoe and correctly identified them as an 8!) and met Stacy for some Chuy's. Hearing about my training has inspired her to train for a 5k, so she asked me about various gear she might need. I guess the student has also become the teacher. I love how this triathlon/running stuff is infectious. I was feeling my usual post-running hip pain at lunch and she the radiology technician identified the problem as my iliac, which is a part of the pelvis where a bunch of muscles attach, and not the hip. I wondered if I have scoliosis or some lopsided body weirdness and she said I should come by her work for a free x-ray. It was rather cold and uncomfortable to spend a few hours in my damp workout clothes but I don't really feel sore tonight like I usually do, which leads me to the possible conclusions that 1) maybe it wasn't the aspirin in the alka-seltzer that made me not sore and/or 2) maybe it's better to not rush home to lie in the bath tub and take a nap. When I got home I found multiple barfs on the bedroom carpet and felt a little less sad about the kitty.
