Treadmill...
Okay, so another month has gone by. And I really couldn't tell you how I've done each week. I can tell you that I did not get out running as much as planned. And I switched to running on the treadmill in the mornings - which for some reason I find ridiculously more difficult than running outside. I did do the following runs:
on June 21. It was approximately 2.5 miles - though I was estimating part of it. Here are my half mile splits:
1. 5.37.58
2. 6.00.10
3. 6.17.02
4. 6.34.97
5. 6.12.99
on June 29
1. 5.32.52
2. 5.17.13
3. 5.37.28
4. 5.39.51
5. 5.51.66
6. 5.48.68
on July 14
1. 4.42.95
2. 4.19.35
3. 4.46.63
4. 5.09.34
5. 5.16.52
6. 4.54.28
Okay - and now that I'm looking at my splits I think I know why the treadmill is wearing me out so much - I'm running faster on it. You can tell that my July workout is much better than the other two in June. Well - on the treadmill I've been making myself run a 6mile/hour pace - or flat 5 minutes per half mile. Well - apparently, I wasn't actually at that fitness level yet....it has been helping me though! So that's good news. Now I just need to keep it up more consistently. Last week I think I only went 1 or maybe 2 times.
I did go this morning - and actually ran some of my run at 6.2 miles/hour because I was feeling pretty good - but I didn't run a full three miles - so maybe I was pushing myself a bit too hard.
Anyway, since the last time I posted - we did go camping over the Fourth of July weekend - that was fun. We went tubing down the Guadalupe river - though this year the water's kind of low - so it took us about 5 hours - and that was paddling a good chunk of the way. My arms were sore after that, but it was fun.
Other than that - we've been getting ready for the wedding and working and whatnot. In a week and a half I head off to NM and in just under three weeks we get married. Kind of crazy - but I'm excited.
Oh, and I'm going to mentor again - for the winter season. First practice is actually the day of my wedding - so I'm going to miss that one and the next one. The mentees will be training for either the Houston marathon or half, PF Chang's Rock and Roll Marathon or half in Phoenix, or the full or half at Disney. The current plan is for me to do the Disney half with Suzuko (and whoever else I can draft into coming with us - so far at least Kathryn and Mead) and then I am thinking I might do the Houston half the next weekend.
So that's what's up here these days...
on June 21. It was approximately 2.5 miles - though I was estimating part of it. Here are my half mile splits:
1. 5.37.58
2. 6.00.10
3. 6.17.02
4. 6.34.97
5. 6.12.99
on June 29
1. 5.32.52
2. 5.17.13
3. 5.37.28
4. 5.39.51
5. 5.51.66
6. 5.48.68
on July 14
1. 4.42.95
2. 4.19.35
3. 4.46.63
4. 5.09.34
5. 5.16.52
6. 4.54.28
Okay - and now that I'm looking at my splits I think I know why the treadmill is wearing me out so much - I'm running faster on it. You can tell that my July workout is much better than the other two in June. Well - on the treadmill I've been making myself run a 6mile/hour pace - or flat 5 minutes per half mile. Well - apparently, I wasn't actually at that fitness level yet....it has been helping me though! So that's good news. Now I just need to keep it up more consistently. Last week I think I only went 1 or maybe 2 times.
I did go this morning - and actually ran some of my run at 6.2 miles/hour because I was feeling pretty good - but I didn't run a full three miles - so maybe I was pushing myself a bit too hard.
Anyway, since the last time I posted - we did go camping over the Fourth of July weekend - that was fun. We went tubing down the Guadalupe river - though this year the water's kind of low - so it took us about 5 hours - and that was paddling a good chunk of the way. My arms were sore after that, but it was fun.
Other than that - we've been getting ready for the wedding and working and whatnot. In a week and a half I head off to NM and in just under three weeks we get married. Kind of crazy - but I'm excited.
Oh, and I'm going to mentor again - for the winter season. First practice is actually the day of my wedding - so I'm going to miss that one and the next one. The mentees will be training for either the Houston marathon or half, PF Chang's Rock and Roll Marathon or half in Phoenix, or the full or half at Disney. The current plan is for me to do the Disney half with Suzuko (and whoever else I can draft into coming with us - so far at least Kathryn and Mead) and then I am thinking I might do the Houston half the next weekend.
So that's what's up here these days...
