Some Success!

Monday and Tuesday were not happy running days for me. I'd taken about a week off, and I could feel it. Also, Monday, I was supposed to do hills (3-4 miles or 4 - 5, I can't remember). So I went to the gym Monday and only did 2 miles of hills. Just so much work! I tried again yesterday and only got 1.19 or some such! And then I thought....What the! Anyway, today was a 4 mile run and I went outside and did it at the lake and I was super successful. So that's happy. Also, I haven't sneezed once! I have had a little nose blowing, but not much at all. I've cut out safflower oil and sunflower seed oil, those are my only changes. I'll see my allergy doc soon and see what she thinks. Well, I know what she thinks - she thinks that doesn't account for all my symptoms! But maybe she'll have some other ideas to go along with that. I know she has some other type of allergy med to suggest, so we shall see. Otherwise, we are going to talk about what different kind of doctor I might need to see next.

7 Miles!

I know I did it even if my GPS doesn't! Had some technical difficulties again today, which I assume is really just Sprint trying to encourage me to get a new phone. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull this off, just because I was feeling pretty low for a few days. And, when I started, my guts felt pretty sore and tender! So I decided I would just go as far as I could and be happy with that. But I'm glad I was able to get this training run done because I don't want to get too behind on my scheduled plan. It would be ok if I did, but I'd like to stay on track. Here is the map of my run:

3 Miles

Another down! Sure didn't feel like it today, but I did it. Tomorrow is supposed to be my day off and then 3 miles on Friday. But I'm going to play it by ear. If I feel like running tomorrow, I will. Then I will take Friday off, which will be good since it is supposed to rain.

5 Mile Training Run

A good run today, 5 miles. Just ran around the lake. Thankfully it's big enough that I don't get dizzy! Pretty quiet out there today, but I went earlier than I usually do. I'm supposed to o a 7 mile run on Saturday, but we have rain warnings that have turned into a flood watch! So I'll just have to wait and see what Saturday brings me. I don't really want to do it on a treadmill, although maybe I could say I'm also working on my mental toughness training.

4 Mile Fartlek

Another fartlek day! 4 miles, did it similar to last time where I ran 1 mile, did the intervals for 2 miles, ran 1 mile. I am really impressed with the RunKeeper app that I've been using. I was able to define a custom workout so I had her tell me "Run steady for 1 mile", "Run fast for .1 mile", "Run slow for .3 mile" - really worked awesome. This was harder to do outside because I wasn't quite as consistent. Pretty consistent, though. I could see in the app what I did for each interval. More tomorrow!

6 miles done!

I did it! Today was my 6 mile training run and I did it and it went really well. Had a small technical difficulty to start. My GPS told me I was at .5 miles way before that was possible. Well "way" = like 1/10 of a mile. But still. So I ended that run and started new. But, ultimately, I got my 6 miles in. And! I got a thumbs up from a guy who said, "You're awesome! Great job!" That happened at mile 5 and was perfect timing for a bit of inspiration. Saw some baby geese and saw a woman walking with a parrot on her shoulder. Beautiful day here today. Had to go over to the post office earlier and spied some daffodils in flower. Oh, sneezing report! None today. I did have a bit of dripping but nothing major and no sneezing. I'm seriously blaming the allergy test. Now it will be interesting to see what happens over the next couple of weeks.

Another Training Run Down

I modified my training plan for this week - in my mind. But I didn't note the changes I was planning in my calendar. But I think I did it right. I ran 3 miles today and will do my 6 mile run tomorrow rather than Saturday. Didn't really feel like running today. First, that allergy pill from yesterday made me tired. Second, ga, I'm just super tired of what is happening to me after I run. But, anyway, I did it.

Beautiful Day

Did my 4 mile training run today.  Went well, did cause sneezing.  Supposed to call the allergy clinic if this happens so i will tomorrow.

It was beautiful today doninhad a lot of walks, too!

And I sneeze

Today was day 2 of my training plan.  4 mile run.  Absolutely beautiful day so I ran at the lake.  Went great. Then I walked once around.  Only once because I started sneezing about .3 miles into my walk.  I checked the pollen report for today and it was low.  So I'm going to assume something in the test yesterday caused this.  It wasn't as bad as it has been at times, so there is that. I'm supposed to call them when it happens, so I guess I'll ring them tomorrow.

Early Day 1

I know we visited on the phone, but I'll post for posterity. Tomorrow was to be my official training start but I got to thinking that I might not be feeling too spicy after getting poked at the allergy clinic. So I started today and did the fartlek (ha!) training. 4 miles. So I did a 5 minute warmup at 3.5 / 7%. Then I ran for 2 miles at 6.0 / 1%. then I did 3 min / 30 sec switches between 5.8 and 6.8 (@ 1% incline). Then I ran 1 mile at 6.0 / 1% and finished with 5 minutes walking at 3.5 / 7%. I also lifted some weights. And, let me tell you, I am tired!!!

Big run

I was going to post about this yesterday, but I guess I was too tired after my run and and the kinda stressful day we had.

But I did a long run yesterday.  10.3 miles.  Really displeased about the time it took me but I am glad I got it done. 

I started with the Texas Loop doing the hill 3 times.  That gives me 6 miles.  Then I did the Kensington Loop and added some distance by running up Adams each time I reached that horseshoe. 

It has been so hot, so I got up pretty early so I could be done before it got too warm for running. 

My right foot really hurt today.  I am wondering if those flatter shoes were good for my right foot, bad for my left.  And maybe the greater incline shoes are better for the left and worse for the right!  It's hard to know, though, because I also walked two miles from the auto shop in shoes that are not made for traveling such distances.  Anyway, I was thinking I could cut an old thin insole toe section and put that in the toe of my right shoe (under the existing insole) to reduce that "differential". 

Today was a day off!

Already Cheated!

Today I ran 6 miles, which is in no way on the training schedule for today! That said, I'll be taking a couple of days off due to this trip. So I forgive myself for cheating on my word of following that plan exactly. Good run. Just a beautiful day.

4 Miles

I'm going to actually follow a training program for once! To the best of my ability, I am not going to tweak it. Example: Today was 4 miles. And I thought, "I could just do 5...." But I did 4. Because I'm sure they have it laid out in a way that is supposed to now exhaust me. Speaking of exhaust. I am still a little gummy from the half on Sunday. Better today but it was good to do 4 rather than 5. Tomorrow is my last day before a month off. Very exciting!! It's VERY lonely here.