My first run in 9 days. I missed last week due to Bible school, so I skipped Saturday, too. I think I'm going backwards. I've had difficulty completing 5 milers. I thought maybe a break would help. It didn't. I don't know what's going on. It took me 51:51 (10:22 pace) to run 5 miles - no walking.
I only got in 54 miles for July.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
July 21, 2012
I was able to run the whole 5 miles. The last mile I was barely getting one foot in front of the other, though. The temperature helped me make it. It was around 81 - about 10 degrees cooler than when I have usually been running. Pace - 9:46.
Friday, July 20, 2012
July 19, 2012
Still trying to master 5 miles. I had to walk again. I was feeling good enough that I thought I could push myself to complete the 5 miler at a slow jog. It was 91 degrees and breezy. About mile 3.5, I got a chill. I told myself keep running until at least 4 miles. Then I got "cold" before reaching mile 4, but I did it. Then I began walking, and walked about 3/4 of mile 5. I jogged a little in the middle. When I got finished, I began sweating like crazy and it would not stop. My clothes were soaked. My recovery heart rate also went up instead of down, from 138 to 150. It had also reached 197 during the run. My pace was 10:47.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Catching Up: Part 3
June 26 - Ran (mostly walked) 5 miles at 14:40 pace. My recovery actually went up from 100 to 112. I guess the slant of my driveway is steeper than I thought.
June 30 - I did 8 miles. Again, I mostly walked. It's been hot, and I've not been running consistently. I have also been dehydrated some, but don't want to type about it.
I finished June with 58.3 miles for the month. A year-to-date total of 488.3. So, at the half-way point, I'm only 11.7 miles behind pace for a 1,000 miles for the year.
July 3 - Did 5 miles at 10:01.
July 4 - Did 5 miles at 15:07. Mostly walked, as you can tell.
July 6 - Did 6 miles at 10:37. If I'm gonna go so slow and walk, I may as well add a mile.
July 7 - Did 8 miles at 12:36. Walked about half.
July 9 - Did 5 miles at 10:14. My max heart rate hit 213 - probably a glitch.
July 12 - Ran (not "did") 5 miles in 9:47. Maybe the previous heart rate was not a glitch, because it hit 205 on this run.
July 17 - Did (yes, back to "did"), but this one is a little different. I did some walking, some extremely slow jogging, and a couple of sprinting moments. My best pace hit 5:52 (see Part 1 for description), but my max heart rate only reached 191. I don't know how this could be when on the previous 2 runs it was over 200. Anyway... I'm not doing good. I'm not running consistently. When I try to run, I have to walk. I hurt. I've been taking stuff for pain, especially knee pain, before bed for a while. Now, I'm hurting enough some mornings that I have to take something. I also can't seem to get hydrated. I don't have to get up in the middle of the night. I usually pee before leaving work and then have to pee as soon as I get home. The other day we got home from work about 5:00 and I didn't pee until just after 8:00. I've been trying to drink more.
SOME WEATHER FACTS:
On June 29, the hottest recorded temperature in Nashville's history. The records date back over 100 years. The temperature hot 109. As the weatherman was talking about this, the TV screen showed "Nashville 109 *". The asterisk indicating a record. The screen also showed another city with an asterisk (I'm thinking "Crossville 102 *" for some reason). It also listed Clarksville, but without an asterisk, at 110. I guess Clarksville was the hottest in the state on June 29, but it was not a Clarksville record.
The day before (the 28th) Nashville set a record for that date at 107. It was also the hottest June 30th at 105. The same for a July 1, also 105. I didn't hear about July 2 or 3, but July 4 was another record - I think 102. July 5 another record at 104. Not sure about July 6. I think July 7 was a record, but don't know what. Finally got some rain on July 9.
The news also said that across the country 2,000 records had been set since July 1. (Nashville's was June 29). It also got so hot at Reagan National Airport that a planes tires sunk into the melting tarmac. Here's part of a news story:
"No one likes airport delays. We want to get where we're going as quickly as possible, please and thank you. But one plane on its way from Reagan National Airport to Charleston, South Carolina faced an extremely bizarre delay when it couldn't take off because the tarmac had melted.
Yes, the concrete actually melted. While trying to take off, the tires on the plane sank into the runway and the plane could not move."
June 30 - I did 8 miles. Again, I mostly walked. It's been hot, and I've not been running consistently. I have also been dehydrated some, but don't want to type about it.
I finished June with 58.3 miles for the month. A year-to-date total of 488.3. So, at the half-way point, I'm only 11.7 miles behind pace for a 1,000 miles for the year.
July 3 - Did 5 miles at 10:01.
July 4 - Did 5 miles at 15:07. Mostly walked, as you can tell.
July 6 - Did 6 miles at 10:37. If I'm gonna go so slow and walk, I may as well add a mile.
July 7 - Did 8 miles at 12:36. Walked about half.
July 9 - Did 5 miles at 10:14. My max heart rate hit 213 - probably a glitch.
July 12 - Ran (not "did") 5 miles in 9:47. Maybe the previous heart rate was not a glitch, because it hit 205 on this run.
July 17 - Did (yes, back to "did"), but this one is a little different. I did some walking, some extremely slow jogging, and a couple of sprinting moments. My best pace hit 5:52 (see Part 1 for description), but my max heart rate only reached 191. I don't know how this could be when on the previous 2 runs it was over 200. Anyway... I'm not doing good. I'm not running consistently. When I try to run, I have to walk. I hurt. I've been taking stuff for pain, especially knee pain, before bed for a while. Now, I'm hurting enough some mornings that I have to take something. I also can't seem to get hydrated. I don't have to get up in the middle of the night. I usually pee before leaving work and then have to pee as soon as I get home. The other day we got home from work about 5:00 and I didn't pee until just after 8:00. I've been trying to drink more.
SOME WEATHER FACTS:
On June 29, the hottest recorded temperature in Nashville's history. The records date back over 100 years. The temperature hot 109. As the weatherman was talking about this, the TV screen showed "Nashville 109 *". The asterisk indicating a record. The screen also showed another city with an asterisk (I'm thinking "Crossville 102 *" for some reason). It also listed Clarksville, but without an asterisk, at 110. I guess Clarksville was the hottest in the state on June 29, but it was not a Clarksville record.
The day before (the 28th) Nashville set a record for that date at 107. It was also the hottest June 30th at 105. The same for a July 1, also 105. I didn't hear about July 2 or 3, but July 4 was another record - I think 102. July 5 another record at 104. Not sure about July 6. I think July 7 was a record, but don't know what. Finally got some rain on July 9.
The news also said that across the country 2,000 records had been set since July 1. (Nashville's was June 29). It also got so hot at Reagan National Airport that a planes tires sunk into the melting tarmac. Here's part of a news story:
"No one likes airport delays. We want to get where we're going as quickly as possible, please and thank you. But one plane on its way from Reagan National Airport to Charleston, South Carolina faced an extremely bizarre delay when it couldn't take off because the tarmac had melted.
Yes, the concrete actually melted. While trying to take off, the tires on the plane sank into the runway and the plane could not move."
Catching Up: Part 2 - The Muddy Buddy
Sherri wanted to try the Muddy Buddy instead of running the Wilma Rudolph 5k/10k. She gets bored with just running on the road. The Muddy Buddy has obstacles along the way and a mud pit you must crawl though at the end.
When we arrived at the Cheatham County Wildlife Management Area (I believe this is where the Nashville Zoo used to be), I was surprised to see so many cars/people. They started the event in waves of waves, so everybody wouldn't hit the obstacles at the same time. The Bike and Run race started at 7:30. The run only races started at 9:00. When you signed up, you got to choose what time you wanted to start - 9:00, 9:45, or 10:30. We chose 9:45, so it wouldn't be so early at 9:00 or so hot when we finished the 10:30 race. Then, at the starting line, they would let so many of each time group go at a time. We wore timing chips, but we were only racing against people in the 9:45 race. When we first signed up, I think the run races were 3 to 4 miles. It increased to 3 to 4.5 miles. I guess because of our course some of the other increased, too. And, oh, we were in the Co-ed Masters category, because our combined age was over 86.
We ran along the barely wide enough for 2 cars, gravel entrance/outrance road, weaving around cars and people either coming or going. We then turned onto a less traveled road where the gravel had mostly disappeared. I don't recall which obstacles came in what order, but we climbed over walls, crawled under rope nets, climbed a rope to ring a bell, walked across balance beams without letting go of the other, slid down a bouncy house slide while people threw water on us, and some other things. However, the obstacles that were really obstacles were not the man-made ones. We had to climb MOUNTAINS! We went up, up, and up. There was nobody running. I couldn't believe that the bike people had to ride (push) up such a hill. Now, the mountain route was not on old road. It was a path about 5 to 6 feet wide cut out for this event. There were roots, rocks, and holes. You also had to watch for those smaller trees that didn't get wiped out, because they would snap back at you and leave a whelp. There were some with briers, too.
We also got to go down a mountain. At one point, it was so steep that you had to run, while dodging all the roots, holes, rock, etc. Then it was back up another MOUNTAIN!
Well, anyway, we finished, hosed off, and changed clothes. I would have like to have known how we did, but wasn't too worried about it. I'd check online later in the week. Plus, we had to get home and take the dogs out. Sherri wanted to see how we did, too, so ran back up to where the "action" was. There was a big board covered with papers for all the races and divisions. Some of the papers were on the ground; most of the race/divisions had multiple printouts as other teams finished. I finally found 9:45 Co-ed Masters. The places listed were 1, 2, and 4. Where was 3? Maybe 4 is actually 3. t didn't matter. We had done quite a bit of walking and I wasn't expecting a top 4 finish. I found a top 7 - actually top 6 since 3 was not listed - after searching through the papers on the ground. I decided to go ask someone; I had been through all the results and could see inside a tent that they were still printing them out. I had been gone so long Sherri came looking for me. When I asked the guy if he had the results for the 9:45 Co-ed Masters, he asked what our name was. I said, "I Have No I.D." I could tell on his face he was about to ask "What", but before he could look up, he saw our name, since it was close to the top - # 3. We finished 3rd! I guess when they were printing the sheets to post, someone said "I have no I.D." came in 3rd, so the other person didn't list it.
We got a 2 small little trophies that had vials to collect some mud in to remember the event.
When we arrived at the Cheatham County Wildlife Management Area (I believe this is where the Nashville Zoo used to be), I was surprised to see so many cars/people. They started the event in waves of waves, so everybody wouldn't hit the obstacles at the same time. The Bike and Run race started at 7:30. The run only races started at 9:00. When you signed up, you got to choose what time you wanted to start - 9:00, 9:45, or 10:30. We chose 9:45, so it wouldn't be so early at 9:00 or so hot when we finished the 10:30 race. Then, at the starting line, they would let so many of each time group go at a time. We wore timing chips, but we were only racing against people in the 9:45 race. When we first signed up, I think the run races were 3 to 4 miles. It increased to 3 to 4.5 miles. I guess because of our course some of the other increased, too. And, oh, we were in the Co-ed Masters category, because our combined age was over 86.
We ran along the barely wide enough for 2 cars, gravel entrance/outrance road, weaving around cars and people either coming or going. We then turned onto a less traveled road where the gravel had mostly disappeared. I don't recall which obstacles came in what order, but we climbed over walls, crawled under rope nets, climbed a rope to ring a bell, walked across balance beams without letting go of the other, slid down a bouncy house slide while people threw water on us, and some other things. However, the obstacles that were really obstacles were not the man-made ones. We had to climb MOUNTAINS! We went up, up, and up. There was nobody running. I couldn't believe that the bike people had to ride (push) up such a hill. Now, the mountain route was not on old road. It was a path about 5 to 6 feet wide cut out for this event. There were roots, rocks, and holes. You also had to watch for those smaller trees that didn't get wiped out, because they would snap back at you and leave a whelp. There were some with briers, too.
We also got to go down a mountain. At one point, it was so steep that you had to run, while dodging all the roots, holes, rock, etc. Then it was back up another MOUNTAIN!
Well, anyway, we finished, hosed off, and changed clothes. I would have like to have known how we did, but wasn't too worried about it. I'd check online later in the week. Plus, we had to get home and take the dogs out. Sherri wanted to see how we did, too, so ran back up to where the "action" was. There was a big board covered with papers for all the races and divisions. Some of the papers were on the ground; most of the race/divisions had multiple printouts as other teams finished. I finally found 9:45 Co-ed Masters. The places listed were 1, 2, and 4. Where was 3? Maybe 4 is actually 3. t didn't matter. We had done quite a bit of walking and I wasn't expecting a top 4 finish. I found a top 7 - actually top 6 since 3 was not listed - after searching through the papers on the ground. I decided to go ask someone; I had been through all the results and could see inside a tent that they were still printing them out. I had been gone so long Sherri came looking for me. When I asked the guy if he had the results for the 9:45 Co-ed Masters, he asked what our name was. I said, "I Have No I.D." I could tell on his face he was about to ask "What", but before he could look up, he saw our name, since it was close to the top - # 3. We finished 3rd! I guess when they were printing the sheets to post, someone said "I have no I.D." came in 3rd, so the other person didn't list it.
We got a 2 small little trophies that had vials to collect some mud in to remember the event.
Catching Up: Part 1
The run following my scary moment run came four days later on June 16. It wasn't that bad. I ran 5 miles in 9:14. At one point, I even hit a 6:06 pace - I'm not sure how the watch calculates this. I guess that, while running downhill, if I hit a certain pace for a nanosecond, that's what it records. I wish it would say how long the pace was maintained or the pace would have to be maintained for certain length of time. It was 82 degrees at 9:00 am for this run. I mention the temp for future reference.
June 19 - 5 miles at 9:30 pace.
June 20 - 5 miles at 9:26 pace.
June 19 - 5 miles at 9:30 pace.
June 20 - 5 miles at 9:26 pace.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Catchup? Not Today.
I was about to do a "Catchup" post, but saw that it has been a month since my last entry. I don't have time for that much now.
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