I got a new toy just before my 14 mile training run a week or so ago. Maybe it is a guy thing but toys are a lot of fun.
This toy is a GPS unit for my watch. It calculates my speed and distance traveled. However, it has some problems that can get annoying. First of all, the GPS is line of sight. Since the unit connects to satellites out in the sky, it means I have to be outside. If I have to go inside for anything >boom< there goes my reception. suddenly what used to be measurung my speed it says "searching." this makes it really ahrd to know how far you have run or how fast you are going. About 5 minutes later it will hook back in with the satellites and eerything willbe fine. but for those minutes when my watch is off line, I am in hell!!!!!
but when it works! wow! it works so well. you know how fast you are going. you can measure in mph/or kmph or nmph. or instead you can get your mile pace. My group averages at 10'00" pace. To me this is not very informative. I want to know my speed. so I try to keep my pace at around 6.4mph while running. ( this is the speed that the treadmill at work gives me). The watch also does auto-splits. so for every mile I run, it willl automatically mark how long each mile took.
I will fill in more later. I am exhausted tonight. not even for a good reason.
-d
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Monday, August 08, 2005
Recovery run 6 miles
I learned something new on Saturday. On long runs, for every mile you run you should take a day off. This doesn't apply to everyone. For example my great friend Will runs 20 miles some days even when not training for a marathon. He does not need to subscribe to this. I think a lot of it is due to the fact that he's been running since I met him back in 7th grade. His legs are used to it. Mine, however, are not. Not even close. So after we do a long run, like the 12 miles we did last week, or the 14 we do next week, we will be doing a shorter recovery run in the weeks in between. From now on our trianing will look like a saw blade. 12 miles, 6 miles, 14, 7, 16, 8, 18, 9 etc.
The run was pretty easy. I never thought I would say that about running 6 miles. But it was. Started off kinda fast. We were doing 8:50 pace for the first three miles. Much faster than the 10 minute pace I am supposed to be running. My heart rate monitor was telling me that I was definitely puching harder than usual. Our group quickly split up to into three sections. The uber fast who ran around a 8:50 for the whole 6 miles. I ran about a 9:20 pace along with this guy Mike who I met a few weeks earlier at a Griffith park training run. A few other people fell behind us and ran closer to the 10 minute pace that all of us in the pace group are supposed to be running.
to celebrate such an easy run, I did some errands and got ready to celebrate the wedding of my friends Miguel Nelson and Sherry Walsh. An amazing couple and an amazing night spent with great friends old and new.
The run was pretty easy. I never thought I would say that about running 6 miles. But it was. Started off kinda fast. We were doing 8:50 pace for the first three miles. Much faster than the 10 minute pace I am supposed to be running. My heart rate monitor was telling me that I was definitely puching harder than usual. Our group quickly split up to into three sections. The uber fast who ran around a 8:50 for the whole 6 miles. I ran about a 9:20 pace along with this guy Mike who I met a few weeks earlier at a Griffith park training run. A few other people fell behind us and ran closer to the 10 minute pace that all of us in the pace group are supposed to be running.
to celebrate such an easy run, I did some errands and got ready to celebrate the wedding of my friends Miguel Nelson and Sherry Walsh. An amazing couple and an amazing night spent with great friends old and new.
Monday, August 01, 2005
12 miles
I ran 12 miles on Saturday and my whole body can feel it. It started at mile two as my legs started to ache, and they never relented. It only stopped hurting when I stopped moving. For the rest of the day I noticed that instead of actually walking, I was doing more of a waddle. I felt like penguin. I just could not lift my legs. Starting next week we are staggering our distances. Next weeks run will be 6 miles. EASY! Then we jump to 14 miles, then to 7 miles, etc. A little variety to prevent over exertion.
This weekend Santa Monica was my home. I went to bed early and woke up on time at 6am (almost 2.5 hours earlier than I wake for work. psssst. Don't tell my boss). Running with this group was new to me. So new I didn't know where I was going. Oh sure. I thought I did. But when I got to the place I was sorely mistaken. The gates were locked and not a soul was in sight. I thought I had plenty of time when I left the house. After all, I am just one mile from the Santa Monica border. Well, I would have had plenty of time if I had gone to the right place. Realizing the location I had in my mind was wrong, rushing home to get the proper directions was my only option. So home I went and rushed to the real location. I arrived at the training site just in time to wonder, where is my running group? Santa Monica is a little less organized the San Francisco. Finally at the start point, a quarter mile from where we all meet up, I found out who I was running with. There were 10 of us in the group running 10 minute miles. Us toggles. We actually got a pep talk from the woman who won the '73 Boston marathon. I never caught her name, but it was inspiring on how not to run Boston. I have a friend who has learned that lesson, also.
Saturday was hot. Even at 7am it was hot. There were long hills that only seemed to go up. That lasted about 8 miles. The last 4 miles only seemed to go down. A nice change of pace. Around mile 5 we split in two groups. I hung back with the two women in our group and a physician who has run 7 AIDS marathons. Knowing what he has done is very inspiring. As much as my legs hurt during the run, I also had another injury that is a little bit more embarrassing to talk about. Ok. I got a nipple rash. I had to put band aids on them once I got home. Seriously. My shirt rubbed my nipples raw. If anybody has any info about what to do please let me know. I have seen pictures of people whose nipples get so raw from running they started bleeding. I don't want that. Please help me.
Also, please help me, if you can. $10, $20, $50 or $100. Or if you cant afford to give any money, I fully understand. But I ask that you pass this site along to your friends and coworkers. It is really important to get this out to the people so we can all help with prevention and with finding a cure!
This weekend Santa Monica was my home. I went to bed early and woke up on time at 6am (almost 2.5 hours earlier than I wake for work. psssst. Don't tell my boss). Running with this group was new to me. So new I didn't know where I was going. Oh sure. I thought I did. But when I got to the place I was sorely mistaken. The gates were locked and not a soul was in sight. I thought I had plenty of time when I left the house. After all, I am just one mile from the Santa Monica border. Well, I would have had plenty of time if I had gone to the right place. Realizing the location I had in my mind was wrong, rushing home to get the proper directions was my only option. So home I went and rushed to the real location. I arrived at the training site just in time to wonder, where is my running group? Santa Monica is a little less organized the San Francisco. Finally at the start point, a quarter mile from where we all meet up, I found out who I was running with. There were 10 of us in the group running 10 minute miles. Us toggles. We actually got a pep talk from the woman who won the '73 Boston marathon. I never caught her name, but it was inspiring on how not to run Boston. I have a friend who has learned that lesson, also.
Saturday was hot. Even at 7am it was hot. There were long hills that only seemed to go up. That lasted about 8 miles. The last 4 miles only seemed to go down. A nice change of pace. Around mile 5 we split in two groups. I hung back with the two women in our group and a physician who has run 7 AIDS marathons. Knowing what he has done is very inspiring. As much as my legs hurt during the run, I also had another injury that is a little bit more embarrassing to talk about. Ok. I got a nipple rash. I had to put band aids on them once I got home. Seriously. My shirt rubbed my nipples raw. If anybody has any info about what to do please let me know. I have seen pictures of people whose nipples get so raw from running they started bleeding. I don't want that. Please help me.
Also, please help me, if you can. $10, $20, $50 or $100. Or if you cant afford to give any money, I fully understand. But I ask that you pass this site along to your friends and coworkers. It is really important to get this out to the people so we can all help with prevention and with finding a cure!
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Maintenance run
Today I ran a 3 mile maintenance run on the treadmill. The treadmill has a bunch of different programs you can run. You can in a straight line if you like. Or they have a track program so you can relive your high school glory days on the track. They have a cross country program and some cardio programs as well. Really there are two different routines. Flat & not flat. The flat routine is exactly what you would expect. Boring. When I would run laps I would generally set the incline to 2.0. This more accurately reflects the difficulty level of a road. No road is totally flat.
The "not flat" routines all seem the same, they change the steepness of the rake at set intervals. For the cross country programs the intervals are irregular, with a couple of spikes thrown in for good measure. The cardio & interval programs are pretty regular patterns of flat,slight hill, steeper hill, less steep hill, flat. You then repeat for 30 minutes. Part of me wonders if I wouldn't be better off just running up a steep incline for 10-15 minutes and be done with it. Especially because hills are my weakness. What the treadmill should really do is slow down a little bit when the angle increases. I mean c'mon. You have to run the same pace up hill as down? Or on a flat? True I can always change the speed myself. But maybe I am too lazy for that.
Saturday I run 12 miles. I am still low on my fundraising. Anything help.
thanks
big hugs and love
Doug
The "not flat" routines all seem the same, they change the steepness of the rake at set intervals. For the cross country programs the intervals are irregular, with a couple of spikes thrown in for good measure. The cardio & interval programs are pretty regular patterns of flat,slight hill, steeper hill, less steep hill, flat. You then repeat for 30 minutes. Part of me wonders if I wouldn't be better off just running up a steep incline for 10-15 minutes and be done with it. Especially because hills are my weakness. What the treadmill should really do is slow down a little bit when the angle increases. I mean c'mon. You have to run the same pace up hill as down? Or on a flat? True I can always change the speed myself. But maybe I am too lazy for that.
Saturday I run 12 miles. I am still low on my fundraising. Anything help.
thanks
big hugs and love
Doug
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Ultimate!
Cross training was the name of the game today. Played some ultimate Frisbee with a bunch of people from work. I already know I am going to be sore tomorrow. Last time I played with these guys I could hardly walk the next day.
There are two teams. Today we were 11. So, five to a side and one person rotated in. There is no running and no contact. The game is about running and throwing and catching. The sprinting uses totally different muscles but it made me much stronger for Sunday's training run. Tomorrow I will be getting a massage at work. My legs will thank me.
Monday, July 25, 2005
10 miles
This week I ran 10 miles at the San Francisco site. I am really feeling much stronger. I didn't get tired at all until mile 8. The first mile is still the hardest. My muscles are cold and they aren't moving right yet. Before, my warm up was a mile. Now my warm up is two miles.
A few months ago I ran on the san Diego beach with my friend Will. At 2.5 miles I was about to die. I was exhausted and angry (mostly at him for making me run so far... Just kidding, Will.) now 2.5 miles is nothing.
This is the beginning of my fundraising.
A few months ago I ran on the san Diego beach with my friend Will. At 2.5 miles I was about to die. I was exhausted and angry (mostly at him for making me run so far... Just kidding, Will.) now 2.5 miles is nothing.
This is the beginning of my fundraising.
Why I'm Here.
I have wanted to run a marathon for years. Why? BecauseI hate running. I always have. its boring. c'mon. admit it. you think so too. but I have to run a marathon, in the same way that only Nixon could go to China.
More recently, some friends from work did it. They ran the Honolulu marathon, training with AidsMarathon.org. Seemed like a good place to start. While I've been training I have really gotten to know and understand what an effect I am going to have on people's lives. I started off this training to help me get in shape. When I am done, and with your help, we will be saving lives. That's huge. i am honored to be running this marathon. and I am excited to be doing it.
More recently, some friends from work did it. They ran the Honolulu marathon, training with AidsMarathon.org. Seemed like a good place to start. While I've been training I have really gotten to know and understand what an effect I am going to have on people's lives. I started off this training to help me get in shape. When I am done, and with your help, we will be saving lives. That's huge. i am honored to be running this marathon. and I am excited to be doing it.
Up to now
This is my first post, but my fourth training run. I joined the training program late, which has given me an accelerated training schedule.
I decided I was going to run this marathon in April. I started in just before my birthday simply enough at 1o minutes. I barely did a mile. Slowly I did 2 miles. All the while I tried getting in contact with Team in Training to run this marathon with them. They kept trying to get me to run another marathon. I didn't want another marathon. I wanted to go to Honolulu. I talked to my friend Katie, who reminded me that she ran the Honolulu marathon with AIDSMarathon.org. OI! Of course. The next day I called AIDS marathon. I was late joining so I had to do a time trial on my own. I ran three miles on Thursday. (27 minutes). I was told that my pace group will be one minute slower than my time. That put me in the 10minute/mile pace group.
Aids marathon names each pace group after famous marathon runners. My group is Tegla Loroupe.
Some more history. I currently Live in San Francisco but am working in LA. This means I commute between SF and LA a lot.
I did my three mile run in LA at lunch time.
That first week with the group I ran four miles at the San Francisco site. We run out of golden gate park, right by the ocean near the huge windmill. It is cool there. Even at 9am the fog is still strong. Since everybody else was running 6 miles, I was supposed to gradually build up my mileage and catch up with every one in a couple of weeks. But instead I ran 7 miles. Just cuz I wanted to be like everyone else.
The next week (July 17th) I was in LA. Running Sunday in LA is tough! The Sunday group runs in Griffith park. It is a lot hotter there than golden gate park in San Francisco. First of all, we start at 7am. That is bad enough. There is no ocean breeze at Griffith park and it is HOT! AND we started the run going up hill! I am really weak at hills. But I did my eight miles and all was well.
At this LA meeting I finally got my fundraising packet. Reading through my packet I realized that I am supposed to be training a lot harder than I am. I am supposed to be cross training three times a week (40minutes each time), with two maintenance runs (30-40 min) plus our long training run on Sunday. What does this mean? It means I am behind. I have only done one maintenance run each week. Though last week I played ultimate Frisbee. That uses a lot of sprinting, which uses totally different muscles. good. I need to speed up anyway.
that's enough history for now.
I decided I was going to run this marathon in April. I started in just before my birthday simply enough at 1o minutes. I barely did a mile. Slowly I did 2 miles. All the while I tried getting in contact with Team in Training to run this marathon with them. They kept trying to get me to run another marathon. I didn't want another marathon. I wanted to go to Honolulu. I talked to my friend Katie, who reminded me that she ran the Honolulu marathon with AIDSMarathon.org. OI! Of course. The next day I called AIDS marathon. I was late joining so I had to do a time trial on my own. I ran three miles on Thursday. (27 minutes). I was told that my pace group will be one minute slower than my time. That put me in the 10minute/mile pace group.
Aids marathon names each pace group after famous marathon runners. My group is Tegla Loroupe.
Some more history. I currently Live in San Francisco but am working in LA. This means I commute between SF and LA a lot.
I did my three mile run in LA at lunch time.
That first week with the group I ran four miles at the San Francisco site. We run out of golden gate park, right by the ocean near the huge windmill. It is cool there. Even at 9am the fog is still strong. Since everybody else was running 6 miles, I was supposed to gradually build up my mileage and catch up with every one in a couple of weeks. But instead I ran 7 miles. Just cuz I wanted to be like everyone else.
The next week (July 17th) I was in LA. Running Sunday in LA is tough! The Sunday group runs in Griffith park. It is a lot hotter there than golden gate park in San Francisco. First of all, we start at 7am. That is bad enough. There is no ocean breeze at Griffith park and it is HOT! AND we started the run going up hill! I am really weak at hills. But I did my eight miles and all was well.
At this LA meeting I finally got my fundraising packet. Reading through my packet I realized that I am supposed to be training a lot harder than I am. I am supposed to be cross training three times a week (40minutes each time), with two maintenance runs (30-40 min) plus our long training run on Sunday. What does this mean? It means I am behind. I have only done one maintenance run each week. Though last week I played ultimate Frisbee. That uses a lot of sprinting, which uses totally different muscles. good. I need to speed up anyway.
that's enough history for now.
Sunday, July 24, 2005
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