In San Francisco I ran on treadmills three times:
2 miles 16:33
2 miles 16:27
2.8 miles 23:37
Treadmill running has gotten a lot easier! Now I'm inspired to buy a tutu and register for a 5K.
Monday, July 28, 2008
long run today
Distance: 14.32 miles
Time: 2:25:30
Pace: 10:10/mile
Time of Day: 7:34 a.m.
Temperature: 70 degrees
MapMyRun continues to enrage me. I mapped out my 14.32 miles (about 4 miles plus the Eliot Bridge to Museum of Science to River Street to Pleasant Street) but the site crashed while "saving to blog." The nice weather helped immensely during the run. I thought I'd be out of shape after not having done a run longer than seven miles during vacation, but I was able to keep up the same pace that I had been running for about fifteen more minutes. That might have been attributable to my urge for a Spicy Start sandwich at Hot off the Press though...sometimes I'm tempted to stop at the Mass Ave bridge and just run up to Inman Street. Next week I will try to make it to the JFK bridge (or 2:35, whichever comes first).
Time: 2:25:30
Pace: 10:10/mile
Time of Day: 7:34 a.m.
Temperature: 70 degrees
MapMyRun continues to enrage me. I mapped out my 14.32 miles (about 4 miles plus the Eliot Bridge to Museum of Science to River Street to Pleasant Street) but the site crashed while "saving to blog." The nice weather helped immensely during the run. I thought I'd be out of shape after not having done a run longer than seven miles during vacation, but I was able to keep up the same pace that I had been running for about fifteen more minutes. That might have been attributable to my urge for a Spicy Start sandwich at Hot off the Press though...sometimes I'm tempted to stop at the Mass Ave bridge and just run up to Inman Street. Next week I will try to make it to the JFK bridge (or 2:35, whichever comes first).
Saturday, July 19, 2008
run in portland
Distance: 7.09 miles
Time: 1:13:34
Pace: 10:13/mile
Time of Day: 7:30 a.m.
Temperature: 57 degrees
Ran in Portland today. Felt really dehydrated, and stupidly did not take a bottle of water with me or buy one along the way. I also didn't feel as motivated as usual--having a buddy for runs longer than an hour helps a lot more than I thought.
Time: 1:13:34
Pace: 10:13/mile
Time of Day: 7:30 a.m.
Temperature: 57 degrees
Ran in Portland today. Felt really dehydrated, and stupidly did not take a bottle of water with me or buy one along the way. I also didn't feel as motivated as usual--having a buddy for runs longer than an hour helps a lot more than I thought.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
long run today
Distance: 12.51 miles
Time: 2:05:19
Pace: 10:02/mile
Temperature: ~79 degrees
Time of Day: 7:45 a.m.
MapMyRun was being finicky today so there is no picture to accompany this blog entry :( Today's run was much better than last week's long run. The weather was probably 5-10 degrees cooler, and I hydrated and ate properly last night. I had a cup of coffee with an espresso gu and headed out with my new geisha water bottle. I went down to the Western Ave bridge and started on the Boston side rather than heading toward the Eliot bridge.
It's so much better than when it was under construction last year--no more stinky gravel path! The shade from the trees was quite pleasant. I wish I'd run on this side more during previous long runs. I'm going to miss having the luxury of doing long runs on weekday mornings. The Esplanade is much less crowded, and the catcallers aren't out in full force (except for one that yelled "Mmm! Calm my soul!" from his bike).
I'm still a bit confused about how to pick up the Cambridge side of the path after crossing the Museum of Science bridge. I ended up running through East Cambridge and picking it up at Wadsworth Street, where I usually come off the path to Broadway. The second half of the run wasn't as pleasant as the first because of lack of shade. I felt better after hydrating at the Eliot boat house water fountain. I decided to stop at Whole Foods for some sparkling water after the run--I suppose I could have gone another half mile to make it to 13 miles, but I'm still happy with the run!
Time: 2:05:19
Pace: 10:02/mile
Temperature: ~79 degrees
Time of Day: 7:45 a.m.
MapMyRun was being finicky today so there is no picture to accompany this blog entry :( Today's run was much better than last week's long run. The weather was probably 5-10 degrees cooler, and I hydrated and ate properly last night. I had a cup of coffee with an espresso gu and headed out with my new geisha water bottle. I went down to the Western Ave bridge and started on the Boston side rather than heading toward the Eliot bridge.
It's so much better than when it was under construction last year--no more stinky gravel path! The shade from the trees was quite pleasant. I wish I'd run on this side more during previous long runs. I'm going to miss having the luxury of doing long runs on weekday mornings. The Esplanade is much less crowded, and the catcallers aren't out in full force (except for one that yelled "Mmm! Calm my soul!" from his bike).
I'm still a bit confused about how to pick up the Cambridge side of the path after crossing the Museum of Science bridge. I ended up running through East Cambridge and picking it up at Wadsworth Street, where I usually come off the path to Broadway. The second half of the run wasn't as pleasant as the first because of lack of shade. I felt better after hydrating at the Eliot boat house water fountain. I decided to stop at Whole Foods for some sparkling water after the run--I suppose I could have gone another half mile to make it to 13 miles, but I'm still happy with the run!
Monday, July 14, 2008
"It's my hot body; I'll do what I want!"
...I mean, it's my hot ipod, I'll do what I want. One of James' roommates read this blog recently, mistakenly attributing my playlist post to him and then making fun of James for his girly taste in music.
For your reading pleasure, more girliness commences below:
1. "As Long As You Love Me" - Backstreet Boys
2. "Escape" - Enrique Iglesias
3. "More Than a Feeling" - Boston
4. "Nothing in this World" - Paris Hilton
5. "Ding Ding Dong Song" - Gunther & the Sunshine Girls
6. "We Like to Party!" - Vengaboys
7. "Tearing Up My Heart" - N'Sync
8. "With You" - Jessica Simpson
9. "Forever" - Chris Brown
10. "When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls
11. "Body Glow" - Petros
12. "See You Again" - Miley Cyrus
13. "Tell Me" - P. Diddy
14. "Suddenly I See" - KT Tunstall
15. "Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield
For your reading pleasure, more girliness commences below:
1. "As Long As You Love Me" - Backstreet Boys
2. "Escape" - Enrique Iglesias
3. "More Than a Feeling" - Boston
4. "Nothing in this World" - Paris Hilton
5. "Ding Ding Dong Song" - Gunther & the Sunshine Girls
6. "We Like to Party!" - Vengaboys
7. "Tearing Up My Heart" - N'Sync
8. "With You" - Jessica Simpson
9. "Forever" - Chris Brown
10. "When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls
11. "Body Glow" - Petros
12. "See You Again" - Miley Cyrus
13. "Tell Me" - P. Diddy
14. "Suddenly I See" - KT Tunstall
15. "Unwritten" - Natasha Bedingfield
Sunday, July 13, 2008
run with james
Distance: 8.79 miles
Time: 1:23:36
Pace: 9:31/mile
Time of Day: 9:30 a.m.
Temperature: 81 degrees
Notes: Stopped for water in the Divinity School, boat house, and Shell.
James and I got up to run in the hot Mexican sun today. We went through Cambridge neighborhoods and then ran from the Eliot bridge to the Mass Ave/Harvard bridge, switching from Boston to Cambridge at River Street. James commented that it is windy along the river and that the Boston side is hilly. We saw a bunch of crew boats on the river. There weren't any insane geese out on the Boston side today though. Usually I have to dodge goose poop like an obstacle course. Maybe James wards away the geese.
I have to tell my mom I went to a Baptist church today. That makes two churches in one weekend (we went to check out the Tiffany windows in the Arlington Street Church in Back Bay).
James needs to not have shin splints and to update the layout of this bloggie.
Time: 1:23:36
Pace: 9:31/mile
Time of Day: 9:30 a.m.
Temperature: 81 degrees
Notes: Stopped for water in the Divinity School, boat house, and Shell.
James and I got up to run in the hot Mexican sun today. We went through Cambridge neighborhoods and then ran from the Eliot bridge to the Mass Ave/Harvard bridge, switching from Boston to Cambridge at River Street. James commented that it is windy along the river and that the Boston side is hilly. We saw a bunch of crew boats on the river. There weren't any insane geese out on the Boston side today though. Usually I have to dodge goose poop like an obstacle course. Maybe James wards away the geese.
I have to tell my mom I went to a Baptist church today. That makes two churches in one weekend (we went to check out the Tiffany windows in the Arlington Street Church in Back Bay).
James needs to not have shin splints and to update the layout of this bloggie.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
i need to take this advice...
"Avoid late-nights, long shopping trips, and any other potentially exhausting activity the day before a long-run. The long-run is the most critical element of marathon training. If you go into the long-run tired you are most certainly going to negatively affect your training."
Shopping trips? Mine usually consist of walking around a 3-block radius of Harvard Square or shopping online.
Shopping trips? Mine usually consist of walking around a 3-block radius of Harvard Square or shopping online.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
long run
Distance: 12.25 miles
Time: 2:05:01
Pace: 10:13/mile
Temperature: 85 degrees at end of run
Time of Day: 8:00 a.m.
Today I ran around Cambridge (did mapmyrun but my Internet crashed so I lost the picture), wishing I'd managed to drag myself out of bed at 6:30 a.m. instead of 7:40 a.m. I stopped for a Black Cherry Propel to wash down my espresso Gu one hour and 10 minutes into the run and did a cooldown walk to get a slurpee at the end of the run. I'm making progress re: preparation by at least having gels and Propel, but need to get better with hydrating the night before! Weirdest catcall of the run: Homeless lady screaming "I wanna be skinny like you!" at mile 12. That kept me from stopping at the Mass Ave 7-11 and continuing to the Harvard Square one--sometimes the Central Square homeless folk are a bit odd.
Time: 2:05:01
Pace: 10:13/mile
Temperature: 85 degrees at end of run
Time of Day: 8:00 a.m.
Today I ran around Cambridge (did mapmyrun but my Internet crashed so I lost the picture), wishing I'd managed to drag myself out of bed at 6:30 a.m. instead of 7:40 a.m. I stopped for a Black Cherry Propel to wash down my espresso Gu one hour and 10 minutes into the run and did a cooldown walk to get a slurpee at the end of the run. I'm making progress re: preparation by at least having gels and Propel, but need to get better with hydrating the night before! Weirdest catcall of the run: Homeless lady screaming "I wanna be skinny like you!" at mile 12. That kept me from stopping at the Mass Ave 7-11 and continuing to the Harvard Square one--sometimes the Central Square homeless folk are a bit odd.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
running on the beach
I've been in the Outer Banks since Saturday and have run twice on the beach so far. I ran for about 30 minutes with one of my fellow beach-goers in super humid weather on Saturday, and we managed to get lost by forgetting both the access path to the beach and the address of our beach house. A frat boy directed us to his aunt's house, where we found some very helpful people who let us check our gmail for the address and then Google map the way back.
Today I ran for 43 minutes on the beach at 7:30 a.m. The heat was so much less oppressive than it usually is, and there were interesting passerby (e.g., old lady in full pink regalia with poodle, crabs scuttling around on the sand) to look at during the run. The softer, flatter sand was wicked hard to run in--my shoes sank down two inches with every step. The hard packed sand nearer to the water was easier to run on surface-wise but also quite tilted.
Today I ran for 43 minutes on the beach at 7:30 a.m. The heat was so much less oppressive than it usually is, and there were interesting passerby (e.g., old lady in full pink regalia with poodle, crabs scuttling around on the sand) to look at during the run. The softer, flatter sand was wicked hard to run in--my shoes sank down two inches with every step. The hard packed sand nearer to the water was easier to run on surface-wise but also quite tilted.
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