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Monday, June 10. 2013

Sunday Phone Dump v1

Posted by Running Chick in Random
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The week according to my phone....

I was missing my old running routes so I drove into town for my Saturday long run (a whopping 5 miles). The bridge as seen from Navy Street. Totals for this week were 15.5 miles @ 10:40 plus one 10-mile bike ride and a couple days of strength training.

Recovery.  It was warm out and this tasted so good.

Covered Drive. 

Phlox in the backyard.

Smooch.

Onnela School

This is why I never can complete a quality stretching session.

Yogi and Boo Boo are back.

Apple blossoms.

The little toad I rescued from the pit of doom.

Bye!

 

Thursday, June 6. 2013

Windy

Posted by Running Chick in Training
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Lots of marine traffic around the Keweenaw tonight.  It’s almost as much as the traffic on the Liminga Road during my run.

I decided to run down to the folks’ house and have Josh pick me up on his way home from work.  It’s all downhill, and I figured my legs would appreciate it after yesterday’s strength training session and my hill session from Monday.

As soon as I turned onto Liminga Road, I hit a very obnoxious headwind.  It was cold and generally unpleasant making the last two miles of my run also generally unpleasant.  My left knee started bugging me with just over a mile to go due to the outrageous camber in the road.  I know this is a no-no, but I ended up switching sides every quarter mile or so just to get some relief.  Next time, I’ll take an alternate route that gives me less time on that road.  My pace for the 4.25 miles was 10:14. Sorta speedy but that's my average pace and my first two speedy (downhill) miles made up for the slow (strong headwind) last two miles.

Today is National Running Day.

Yesssss.

 

Tuesday, June 4. 2013

Breakers to Bay 2013

Posted by Running Chick in Race Report
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I ran the Breakers to Bay 5 mile race on Saturday.  Thanks to the humidity, sun, the first two miles being uphill and, um, the many beers I consumed the night before, it wasn’t one of my finer events. 

My heart rate was through the roof the entire time and I ended up taking a few walk breaks just to get that and my breathing under control.  I ended up finishing in 50:30, not exactly slow, but I should have been able to knock out some faster miles had I properly prepared for this event.  Oh well, live and learn, I guess.  My recap isn’t too exciting, so head on over to my friend G’s blog for some in-depth analysis and pictures(!)

I’m easing myself back into a running routine, so I ended last week with a total of 11.5 miles @ 10:46.  My monthly total from April was 59.24 miles @ 10:40 and May was 31.86 @ 10:13.  So far for 2013, I have 277 miles.

My next race will be the Canal Run in July.  New this year is the half marathon option, so I’ll be doing that with the above-mentioned friend.  After that, it’s Fox Cities Marathon in September. I think, anyway.  I figure I’ll start training for the full and then if I crash and burn/chicken out I’ll drop down to the half.

Wow, what a boring post. I don’t even have any pictures for you. Next time, for sure.

 
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