Slmoes - I'm going TO Chicago FROM Los Angeles on Friday.  I'm guessing I'm going to need to run on the treadmill at the hotel instead of outside from your comment about winter?

I didn't sleep well last night so this morning's run was okay from the neck down, but my head felt like it was asleep during the run.  How weird is that? 

I had a dream that I showed up to do the Great Race in April and I wasn't registered because I had forgotten to do it.  I guess I had better do that, huh, Michael since I know that you have?  I'm still so nervous about a 10K I guess!

I like to call this a senior moment..

I got a little confused myself.

Mike

Slmoes nice job on the run and good luck with tonights 3 miles. How much snow have you gotten so far this winter in Chicagoland? My DH has family out there.

Well I ran my 3 miles this morning. While not speedy except for the last mile, I was happy it wasn't very slow. Tomorrow is 2 miles.

Have a good day.

Patty

Hi y'all,

Been a few days since I logged in, but I am still here and still with the program. I am in week 4 now. I did 3 miles today in about 37 minutes. I started way too fast and ended up having to take a few walking breaks. I still ended up at approximately the average pace I wanted, but I'm somewhat annoyed with myself for not pacing myself correctly enough to run the whole way. I know I can run 3 miles without walking, I've already done it a half dozen times on this program. And I really have no desire to be a "run/walk"-er. I am a runner. So my goal for the rest of the program is not to walk. I will run slow as a tortoise if I have to.

I have concluded that I really, really need to get a heart rate monitor to help me with my pacing. I really haven't figured out my steady training pace yet. Some days I'm fast and some days I'm slow; some days I finish feeling like I could have done much more, and some days I'm very fatigued. I'm new to all this so I'm trying to be patient with myself and just keep chugging, but I really think a HR monitor might help.

Happy V-day all

-nyc

Hello all,

NYC each run is different. If you ran fast one day, the next should be easy. You probably will be tired and sluggish feeling anyway. There are a lot of things that affect you and your run, stress, lack of sleep. I wouldn't worry about your speed too much as your increasing distance (per week).  Speed can come later.

I ran my 2 miles today in 24:20 minutes. It felt good, but I know I will have a slow 4.5 miles this weekend. I'll be away in New York and I've got to figure out how to get a good approximation of my mileage. I am very anal. This will bug me.

Have a good day all.

Patty

Michael - I have the garmin forerunner 305 with the heart rate monitor.  I love it.  I have the footpod but don't use it inside.  I love being able to load my runs to the computer and see my speed and heart rate.  However, I keep looking at the new 50 and how much smaller it is . . . . .

Ended up doing my 35 minute walk on Friday, taking Saturday off and running 4.5 today.  All set to begin week 7 tomorrow.

Got a trainer for my bike on Friday.  Given up any hope of being able to ride outside in the near future.  However, today's snow didn't materialize and they are now saying maybe we might get 1 or so inches tonight.  I can live with that.

Hope everyone has had a great weekend. 

Hey all!

Michael, I juggle days around like that all the time. I always get in all the prescribed runs in any given week, but I don't always do them on the exact days HH says to. For example, a lot of times I will take Wednesday off instead of Friday and run Tue-Thu-Fri instead of Tue-Wed-Thu. This is because Wednesday tends to be a really busy day for me.

I took the plunge this weekend and bought a HR monitor. I got the Polar FS2. I ran with it this morning and realized that I have been running way too fast a lot of the time. It was hard not to go above my target zone! I knew I was having pacing issues, which is why I bought the thing. I think for a while I will forget about pace per mile and just concentrate on covering each distance in my training range.

Happy running all...

-nyc