19 laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 35:11 minutes
Another slow one. Even though I felt fine when I went out to run, I tired quickly and ran out of steam before I'd finished my two miles. I need more sleep, I think. I've been waking early but not going to bed any earlier.
I think Wednesday–Friday–Sunday is going to work out better for me than Tuesday–Thursday–Sunday. I'm always tired on Tuesday, and don't really want to run. Plus, it will give me two days to recuperate from the Sunday long run, which will be better when the runs get longer. And I don't work on Fridays, so I'll only be running on one work day.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Sunday
19 laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 35:49 minutes
I was really tired today. In fact, for the last few laps, I walked part of my running lap. But my time wasn't too bad, considering.
I was really tired today. In fact, for the last few laps, I walked part of my running lap. But my time wasn't too bad, considering.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Friday
19 laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 33:55 minutes
Back to my usual time, although I did feel a little tired. I was in a bit of a hurry, though, because I've got a lot to do today, and I got off to a late-ish start. Now it's already 10:30.... but I got my run done, and that's the important thing.
I've decided to wait until next week to start ramping up with the three-mile run. I want to have at least two full weeks of not missing a run behind me when I start. I'll still be a couple of weeks ahead of my no-later-than-June-17 deadline for starting.
I'm now official: I signed up for Team ACS with a $75 donation, and set up my fundraising page. I gave myself a goal of $500 to raise. I'm thinking of printing up flyers to put on the bulletin board wall at the library. And I will post in my other blogs (the ones people actually read)! I will donate some more myself, but I hope I can get at least half of it from other donations.
The link to my fundraising page is in my sidebar on the left. It's under my real name, Janet Nelson. I'll have to figure out a way to put Cody on the page, too, since so many people know me only as Cody. But it's a start!
I'm now registered for the marathon and for the fundraising—now I just need to do the marathon!
Back to my usual time, although I did feel a little tired. I was in a bit of a hurry, though, because I've got a lot to do today, and I got off to a late-ish start. Now it's already 10:30.... but I got my run done, and that's the important thing.
I've decided to wait until next week to start ramping up with the three-mile run. I want to have at least two full weeks of not missing a run behind me when I start. I'll still be a couple of weeks ahead of my no-later-than-June-17 deadline for starting.
I'm now official: I signed up for Team ACS with a $75 donation, and set up my fundraising page. I gave myself a goal of $500 to raise. I'm thinking of printing up flyers to put on the bulletin board wall at the library. And I will post in my other blogs (the ones people actually read)! I will donate some more myself, but I hope I can get at least half of it from other donations.
The link to my fundraising page is in my sidebar on the left. It's under my real name, Janet Nelson. I'll have to figure out a way to put Cody on the page, too, since so many people know me only as Cody. But it's a start!
I'm now registered for the marathon and for the fundraising—now I just need to do the marathon!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Wednesday
19 laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 35:07 minutes
Yet another slight interruption—I ended up not running on Sunday while I was out of town, but it was mostly because of stomach problems I was having all during the trip. Still felt a little yucky and exhausted when I got up yesterday, so I decided to run Wednesday–Friday–Sunday this week instead of Tuesday–Thursday–Sunday. I feel as though it's been weeks since I ran (actually, last Thursday, so nearly one week), but I've only skipped one run.
Today's run was slow and lazy. I was about halfway through and starting to get grumpy about how hard it is to get going and how I'm never going to get back to my 15-minute miles and so on, when I (mentally) stopped and told myself, this has to be fun. That's all that really matters—not that I'm doing a certain time or whatever. Fun. Or I'll never keep it up until December—or even if I do, I won't enjoy myself and it won't be worth it. And if I'm pushing myself too hard to have fun, then I'd better slow down. Enjoy every single two-mile run around the house as much as I can, and forget about how fast I'm going once and for all.
So I did. I slowed down, I ran 17.5-minute miles, and had a good run.
Yet another slight interruption—I ended up not running on Sunday while I was out of town, but it was mostly because of stomach problems I was having all during the trip. Still felt a little yucky and exhausted when I got up yesterday, so I decided to run Wednesday–Friday–Sunday this week instead of Tuesday–Thursday–Sunday. I feel as though it's been weeks since I ran (actually, last Thursday, so nearly one week), but I've only skipped one run.
Today's run was slow and lazy. I was about halfway through and starting to get grumpy about how hard it is to get going and how I'm never going to get back to my 15-minute miles and so on, when I (mentally) stopped and told myself, this has to be fun. That's all that really matters—not that I'm doing a certain time or whatever. Fun. Or I'll never keep it up until December—or even if I do, I won't enjoy myself and it won't be worth it. And if I'm pushing myself too hard to have fun, then I'd better slow down. Enjoy every single two-mile run around the house as much as I can, and forget about how fast I'm going once and for all.
So I did. I slowed down, I ran 17.5-minute miles, and had a good run.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Thursday
19 laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 33:55 minutes
I was a bit slow today, even though I feel fully recovered from the exhausting Monday, but I feel good. I'm trying not to worry so much about time and just enjoy my runs. I'm still averaging 16–17 minutes per mile, but, eh. I'm still going to go to Hawaii and enjoy a lovely vacation and a fifth marathon, whether it takes me 7 hours or 8 hours or more.
Anyway, it's been less than two weeks since I've been running regularly again. I've pretty much concluded that last Sunday's timing was totally messed up, and I cannot possibly have actually run 19 laps in under 30 minutes. But it was a nice boost to my motivation to think so, anyway. Heh.
If all goes well, I'll do a 3-mile timing run Sunday the 27th, then start the regular training schedule. It will be nice to have a little extra time built in, in case of unforeseen interruptions to my schedule.
I was a bit slow today, even though I feel fully recovered from the exhausting Monday, but I feel good. I'm trying not to worry so much about time and just enjoy my runs. I'm still averaging 16–17 minutes per mile, but, eh. I'm still going to go to Hawaii and enjoy a lovely vacation and a fifth marathon, whether it takes me 7 hours or 8 hours or more.
Anyway, it's been less than two weeks since I've been running regularly again. I've pretty much concluded that last Sunday's timing was totally messed up, and I cannot possibly have actually run 19 laps in under 30 minutes. But it was a nice boost to my motivation to think so, anyway. Heh.
If all goes well, I'll do a 3-mile timing run Sunday the 27th, then start the regular training schedule. It will be nice to have a little extra time built in, in case of unforeseen interruptions to my schedule.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Tuesday
19 laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 33:18 minutes
No watch mishaps this time. I felt pretty good, but wore out quickly. I had a long, rough day yesterday, and would have waited till tomorrow to run, except that I'm going out of town on Friday and don't want to run then, so I figured I'd better stick to Tuesday and Thursday. I'll be in Burbank on Sunday; I think our hotel has a fitness room—most of them do these days—so I'll either do a quick run on the treadmill Sunday morning, or find a park or something nearby.
I also did my run first thing after feeding the critters and cleaning the litter boxes, and I'm thinking that maybe I was missing my cocoa. That has to give me some energy for running.
But despite being tired and cocoa-less, I had a pretty good run.
And! I went ahead and registered for the Honolulu Marathon. I'm official! I went to the American Cancer Society's TeamACS site to sign up to raise money with the marathon, but got tired of filling out forms midway through and stopped. They didn't have the Honolulu Marathon listed on their site. I could have signed up with "Any other race" and just filled in Honolulu, but I decided to wait a bit and see if Honolulu gets added. It's still a long way off yet.
But progress is being made!
No watch mishaps this time. I felt pretty good, but wore out quickly. I had a long, rough day yesterday, and would have waited till tomorrow to run, except that I'm going out of town on Friday and don't want to run then, so I figured I'd better stick to Tuesday and Thursday. I'll be in Burbank on Sunday; I think our hotel has a fitness room—most of them do these days—so I'll either do a quick run on the treadmill Sunday morning, or find a park or something nearby.
I also did my run first thing after feeding the critters and cleaning the litter boxes, and I'm thinking that maybe I was missing my cocoa. That has to give me some energy for running.
But despite being tired and cocoa-less, I had a pretty good run.
And! I went ahead and registered for the Honolulu Marathon. I'm official! I went to the American Cancer Society's TeamACS site to sign up to raise money with the marathon, but got tired of filling out forms midway through and stopped. They didn't have the Honolulu Marathon listed on their site. I could have signed up with "Any other race" and just filled in Honolulu, but I decided to wait a bit and see if Honolulu gets added. It's still a long way off yet.
But progress is being made!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Sunday
19? laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 30? minutes
I had a great run today! For the first time, I felt that I was really running, not just plodding along. And my time bore it out! Unfortunately, either I or my watch really screwed up, not once, but twice along the way, so I don't know my exact time, but it was working up to lap 12 or so, and I checked my time as I passed the oak tree on lap 10 (my 1-mile mark) and it was under 15 minutes.
It was after that that things went crazy. I found myself running on an odd-numbered lap (I walk the odd laps and run the even ones) and assumed I'd accidentally punched the split button twice, so I figured I'd just add a lap at the end. Then I got around to the end of the lap and discovered that a) my lap time was 4:22, so obviously I'd skipped a lap rather than doubling one; and b) my timer had stopped, so apparently I'd hit the stop button instead of the split button. After that, things went wacky. I started it up again, thinking I'd just add the time for one lap to my total. But then it happened again—I was about to finish a lap when I noticed the timer had stopped. I finished my run with my watch saying 17 laps, 25:18 minutes, but I figure I'd lost two laps in there with the watch shenanigans, one running lap and one walking, so I added two laps and 3.5 minutes to my total to get 19 laps, and about 28:48 minutes.
I hope it was me getting flustered and accidentally hitting the wrong button, but I'm pretty sure the second time, at least, I was paying attention and hitting the split button, so I fear my watch is going wonky. Probably needs a new battery, it's been a year and a half since I got it. But I'll see how it works on Tuesday.
Anyway. Not to let the watch situation overshadow the important thing, which is that I had a great run, and I feel really good, and my speed is finally back to pre-cancer levels—for two-mile runs, at least! At last, I feel the possibility of doing an under-7-hour marathon!
Soon, I'll go register for the marathon and sign up for the Team ACS fundraising, and start looking into airfare/hotel reservations. Eee!
I had a great run today! For the first time, I felt that I was really running, not just plodding along. And my time bore it out! Unfortunately, either I or my watch really screwed up, not once, but twice along the way, so I don't know my exact time, but it was working up to lap 12 or so, and I checked my time as I passed the oak tree on lap 10 (my 1-mile mark) and it was under 15 minutes.
It was after that that things went crazy. I found myself running on an odd-numbered lap (I walk the odd laps and run the even ones) and assumed I'd accidentally punched the split button twice, so I figured I'd just add a lap at the end. Then I got around to the end of the lap and discovered that a) my lap time was 4:22, so obviously I'd skipped a lap rather than doubling one; and b) my timer had stopped, so apparently I'd hit the stop button instead of the split button. After that, things went wacky. I started it up again, thinking I'd just add the time for one lap to my total. But then it happened again—I was about to finish a lap when I noticed the timer had stopped. I finished my run with my watch saying 17 laps, 25:18 minutes, but I figure I'd lost two laps in there with the watch shenanigans, one running lap and one walking, so I added two laps and 3.5 minutes to my total to get 19 laps, and about 28:48 minutes.
I hope it was me getting flustered and accidentally hitting the wrong button, but I'm pretty sure the second time, at least, I was paying attention and hitting the split button, so I fear my watch is going wonky. Probably needs a new battery, it's been a year and a half since I got it. But I'll see how it works on Tuesday.
Anyway. Not to let the watch situation overshadow the important thing, which is that I had a great run, and I feel really good, and my speed is finally back to pre-cancer levels—for two-mile runs, at least! At last, I feel the possibility of doing an under-7-hour marathon!
Soon, I'll go register for the marathon and sign up for the Team ACS fundraising, and start looking into airfare/hotel reservations. Eee!
Friday, May 11, 2007
Friday
19 laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 34:37 minutes.
Okay, that was much better already! I got up early-ish today, so I got out there and finished my run before 9 am—feels pretty good to have my exercise done already.
I'm all excited and enthused about going to Honolulu again. Even though I've barely started training, and my time is still pretty slow, I don't care! I'm going to get my miles down to 16 minutes! I'm going to lose ten pounds! I'm going to go to Hawaii and have a great time! I'm going to raise a bunch of money for the American Cancer Society!
Oh, yeah. I went to the AIDS Marathon website, and found that the $2000-fundraising-make-your-own-travel-arrangements deal is only available for Florence, Italy, not for Honolulu. That, plus the realization that driving to Encino every Sunday for the group run is not really any more likely this time than it was last time, settled it: I will sign up for Team ACS and attempt to raise a few bucks for the American Cancer Society, and do the training on my own.
I got out my Jeff Galloway book, Marathon, last night to go through my calendar and set up the training schedule again. Turns out, if I do the 26-week schedule (and do a long run the week I'm in San Francisco for Yaoi-Con), I don't have to start training until June 17. I think they're starting the AIDS Marathon training in May because of the Florence Marathon, which is a few weeks earlier than Honolulu. So, I have a bit more time to just do my three-times-a-week two mile runs and get in a little better shape. Or, I could start early and have some extra time built in. Hm. Maybe I'll go ahead and stick to two miles for this week and next week (when I'll be at Fangoria), and see if I feel like trying three miles the week after that, which would be May 27.
Now that I know how many laps = 1 mile (nine laps plus 80/218 steps), I can measure out the shorter runs around the house. I could even train for the whole marathon in my driveway, if I didn't mind running around in circles for 7–8 hours. I should probably do at least half the long runs in town on pavement, to get used to running on harder surfaces—Honolulu's mostly run on freeways and paved roads. Anyway, time enough to worry about that when I get up to ten miles and more.
And, I can say that 19 laps = 2.0284 miles, and that 19 laps in 34:37 = almost exactly 17 minutes per mile, not 17.3! Heh. At two miles, it doesn't make much difference, but when I get to the longer runs, those fractions will add up.
Okay, that was much better already! I got up early-ish today, so I got out there and finished my run before 9 am—feels pretty good to have my exercise done already.
I'm all excited and enthused about going to Honolulu again. Even though I've barely started training, and my time is still pretty slow, I don't care! I'm going to get my miles down to 16 minutes! I'm going to lose ten pounds! I'm going to go to Hawaii and have a great time! I'm going to raise a bunch of money for the American Cancer Society!
Oh, yeah. I went to the AIDS Marathon website, and found that the $2000-fundraising-make-your-own-travel-arrangements deal is only available for Florence, Italy, not for Honolulu. That, plus the realization that driving to Encino every Sunday for the group run is not really any more likely this time than it was last time, settled it: I will sign up for Team ACS and attempt to raise a few bucks for the American Cancer Society, and do the training on my own.
I got out my Jeff Galloway book, Marathon, last night to go through my calendar and set up the training schedule again. Turns out, if I do the 26-week schedule (and do a long run the week I'm in San Francisco for Yaoi-Con), I don't have to start training until June 17. I think they're starting the AIDS Marathon training in May because of the Florence Marathon, which is a few weeks earlier than Honolulu. So, I have a bit more time to just do my three-times-a-week two mile runs and get in a little better shape. Or, I could start early and have some extra time built in. Hm. Maybe I'll go ahead and stick to two miles for this week and next week (when I'll be at Fangoria), and see if I feel like trying three miles the week after that, which would be May 27.
Now that I know how many laps = 1 mile (nine laps plus 80/218 steps), I can measure out the shorter runs around the house. I could even train for the whole marathon in my driveway, if I didn't mind running around in circles for 7–8 hours. I should probably do at least half the long runs in town on pavement, to get used to running on harder surfaces—Honolulu's mostly run on freeways and paved roads. Anyway, time enough to worry about that when I get up to ten miles and more.
And, I can say that 19 laps = 2.0284 miles, and that 19 laps in 34:37 = almost exactly 17 minutes per mile, not 17.3! Heh. At two miles, it doesn't make much difference, but when I get to the longer runs, those fractions will add up.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Running again
19 laps, 1:1 lap run/walk ratio, 37:22 minutes.
Okay, my back is still giving me problems, but I couldn't stand it any longer! I want to run! I want to do Honolulu again! So I went out this morning and did my 19 laps. It was a slow run, but it felt really good to get out there. The sun was hot, the air was fresh, and I worked out a lot of kinks and feel nice and refreshed now. So, back to three times a week running!
I'm actually considering doing another AIDS Marathon... I got an email from them yesterday offering an alumni special -- a $2000 fundraising commitment if we make our own travel arrangements. The email was a bit confusing: it said "for either the Florence Marathon" and then stopped. Does it include the Honolulu marathon? Will have to find out.
It wouldn't really be any cheaper -- I did some preliminary research and found that it would be around $1500 for hotel, airfare and a rental car for three nights around the marathon. So $1500 plus $2000 fundraising -- still $3500 altogether. But I think they only include two nights in their package, and you have to pay extra for your own room. And probably the flight is from LA, so I'd have to add on my own Bakersfield flight or whatever. So it might save me some money but the main reason I'd do it would be for the group training. Because I was thinking about trying to do the long runs around here -- I did it before, but it was less than fun. Of course, doing the group runs with the AIDS Marathon would require getting up early-early every Sunday to drive down to LA.... I had planned to do that last time, but I never actually did it.
Well, I've still got time to think about it. AIDS Marathon starts May 19 (I'll be in Burbank that weekend for Fangoria, so it would be easy enough to drive over to the park to do the timing run), so ten days. Eek! That's not really that much time... But I'll think about it.
Okay, my back is still giving me problems, but I couldn't stand it any longer! I want to run! I want to do Honolulu again! So I went out this morning and did my 19 laps. It was a slow run, but it felt really good to get out there. The sun was hot, the air was fresh, and I worked out a lot of kinks and feel nice and refreshed now. So, back to three times a week running!
I'm actually considering doing another AIDS Marathon... I got an email from them yesterday offering an alumni special -- a $2000 fundraising commitment if we make our own travel arrangements. The email was a bit confusing: it said "for either the Florence Marathon" and then stopped. Does it include the Honolulu marathon? Will have to find out.
It wouldn't really be any cheaper -- I did some preliminary research and found that it would be around $1500 for hotel, airfare and a rental car for three nights around the marathon. So $1500 plus $2000 fundraising -- still $3500 altogether. But I think they only include two nights in their package, and you have to pay extra for your own room. And probably the flight is from LA, so I'd have to add on my own Bakersfield flight or whatever. So it might save me some money but the main reason I'd do it would be for the group training. Because I was thinking about trying to do the long runs around here -- I did it before, but it was less than fun. Of course, doing the group runs with the AIDS Marathon would require getting up early-early every Sunday to drive down to LA.... I had planned to do that last time, but I never actually did it.
Well, I've still got time to think about it. AIDS Marathon starts May 19 (I'll be in Burbank that weekend for Fangoria, so it would be easy enough to drive over to the park to do the timing run), so ten days. Eek! That's not really that much time... But I'll think about it.
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