Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Week 1: Run 1 of 4

Distance: 2 miles
Temp: Dark and brisk
Course: Moderate (House to Vermont and back, some hills.)
Pace per mile: 11:35 (heh, I thought I was so much faster than my last run...)

I have been putting off running. I keep deciding I'm too tired or hungry or just burnt out and instead I sit on the couch and feel bad about myself. Shame spiral!

The run was good. I felt like I was pushing much harder than I did on Sunday and I either have my distances totally off or I'm just pretty out of shape. I'm guessing it's the latter. Considering I ran the marathon at about the pace I'm running now (can that be right?) I think I need to step it up. I'm also trying to be sure I don't hurt myself.

This week I'm probably getting off to a bad start because unless I drag my ass out of bed in the morning, I'm not going to get another run in. Off to New York tomorrow night!

Sunday, September 17, 2006

New Goals, Same Shoes

Miles: 2
Temp: Kind of hot and sunny
Course: (Easy/Hard) Down Los Feliz Blvd. hill to the overpass and back up.
Average pace per mile: 11:45 (yikes, that's slow)

It's been a long time since I've actively tracked my runs, my last post was in May and before that I was kind of half assing it in this big black book of runs I was keeping. I've been reading JB's training blog,Gorilla Hunting, since its inception and I'm getting a little inspired to start training again. My big problem has been that I'm not sure if I want to do the LA Marathon again next year or wait a little longer and do the San Diego Marathon in June of next year. I don't have the confidence to do both, and I'm thinking I'd like to do a different course for my next marathon, but that puts my goal a long, long way away. I guess the obvious thing would be to find and train for a 10k or Half Marathon in the meantime, but I'm such a slow runner (as evidenced above) that I don't really want to be the slowest girl in the race.

I've gained a little weight since the marathon and I'd like to tone up again and lose those extra pounds. I'd also like to get my pace down to around 10:30 per mile or less. I don't think that will be too hard, but then again, I've never trained for speed before.

So for now, my goal is simply to run four times a week, for at least 2 miles until November when I have to decide whether or not I'm training for the LA Marathon. Additionally after four weeks, I'd like to add a cross training day to either do some weights, yoga, go for a bike ride or jump rope.