This week I ran 5 on Tuesday and 8 on Thursday. For some reason, my first mile on Tuesday was almost a minute faster than normal. And I got a really bad side stitch So bad, that it was still hurting me on Thursday. (This happened once before during my summer run streak). I debated running or not, but decided it was something I could run through. And it was. It went away sometime Thursday and didn't come back.
But then I also noticed on Wednesday that I was having slight calf pain in my right leg. Not that noticeable and I didn't really think much about it. But on Friday it started bothering me. I can really pinpoint what it is. It feel like when I put pressure anywhere on my foot (step with my heel, step on my tiptoes, step of the front of my foot), it sends a slight shooting pain (up what feels like my leg bone). At first it was just up to my knee. I thought maybe it was just tight calves so I've been using the trigger point therapy ball to massage the heck out of my legs and been wearing compression sleeves. I decided to skip my run on Saturday. I feel like a slacker, but I keep telling myself that it's only a 12 miler and better to rest now. But today the pain is shooting all the way to my hip. Anytime I go up a step or put pressure on it a certain way. Its not a stabbing pain or throbbing pain. Nothing extreme like my knee or heel pain or my shin splints were when I had them last year. But it's there and its bugging me and I don't know if its something to run through or to rest.
I feel like I am a complaining machine. I feel like something is always hurting. And I hate being like that. Physically, I want to run without pain again. Mentally, I hate feeling like a complainer.
I think I'm going to take this week off of running again. I have a 20 miler this weekend and I want it to go away before then.
Anyone have any idea of what it could be???
Tuesday-- 5 miles in 51:09 (Mile 1: 9:19, Mile 2: 10:45, Mile 3: 10:11, Mile 4: 10:56, Mile 5: 10:25,
average pace: 10:19)
Thursday--8 miles in 1:24:09 (Mile 1: 9:37, Mile 2: 11:00, Mile 3: 10:37, Mile 4: 10:54, Mile 5: 11:02, Mile
6: 10:22, Mile 7: 10:35, Mile 8: 10:00, average pace: 10:31)
Total miles this week: 13
Total miles in 2013: 613.49
Total miles: 1038.98
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Race # 39- Tower of Terror 10 Miler
I was excited to run the Tower of Terror 10 Miler on October 5, 2013. I love night races. I'm much more of a night owl, so these are right up my alley.
We got to the race early since we hate stressing about time and we needed time to chalk our hair (it showed up so much better in Cori's hair) and put our rainbow stickers on.
I had bought one of those iphone cases that recharges your phone because I planned to watch the Florida/Arkansas football game (I never miss Gator games). But I forgot that due to all the people around, I can never get service. And I had to miss my game. Boo!
But soon we were ready to go!
Soon it was time to line up in our corral. I was in corral D. For some reason, Cori was in E (even though we had the same proof of time and finish time estimation) but she showed her proof at the expo and she got switched to D. I love how the new corral timings work. It seems that just as soon as your corral walks up, they're counting down 30 seconds until the next corral is ready to go.
Soon it was our turn!
And we were off! I felt pretty good at the beginning. Around mile 3, my knee started aching a little. By mile 5 it was killing me. At one point I stopped to get some biofreeze from the medical tent. There were some volunteers with goopy stuff on popsicle sticks. I scooped some up and put it on my knee--only to discover it was Vaseline!!! Oh man. That stuff was so slimy since I was sweaty. Ugh! At the next med tent, I asked before I just scooped some up. I put it on over the Vaseline but it didn't do anything. So I ran in pain for the last 5 miles but I wasn't about to slow down or stop!!
I like this picture because of the stars in the background. But for some reason, I cannot remember where it was taken.
And here's my favorite race picture of all time! I really need to buy this one!! We had talked about doing this before but weren't sure we could get the timing right if we were in the middle of a run. But we saw a photographer, counted 1-2-3 and jumped!
Even though I was in pain, I still love runDisney races. Nothing compares to them!!
And some fun finishers certificates
After the race I met up with Kristin who had been watching her hubby run his first Disney race. We chatted for a bit the Cori and I went to get some food. My knee hurt but overall, I felt pretty good! My back-to-back-to-back weekends of racing was done. I had 2 weekends off before my next race!!
We got to the race early since we hate stressing about time and we needed time to chalk our hair (it showed up so much better in Cori's hair) and put our rainbow stickers on.
I had bought one of those iphone cases that recharges your phone because I planned to watch the Florida/Arkansas football game (I never miss Gator games). But I forgot that due to all the people around, I can never get service. And I had to miss my game. Boo!
But soon we were ready to go!
Soon it was our turn!
And we were off! I felt pretty good at the beginning. Around mile 3, my knee started aching a little. By mile 5 it was killing me. At one point I stopped to get some biofreeze from the medical tent. There were some volunteers with goopy stuff on popsicle sticks. I scooped some up and put it on my knee--only to discover it was Vaseline!!! Oh man. That stuff was so slimy since I was sweaty. Ugh! At the next med tent, I asked before I just scooped some up. I put it on over the Vaseline but it didn't do anything. So I ran in pain for the last 5 miles but I wasn't about to slow down or stop!!
And here's my favorite race picture of all time! I really need to buy this one!! We had talked about doing this before but weren't sure we could get the timing right if we were in the middle of a run. But we saw a photographer, counted 1-2-3 and jumped!
We got a new 10 Miler PR by 8 minutes and 11 seconds! Official time was 2:04:36. Overall, I was 3750th out of 9480 so well in the top half. For age, I was 352nd out of 1003 (top half) and for gender I was 2013th out of 6134 (top third). Not bad!
And some fun finishers certificates
After the race I met up with Kristin who had been watching her hubby run his first Disney race. We chatted for a bit the Cori and I went to get some food. My knee hurt but overall, I felt pretty good! My back-to-back-to-back weekends of racing was done. I had 2 weekends off before my next race!!
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Tower of Terror 10 Miler Expo
The first thing we always do is head to the runDisney merchandise area. We have several things we have to get each race:
The "I Did It" shirt (these were tech shirts this year. And long sleeved. I wear the I Did It shirts just as normal clothes so I wish they were cotton and short sleeved. Oh well)
And the necklace plus the medal for the runDisney Mickey Vinymation
Sometimes we'll get other shirts but not this time.
Then we head over to get our race race bags (if we didn't have to pick them up in the other location) followed by getting our race shirt. I seriously dislike the runDisney race shirts. They're unisex and even though I get the XS, it's still too big, long and boxy. I am sooooo happy that starting with Marathon weekend, they will be doing gender specific shirts. Anyways, here's the shirt this year (and we got a Cliff bar in the goody bag)
Then we start on one end of the vendors and make our way up and down the aisles. Here are the goodies I got. The peach tea Gu chomps are my fav and I have a hard time finding them, so I bought a couple. The salted caramel Gu is another fav so I had to pick up one of those. Then we headed over to Lasting Commemoratives to get our free art card. We have one from every runDisney race we've run in. We stopped by the Sweaty Bands booth. I'd seen the mint one with the bows at the Dumbo expo and I regretted not buying it--I wanted it for the outfit I wore for the Miracle Miles 15k race. And I loved the fireworks one and since it was on clearance, why not? Not like I don't literally have over 25 Sweaty Bands or anything. I love them!
We also stopped by the Raw Threads booth to chat but we had already bought the shirts we'd been wanting (oh how I love these tees and tanks! I'm addicted to them too!!!)
We stopped by a prop of the Tower of Terror elevator to take a picture. (Notice my shirt--it was a preview of what our costumes were going to be).
When we got home, Cori noticed that we were in the race brochure!
It might be hard to see but I added an arrow for you! I'm a big dork but it was exciting for us!
I got out all my goodies I would need for our costume the next day
Who were we going to be???
Rainbow Brite!!! Cori made the shirts. Aren't they amazing?!?!? The arm warmers were actually socks that went too high so she sewed them up. Then she got the skirt material and we sent them to Rock City Skirts and she made them for us! I loved our costume and couldn't wait to race in them the next day!!
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Race #38- chORD Half Marathon
When I first heard there was a race through the University of Florida campus on September 28, 2013, I was so excited! I love my campus and miss my days there. I convinced my hubby to get up waaaay early and drive me up there to run the chORD Half Marathon.
When we got there, it was pretty empty. And honestly, it stayed that way.
I had been saving my orange and blue Lululemon outfit for the perfect race and I was so glad I did! (This was my first time using KT tape. And yes, I'm a dork and had to get orange and blue)
Look--its pretty empty. Only 162 half marathon participants and 40 5k participants so only a little over 200 runners in all!
We took off and did a big block. I knew right away that the distance was off. I figured that the mile markers would fix itself eventually. (but no...wait for that part). The mile markers were on tiny boxes on the side of the road. Sometimes they had volunteers helping point the direction, other times you just had to make sure you could see the people ahead of you.
After that first big block, you ran back by where you started. The 5k runners finished their race and we did the part of the big block again before heading off into the rest of campus.
Hubby surprised me by being towards the end of the second big block. Probably around mile 6ish. See how there's no one around me? Yup. That's how it was a lot of the time. People were quite a bit ahead of me and quite a bit behind me. Didn't feel like a race, so much as a training run on campus. Oh well, I enjoyed seeing everything.
One of my favorite parts was running through the stadium corridor. The only problem was, once again, it got confusing. You had to run it twice. But there weren't any signs saying that, just a person at the end of the first loop.
Not the best picture, but the field is behind me.
The corridor
After we got out of the stadium, I felt water. I thought maybe the sprinklers were on. Nope, it was raining. I didn't see that coming at all. I ran the rest of the race in the rain.
Another confusing thing, towards the end, at one point, a police officer let people continue going straight, where they would turn right at the end of the road. Then right in front of me, she directed people to take an immediate right, telling us to turn left at a certain road. Umm..why divide the runners randomly??
Anyways, I knew at that point, the half marathon was not going to be a true half and I got mad. This was the first race that I was running on my own so I was pushing it to be a great time and it was a half mile off. I hoped maybe my Garmin watch and Runkeeper app were both wrong, but Kory said that he heard several people complaining at the end about the short distance.
I finished, got my medal and headed to the car. I wanted out of the rain.
My official time was 2:19:46. I was 109th place overall (out of 162) and 23rd (out of 32) in my age/gender division.
So even though there were a lot of kinks that need to be worked out and I was pretty frustrated at the end, I would definitely do this race again. I absolutely loved running through the UF campus!!
When we got there, it was pretty empty. And honestly, it stayed that way.
I had been saving my orange and blue Lululemon outfit for the perfect race and I was so glad I did! (This was my first time using KT tape. And yes, I'm a dork and had to get orange and blue)
Look--its pretty empty. Only 162 half marathon participants and 40 5k participants so only a little over 200 runners in all!
We took off and did a big block. I knew right away that the distance was off. I figured that the mile markers would fix itself eventually. (but no...wait for that part). The mile markers were on tiny boxes on the side of the road. Sometimes they had volunteers helping point the direction, other times you just had to make sure you could see the people ahead of you.
After that first big block, you ran back by where you started. The 5k runners finished their race and we did the part of the big block again before heading off into the rest of campus.
Hubby surprised me by being towards the end of the second big block. Probably around mile 6ish. See how there's no one around me? Yup. That's how it was a lot of the time. People were quite a bit ahead of me and quite a bit behind me. Didn't feel like a race, so much as a training run on campus. Oh well, I enjoyed seeing everything.
One of my favorite parts was running through the stadium corridor. The only problem was, once again, it got confusing. You had to run it twice. But there weren't any signs saying that, just a person at the end of the first loop.
Not the best picture, but the field is behind me.
The corridor
After we got out of the stadium, I felt water. I thought maybe the sprinklers were on. Nope, it was raining. I didn't see that coming at all. I ran the rest of the race in the rain.
Another confusing thing, towards the end, at one point, a police officer let people continue going straight, where they would turn right at the end of the road. Then right in front of me, she directed people to take an immediate right, telling us to turn left at a certain road. Umm..why divide the runners randomly??
Anyways, I knew at that point, the half marathon was not going to be a true half and I got mad. This was the first race that I was running on my own so I was pushing it to be a great time and it was a half mile off. I hoped maybe my Garmin watch and Runkeeper app were both wrong, but Kory said that he heard several people complaining at the end about the short distance.
I finished, got my medal and headed to the car. I wanted out of the rain.
My official time was 2:19:46. I was 109th place overall (out of 162) and 23rd (out of 32) in my age/gender division.
So even though there were a lot of kinks that need to be worked out and I was pretty frustrated at the end, I would definitely do this race again. I absolutely loved running through the UF campus!!
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Weekly Recap- December 2-8, 2013
My knee was really bugging me this week so I took the week off of running. I debated doing my long run this weekend. But I decided to go ahead and do it and while the first 8 miles hurt my knee, it felt better after that so I'm glad I did!
Saturday-- 19 miles in 3:40:46 (Mile 1: 10:17, Mile 2: 11:29, Mile 3: 11:32, Mile 4: 10:53, Mile 5: 11:41, Mile 6: 11:48, Mile 7: 11:28, Mile 8: 11:46, Mile 9: 11:45, Mile 10: 11:45, Mile 11: 11:46, Mile 12: 11:28, Mile 13: 11:39, Mile 14: 11:41, Mile 15: 11:53. Mile 16: 11:46, Mile 17: 11:42, Mile 18: 12:12, Mile 19: 12:12, average pace: 11:37)
Total miles:19
Total miles in 2013: 600.49
Total miles: 1025.98
Saturday-- 19 miles in 3:40:46 (Mile 1: 10:17, Mile 2: 11:29, Mile 3: 11:32, Mile 4: 10:53, Mile 5: 11:41, Mile 6: 11:48, Mile 7: 11:28, Mile 8: 11:46, Mile 9: 11:45, Mile 10: 11:45, Mile 11: 11:46, Mile 12: 11:28, Mile 13: 11:39, Mile 14: 11:41, Mile 15: 11:53. Mile 16: 11:46, Mile 17: 11:42, Mile 18: 12:12, Mile 19: 12:12, average pace: 11:37)
Total miles:19
Total miles in 2013: 600.49
Total miles: 1025.98
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Race #37-- Miracle Miles 15k
I ran Miracle Miles 15k on September 21, 2013 (yes, I realize I am more than 2 months behind...sigh).
I'd never done a race completely by myself before. The only other time I'd run alone, my parents and hubby were there and I ran with a friend the first 3 miles. But this time I was alone from beginning to end. But luckily I ran into one of my friends (and teachers at my school), Jen. It was her first 15k and she rocked it!
Around mile 5, my knee started bugging me. Not the one that I injured the year before. My good knee. I was hoping it was just a random thing. (Nope--it got worse and I had to get an MRI and everything. They can't tell what's wrong though. It finally started feeling better and then I re-injured it during the 6k on Thanksgiving. But that's another story. I really shouldn't have run in new shoes. I know they say nothing new on race day, but I have a tradition where I ALWAYS wear a new race outfit. And I'd never had a problem with shoes before. Live and learn I guess)
Anyways, I finished the race only a little past a minute over my other 15k time so not too bad.
Here's our race shirt. Once again, the small is too big. They need to either make extra smalls or even better, gender specific shirts!!
I was a little nervous because a) I hadn't run much in 3 weeks, since the Disneyland Half Marathon, because of my injury and b) because it was the first race I'd be completely alone from leaving my house to getting home.
I did something really stupid. The day or two before the race, I went and got new shoes. I figured that my shoes had to be my heel problem so I went all the way up to Fleet Feet. I had them look at the way I ran again, and the girl decided I didn't need to be in Guidance shoes, but in Neutral shoes. I had always ran in Guidance but I'd been told several times I didn't really need it so I decided to try the Brooks Defyance. Dumb dumb dumb.
As for the being alone, it was a little awkward to just be standing around by myself and to ask someone to take a picture of me (not sure why, since I ask random strangers to take pictures of me and my friends all the time). But I needed my pre-race photo.
Around mile 5, my knee started bugging me. Not the one that I injured the year before. My good knee. I was hoping it was just a random thing. (Nope--it got worse and I had to get an MRI and everything. They can't tell what's wrong though. It finally started feeling better and then I re-injured it during the 6k on Thanksgiving. But that's another story. I really shouldn't have run in new shoes. I know they say nothing new on race day, but I have a tradition where I ALWAYS wear a new race outfit. And I'd never had a problem with shoes before. Live and learn I guess)
Anyways, I finished the race only a little past a minute over my other 15k time so not too bad.
After the race they had several tents. There was an insanely long line for Panera bagels so I skipped it and got a smoothie sample and walked around for a little bit.
My official time was 1:42:53 with a pace of 11:02. I was 1086th place overall, 125th in my age division, and 547th in my gender. Right over the middle for everything.
It was a fun race and the first of 3 race weekends in a row!!
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Weekly Recap- November 25- December 1, 2013
I ran 2 races this week--a 6k on Thanksgiving morning and the Space Coast Half Marathon this morning. My knee had been feeling better but then suddenly the pain came back full-force during the 6k. And I've been limping around ever since. I was really nervous about today's race. My knee killed for the first two miles, to the point that I thought I was going to have to walk the whole thing, but then it just turned into achiness, which I can deal with. So I got lucky!
Today, I also hit 1000 miles that I've run since I've started!
Tuesday-- 8 miles in 1:25:30 (Mile 1: 9:42, Mile 2: 10:57, Mile 3: 10:20, Mile 4: 10:54, Mile 5: 11:02, Mile 6: 10:47, Mile 7: 11:11, Mile 8: 10:39, average pace: 10:41)
Thursday-- Subaru Distance Classic 6k- 3.60 miles in 35:06 (Mile 1: 9:35, Mile 2: 10:06, Mile 3: 9:38, Mile 3-3.6: 9:38, average pace: 9:45)
Sunday-- Space Coast Half Marathon- 13.27 miles in 2:21:38 (Mile 1: 9:42, Mile 2: 10:24, Mile 3: 10:54, Mile 4: 10:49, Mile 5: 10:58, Mile 6: 10:31, Mile 7: 10:36, Mile 8: 10:51, Mile 9: 10:40, Mile 10: 11:07, Mile 11: 10:58, Mile 12: 10:51, Mile 13: 10:51, Mile 13-13.27: 9:59, average pace: 10:42)
Total miles this week: 24.87
Total miles in 2013: 581.49
Total miles: 1006.98
Today, I also hit 1000 miles that I've run since I've started!
Tuesday-- 8 miles in 1:25:30 (Mile 1: 9:42, Mile 2: 10:57, Mile 3: 10:20, Mile 4: 10:54, Mile 5: 11:02, Mile 6: 10:47, Mile 7: 11:11, Mile 8: 10:39, average pace: 10:41)
Thursday-- Subaru Distance Classic 6k- 3.60 miles in 35:06 (Mile 1: 9:35, Mile 2: 10:06, Mile 3: 9:38, Mile 3-3.6: 9:38, average pace: 9:45)
Sunday-- Space Coast Half Marathon- 13.27 miles in 2:21:38 (Mile 1: 9:42, Mile 2: 10:24, Mile 3: 10:54, Mile 4: 10:49, Mile 5: 10:58, Mile 6: 10:31, Mile 7: 10:36, Mile 8: 10:51, Mile 9: 10:40, Mile 10: 11:07, Mile 11: 10:58, Mile 12: 10:51, Mile 13: 10:51, Mile 13-13.27: 9:59, average pace: 10:42)
Total miles this week: 24.87
Total miles in 2013: 581.49
Total miles: 1006.98
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