Just didn't feel well this week- if it isn't one thing it's another! Monday I made myself motion sick on the elliptical trying to multitask and get some reading done! Ugh! Had a couple nice runs with Griffin in Pisgah early in the mornings - well it's not dark so it isn't too early. Had a migraine Wednesday. Always a pleasure. Got to a spin class finally on Friday - not sure I put a ton of effort into it but it felt good to get up and out the door early. Walked with Grif in the woods Saturday.
Sunday we celebrated our anniversary with a 10-mile road race (my idea!). Not sure what I was thinking- I guess I just wanted to see just how out of shape I had gotten this fall. We went to Concord - the weather was perfect for a race. The entry fee was pretty steep (45 each), but once I saw the shirts I figured oh well- nice shirt and a good workout- and a day trip with my husband! Priceless! The course was pretty and pretty challenging. (Who knew Concord was that pretty?!) I felt good throughout, but rigged the last mile. I was roadkill to three people that I had worked so hard to pass during the 7-9 miles. Bummer. But overall I was pleased with the outcome at 1:22:54. I went in praying I could be near 85 minutes, so was surprised I was well under. The last mile worried me a little- thought I was going to have to walk but I kept it together. Miles: 8:00, 8:25, 8:40, 8:25, 8:23, 8:20, 8:21, 7:54, 7:45, 8:34 (ouch). I don't think I couldve finished a half marathon! haha There were some really good hills, but the second half seemed a lot easier. Greg won- so he won our entry fee back plus 10 dollars! woo-hoo! We had planned to go out to lunch, but immediately felt guilty when thinking about Griffin and hightailed it home to take her out in Pisgah.
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Alright week- I don't feel as behind as I thought I was and if I can get it together I may end up running a PR at Lil Rhody and Pie and Glove. Already getting excited for the next half marathon- and then a full. It's a process, and I love it (and my husband of 1 year!) :)
Monday, October 22, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
WEEKS: 38-41
Welp I'm just trying to stay somewhat active at this point - it's not pretty. The weeks go like this...
Week 38: 29 miles; Recovered from Pisgah just fine. Did a lot of short runs mostly with Griffin. Only lifted once.
Week 39: 20 miles; Barely a fitness jogger at this point. Hit the treadmill once, went into Pisgah and noted it was a beautiful fall morning with Griffin. Tried out an out and back on horseshoe road from our house- that went pretty snappy for 5 miles (41:15), I'd call that a tempo workout out of nowhere. Saw a Bobcat in the Ashuelot River as we were scoping out the Demar race course for Justin and Greg. Didn't do a long run as I watched Greg at Demar instead.
Week 40: 31 miles; Lots of treadmill- just trying to squeeze it in during work. Did a longish run with my friend Ramona from the YMCA up to the beaver pond (9miles)- always cool to check out new trails. Me and Griffin found a new trail in Pisgah that they have been working on. The Habitat trail has washed out but it looks like there is another cut across from Old Chesterfield to South Woods- this is a trail Greg has taken me on way in the past but it wasn't worked on, I guess he and Elijiah had used it as a trail now and then. But now it's a pretty cool little trail and may be useful for snowshoeing should the snow cooperate this year. You can take it up to the beaver pond too which is a nice spot. Nice to have a shorter option in Pisgah that isn't an out and back.
Week 41: Spent a lot of time in Pisgah this week- I love it in there! It is sooo beautiful. I sent in our membership to Friends of Pisgah, Inc. today. Can't believe I hadn't done that over a year ago! But better late than never. I hope to get more involved in learning the parks history and keeping it awesome. Ran 2:13 in there today with Ramona- went on the new "4-H' trail (Greg and Elijiah's name for it...Hidden Hemlock Habitat Hook-up, I think) + South woods+ Nash + Fullam (another beautiful spot this time of year- well all year but you know what I mean) + Old Chesterfiled + Lily Pond + North Ponds + Reservoir and back to Winchester Rd. FUN! Tough run but such a great morning and chilly! Not sure what i'll be doing tomorrow as I'll be watching the great Pinnacle Challenge!
I guess my goal is to get out of this rut and really get into being a fit person again who is motivated! Hanging on by a thread- it's a process, and I love it!
Week 38: 29 miles; Recovered from Pisgah just fine. Did a lot of short runs mostly with Griffin. Only lifted once.
Week 39: 20 miles; Barely a fitness jogger at this point. Hit the treadmill once, went into Pisgah and noted it was a beautiful fall morning with Griffin. Tried out an out and back on horseshoe road from our house- that went pretty snappy for 5 miles (41:15), I'd call that a tempo workout out of nowhere. Saw a Bobcat in the Ashuelot River as we were scoping out the Demar race course for Justin and Greg. Didn't do a long run as I watched Greg at Demar instead.
Week 40: 31 miles; Lots of treadmill- just trying to squeeze it in during work. Did a longish run with my friend Ramona from the YMCA up to the beaver pond (9miles)- always cool to check out new trails. Me and Griffin found a new trail in Pisgah that they have been working on. The Habitat trail has washed out but it looks like there is another cut across from Old Chesterfield to South Woods- this is a trail Greg has taken me on way in the past but it wasn't worked on, I guess he and Elijiah had used it as a trail now and then. But now it's a pretty cool little trail and may be useful for snowshoeing should the snow cooperate this year. You can take it up to the beaver pond too which is a nice spot. Nice to have a shorter option in Pisgah that isn't an out and back.
Week 41: Spent a lot of time in Pisgah this week- I love it in there! It is sooo beautiful. I sent in our membership to Friends of Pisgah, Inc. today. Can't believe I hadn't done that over a year ago! But better late than never. I hope to get more involved in learning the parks history and keeping it awesome. Ran 2:13 in there today with Ramona- went on the new "4-H' trail (Greg and Elijiah's name for it...Hidden Hemlock Habitat Hook-up, I think) + South woods+ Nash + Fullam (another beautiful spot this time of year- well all year but you know what I mean) + Old Chesterfiled + Lily Pond + North Ponds + Reservoir and back to Winchester Rd. FUN! Tough run but such a great morning and chilly! Not sure what i'll be doing tomorrow as I'll be watching the great Pinnacle Challenge!
I guess my goal is to get out of this rut and really get into being a fit person again who is motivated! Hanging on by a thread- it's a process, and I love it!
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Week 37: 34 miles and Pisgah Mtn 23K Trail Race
Having a real hard time getting motivated! I ran 10 miles on the roads in Keene Tuesday and thought my legs would fall off, but I held marathon pace- barely. My fitness has suffered as I knew it would this fall with work being so busy. Life happens. I was only semi-excited for the Pisgah race. I didn't run last year because I was sick and Greg brought home a bug just in time for this week. We've both had a cold for it seems like a month now. It wasn't bad enough for me to back out of the race though- I thought if anything the hard run may make it better! My goal going into the race was to be close to my time in 2010 (2:29:54). I don't feel like I am any where near the fitness I was in then, but I do have a lot more experience on the trails. In any case, I didn't know what would happen. I tried to remember to have fun - it is a big family affair - and be glad I can run at all in this beautiful park!
The race started and there were 4 Hammett's in the pack. Greg took it out followed by Jonny, then Glenny, and then me somewhere in the back of the crowd. It was a glorious morning! I just tried to stay relaxed on the roads heading into the park and knew what I was in for on the Reservoir trail this time. I feel like I climbed it pretty well. I kept going back and forth with a couple people, tried to latch onto a couple guys and made it to the Ridge trail pretty happy with my effort and feeling pretty good (52:46). I knew the Ridge trail would be tough and had already calculated that some walking would be in order. The guys I was near quickly dropped me and I never saw them again. The thing about the ridge is that the first part isn't the steepest, but it's long. The footing is so nice it just seems like it should be so runnable - for some I'm sure it is, but I had my mental block on and walked a bit here and there. At the first look out I was passed by a woman who looked real smooth. She offered words of encouragement and I tried to keep her in sight. I did for awhile as we caught a guy who looked like he may have gone out too fast. The woman dropped us eventually and the man and I got to the Kilburn station together (38:41). We went back and forth up the Kilburn Road to Davis (8:31). I finally dropped him on Davis and low and behold I caught a glimpse of the woman from the Ridge ahead...that lasted about 1 minute. This is where I started to get pretty tired. I hadn't run over 2 hours in a really looong time and it was starting to catch up with me. A woman passed me like I was climbing a tree instead of running on Davis. But onward- I just kept chugging along. I got to Hubbard and looked at my watch- I knew from my runs that I can get across Hubbard to my car in less than 20 minutes and the clock was around 2 hours. Hmm pretty close to be near 2:30. Up Hubbard and I saw and finally caught the woman who passed me on the Ridge just as we started down the Hill- she said "go for it" and for a few minutes I did. I got to the road and saw the woman who passed me on Davis and for a second thought I could get her. Then I hit the road and my legs said you'll be lucky to finish. My car is usually parked right there because of the mean dog in between our house and the trailhead so I don't run this road as often as you might expect. I made it down the hill and knew the uphill on the pavement would be a killer. I yelled to Griffin, who was "cheering me on" from inside the house, that I'd be back for her later. My hips were hurting and fatigued- how did I ever run a marathon? I did walk on the hill. Ugh. I stopped to take a big breath and collect my thoughts- my clock said I had 8 minutes to get tot he finish under 2:30. That was a hard little trek up the road. My own Road! But I reached the turn onto 63, heard Greg yelling- with a little surprise to see me this early in his voice? Finished at 2:28:59. Good enough for a PR. I was quite tired. I really think I should be running that a lot faster. So next year I am going to train and try to have a HUGE PR.
I was psyched to hear Greg had won and gotten the course record; Jonny had a great race and I think Glenny did better than he had expected. So it was a good day for the Hammett's. The rest of the day was spent cheering in other runners from our yard on Winchester Road. Boj had a good 50K. Our friend James Calloway ran his first 50K on his 50th Birthday that day!
Overall I was pleased. Next "big" race will be Lil Rhody with even more Hammett's in the line-up. Fall is the best! Just gotta get motivated to have a PR there....any day now. It's a process and I love it!
Thanks to Pard for getting quite a few good pictures! More on the Pisgah website (link on the right)
The race started and there were 4 Hammett's in the pack. Greg took it out followed by Jonny, then Glenny, and then me somewhere in the back of the crowd. It was a glorious morning! I just tried to stay relaxed on the roads heading into the park and knew what I was in for on the Reservoir trail this time. I feel like I climbed it pretty well. I kept going back and forth with a couple people, tried to latch onto a couple guys and made it to the Ridge trail pretty happy with my effort and feeling pretty good (52:46). I knew the Ridge trail would be tough and had already calculated that some walking would be in order. The guys I was near quickly dropped me and I never saw them again. The thing about the ridge is that the first part isn't the steepest, but it's long. The footing is so nice it just seems like it should be so runnable - for some I'm sure it is, but I had my mental block on and walked a bit here and there. At the first look out I was passed by a woman who looked real smooth. She offered words of encouragement and I tried to keep her in sight. I did for awhile as we caught a guy who looked like he may have gone out too fast. The woman dropped us eventually and the man and I got to the Kilburn station together (38:41). We went back and forth up the Kilburn Road to Davis (8:31). I finally dropped him on Davis and low and behold I caught a glimpse of the woman from the Ridge ahead...that lasted about 1 minute. This is where I started to get pretty tired. I hadn't run over 2 hours in a really looong time and it was starting to catch up with me. A woman passed me like I was climbing a tree instead of running on Davis. But onward- I just kept chugging along. I got to Hubbard and looked at my watch- I knew from my runs that I can get across Hubbard to my car in less than 20 minutes and the clock was around 2 hours. Hmm pretty close to be near 2:30. Up Hubbard and I saw and finally caught the woman who passed me on the Ridge just as we started down the Hill- she said "go for it" and for a few minutes I did. I got to the road and saw the woman who passed me on Davis and for a second thought I could get her. Then I hit the road and my legs said you'll be lucky to finish. My car is usually parked right there because of the mean dog in between our house and the trailhead so I don't run this road as often as you might expect. I made it down the hill and knew the uphill on the pavement would be a killer. I yelled to Griffin, who was "cheering me on" from inside the house, that I'd be back for her later. My hips were hurting and fatigued- how did I ever run a marathon? I did walk on the hill. Ugh. I stopped to take a big breath and collect my thoughts- my clock said I had 8 minutes to get tot he finish under 2:30. That was a hard little trek up the road. My own Road! But I reached the turn onto 63, heard Greg yelling- with a little surprise to see me this early in his voice? Finished at 2:28:59. Good enough for a PR. I was quite tired. I really think I should be running that a lot faster. So next year I am going to train and try to have a HUGE PR.
I was psyched to hear Greg had won and gotten the course record; Jonny had a great race and I think Glenny did better than he had expected. So it was a good day for the Hammett's. The rest of the day was spent cheering in other runners from our yard on Winchester Road. Boj had a good 50K. Our friend James Calloway ran his first 50K on his 50th Birthday that day!
Overall I was pleased. Next "big" race will be Lil Rhody with even more Hammett's in the line-up. Fall is the best! Just gotta get motivated to have a PR there....any day now. It's a process and I love it!
Thanks to Pard for getting quite a few good pictures! More on the Pisgah website (link on the right)
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| Greg wins and captures Course Record! |
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| Me finishing...a PR's and PR! |
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| Hanging in the yard waiting for the 50K finishers.... |
Weeks 34- 36
Week 34: 22 miles. Work really caught up with me this week- just being on my feet all the time tires my legs and makes me tired in general. I got a couple good runs in Pisgah though- including one in which I saw and talked to a Barred Owl! He let me talk to him for almost 30seconds before getting bored and flying away. Big eyes! I was getting a little creeped out as he just stared at me- but I guess if he said something I would've been more creeped out. Lots of hawks calling in the woods these days too.
Week 35: 26 miles. Eh just a couple medium runs in Freidsam and then South Woods with Griffin. Finally some chilly mornings.
Week 36: 35 miles. 6 days in a row of running- haven't done that in awhile! It's not that I'm feeling bad- just lazy. Plantar fascitis has been pretty much controlled at this point. Lifted a couple times...okay once. South Woods to Mini-Vistas run on Sunday with Grif. Gotta say I felt pretty good on it, but only 1:50 of time in the trails. Would need a little more for a good Pisgah race. Probably too little too late. Oh well, It's a process and I love it!
Week 35: 26 miles. Eh just a couple medium runs in Freidsam and then South Woods with Griffin. Finally some chilly mornings.
Week 36: 35 miles. 6 days in a row of running- haven't done that in awhile! It's not that I'm feeling bad- just lazy. Plantar fascitis has been pretty much controlled at this point. Lifted a couple times...okay once. South Woods to Mini-Vistas run on Sunday with Grif. Gotta say I felt pretty good on it, but only 1:50 of time in the trails. Would need a little more for a good Pisgah race. Probably too little too late. Oh well, It's a process and I love it!
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