"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired."
first half= 13:49.83 (first mile was around 8:48)
second half= 15:30.12
total= 29:19.95
avg= 9:46 min miles
the second half of my run was terrible. I had to stop moving altogether because my knee wanted to pop off. I walked a little, cried a little, and really pushed myself to finish. it may not be the worst timing ever, but I would definitely say this was my worst run ever.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
5 miles of death
Sorry if all my posts seem negative lately, but right now, everything just feels like it is going downhill.
Last night I went running just before 10pm. My sweet husband rode behind me on his bike and shined a light for me while I was running. He really is a very thoughtful guy.
My knee felt good. By my first mile I was dying. I had terrible cramps (most likely resulting from the dinner I had eaten about an hour prior...I ate ALOT!)
Anyways, it hurt so bad...i gave in and I walked. I was so ashamed :( So my next mile was pretty long. By the end of the second mile I was feeling great (probably because I had been going so slow...AND my husband had been giving me water about every half mile) So i decided that I was going to run 5 miles instead of 4, since that is what my training schedule said to do. At my turn around point, my knee started hurting a little bit. At three miles, my knee was hurting A LOT. My other knee started hurting and I basically hurt all together. This is the slowest I have run in a while and my knees hurt really bad.
mile 1= 9:24.20
mile 2= 10:20.48
mile 3= 9:56.45
mile 4= 10:31.20
mile 5= 9:44.77
total= 49:57.70
I averaged 9:59 miles :(
I am doing three tonight and 7 on Friday since I will be watching trav run the race on saturday morning.
I am really worried about my knees.
Last night I went running just before 10pm. My sweet husband rode behind me on his bike and shined a light for me while I was running. He really is a very thoughtful guy.
My knee felt good. By my first mile I was dying. I had terrible cramps (most likely resulting from the dinner I had eaten about an hour prior...I ate ALOT!)
Anyways, it hurt so bad...i gave in and I walked. I was so ashamed :( So my next mile was pretty long. By the end of the second mile I was feeling great (probably because I had been going so slow...AND my husband had been giving me water about every half mile) So i decided that I was going to run 5 miles instead of 4, since that is what my training schedule said to do. At my turn around point, my knee started hurting a little bit. At three miles, my knee was hurting A LOT. My other knee started hurting and I basically hurt all together. This is the slowest I have run in a while and my knees hurt really bad.
mile 1= 9:24.20
mile 2= 10:20.48
mile 3= 9:56.45
mile 4= 10:31.20
mile 5= 9:44.77
total= 49:57.70
I averaged 9:59 miles :(
I am doing three tonight and 7 on Friday since I will be watching trav run the race on saturday morning.
I am really worried about my knees.
Monday, June 28, 2010
3.......discouraged
Tonight I ran three miles. I had plans to possibly run four, but I felt like I should only do three. I am having a hard time trying to figure out how many miles I need to run each day because while I am trying to catch back up with my training schedule, I don't want to over-do it, because that is how I got into the situation I am in right now...trying to catch up. I think I increased my mileage a little too quickly. My quote at the top of my blog makes sense for the most part, but I think at some point you can't ignore your body, which I did two Saturdays ago.
My dad gave me a shot Friday night. Boy did it hurt. The next day, my knee was in A LOT of pain. ALL day. Sunday morning, I woke up and it didn't hurt at all. Same as today. I also bought a little band to go above my knee that is supposed to take some of the stress off of my IT band. During my run today it didn't hurt. Only near the end of my run did my knee start to hurt...but this time it is a different part of my knee. great. I ran hard and I still couldn't get under 28 minutes. It is making me crazy. It is really dicouraging. Still had dehydration problems, even though it wasn't as hot...I am still not getting enough water. Looks like I may have to give in to those stupid water bottle waist ugly things. NOOOO!!!!
Anyways my time:
first half=13.41.51
second half=14.27.95
total=28.09.46
avg= 9:23 minute miles. a second slower per mile than Friday! :(
I am starting to wonder if I have reached my highest potential as a runner. I was keeping up with the training schedule, I have gained a TON of muscle, I ran a good 10k and the I DIED running 7 miles. and now every time I run...I feel like I am starting over. I am not running the 15k on Saturday. I really wanted to, but I feel like I need to adjust my training schedule and I think 9 is just a little more than I can do right now, but I will be there to cheer for Trav :) I will probably try to run 7 miles this weekend sometime. We will see how it goes. Wish me luck
My dad gave me a shot Friday night. Boy did it hurt. The next day, my knee was in A LOT of pain. ALL day. Sunday morning, I woke up and it didn't hurt at all. Same as today. I also bought a little band to go above my knee that is supposed to take some of the stress off of my IT band. During my run today it didn't hurt. Only near the end of my run did my knee start to hurt...but this time it is a different part of my knee. great. I ran hard and I still couldn't get under 28 minutes. It is making me crazy. It is really dicouraging. Still had dehydration problems, even though it wasn't as hot...I am still not getting enough water. Looks like I may have to give in to those stupid water bottle waist ugly things. NOOOO!!!!
Anyways my time:
first half=13.41.51
second half=14.27.95
total=28.09.46
avg= 9:23 minute miles. a second slower per mile than Friday! :(
I am starting to wonder if I have reached my highest potential as a runner. I was keeping up with the training schedule, I have gained a TON of muscle, I ran a good 10k and the I DIED running 7 miles. and now every time I run...I feel like I am starting over. I am not running the 15k on Saturday. I really wanted to, but I feel like I need to adjust my training schedule and I think 9 is just a little more than I can do right now, but I will be there to cheer for Trav :) I will probably try to run 7 miles this weekend sometime. We will see how it goes. Wish me luck
Friday, June 25, 2010
Why do I have to be so prideful?
i ran 3 today. bad news.
the first half was pretty good. normal running. i was pretty excited that I didn't feel like dying. i tried to speed up for the second half...nothing happened, but pain.
the second half really started hurting my knee. this slowed me down A LOT. I am pretty sure my third mile was about 10 minutes. I had about a 1/4 mile left and I decided that i should walk or else something bad might happen to my knee...but i didn't stop running. of course. i am MUCH too prideful for that.
First Half= 13:52.71
Second Half= 14:12.99
Total 3= 28:05.70
avg=9:22 min miles
Afterwards i was in dyer need of water and for someone to cut my leg off.
I am pretty sure that I need to be drinking water about every two miles.I think I am getting dehydrated more quickly as the temperature gets hotter, so I have to do something about the water....how I am going to pull that off, I don't know. I don't want to run with those stupid little water bottles attached to my hip. I certainly don't want a camelback slowing me down. again, pride.
I am going to get an IT band brace and my dad is gonna give me some sort of shot in my knee tonight...so scary :( Hopefully it is the miracle drug of the century and I will be a speed racer by Monday. (he says that is when it should start working.)
As for my Saturday run, I was supposed to do 8. I will have to talk to my medical advisor, aka dad, to see what I am allowed to do or not do. I thought about doing 4 in the morning and then 4 at night, but judging by how much my knee hurts at the moment from running 3 miles....i'm not so sure that I will be running at all...depending on how prideful i am when I wake up.
the first half was pretty good. normal running. i was pretty excited that I didn't feel like dying. i tried to speed up for the second half...nothing happened, but pain.
the second half really started hurting my knee. this slowed me down A LOT. I am pretty sure my third mile was about 10 minutes. I had about a 1/4 mile left and I decided that i should walk or else something bad might happen to my knee...but i didn't stop running. of course. i am MUCH too prideful for that.
First Half= 13:52.71
Second Half= 14:12.99
Total 3= 28:05.70
avg=9:22 min miles
Afterwards i was in dyer need of water and for someone to cut my leg off.
I am pretty sure that I need to be drinking water about every two miles.I think I am getting dehydrated more quickly as the temperature gets hotter, so I have to do something about the water....how I am going to pull that off, I don't know. I don't want to run with those stupid little water bottles attached to my hip. I certainly don't want a camelback slowing me down. again, pride.
I am going to get an IT band brace and my dad is gonna give me some sort of shot in my knee tonight...so scary :( Hopefully it is the miracle drug of the century and I will be a speed racer by Monday. (he says that is when it should start working.)
As for my Saturday run, I was supposed to do 8. I will have to talk to my medical advisor, aka dad, to see what I am allowed to do or not do. I thought about doing 4 in the morning and then 4 at night, but judging by how much my knee hurts at the moment from running 3 miles....i'm not so sure that I will be running at all...depending on how prideful i am when I wake up.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
2 miles :(
first mile= 8:28.52
second mile=8:38.61
total= 17:07.13
AVG= 8:34 min miles
I ran 2 today. I am having a hard time knowing what to do as I deal with my knee going crazy. The minute I started running, something started pinching in the back of my leg...it is behind the knee part of my leg (the part that bends)...anyways, something was pinching, I don't know if it was a ligament or tendon or whatever the rubbery cord type things on the back of your leg are. Anyways, I kept running for a few seconds and I decided to stop. I stretched my legs and marched in place to try and loosen it up a little bit. I wanted to go home, but I told myself that I already gave in by choosing to ONLY run 2 today, so i wasn't going to give in again. I walked back to the beginning and started again. No pinching problems until about half a mile. At this point I decided that when I reach one mile that I would stop running and walk home. As I approached the mile mark, I thought about how much harder my run on Saturday might be if I didn't keep going. I also reminded myself that if I can't learn some endurance...running the half marathon in August is really going to suck. So i decided to keep running. It was extremely hard to breathe the entire time because my allergies are progressively getting worse each morning. Finally I made it back and I told myself that I should give up running indefinitely. I know I can't...but I want to. Maybe after the half. Travis would be pretty annoyed that we paid the money and I didn't even run, so I at least have to make it that far.
second mile=8:38.61
total= 17:07.13
AVG= 8:34 min miles
I ran 2 today. I am having a hard time knowing what to do as I deal with my knee going crazy. The minute I started running, something started pinching in the back of my leg...it is behind the knee part of my leg (the part that bends)...anyways, something was pinching, I don't know if it was a ligament or tendon or whatever the rubbery cord type things on the back of your leg are. Anyways, I kept running for a few seconds and I decided to stop. I stretched my legs and marched in place to try and loosen it up a little bit. I wanted to go home, but I told myself that I already gave in by choosing to ONLY run 2 today, so i wasn't going to give in again. I walked back to the beginning and started again. No pinching problems until about half a mile. At this point I decided that when I reach one mile that I would stop running and walk home. As I approached the mile mark, I thought about how much harder my run on Saturday might be if I didn't keep going. I also reminded myself that if I can't learn some endurance...running the half marathon in August is really going to suck. So i decided to keep running. It was extremely hard to breathe the entire time because my allergies are progressively getting worse each morning. Finally I made it back and I told myself that I should give up running indefinitely. I know I can't...but I want to. Maybe after the half. Travis would be pretty annoyed that we paid the money and I didn't even run, so I at least have to make it that far.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Running Again
Today was the first time I ran since Saturday. My knee just felt a tiny bit sore afterward. I felt a little bit out of shape, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. I ran three miles in 26:55.09. So I averaged 8:58 min miles. I was expecting to go slower, so I was pretty happy with how I did today. I made sure to stretch my IT band very well before and after. Still feeling a little sore, I hope I am able to run 8 miles come Saturday.
Monday, June 21, 2010
7 miles and a hurt knee
On Saturday, I ran seven miles. My goal was to do it in an hour and 5 minutes. I missed my goal by one minute. My knee was sort of bothering me for pretty much the whole time. It felt like I was going so slow....which I kind of was.
Mile 1= 8.51.27
Mile 2= 9.45.33
Mile 3= 9.10.29
Mile 4= 9.47.67
Mile 5= 9.44.28
Mile 6= 9.42.53
Mile 7= 9.26.71
avg mile= 9.29.72
The first two miles could be off because I am not quite sure where the one mile mark is.
I knew I should have walked when my knee started going crazy, but I just couldn't do it. I wanted to be able to run the whole thing with no breaks. Trav was waiting for me at the cross walk, so I probably ran the end a little too fast for what my knee could handle. My knee hurt pretty bad. My dad, who is in orthopedics, checked it out and said that it is most likely my IT band. Saturday night it was so painful that I couldn't help but cry. Yesterday, I tried to stay off of it as much as possible and I have been icing it, so today hasn't been bad. The other knee is starting to have a little bit of pain. I am going to take it easy for today and try to run 3 miles tomorrow.
Mile 1= 8.51.27
Mile 2= 9.45.33
Mile 3= 9.10.29
Mile 4= 9.47.67
Mile 5= 9.44.28
Mile 6= 9.42.53
Mile 7= 9.26.71
avg mile= 9.29.72
The first two miles could be off because I am not quite sure where the one mile mark is.
I knew I should have walked when my knee started going crazy, but I just couldn't do it. I wanted to be able to run the whole thing with no breaks. Trav was waiting for me at the cross walk, so I probably ran the end a little too fast for what my knee could handle. My knee hurt pretty bad. My dad, who is in orthopedics, checked it out and said that it is most likely my IT band. Saturday night it was so painful that I couldn't help but cry. Yesterday, I tried to stay off of it as much as possible and I have been icing it, so today hasn't been bad. The other knee is starting to have a little bit of pain. I am going to take it easy for today and try to run 3 miles tomorrow.
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