The kids' daycare hosted a parents' night out last night. For $45, they fed the kids dinner, played games, and had a party, until 10:30 pm. Not a bad deal for all three kids! We were going to go to a movie, but there wasn't anything at our local theater that we really wanted to see, and we were too lazy to go farther away.
Instead, when we got home from work we changed our clothes and went running. We weren't sure if the park where my husband usually runs was lighted or not, so we just ran a loop around the neighborhood. I loved seeing all of the Christmas lights. We went running together on Veterans' Day as well (day off for us, but not for the kids!), and that was the first time I'd been running since the Too Hot to Handle race in July. I am getting lazy.
I signed my husband up for the Too Cold to Hold 10 mile race, but wimped out and signed myself up for the 5 mile course. I just want to run a race all the way through, without stopping to walk, and I know I'd be setting myself up to fail if I singed up for 10 miles. I'm looking forward to the race though, and hopefully having the race to prepare for will encourage me to get off my ass and run more than two times in five months!
We did 4 miles, and my slow pace, but it was a nice run. I could have made it another mile, but had set 4 as my goal, and was looking forward to going out to eat without the kids!
Showing posts with label 4 miles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4 miles. Show all posts
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
What a difference ten degrees makes
I had a much better run Thursday. I started off with a better attitude, and it was a good ten degrees cooler than on Monday. My legs were a bit shaky the first half mile or so, but I stuck it out, and felt great by the end of the first mile. Need to do another 4 mile run sometime this weekend.
I think I've found the audio alert timing I like on runkeeper. I have it tell me distance and pace every 10 minutes, and every half mile. I like it more than the every five minutes setting it was on originally, even though the timing ends up being different by only a minute or two anyway.
I think I've found the audio alert timing I like on runkeeper. I have it tell me distance and pace every 10 minutes, and every half mile. I like it more than the every five minutes setting it was on originally, even though the timing ends up being different by only a minute or two anyway.
Monday, February 6, 2012
4 miles and french toast
I intended to run 8-9 miles this weekend, but it didn't happen. The run started off poorly as I was cold and hadn't waited long enough after eating breakfast. About a mile and a half into the run, a woman with two big, poorly controlled dogs came up quickly behind me, and when I ran off the path to get out of their way, my knee twisted a bit. I ran on a ways to see if it would work itself out, but it was still hurting. I decided to head home, but I took a wrong turn! I ended up doing just over 4 miles. Once I got home, I did the elliptical for another twenty minutes.
During my wrong turn, I was amused by the placement of these light posts:
During my wrong turn, I was amused by the placement of these light posts:
I suppose it is nice that the city added the extra pavement around the post so those with strollers or in wheelchairs have a fighting chance to get past it. I'm just glad I didn't run right into one. I run in a park near our house a lot of the time, and was running there this weekend. There are a few areas where the path is a bridge over the pods or marshy areas. One of the bridges partially collapsed, and the bridge is closed. I didn't notice the big barrier and yellow tape until I was almost on top of it. Clearly, I need to work on my situational awareness while out running.
I tried making baked french toast again. The toast was only so-so. It was too dry. I think I needed to soak it a lot longer. I also made a peach-raspberry sauce. The sauce was great!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
4 miles plus a little more
Feeling much better after an day of Christmas shopping with my husband and the fat little rabbit. We went way overboard, as we do every Christmas. The plan every year is for Santa to bring 3 gifts, plus stocking stuffers, and then a few gifts from Mom and Dad. We stuck to the 3 from Santa pretty well, but the Mom and Dad gifts, well, that's another story. They just make too many cute toys these days, and then add in some books and dvds, and suddenly we've got too much again.
My present this year is new running shoes. My old shoes are more than a year old, and even though I didn't run much while pregnant, my husband and I took a mile long walk every day during lunch, and I wore them to do errands and stuff, so they are pretty shot. The last time I went shopping for running shoes I was very frustrated by the lack of in-stock women's shoes in wide widths. I have bony, wide feet. New Balance was the only store that had what I wanted in stock. I like New Balance, so that's what I went with. Today, the closest New Balance store was out of our way, but there was a RunOn! store on the way home, so we stopped there. The helpful salesperson measured my feet, and suggested that I just try men's shoes. I did, and yay! they fit! Now I just have to act surprised when I open them Christmas morning.
I also learned that the store hosts a social run on Wednesday nights. I inquired about the pace that they run, and was told they take all levels. I am really slow though. I'll go this week and see how it goes.
When we got home from shopping, I went for my run that I put off this morning. I decided since I downloaded a running app that tells me my distance every 5 minutes, I'd just run through the neighborhood without a plan. That may not have been the best of ideas. I ran up to one of the major roads through the city, but when I got to halfway on my planned distance, there wasn't a good road to cut back through towards my house. I didn't want to just turn around, because I find that too boring for words, so I kept on. In the end it added only around a half mile more than I was planning. i think I'll stick to at least roughly mapping out a route before I run next time.
My present this year is new running shoes. My old shoes are more than a year old, and even though I didn't run much while pregnant, my husband and I took a mile long walk every day during lunch, and I wore them to do errands and stuff, so they are pretty shot. The last time I went shopping for running shoes I was very frustrated by the lack of in-stock women's shoes in wide widths. I have bony, wide feet. New Balance was the only store that had what I wanted in stock. I like New Balance, so that's what I went with. Today, the closest New Balance store was out of our way, but there was a RunOn! store on the way home, so we stopped there. The helpful salesperson measured my feet, and suggested that I just try men's shoes. I did, and yay! they fit! Now I just have to act surprised when I open them Christmas morning.
I also learned that the store hosts a social run on Wednesday nights. I inquired about the pace that they run, and was told they take all levels. I am really slow though. I'll go this week and see how it goes.
When we got home from shopping, I went for my run that I put off this morning. I decided since I downloaded a running app that tells me my distance every 5 minutes, I'd just run through the neighborhood without a plan. That may not have been the best of ideas. I ran up to one of the major roads through the city, but when I got to halfway on my planned distance, there wasn't a good road to cut back through towards my house. I didn't want to just turn around, because I find that too boring for words, so I kept on. In the end it added only around a half mile more than I was planning. i think I'll stick to at least roughly mapping out a route before I run next time.
Monday, December 12, 2011
4 miles
I was not able to run this weekend, as my husband went out of town to a bachelor's party for his friend. By the time he got home Sunday night, I was to tired from running after three kids to go running for myself. When we got home tonight, I said I was going for a run as soon as he was done with the elliptical.
I printed out the Hal Higdon training schedule the other day, and counted out on the calendar how many weeks I have until the half marathon in March. I'm going to do double weeks of 4, 5, and 6 mile long runs, before ramping up to increasing one mile each weekend. So tonight was the first 4 mile run. I learned some important things about running in my neighborhood:
-It is not advisable to try to cross one of the main roads at a minor intersection. I had to double back to the intersection controlled by the light, as there was just never a break in traffic, and I though it was not advisable to cross in the dark!
-All of the houses on one street in our new subdivision use the exact same Christmas decorations. They are pretty, but by the time you've seen 4-5 houses, it just gets boring.
-Apparently emergency vehicles in our town can make all of the lights at an intersection stay red except in the direction they are approaching. I spent a very long time jogging in place while waiting for them to go through, and then through a whole new light cycle. Next time I'll just turn around and run towards the other intersection.
-There were more people out running after dark than I expected! We live in a very safe neighborhood, and it gets dark early now in the winter, but I still expected to have the sidewalk mostly to myself. It was nice to see so many other people out for a run!
I printed out the Hal Higdon training schedule the other day, and counted out on the calendar how many weeks I have until the half marathon in March. I'm going to do double weeks of 4, 5, and 6 mile long runs, before ramping up to increasing one mile each weekend. So tonight was the first 4 mile run. I learned some important things about running in my neighborhood:
-It is not advisable to try to cross one of the main roads at a minor intersection. I had to double back to the intersection controlled by the light, as there was just never a break in traffic, and I though it was not advisable to cross in the dark!
-All of the houses on one street in our new subdivision use the exact same Christmas decorations. They are pretty, but by the time you've seen 4-5 houses, it just gets boring.
-Apparently emergency vehicles in our town can make all of the lights at an intersection stay red except in the direction they are approaching. I spent a very long time jogging in place while waiting for them to go through, and then through a whole new light cycle. Next time I'll just turn around and run towards the other intersection.
-There were more people out running after dark than I expected! We live in a very safe neighborhood, and it gets dark early now in the winter, but I still expected to have the sidewalk mostly to myself. It was nice to see so many other people out for a run!
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