Jogger Barbie's Blatherings

This blog started out as a way to track my progress in training for my first marathon on September 30, 2007. Then my first marathon ended up happening in May 2007, so now this blog is just to write about my running in general.

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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I'm a woman in my 40s who lives in Toronto with my DH and two cats, and who loves to run. Sometimes I like to write about my running. Maybe some day I'll write about something else but it hasn't happened yet.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Back to ramping up again. The Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon is not much over two months away - and it's amazing how short two months seems when you're plotting your training. After starting June with two weeks of no running, I went back to easy running in the third week (even managed to get in a few solid runs on vacation) and started building distance again on July 1. That was actually a pretty crappy run, sad to say. It was supposed to be around 18 km, but a few km in I started cramping up and couldn't shake it, energy levels were rotten, and I threw in the towel at about 15 km. Fortunately things have been better since.

I'm taking a new approach to my weekend LSDs (still having issues with the S, but I digress). While training for Ottawa, I would calculate a route that matched the distance, and follow it. There were times I wanted to make changes after beginning, but not knowing all the relevant distances in my head, and being fairly obsessive about getting the right distances, I was pretty much stuck with the plan.

This time around I'm running more for time than distance. Like last weekend. My run was supposed to be 22.5 km - say 23 km. At a "good run" or race pace, that's about 1:55. So I tried to slow down a little, and ran for 2:10. At the beginning and end I checked my pace on a nearby track; it was on and a little under 5:00/km, respectively. Even given that I was slower in the middle (especially on the hills), in 2:10 I did at least 23 km. Probably 24 km or more. And really enjoyed just being able to decide my route as I went.

And how am I feeling with the increased milage? A little tight and sore in the right hip after Sunday's run, enough that I decided to take the advice I would give to someone else and swap Tuesday's and today's runs for the elliptical and bike/weights, respectively. And to make an ART appointment for late this afternoon. Missing a couple of mid-week runs at this point shouldn't be a problem.

But my lunch hour is over and not getting back to work would be a problem. More later.

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