Posts Tagged ‘long run’

I’ve heard about runners “hitting the wall” on long runs before but until this weekend I had never experienced it myself. It’s not fun. This week I did my long run on Monday instead of my usual Sunday, this was because on Saturday night I had volunteered at a Girl Guide sleepover (for [...]

This week I did my usual Sunday long run on Monday instead. Since I had been up in Squamish climbing all weekend I was WAY too tired to head out for my run by the time I got home Sunday evening.
Monday was a beautiful day in Vancouver and perfect running conditions, sunny [...]

I am BACK running again. Whoohoo! I’ve posted a fair bit about the problems I had with my hamstring and then with my IT-band which eventually led to my having to take a full 2 weeks off running (a long time when you’re used to following a pretty strict schedule!) After the [...]

And here we go – yet another update about my hammy/IT-band and my marathon training! The last little while I’ve been trying to be smarter about how I’m rehabbing this “issue” (still not calling it an injury!) I’ve been doing shorter runs, focusing more on form than pace, rolling it out, stretching more…all [...]

Last week I posted about my long run and how horrible it felt. I wasn’t feeling good about the run – even before it started – and that combined with knee pain (stemming from the IT-band) made for a long, grumpy run. At the end I was left feeling discouraged and wondering if [...]

I had another GREAT run today. I went out early because I needed to be done the run, stretched out and over to a friends to watch the GOLD MEDAL HOCKEY GAME by 12:15. So I started at 8:35 which was a little bit later than I had hoped. I pushed the [...]

I seem to be getting to the point in my training where i’m starting to experience injuries. I made it through a year and a half injury free (happily patting myself on the back and knocking on wood at every opportunity!) and then I had my hamstring tear. While that was painful it [...]

I have learned a lot about running gear since I started running… I’ve learned not to run in cotton (especially when it’s raining!), I’ve learned that it’s a good idea to wear gloves on those cold days and I’ve learned that when you’re attempting to do an endurance run of more than 2 hours [...]

*warning – whiny post to follow*
As most of you know Sunday is my long run day which for the past few weeks has meant a run of 28-30kms over 2 hours and 20 – 30 minutes. I was pretty stoked to head out on my run yesterday – I was feeling pretty good and [...]

I had an early morning run today because I have to head off to the airport shortly for a trip to TO (for work). Most of the run felt pretty good but my legs were a bit “fitiguey” today. I couldn’t seem to push them to run faster when I wanted [...]