Today was a long run for me today--6 miles. Normally, I like to do long runs outdoors but by the time I got up and dressed it was too warm outside. So off to the dreadmill. I got on the treadmill next to this cute guy in the gym. I never spoke to him but I envisioned us running together on a tropical beach, you know how you see it in the movies. It was a great motivator. Don't judge me.
I focused on my arm swing some more. I noticed that the faster I run the more I tense up and shoulders raise. It does feel awkward when you have the correct form, shoulders down and relaxed, elbows at 90 degrees, and arm swing from from shoulder.
I ran 6 miles for an hour and 18 minutes with a pace of 13 min/mile.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Friday, April 3, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Pre-run blog: I woke up 2:35 am and could not fall back to sleep. So now it's time to get up to run my 3 miles and I'm sleepy but here I go. I think I am going to grab an espresso from Starbucks, I'll report how this goes for me. A friend is texting me now at 5:20am to see if I'm getting up to go running. You gotta love the running community.
Post-run blog: It went better than I expected. I think the espresso worked. I was encouraged (pressured) to run the same route as my running group. A mile into our run, I normally veer off their route because they run a longer distance than I wish to run and because they run fast. Doing it this way helps me to keep up with their pace for that 1 mile duration but also allows me run to at my own pace for the remainder of the run. So today in the beginning I was not feeling so good about this extra mileage and these hills I was doing but I got into the groove of it. I was actually enjoying running along side them, although I knew they were running slower for my; at my pace.
Today I was working on the arm swing and trying not to exhaust too much energy into my arm movement. I heard in a running discussion that some runners cross their arm over their chest. I concentrated on swinging my arms from the shoulder and keeping my elbows at a 90 degree angle. Also, keeping the shoulders relaxed. The idea is that your feet will go the way you tell your arm to go. I not sure about all of that stuff but I tried. Of course when you get tried, all that stuff goes out the window and you are just suffering to get to the end. I'm not thinking about my form, posture, breathing, I just want to give up and go back to bed. I did 3.57 mi at about a 13:30 pace.
P.S. By the way, that friend who texted me to see if I was awake to go running, didn't even go running. smh
Post-run blog: It went better than I expected. I think the espresso worked. I was encouraged (pressured) to run the same route as my running group. A mile into our run, I normally veer off their route because they run a longer distance than I wish to run and because they run fast. Doing it this way helps me to keep up with their pace for that 1 mile duration but also allows me run to at my own pace for the remainder of the run. So today in the beginning I was not feeling so good about this extra mileage and these hills I was doing but I got into the groove of it. I was actually enjoying running along side them, although I knew they were running slower for my; at my pace.
Today I was working on the arm swing and trying not to exhaust too much energy into my arm movement. I heard in a running discussion that some runners cross their arm over their chest. I concentrated on swinging my arms from the shoulder and keeping my elbows at a 90 degree angle. Also, keeping the shoulders relaxed. The idea is that your feet will go the way you tell your arm to go. I not sure about all of that stuff but I tried. Of course when you get tried, all that stuff goes out the window and you are just suffering to get to the end. I'm not thinking about my form, posture, breathing, I just want to give up and go back to bed. I did 3.57 mi at about a 13:30 pace.
P.S. By the way, that friend who texted me to see if I was awake to go running, didn't even go running. smh
http://www.nyrr.org/youth-and-schools/running-start/coaching-videos/middle-school/form/form-101-arm-movements  |
| My running friends. thats me in the back in the blue shirt. |
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