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A running and training blog by Andrea Hill (formerly runlikeagrrl on livejournal)
This morning was the Barr Trail Mountain Race. Last year I ran 2:30:03 and so even though I haven’t been running as much, I had in my mind that sub 2:30 would be a nice reasonable goal. I reviewed my splits from last year just to have them in my mind.
The day started out well [...]
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This Sunday is the Barr Trail Mountain Race. I haven’t been training as hard this year, but I am eager to find out how experience will come into play.
Last year’s results:
Female place: 36
Age group place: 6/17
Splits:
1 0:29:59
2 0:50:25
3 1:13:21
4 1:38:07
5 0:51:56
End: 2:30:03
Last year my goal was to finish in less than three hours. So, [...]
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I got a comment a couple days ago from a member of the Incline Club asking when I was going to head on down to the Springs to run with them again. That was all the nudge I needed to get up at 5am and drive to Manitou!
I arrived at the park planning to run [...]
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So I did one of those things you’re not supposed to last week.
You know how marathon training plans call for long runs, often up to 20 miles? Last week I ran my first marathon of 2010 (late in the year for me!) and when I looked back at my training log, realized the longest [...]
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Last night I was reading an excerpt of “Thrive” by vegan Canadian athlete Brendan Brazier, and in it he mentions that our cells regenerate every 7 years. We all know that. But how do they regenerate? It’s directly tied to what we put in them. We literally are what we eat.
I take a few supplements [...]
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I failed the first test of Canadian childhood: my ankles were too weak to ice skate! I was okay with roller skates, however, and grew to love the more stable quads, which may have contributed to my new life as a roller derby star.
Years later, however, my weak ankles have come back to [...]
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This was a good month:
I hit over 100 miles, which I hadn’t done since May. I ran 19/31 days, and of course scored a big 3 min half marathon PR in Phoenix.
I liked how I’ve started mixing it up a bit, running some shorter harder days on the treadmill. I think it helps [...]
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This week saw a series of setbacks, but thankfully they seem to be more or less over. A week after twisting my ankle last Sunday, there is still some swelling there, although it feels fine. It did cause me to take it easy this week, however. Then I caught a bug that knocked me out [...]
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This week reality (read: roller derby) set in, and running took a bit of a backseat.
Mon: off (but that’s ok; it was the day after a race!)
Tues: Good morning run, 3 miles in 28:31. AvgHR 152, MaxHR 173.
Wed: 1.3 miles at an 8:38 pace before work; AvgHR 152, MaxHR 175; roller derby after work
Thurs: [...]
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Today was our first scrimmage of the new derby season. Scrimmage practices are held every Wednesday. We get into our teams (everyone cleared for scrimmage is drafted to one of three home teams) and play three periods of derby just like a real game, with refs calling points and penalites. Often, our announcers are on [...]
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