Category Archives: indoor track

kcirB

0, 02mi, brick, gym, indoor track

Start time: 4/14/10, 6:00pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 2 miles
Average pace: 7:50min/mile
Total Miles For April: 27 miles
Total Miles For 2010: 208 miles

Backwards brick for Wednesday; I had so much stuff to get done after spinning class that I ended up running my 2 miles right before class started. Not really a brick, but the switch-up was good and it put me a little more tired for spinning, which is a I figure a somewhat good simulation of post-swim. Also thinking that I might start shifting the post-spin run up to 3 miles. (Also might start doing it outdoors, if I can clean and break down the bike quickly.)

(8:01, 7:39)

Wednesday = Brickday

0, 02mi, brick, indoor track

Start time: 4/7/10, 7:20pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 2 miles
Average pace: 8:04min/mile
Total Miles For April: 14 miles
Total Miles For 2010: 195 miles

Another Wednesday, another brick. No complaints here, well, except that TJ’s air conditioning was not up to the 90 degree weather outside. Oof. Good tough spinning class, though.

(8:00, 8:07)

Break’s over

0, 02mi, brick, indoor track

Start time: 3/31/10, 7:20pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 2 miles
Average pace: 8:11min/mile
Total Miles For March: 62 miles
Total Miles For 2010: 181 miles

Ten days after the half marathon, it’s back to running! I have been exercising since then, mind you; last week ended up being ultra-busy but I did get some swimming in, and this week has already had cycling, swimming, and now a spinning/running brick. I need to try and figure out if the better move might be to break down the bike quickly and run outside next time; there’s something nice about just going 15 steps to be on the track and dash out two miles with no interruptions, but it was also a pretty gorgeous night outside. Hmmmm. Will think this one through. Anyway, it was a short run, but after coming off a tough-but-good spinning class (and ten days off of running) I’m really quite pleased.

(8:20, 8:02)

Brick

0, 02mi, 04mi, brick, indoor track

Start time: 3/3/10, 6:10pm & 7:15pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 2 miles & 2 miles
Average pace: 8:12min/mile & 8:30min/mile
Total Miles For March: 4 miles
Total Miles For 2010: 123 miles

Wednesday was a bit of an experiment; I’d missed Tuesday’s run due to jet lag, so I decided that I’d try and get some running in either before or after spinning class. By the time I got there, I was too early for the 6:30 start, but too late to get 4 miles in. So instead, I ran two miles, then did my 45 minute spin class, then skipped the cool down and dismantling of the bike (don’t worry, I cleared it with the instructor in advance) and immediately ran 2 more miles. Considering I felt a tiny bit wobbly at first from the transition, I’d say only picking up 18 seconds per mile was a nice accomplishment. (Then I went back and wiped down and took apart the bike as well as did some cool-down stretches.)

(8:15 & 8:10; 8:29 & 8:31)

Sleepy

0, 05mi, indoor track

Start time: 2/18/10, 6:45am
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 5 miles
Average pace: 9:04min/mile
Total Miles For February: 22 miles
Total Miles For 2010: 90 miles

More indoor track running. Um… yay? It was a good thing to have done; with a race a month away I really need to get my butt back in gear. But I am super-sleepy now. Cannot stop yawning.

(9:07, 9:01, 9:11, 9:00, 8:59)

Indoor Track Fun

0, 05mi, indoor track

Start time: 2/17/10, 6:45am
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 5 miles
Average pace: 9:02min/mile
Total Miles For February: 17 miles
Total Miles For 2010: 85 miles

In a non-shock of the century, still no significant melting going on outside. Right now my regular running routes are completely impassable; when they completely cleared 10th Street in Arlington, they did so by shoveling all the snow off of the road and onto the shoulders… which includes the sidewalks. It’s fairly insane as a result, and other streets are in just as bad a condition. So unless I want to run down main roads and risk my life… guess it’s time for more indoor track fun. (At least that option is available.) I also noticed that the parking lot was more full than normal despite there not being more people at the rec center; I think people in the local neighborhood are parking there rather than on the street. What this probably means is that going to spinning class tonight might be problematic. We shall see.

Anyway! The run went ok. Sure it was boring (thank you “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” for this morning’s entertainment) and I was huffing and puffing from a general lack of running as of late, but I got it done and that’s all that really mattered to me.

(9:11, 8:52, 8:59, 9:09, 8:55)

bleah

0, 03mi, indoor track

Start time: 1/5/10, 7:00am
Location: Thomas Jefferson Community Center
Distance: 3 miles
Average pace: 8:43min/mile
Total Miles For January: 11 miles
Total Miles For 2010: 11 miles

What’s that about best laid plans and all that? I was supposed to run on Saturday with my group, but a towed car put an end to that. And while I should have run afterwards, it derailed me enough that it just didn’t happen. Monday likewise ended up being a no-go. With the race this weekend, though, I needed to do something. Finally, I picked up a 3-miler at the gym this morning. It’s just wretchedly cold out still, and I am supremely unmotivated right now. I just need a break. Except, of course, I also picked up some heavy duty holiday poundage that needs to go away. Argh. I’ve definitely been feeling it on these last few runs. Time to eat a little more frugally post-Disney.

Hopefully I’ll get a swim in tomorrow; it’s now been a month since I’ve made it over there. Yeesh!

(8:52, 8:34, 8:44)

Brrrr

0, 04mi, indoor track

Start time: 12/29/09, 7:00am
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 4 miles
Average pace: 8:35min/mile
Total Miles For December: 89 miles
Total Miles For 2009: 867 miles

I’m a big wimp when it comes to winter running. So when I heard that wind gusts would be up to 50mph this morning and it would feel like 15 degrees? Off to the indoor track it was…

(8:51, 8:34, 8:30, 8:23)

Circles again

0, 05mi, indoor track

Start time: 12/22/09, 4:30pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 5 miles
Average pace: 8:36min/mile
Total Miles For December: 73 miles
Total Miles For 2009: 851 miles

Well, thanks to snowpocalypse, running outside is severely limited at the moment, until the snow melts a bit more and pathways are clear. So, back to the indoor track! Ah, the joy.

(8:53, 8:41, 8:46, 8:28, 8:14)

Trackwork

0, 04mi, indoor track

Start time: 12/8/09, 5:30pm
Location: TJ Community Center
Distance: 4 miles
Average pace: 8:33min/mile
Total Miles For December: 31 miles
Total Miles For 2009: 809 miles

Oops, I’m a week behind now. My data for the other two workouts isn’t handy, but I do have Tuesday’s laps on my watch. I was still feeling a little stiff on Tuesday, but I forced myself to knock out four miles on the (bleah) indoor track. I really should have gotten up before work and run, but it just didn’t happen. I really need to get better about going to bed at a decent hour so I can actually wake up and do exercise. I used to be better about this. Anyway, the run started out in a “just go slow and do something” but once everything loosened up I felt a bit better.

(9:03, 8:40, 8:23, 8:06)