Well, “mostly” wordless… I’m trying my hand at a facebook page… we’ll see how it goes… maybe I'll keep it, maybe not ;)
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The VERY “Magic Mile”
I was reading some articles online about running and came across an article on Runner’s World HERE that talked about a Magic Mile… What in the world is that?! and … why is it so magical?! Of course I was intrigued and opened the article to read more…
Apparently, you can run a mile, as fast as you can and predict your race finishing times and find out what paces you should be training at. According to Jeff Galloway anyways… ;) From THIS ARTICLE:
The Magic Mile will help determine:
1. If the goal pace is realistic.
2. How much improvement can be expected, and whether someone is on track to
meet the goal.
3. Running the Magic Mile takes the guesswork out of goal setting. This often
involved putting the reins on the ego, which will talk the person into goals that are
not within their current capabilities.
4. These formulas will allow one to predict race time by running a timed mile.
5. During the training season, the group will run a Magic Mile on a set schedule,
depending on the training goal.
Well now of course I just had to try it… DUH! ;) And if you want to try it too… here are some articles you can read and a video of Jeff Galloway explaining it to you:
Article #1
Article #2
Article #3
Basically, you run a 1 mile warm up and then complete some strides and then run around the track for a mile (4 laps in case you’ve never been to a track before) as fast as you can and time how long it takes you. Afterwards you can run how many ever miles you have left to run that day or a 1 mile cool down, then plug your results into THIS AWESOME TOOL and voila it gives you a list of paces to expect for training and races…
Last night, it was too dark and too late by the time I was able to workout to go to the track, so I decided to try this Magic Mile on the treadmill… even though the articles I had read said that a treadmill was not the best option… I started out with a .60 mile warm up and then ran my first Magic Mile in 8:07. Not what I wanted… but it’s a reality check… also I'm blaming the stupid treadmill for needing to slowly increase it’s pace at the beginning ;) lol… Afterwards, I did some weights and for my “cool down” rode the bike for 20 minutes.
Here’s what my results were:
Have you ever run a Magic Mile?
If so, do you think the results are pretty accurate?
Do you think this is a training must? Why or Why not?
If you haven’t, do you want to now? You know you do… it’s magical! ;)
Sunday, April 22, 2012
#RunChat with Bart Yasso
So #runchat tonight was awesome… I keep forgetting about it when it’s happening, but today I finally remembered that it was going down in Twitterland. #Runchat can be interesting to say the least lol… here’s a snippet from tonight’s when Bart Yasso decided to join in on the discussion:
lol… and in case you were wondering… why yes, Bart Yasso IS following me on twitter… see, we’re best friends now ;)
The next #runchat is May 13th! You won’t want to miss it! :) It’s always on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. CLICK HERE to see what #runchat is all about in case you’ve been living under a rock or something! ;)
Do you participate in #runchat? Why or why not?
*sorry for the blurry twitter pics… they are clear in LiveWriter, but when published they got a little blurry…
Weekly Roundup: April 16 – 22
Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 4.08miles @10:01/mi (40:55min)
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 8.0miles @11:14/mi (1:29:57)
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Rest
**Stretched and foam rolled each day I worked out
Total for Week = 12.08 miles Bike for Week = 0
Total for Month = 14.08 miles Bike for Month = 1hr 50min
Total for Year = 86.89 miles Bike for Year = 1hr 50min
*** @=outside run (refers to pace) in=treadmill run (refers to minutes)
January 12.6 miles 2011 329.45 miles
February 13.02 miles
March 42.19 miles
April 14.08 miles
Thursday’s Long Run
Thursday when I got home from school, it was sunny and 65 degrees and I knew it was supposed to get colder and rainy this weekend so instead of waiting to do my long run, I decided to get it out of the way in the gorgeous weather! I’m so glad I did, it was such a great run… a little slower than I would have liked, but great none-the-less and it’s been raining all weekend!! WINNING!! :)
I ran 8.0 miles at a pace of 11:14/mile which came out to a 1:29:57 run. It was quite a hilly course so I ended up walking up a little ways on some of the hills… yeah, i know I’m a wimp… but I thought it was still pretty good for not having done the time to train for my half up to now… (2 weeks from yesterday!! EEK!) Here’s the stats from my long run (you can click it to make it bigger if you want:
After I got back home from my run I took an ice bath (still trying to get rid of my annoying knee pain) while drinking one of my husband’s myoplex lite chocolate recovery drinks (don’t tell him! ;) haha) It was actually kinda tasty and has A LOT of good vitamins and minerals and like 20 grams of protein :)
Have you ever tried Myoplex? What did you think?
How far was your long run this week?
Do you always do your long run on the weekend or do you change it up sometimes and do it on a weekday/night?
Blog Posts From The Week
Wordless Wednesday: Shower Pictures
The New Blogger Look
Registered Races
5/5/12 – Cap City Half Marathon
10/21/12 – Columbus Marathon
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The New Blogger Look
So, if you use blogger, you might have noticed that they have changed the way your dashboard looks. It now looks like this:
AND… you may have noticed that the Google Friend Connect is still on your blog:
So my question, or questionS to you is/are:
~ Do you like the new look? Why or why not?
~Isn’t Friend Connect supposed to be leaving or am I just misinformed?
~ If blogger is getting rid of it, what have you done to let other people know how to follow you? Is there something like Google Friend Connect that you can add to your blog?
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