I just finished my seven-mile run, and now is as good as a time as any to let you in on what training program I'm using. Being somewhat injury-prone, I'm going with the Galloway run-walk method. Since today was my first over-10K run in over a year, I decided to add the walking in today. The book I have leaves a lot of the details up to the individual runner, so I tried 9 minutes of running for 1 minute of walking today.
It was pretty pleasant knowing I always had that minute to look forward to, and I can't say that it slowed me down at all. If anyone has any two cents or experience with Galloway, and particularly how to determine the run-walk ratio, I'd love to hear it. My girl Lori used it when she completed the Virginia Beach Half-Marathon on her 40th birthday, despite being injured and in quite a bit of pain.
And while I'm giving shouts out, I'm very proud of my girl Emma who finished the Atlanta Marathon in under four hours, despite the fact that miles 22-25 were all uphill. Considering I would never be able to do this even within the five-hour limit, I find her time pretty darn impressive. And in other impressive news, my brother-in-law and fake sister-in-law ran a 5K in Antarctica (or thereabouts) in under 30 minutes (and with full bellies as it was the day after Thanksgiving).
Notes to self for the next long run: don't forget the Bodyglide for the girls. Also, ditch the Band-Aid (assuming the toenail is still trying to hang on).
Did you look up the 5K results on coolrunning?
ReplyDeleteDuh. Note to self: At least roll over the link next time before commenting. Yay M running with a strained calf muscle! Yay me and MIL for standing out in the 42 degree rain cheering on the waders! (The other ~300 runners seemed to appreciate it, too.)
ReplyDeleteWow. That's supportive! Good call leaving the wee runners inside!
ReplyDeleteLove the shout out. Good luck in your training!
ReplyDeleteThanks, fake sister-in-law! :)
ReplyDeleteWe couldn't talk our jimmies into walking to the corner (6 houses away, about the halfway point) to cheer. But while MIL and I were standing there under our big umbrella, some race folks came by and asked us if we were working -- we shrugged, and they handed us an orange flag. They'd been looking for volunteers for each intersection, but there were cones and arrows, so it wasn't totally necessary. But we cheered on everyone, until it was just walkers left. Got a lot of thank yous -- I guess the course wasn't exactly lined with fans!
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