Running Plans

I got cancelled again from work today! Yay!! Since I am a weekender, this is my extra shift so I was first on the list to be cancelled! Guess the unit is still slow!!

I decided to go for a hilly run this morning. There are a lot more hills by my house than at my parents house so I actually ran from home today. I was making up a new route so I wasn’t exactly sure how long it would be. It ended up being 3 miles, so I was happy about that. These hills are killing me!! So here are my stats:

Avg. Pace: 10:11

Mile 1: 10:26

Mile 2: 10:13

Mile 3: 9:54!!

Glad I was able to get below 10:00min/mile pace on that 3rd mile! The past 2 runs I’ve been getting this weird taste in my mouth, kinda tastes like metal. Anyone else ever experience this??

So onto my running plans for this year. I am not currently training for anything right now. I am planning to do the St. Jude Half Marathon here in Memphis at the beginning of December. And as long as everything goes ok with that, I would love to train for a full Spring marathon, probably the Country Music Marathon in Nashville, just because it’s close!! So until then I am just going to continue to build my base. Most importantly I would love to get my long runs back down to a 9:45ish pace. That’s the pace I ran my half in, in 2006. So I know that speed just comes with time so I am hoping by September (when training would start) I am a bit faster. I really have only been back into running for 3 or 4 months since my injury so I feel I’m doing ok! I’m not going to worry too much about extending my long run farther than 6 or 7 miles until training starts. It will be interesting to see how I will work running into my life when I stop working and am in school full time again starting July 13th! I am thinking it will be a lot easier to run more during the week because I won’t be at work for 12 hours, 3 days a week. Right now, there is now way I could run before or after I work 12 hours so that’s 3 days of no running for sure. I would like to be able to run 5 days a week once school starts! So that’s my plan as of now, I’m sure I will throw some 5k’s in there some where!!

What are ya’lls running plans for the rest of the year??

Posted in: on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at at 12:11 PM  

7 comments:

  1. Whitney On June 9, 2009 at 12:31 PM Wrote

    I guess it's kind of a good thing that the HOSPITAL is slow! Ha!
    You're doing awesome - keep up the good work!

     
  2. Lauren On June 9, 2009 at 1:41 PM Wrote

    You're my running hero, haha!! :)

     
  3. RunningLaur On June 9, 2009 at 2:15 PM Wrote

    I love new training plans - sounds like you have some exciting things in the future :)

     
  4. Susan On June 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM Wrote

    I used to squeeze out 3-4 miles after 12 hour clinicals, but that was exhausting. As much as I would like four days off per week, it is much easier to run working eight hour shifts. I'm excited for your upcoming running plans...and school too!

    I didn't know you worked in a PICU!! I wanted a job in a PICU sooo bad but I couldn't find one.

    I'm probably going to run a marathon this fall...yet to be determined which one, however!

     
  5. Needs Help On June 9, 2009 at 5:45 PM Wrote

    Sounds like you are doing really good with your running!! Congrats!

     
  6. kristen On June 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM Wrote

    Nice job on those negative splits. your good at those. Sounds like you have it all worked out. I don't know what to say about the metal taste. I have never really heard of that before.

     
  7. Anonymous On June 9, 2009 at 7:10 PM Wrote

    Great job on those hills! I know exactly what you mean about them killing you, I live on a hill and surrounded by 5 on my 3 mile run!! They are great for strength training and endurance though :)

    I start school full time in August..its gonna be a jam packed year! My running plans are to JUST RUN, and maybe that trail run I mentioned earlier :)

     

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