Wow, has it really been five weeks since I embarked on this training journey. Amazing accomplishments so far, I’ve ran over 31 miles, raised $1145 dollars and it’s really just the beginning. Who knew that there was so much more to running than lacing up shoes and getting outside or on a treadmill. As I mentioned before, I’ve been having problems with my toes feeling numb during my longer runs, and a friend of mine suggested that my shoes were laced too tight even if they didn’t feel like it. She told me to scrunch my toes before tying my shoes which I tried and my toes still feel numb, one of my TNT team mates wondered if maybe I had too much room in my shoes and my feet were moving too much, someone else thought maybe I was wearing the wrong kind of socks. Well I have a follow up appointment finally with my podiatrist. It may very well have to do with my orthotics since I have not been wearing them for very long. I’ll keep you all posted. The next thing I’ve mentioned is my knees hurting me. And the same friend that mentioned the too tight of shoes suggested that I check the strides per minute that I’m running….who knew math was involved in running.
The next saga I’ve mentioned is my Nike iPod adapter. It's still not working correctly! I ran four miles on Saturday and it only notated 2. ! I will exchange it for another one, perhaps I got a bad one and if it still doesn’t calculate correctly, it may be on to a Garmin – a bit more expensive but hopefully more reliable.
Back to training…this past Saturday we ran hills for the first time. All three teams from Central, West and East valleys met at South Mountain at 7:30 in the morning. We did a warm up walk (I much prefer a warm up walk than a warm up jog), stretched in a huge circle and then we all proceeded to run. We were given fair warning to run opposite of traffic and stay as close to the edge of the road as possible. Great advice because some of the curves were blind curves and it was hard to see cars coming. I started off with two other teammates, however one’s pace was much faster she’s running 4 minutes, walking 1 and another one was a bit slower but Nicki and I stayed together for most of it. I actually really liked this joint training with the other two teams. Along the way the coaches were lined up to say only ½ a mile more or you’re almost there. It felt more organized than my normal weekend practices, but I also have to remember that on our Saturday practices, there is only one coach, and with all three times combined there were 5 coaches. The other two teams actually have two co-captains. So Nicki and I did my two minute jog and two minute walk. And I was happy to see that I was keeping up fairly nicely with the pace, and on second half, I think I could have increased it to 3 minute jog and 1 minute walk, but my numb toes and my knees were preventing me from increasing my pace. I’m afraid of burning out my knee – I have so many more weeks left! Nicky's pace is a bit slower than mine so I found myself pulling away but tried to stay in ear shot so that I knew she would be okay. Every now and again I heard her belt out line from a song...she was doing fine. I must say that I really wish there was someone else at my pace so that I can have some company on the run. It helps to motivate someone and be motivated with a partner along the run. Fortunately during the week I do have someone to run with. Sheri who used to be a runner is starting back up again and she’s been meeting me as often as possible on my scheduled running days. Not only is it great to have someone to run with, Sheri has a faster pace than I do so during the week I can work on my pace and on Saturdays I can work on my distance. According the email Coach Bobby just sent out to the team, this is exactly what I should be doing! Now I’m just waiting for him to tell me what Fartlek means! I’ll keep you all posted!
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