what i listen to when i run: February 2012

Sunday, February 26, 2012

run: 5 mi
time: 50 min
temp: 20
road conditions: sunny and dry
aches/pains: l ass, not so much
what i listened to when i ran: bf5 - kate, night ranger - call my name, radiohead - paranoid android, the new pornographers - use it
comments: still an effort. have to walk little bits and stop at crosswalks, but 5 miles is do-able. i'm glad. i didn't come home and cry. i came home and went to church, where a long-time member often comments on how fresh faced and glowing i look on sunday mornings. bless his heart, because i showered but forgot my mascara. i always use my lush products, soap, shampoo and conditioner, after my runs because it's a little treat. i don't use them when i don't to make the run a little more special. i hope i get out during the week because it will help my speed, reduce my stress, and make the weekend runs easier. if i can run while so completely depressed, i can do lots of other impossible things.

run: 5 mi
time: pace 9.53 - a small improvement but i'll take it
temp: 28
road conditions: some ice, snow, very windy
aches/pains: l ass, l calf
what i listened to when i ran: crowded house - mean to me, elliott smith - oh well, okay, bf5 - tom and mary, buster - homecoming queen, nin - a warm place
comments: woke up this morning and didn't have the mental or emotional energy to get out of bed. but i did. had some coffee, cried while my husband made me dance to silly songs, and got out there and ran 5 miles. it wasn't 2 minutes before i burst into tears when i got home. this is going to be a rough day. i promised myself i'm going to work on work stuff for one hour and try to let it go. it's so hard. i'm so grateful that somehow i've been having very weird dreams, not related to work.

run: 5 mi
time: 50
temp: 21
road conditions: sunny, crisp and dry
aches/pains: l ass, r knee
what i listened to when i ran: night ranger - penny, beatles - a day in the life, bjork - happy
comments: perfect weather. i started getting a little faint at the top of the hill on 7th, so i took it easy on the way home. i need to do this during the week to make the weekends better. i want to get good at this because my new job is going to be impossible.

run: 5 mi
time: 48 min
temp: 37
road conditions: dry
aches/pains: jaw, left side of my ass
what i listened to when i ran: elliott smith - between the bars
comments: everybody was out there today. nobody i recognized, though. i don't think that iPod thing is accurate, so i might stop using it. felt good to be out there. very windy.

run: 5.3 mi
time: 52 min
temp: 20
road conditions: sunny
aches/pains: l butt
what i listened to when i ran: new pornographers - twin cinema
comments: aside from the butt ache and stopping here and there to walk, it was a success. much better than yesterday. i felt much happier, got into the downhill on davis, and had a nice time. then the dark clouds of doom and uncertianty moved back in, but at least i was able to brush them away for a little while.

run: 5.4 mi
time:57 min
temp: 10
road conditions: frigid, snowdrifts
aches/pains: r groin
what i listened to when i ran: bf5 - eddie walker, queen - someone to love, army navy - dark as days, night ranger - rock in america, elliott smith - biggest lie
comments: that was really, really hard. i almost stopped to puke several times. it felt much colder out there than i thought. i felt my face freeze, which was a new one. i had to stop and walk a few times because i couldn't catch my breath and/or thought i was going to puke. since i had to bail on the 5k because my husband needed to run errands this morning, i committed to 5 miles. my body told me told me to quit early, but the part of me that's struggled with overwhelming doom and depression this week told me to finish the 5 miles. i can't say i feel that great physically as i'm still trying to warm up, but i know i did the right thing.

run: 3 mi
time: 28 min
temp: 34
road conditions: cloudy, roads clean and dry
aches/pains: r elbow
what i listened to when i ran: weezer - unbreak my heart, rem - something off murmur, international orange - tell me what i did
comments: got a new iPod nano from my hubby :) it has a workout program on it. i didn't have much time this morning as the boy has a chess tournament to go to and they had to leave pretty early, so i ran pretty fast (felt like i did) and did a short route. felt good, was a little out of breath, excited to come home and see how fast i was. 9.25 pace. ugh. i also burned 298 calories. i'm running a race next weekend where last time my pace was 8.53/mile. the last 5k was 8.0/mile. i have a lot of work to do. i also need to get my height/weight out of that program because i don't need to know how many calories i burn. it's all about time and distance for me and i want to keep it that way. i wore my light tights, tank, and green jacket and it was perfect for the weather. just knowing how to dress for the temperature makes things so much easier.

run: 4 mi
time: ?
temp: 36
road conditions: dark
aches/pains: none
what i listened to when i ran: catching up with my running buddy. it's been 2.5 months.
comments: i felt a little better when she told me she'd been getting out 3-4 times a week for under 5 miles. so we took a 4 mile loop from the store and started it, not realizing that it was 4 miles out was only half a route. i knew where we were and got us back to the store. we both missed each other and chatted for a while after the run as there was so much in each others lives that we missed. i can't wait to run with her next week.