So much for my first 10-K...

AFter a very short run to limber up for today's 10-K, my righ tleg was hurting a little bit. Over 10 hours later it's still hurting. So now I'm going to have to do a 5-K walk, instaed of run my first ever 10-K! Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

I hope I can still run the half marathon in October....

Legs got very tight today

Today's run of 4.5 miles was cut down to 2.4. My legs were getting tight, and I had to take quite a few walk breaks. There are a few reasons that might have helped me cut my mileage... I was running in 80'F weather in the afternoon, instead of early in the mrning. Also, I was listening to a podcast, Buzz Out Loud, my favorite technology podcast, while I ran.

It's strange, but I think when I listen to my iPod while I run, I don't run as well. Maybe it's because I'm expecting to zone out, and I don't, or I run faster because my mind's somewhere else, I don't know.

The one reason that might make actual sense would be, because I did the 20-mile Tour de Carmel last Saturday.

I hope my legs feel better to get in some decent training before my first 10-K this Saturday.

Buckeye workout stats

In addition to entering my training workouts into the Runner's World Training Log, I am also entering the info into the Buckeye Outdoors Training Log. The Buckeye Log has much better display boxes for blogs, and the RW Log one never seemed to work for me.

So, look for a new box on the right, with my weekly training stats inside.

Running in WI, longest run & week to date

We had a wedding in Wisconsin on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. We were staying with afamily that has several girls that run. I was going to ask Alisha if she wanted to run, but before I could do that, Melissa asked me if I wanted to go running. It was cool. We started out by warming up on the trampoline. We headed towards the horse barn for our first mile or so that would be mostly on grass and in the woods. It was kinda dumb to do that in the dark, but I made it out with only a few scratches, and nothing twisted. We did that in 16 minutes. We went past the house, the started doing laps around the church parking lot, which is about a mile. I ran with Alisha for the first lap to map out the course, then started walking 20-30 feet per lap to give my legs & feet a break. Our goal was to do 70 minutes, and we did. At the end we sprinted up a short, not-too-steep, paved hill. That felt great! We then removed our shoes, and walked home. It was weird, that's the longest and farthest I've run in my life, and I went the whole way without water. It was a good long run!

That wrapped up my week, and gave my month a good jumpstart.

17.4 miles this week

Volunteering at the Indianapolis Sprint Triathlon

Today I volunteered at the Indianapolis Sprint Triathlon. It was a lot of fun! Since I've never participated in a triathlon before, (at all) it was neat to see all that goes on, both from the athlete's side and the worker's.

I was dropped off about 6:30AM and it was drizzling a bit. Once I checked in as a volunteer, and grabbed my t-shirt, I searched out the race director who was going to give me my orders for the day. I was going to be his gopher, doing odd-jobs, and whatever needs helped with.

One of my first jobs was to clean then fill the Gatorade and water dispensers, and take them to the various liquid stations. Then, I connected 5 hoses together, and stretched them out to the water's edge, where the athletes would be coming out after their 500 meter swim. I filled the little kiddie pool for foot-cleaning, then got ready to spray off the swimmers.

There was some algae in the reservoir that some of the athletes would want washed off. Or, they just wanted to get sprayed down with hose water.

It was pretty cool watching the different group waves start out, swim around all the buoys, and then come out of the water. Once the last swimmer was out of the water, I went to keep the finish line Gatorade station supplied with water. I also helped the director bring down the PA system from the watch tower to the finish line.

During this time, there was a little girl wandering around, not talking to anybody, and looking scared and lost. I went to tell the security, but, by the time I told them, her parents had found her, and all was well.

Once the race was over, I helped with all of the tear-down, which was hard and dirty.
Overall, it was really fun getting an inside look at a triathlon, and I hope to do one soon!

View the pictures here.

Running Podcasts

Hey all,

I just wanted to post about some good running podcasts that I have found.

The Extra Mile Podcast

Steve Runner - Phedippidations

Both are great podcasts, with quite a bit of recording while running, which is great. Steve Runner has a unique perspective, and good, fun, clean humor.

Anyway, check them out...

Oh, BTW, last week I PRed at the 2007 Heather Hills (church) FunFest 5K. My time was 29:18, totally beating my previous PR of 32:23. My first sub-30 minute 5K, I'm pumped!
Here's the picture:
http://www.yourrunning.com/picture-pring_at_the_2007_heather_hills_funfest_5k

Take care ya'll!

Used my pedometer for the first time

I did the 1.25mile Laurel Lakes loop today since it was 65'F today. The warmest it's been in a looong time.

Time: 15 minutes
Steps: 1525

40' weather means I get to jog finally!

I did the usual 1.25 miles run, tho I didn't time myself.

10.4 mins

a mile

11min mile!

woot!

trail jog

more later

New Balance shoes

I got a pair at Meijer today. Woot!

Actual stlye and pics coming.

15 mins of jog/walk

I did 1 mile in 15 minutes of jog/walk .

2006 Walk for Life

I walked 2 miles today with over 1,000 other people in the 2006 Walk for Life. It was really fun and I got a neon-green tshirt. I'm thinking about volunteering next year.

1 mile in 15 mins of jog/walk

I would jog for 1-2 minutes then cool down by walking for about 2 minutes then repeat and repeat again. I just need to take about 5 mintues off my time

Second outing

Today's outing was similar to Saterday's. About 20 minutes; (walking 4, jogging1) My shins have been slightly painfull for the last two days... that's a good thing. (I hope LOL)

Yesterday, I talked to Jon and Micah about the '07 Indy 500 mini-marathon. So far Jon hasn't really started jogging. Micah has, and he did 4 miles on Saturday. He has been jogging with a group every Monday night. So I think we are on a good start.

First walk/jog

Hey! I am the Noob Runner. LOL, actually some friends and I have recently decided to run in the 2007 Indianapolis 500 mini-marathon. This blog will be where I record my jogging jaunts.

I also am a mountain biker, be sure to check out my biking blog: http://robo-mtn-biker.blogspot.com/

Today I went around Laurel Lakes, about 1 mile or so. I walked for 5 minutes, then jogged for 1, and repeated that for the entire 20 mintues. I'm trying to follow a 8 week beginning jogging plan from Running Planet. I skipped the first few days of just walking... if I can ride 20 miles (of road) in a little over an hour on my mountain bike I dont need to walk for 30 minutes.

See you on the road or sidewalk!