Here I described my running training, places I run, running friends and other stuff I maybe won't mention in my blog
every time.
Training
50k in four trainings
weather conditions: from 10 to 17 by farenheit
place: always on snow :)
It's very nice in my city, these days :) Snow is all around me, it's just spectacular view everywhere, especially in a forest ;)
Well, sometimes it's not very easy to run, because it's very very slippery. It requires quite a lot patience. As faster you run, as more slipping
you are. So, it's pretty irritating sometimes. My body is already used to such temperature as it is now. 17 is pretty good, it's even hot :)
Despite the fact that I was ill for 10 days, it's really easy to run for me. I don't feel tired or exhausted after trainings. I love it and it makes just feel better
and better :) I hope it will be the same later :) I think we will have snow and quite low temperature for one more month or more. Have a nice weekend, everyone:)
Training
distance - 13k
weather conditions - 14 by Farenheit.
Well well, the temperature was pretty low today. Just 14 degrees. But I don't know, maybe because of me having cold showers every morning, I don't feel that cold too much.
If I run, I'm always good. Besides, I took a walk yesterday evening, and it wasn't cold for me too, but for my friend it was. I think these showers are really helpful :) I like it.
It's pretty hard in the beginning, but you get used to it. So today we didn't run too much, just 13k :) And again, the pace was quite high and I like it. It means that we are getting better :)
When I got home, I noticed that sweat turned into ice on my cap :) So it's really cold outside. I hope it's not so cold in your place. I wish you the best and don't stop running even if it's very very cold :)
Training
distance - 20k on 12.13 and 17k on 12.14
weather conditions - 32 by Farenheit on 12.13, 23 by Farenheit on 12.14.
I was running alone on 13th of December. It was pretty good and the pace wasn't to slow, I am happy for this. I found some gut in
me to run faster if even I am running alone :) So it was very nice. The temperature is going down every day in our country, but it's much better
when it is 32 degrees than 34 or more, because it's dry in a forest. No mud. I enjoy it.
On the 14th we were even 4 guys running. I don't remember time when it was running 4 of us :) The temperature was lower, but I always get
hot after 1 mile, so it's not a problem for me. 2 of us were running 8k. One guy is having a competition on 16th of December, so it's not good
to run much before a race. Another guy was sick for two weeks, so it's not time to run more for him. So it was just me and trainer who ran 17k. It got really dark in a forest,
but it wasn't a problem. The pace was pretty high, but I don't know exactly the time. I just feel it when running. At the moment I don't have a watch (shame on me), but I think I will get one
as a present on Christmas :) Good luck to you :)
Training
distance - 14k on 12.09 and 13k on 12.10
weather conditions - 34 by Farenheit.
place: 2009.12.09 - 9k in forest, 5k on asphalt; 2009.12.10 - 13k on asphalt
Well, everything is going on very good to me. Trainings are not too hard, I can run pretty good. That's just cool. On 12.09 I had
some stomach pains, I don't know why. So we had to stop for 5 minutes and have a rest :) But later it was ok. On 12.10 I was running
alone and it always happens - the pace was pretty slow, but it doesn't matter. The most important thing is to feel the joy of running. I love
it. I am sorry that I don't write too much now, but my trainings is pretty dull now, nothing interesting happens, just normal crosses. Nothing more.
I think that just after new year we will start to do some fartleks, running uphills and so on. So, it will be more interesting to read for you:)
Have a nice weekend :)
Training
distance - 12k both days
weather conditions - 34 by Farenheit.
place: 2009.12.07 - 5k in forest, 7k on asphalt; 2009.12.08 - 12k on asphalt
I'm sorry I didn't write yesterday, so I write now for both days. Yesterday one old training friend joined us. I haven't seen him for
1 year or maybe more. He was sick for two weeks, so he's not strong at the moment. So we ran 6k with him and let him run home and ran 6k
more with trainer. It was raining and dark. But I don't know, when you run, you just don't feel that bad weather. Everything is cool :)
Today it was almost dark at 4 p.m., so we decided to run in places where are lights. It's quite impossible to run in a forest now. This is why we ran
all the time on asphalt. After 3k of warm up we did about 2k tempo run. It was pretty hard for me, in the end I felt quite exhausted :) Well, it's just the beginning,
but such trainings are very good for my future. As my trainer said: "More pain in trainings, less pain in races" :) Well, it's not pain, it's that you just don't feel very good :) You feel tired.
When we finished that tempo run I did shot break, about 1minute. But David and trainer kept running further, I thought I will catch them :) So so so, I did the wrong turn and we didn't meet.
So I had to run 6k home all alone. Trainer called me after training, he said that they were looking for me :) Funny story, it doesn't happen often, maybe the first time in all my running history :)
Don't get lost and have a nice day :)
Training
distance - 21k
time - 1h34min
pace - 4min28s/1k
weather conditions - 37 by Farenheit.
place: 4k on asphalt, 17k in forest.
Today I had good training too. It was easy to run all the time. We started one hour earlier than usually, because when we start to run
at 4p.m. it gets dark after 20minutes. We ran quite much in a forest, so we needed light :) Trainer told us stories about his
marathon races, funny things that happend during them. It's really interesting to listen how some people got bear to drink or
some cranberries to eat during the race :) It's really nice to remember such stories :) Have a nice weekend, everyone :)
Training
distance - 10k
weather conditions - 37 by Farenheit.
place: 8k on asphalt, 2k in forest.
Today it was very great training. I felt amazingly great. I could run and run :) That's very good feeling. No stops, no bad feelings,
just good mood and running :) I love it. We discussed about that 100km race. I'm getting more and more interested in this :)
If everything will be OK to me, I think (and as my trainer said) I can try to run 100km. It won't be running for time, it will be for
surviving :) But I like such things :) That's great experience. So, we will see that happens in 7 months. :)
Training
distance - 10k
weather conditions - 38 by Farenheit.
place: 8k on asphalt, 2k in forest.
Today my friend David felt very bad, so we did 2 stops for 5 minutes and ran very very slow. I didn't take watch, but I think
that we made 10k in 60 minutes :) But it's ok, no rush, just joy :) I like it. Today my trainer suggested me to take part in 100k which
will be in 2010 in the end of June. So, I have 7 months :) It's really very exciting idea, but I have never tried to run marathon.
It would be great to try 100k one day, but I think that it's too early for me. Well, we will see :) I never run on Thursdays, but I will run
tomorrow, because I didn't run yesterday :) See you, good luck :) By the way, I wish you the best winter :)
Training
distance - 10k
weather conditions - 36 by Farenheit.
place: 8k on asphalt, 2k in forest.
Today I was running alone. And as it always happens when you run alone... I ran pretty slow. I don't know, but I think that my
pace was about 5min20sec/1k :) Quite slow for me. But it's good, I wasn't tired at all and came home feeling very good:)
Today I ran in a different forest, it's always good to change your running place. I like running because your playground is everywhere:
all forests, parks, streets and so on :) I think that this week will be pretty similar like last one, so sorry if I don't write something
very interesting for you :) Good luck to you :)
Training
distance - 10k
weather conditions - 38 by Farenheit.
place: 9k on asphalt, 1k in forest.
Today I ran in the morning. I didn't sleep very much, so my brains didn't wark all the training. It was just my body :) My mind was
totally empty, no thought about nothing. Just running :) The first 5k was pretty easy, but the second part was very hard. I don't know
what happened, but just after 5k I felt quite bad. It was very hard to run and my legs were very heavy. I just wanted to run home.
Hopefully, it won't happen again :) Good luck :)
Training
distance - 10k
weather conditions - 44 by Farenheit.
place: 4k on asphalt, 6k in forest.
Today it was pretty hard to run in the beginning. Firt 3 k was pretty slow, but it helped later to run a little bit faster :) In a forest we
met one old runner, he's I think as old as my trainer, but he's really great. He still competes in races and so on :) So we walked up
one hill and I think this short walk helped me to recover a little and to run much better :) As I said on Monday, my trainings will
be quite the same, because I have to recover. So, there's not much to say. I wish you the best :) And have a nice weekend.
Training
distance - 10k
weather conditions - 44 by Farenheit.
place: 4k on asphalt, 6k in forest.
Today in the beginning of my training I felt really bad. First mile vas very very slow and I thought that I couldn't run any more.
I always run the first to our meeting place, because I like to do stretching exercises before long run. But today I didn't do anything,
just walked. But I think that 10 minutes break helped me. I was able to run all the time, but not very fast. Really much slower than
yesterday, but in the end it was pretty good. No bad feelings. Tomorrow I will have a break, resting time :) I hope that on Friday everything will be ok.
By the way, today I have a new interview with one woman. She is ready for a big challenge: to run 52 marathons in 52 weeks :) It's really amazing.
I hope that everything will be OK with her :) Read about it here. Good luck to everyone and have your own challenges, and beat them :)
Training
distance - 8k
weather conditions - 44 by Farenheit.
place: 4k on asphalt, 4 in forest.
Today's training was pretty the same like yesterday's :) Just the weather was much more cloudy. I felt almost the same all training.
It's really good that I feel so good :) I like ot very much. I think that all this week I'll be running 8-10k, not more. So it won't be
an interesting one :) No fartleks, tempo runs or running uphills :) It will be pretty simple, for recovery :)
Training
distance - 8k
time - about 38minutes
weather conditions - 44 by Farenheit.
place: 4k on asphalt, 4 in forest.
Hello hello to everyone :) This is a happy day for me. At last running. The weather was pretty good. It was quite a surprise for me
because I could run quite fast, no problems, no pain. Everything was amazingly fine :) My trainer ran about 11km before our training, because
he knew that I can't run much. I am very happy that I am not weak as I expected. I am really able to run 14k or even more and it wouldn't be
exhausting. I hope that I will be as fast as I was two weeks ago very soon. Good luck to everyone :)
Today I was alone, but the training was really good. I decided to run by the river called Neman. It's the longest river in Lithuania. I took very narrow and winding path. So it always seemed that I am running pretty fast. That path is almost unseen, because it's covered by leaves and I think that just fishermen sometimes use it:) But the view was amazing. Fall is very beautiful time of the year. I saw the sunset too :) I forgot to say that yesterday I saw two roes on my way. I love such things, you are so close to nature when running:)
So today I had to do fartlek. I chose one hill, which is maybe 150 meters long. So how I do fartlek uphills:Today was pretty good day again :) It's getting colder and colder everyday, but it doesn't matter when you really want to run. So I enjoy sunny, but chilly weather :) So today we ran first 4 miles quite slowly, but all other distance was much faster. I felt very good during today's training, no problems with legs or stomach :) Lately we finish our training almost in darkness, but it's good that last mile is in the city, so it's quite light :) Tomorrow we will do some fartlek uphills. It will be a little bit harder :) See you tomorrow.