I am so proud of everyone for writing! I love to blog and it is fun to have other people to blog with! Misty and I decided even though we are not doing the HTC we should all continue to blog our progress. I love it, it keeps me in check and I have got to get in shape for my wedding! This week so far I went for a 2 mile run with Misty on Sunday. I took yesterday off but today I ran 2.5 miles in 30 minutes. Every time I get on the treadmill I improve! Darcy can you post the link to the website you found that you mentioned at the end of your blog, or is it http://www.marathon-training-program.com/ what you listed above? My goal is to train 4-5 days a week and keep improving more and more. I am still running 3 minutes at 5.5 then walking 2 min at 3.5 but every time I find I can run longer. This morning I ran 3 minutes, then 5 minutes, then 6 minutes, then and 5 again with 2 minute walking in between. I am hoping by next week to cut walking to 1.5 minutes. Kitri can you keep me informed on any other runs you know of that are around Portland. I would love to train for a 5k or 10k. Maybe we could all do one together 
Hello Friends!
Alyssa, I’m glad to hear your toe is better! And everyone else, I hope you’re beating those colds and the fall weather blues.
I’ve been doing just some short stints lately on the treadmill, similar to what I wrote on the 7th. My friend Katy and I ran in the Autumn Leaves 10K on Saturday. We lucked out with beautiful weather! The course was pretty flat and on concrete for the first 4.8 miles, then the next mile and a half were on a backwoods dirt path. I stayed pretty slow for the first 5 miles, and ran about 11 min/mile, then the last 1.2 miles I ran in 9:20. Definitely not my best time ever for a 10K, but it felt great to just get out there and run some longer mileage.
We are running in a 5K on December 7th in Portland - the Jingle Bell 5K. Should be a pretty flat and fast course, I’m looking forward to it.
Misty, you asked about other races this spring. One of my favorites is the Shamrock Run in downtown Portland (the last few years it has started and ended on Naito). They have a 1K run for kids, a 3.5 mile fitness walk, a 5K run, an 8K run, and a 15K run. If we register 4 or more people together as a group, we get a $4 discount per person ($25 each) on registration, so let me know if you’re interested!
Good luck out there, guys!
Kitri
Last night Andy and I got the chance to work out together as part of our date night. We did some stuff on our own, but then we ran 2 miles together and it was great. Andy really pushes me and we ended up running at 7min mile pace for awhile. Were really trying to get some good training in for the half marathon at the end of the month.
So even though we didn’t get into the HTC next year Alyssa and I think we should keep doing our blog, so I’m still going to do it. Hope you all decide too as well. We also thought we would find a couple of races next spring and summer that we could all do together. Travis and Kitry, do you know of any good ones we should sign up for??
Darcy, what is that website for DJ Skeet? Are the downloads free? (probably not) I’ll have to check it out because I love running to remix’s.
I felt like I was getting sick the last couple of days so I have been taking it easy. Tonight I finally felt ready to get back in the gym. I had a really good run and feel like I am improving daily! Tonight I ran 30 minutes with 3 minutes running at 5.5 and 2 minutes walking 3.5 for the first 15 minutes, then I ran 5 minutes at 5.5 and walked 2 minutes at 3.5 for the remainder of the run. I ended up running 2.5 miles the longest run I have done since starting training. I know it does not sound like much but I will look back at these posts in a few months and feel really good about how far I have come!
For my workout I did an abs, butt and a core body workout I found in one of my Fitness magazines. It felt great to get back in to the gym and I am going to go again tomorrow and hopefully drag Brian with me
As far as music goes I like to listen to Brittany Spears as well! She always has good beats! I also like to listen to Christina Agulara and Incubus. Another good one is Kanye West Stronger.
Hey Everyone . . . Since I have no phone, I have nothing better to do then to write for the second time today! I went running in the park after work today. I was really exhausted after a long day, and REALLY had to force myself to go, but once I started I loved every minute of it. I ran the entire central park loop tonight, which is a little under 7 miles, but with the run back and forth to my apartment it rounded it out to 7 miles, completed in about 50 minutes. I feel like I must include doing my laundry in with my work out mainly because with the forgetting of my money, and lugging down my recycling and garbage, I have already run the stairs of my fourth floor walk up, down to my basement 7 times already. So we will say I did a little bit of glutes as well tonight . . . ha ha.
Misty, I love that you said womanizer. I forgot that I had that on my ipod and actually added it to my running playlist tonight. I am a HUGE Fan of DJ Skeet Skeet, solely because if you go to his website you can download a bunch of mixes that are all about 35 minutes long. So there is no need to shuffle between songs as you run. I also love listening to RADIOHEAD as well. Their music is great for the slow times during long runs when I’m working out thoughts.
Hey all, I worked out this weekend but didn’t run. Dad and Barbara were in town, so I took a step/muscle class with Barbara on Sat. and then yesterday we took a Zumba class. I was going to get Andy out on a run with me yesterday but we got too busy and then it started raining, so I’ll do hard runs this week instead.
Kitry, your race on the 15th sounds like fun, who are you running with?
Darcy, a couple of fun song l like running to are When I grow up by the Pussycat Dolls and Britney’s new song Womanizer. I know a lot of people don’t like it, but I think it’s kind of catchy. And no I haven’t heard anything yet about the Hood to Coast. DId you get a new phone yet???
Hello Team- I am happy to report my toe is feeling much better! I took Friday off because of my toe. Saturday I ran for 27 minutes 3 minutes running at 5.5 and 2 minutes recovery at 3.5, I also took Sunday off. I plan on going to the gym today so I will keep you all posted on how that goes. Hope everyone had a good weekend!
Hey all! Thanks Alyssa, for sending along the link for this site. I probably won’t be posting every single one of my workouts, but I’ll try to as often as possible.
My training the last couple of weeks has consisted mostly of simple and easy treadmill workouts at the gym: 5 minutes walking at 3.7 mph, then 3 minutes of stretching, then 30-40 min of running at 5.0 mph, then 10 min of stretching and/or 15 min of abs/weights . I did the Run Like Hell 10K in Portland a few weeks ago and will also be competing in the Autumn Leaves 10K at Champoeg Park on the 15th.
I’m hoping after this next 10K to ramp things up a notch - longer everyday runs at higher speeds, extended runs (8-10 miles) on the weekends, some sprint workouts and some cross training.
Have a great weekend everyone!
So I think I am going to be the first one to report an injury…I did not work out today because last night at about 3am I woke up because my big toe on my right foot was pulsing in pain! I do not know if I sprained it or broke it or it is infected or someone just steeped on it and I did not notice but I can hardly walk today! I iced it until 4:30am and then I elevated it with some pillows and finally fell back asleep after taking ibuprofen. Pretty ruff night and it still hurts… any thoughts? I have been running a lot could I have landed on it funny? Anyways hopefully it is just an in grown toenail, or something easy because the only place it hurts is on the outside of the nail. My goal is to be back at the gym tomorrow so I will keep you all posted. Literally!
PS. Whenever you do posts make sure to post it under Hood to Coast. I noticed looking at a couple of the posts are not categorized. I will go in and edit all the post’s that did not get categorized, but in the future I need you to categorize your posts It will make it a lot easier to separate all of our posts from the rest. After you write your post all you have to do is scroll down to the bottom of the page and put a check mark by hood to coast. Also make sure to un check Uncategorized. Thanks team your the best!!!
Hey Everyone! So before my snatch and run last night, I actually had a pretty good work out. I ran on the Chelsea Piers path that run all along the west side of the Island. I ran for about 27 minutes, with a one mile warm up jog, and then 2 miles of running intervals of 1 minute sprints and 2 minute recovery. with a 1/2 mile cool down jog. Running about 3.75 miles with an average of a 7 minute mile. Went back to the gym and did an abs class with a little bit of butt work as well.
This morning, I had a quick run. I ran in the upper loop of central park. 2.75 miles in 20 minutes
Great Training! Did we officially get in yet misty?