I Love Outside

Who needs Runner’s World when you have Outside!
Reasons I Love Outside
They cover all the bases – hiking, biking, fitness - real nice pictures, must go destinations and even book reviews!
(Plus - Very little marathon chatter.)
This months issue includes the much anticipated

Part Two – The pillars of fitness.

I really like the weekly workout suggestions:

Good old LSD - Apparently not as renowned as it once was.
Core and Strength Work – Done on days you are NOT running! (Like twice a week.)
Intervals - Including max (fast) and threshold (still fast) levels.
Started this challenging workout today! I will include just one interval session a week – then work up to 2, as suggested, if I don’t injured or exhausted.

Pick up this months issue for details. Outside May 2009

Part one: Building a Base is online.

Ku
cool
an old white dog
in the shade

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Figure Eight

Quality of Run: Flat tire
Route: Figure Eight
Total Miles: 4.66
Type of Workout: Compulsory
Feel Good Stretch: Superman
Ku:
raining...
apparently worms
can't swim

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The DailyMile

Yes, I’ve joined yet another online running faction. I find these sites helpful for training ideas and moral support.
Dailymile is not just for runners.
“A premier destination for runners, cyclists, and triathletes.”
You can leave notes, post your workout, and include photos or video. And of course there is forum to cover all your bases.
I’m still new to the site – but really like the simple layout.
And Hey, I found a runner who lives in Eugene.
If you need an invite to join, email me.
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Today’s run was total replenishment.
Running alone – I can soak up every part of nature.

Quality of Run: Strong
Route:

Total Miles: 5.06
Type of Workout: Dronal
Feel Good Stretch: Inner Thigh
Ku:
cool breeze
my heart
skips a beat

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Why I Run

This week Runners Lounge Take It And Run Thursday, invites people to explore: “Why you are a runner?”...in 13 words or less.

"There is a connection between being outside and running
that keeps me sane."
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Today's Run

Quality of Run: Tedious
Route:

Total Miles: 6.1
Type of Workout: Slow (Unwell today)
Feel Good Stretch: Calf muscle Stretch
Ku:
running
between by rows of filbert trees
loneliness

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Running Hot

I'm really not acclimated to running with sun rays beaming directly on my body. Welcome to the first day of summer! It just sapped the energy right out of me. Luckily I had Steve’s new podrunner mix, “paradiddle” with that jungle beat to bring me home.
Thankful notes:
It wasn’t really that hot out and the breezes were delicious.
To pick strawberries from my garden for breakfast.

Today's Run

Quality of Run: Grinding
Route: See above
Total Miles: 7.3
Type of Workout: LSD
Feel Good Stretch: Carpet Gazer
Ku:
around the corner
rose scent
in the heat

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Running, Reflection and Writing

I don’t pretend to be a great writer and that’s why I read books like this - Writing Without Teachers.
In school I was drawn to the sciences – not the arts. So here I am – older than many and still can’t write a proper paragraph.
But Elbow explains the structure and housekeeping work of writing is the last thing you should worry about.
He stresses the importance of freehand writing. Just sit back let the stuff pour out. (I suppose you should use a pen but I’m more comfortable with MS Word.) And then go back over the material. Is there a main point or topic? If so write it down. Use this sentence as the focus and try to expand on it. Then and only then do outlines, corrections, editing, etc…
This style of writing sounds so relaxing. The only problem I see is the lack of time to spread out all my thoughts.
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Today's Run

Quality of Run: Streamline
Route:

Total Miles: 5.2
Type of Workout: With 1 mile Tempo – 8:08
Feel Good Stretch: Inner thigh
Ku:
3 garden gnomes
appearing out of the shade
a dragonfly

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The Importance of Running Roots

We all have aches and pains and injuries; (please don’t say that word out loud) but during my runs I don’t focus on them. As an older runner I accept these feelings as part of the process. I’M A RUNNER.

Conversely, the early years of my running tribulations are always simmering on the back burner. How I gasped for breath; how my lungs burned, as I attempted to run a single block. I would get up while it was still dark to run – so no one could see what a washout I was. These memories are important. They remind me how far I’ve come and how I never gave up.

Heather shares her beginnings in an article called, “A Runner is Born”. I especially love the wisdom in her conclusion.

“Faith...
I could do this. As long as I had faith, I could be a runner."

Today's Run

Quality of Run: Average
Route:
Total Miles: 5.2
Type of Workout: 10K pace
Feel Good Stretch: 2 knee spinal twist
Ku:
waiting
a stray black cat
crosses the road

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13 Words or Less...

Runner’s Lounge theme for this Thursday is: "In 13 words or less...share your best lesson you have learned about running."

The best lesson I learned from years and years of running...

When the run gets tough, shorten my stride and look above the horizon.

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Today's Workout

Quality of Run: first-rate
Route:









Total Miles: 8
Type of Workout: LSD
Feel Good Stretch: The cobra
Ku:
along the bridge
an old man and his dog
walking alike

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Monday's Run

Quality of the Run: par
Route:

Total Miles: 4.87
Type of Workout: race pace
Feel Good Stretch: spinal twist
Ku:
pink dogwood blossoms
no matter what I think
I’m not unique

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