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March 24, 2007
Week of March 19th
Monday- 1. 7 miles (1:10, yes it was that slow) hilly and easy, Eagle Creek Road; 2. 3 miles (28 minutes) flat and easy, in my neighborhood; 3. yoga 45 minutes
Tuesday- 1. 7 miles (1:02) hilly and easy, Lava Creek Trail; 2. 5 miles (41 minutes), hilly and easy, in my neighborhood; 3. SUPER-core workout
Wednesday- 1. 7 miles (59 minutes) rolling and easy, Rescue Creek Trail; 2. yoga 45 minutes
Thursday- 1. 7 miles (56 minutes) hilly and steady, La Duke Trail; 2. 5 miles (45 minutes) hilly and easy, in my neighborhood; 3. yoga 45 minutes
Friday- 1. 7 miles (58 minutes) hilly and easy, in my neighborhood; 2. lifting arms; 3. SUPER-core workout
Saturday- 1. 8 miles (1:05) flat and easy, Old Gardiner Railroad Bed Trail; 2. yoga 45 minutes
Sunday- rest
My legs were sore and tired on Monday, no doubt about it. I'm hoping that the heavy dose of ice cream I just consumed will help the tired-leg cause. Heh, heh. It was another gorgeous day in Yellowstone, not a single cloud in the sky and about 50 degrees. I recently received a running skirt as a gift, and I tested it for the first time today. It certainly is rather freeing and airy (If you get what I mean, wink, wink.) to run in a skirt, but it sure is tough to stuff a tomboy in a skirt of any kind. The verdict is still out on it, I'll report back.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, I had fun doing an out-and-back on the La Duke Trail on Thursday! The trail is a perfectly-graded set of switchbacks that climbs away from the Yellowstone River valley jsut north of Gardiner, MT and into the mountains. After a distance, the trail tops out at a pass where you descend gently into a high valley (The trail continues on, but this is as far as I have ventured.). As such, the way out is all climbing and the return trip is all descending, and I pushed all of it at a steady pace. I will admit it, the climb hurt, as my ever-tightly wound calves were screaming on the way up. However, I ran it all! Then I just plain blombed the downhill, such that the dog couldn't keep up with me (She deserves a bit more credit, as it was a warm day and she was mountain climbing in her winter coat of furt still. Poor hot dog!). What a joy!
I have little pain in my left calf muscle that popped up out of nowhere. I could feel it a little on Friday and a little more on Saturday. I took Sunday as a complete day of rest to try to get the calf muscle to settle itself.
Totals: 55-ish miles (8:00-ish hours)
yoga x4
core x2
lifting arms x1
Posted by Meghan at March 24, 2007 9:14 PM
Comments
Hey if that running skirt doesn't work out send it to Tom Riley. He's taken to wearing skirts during races for some reason. I didn't even want to know if he was running commando.
Posted by: Eric at March 19, 2007 10:20 PM
I have a running skirt too. I haven't ventured out for a run in it, but have used it several times for spin classes and it's been great. It kinda depends how much the little legging shorts ride up and if that bugs you. Maybe whenit stops raining here I'll give it a go on a shorter run. It sure must be nice to get to run around Yellowstone all the time. Are you away fromall the smells?
Thanks for the comments over on my blog. I appreciate them.
Jenny
Posted by: Jenny at March 20, 2007 7:06 AM
the only thing i don't like about wearing a skirt in races is it is damb cold when i splash through a puddle and it goes up my skirt!!!!!!! but i have to say the "airy" feeling is true...hehehehehe Haven't got up the nerve to wear one on my 50k+ training runs every weekend. that would be brave out in public in the non-ultra community. at least during a race they think it's funny. hey it works for Sean Meissner and Eric Clifton. too bad it didn't make me faster like those dudes. oh well, all in good fun i figure.
i say move the wedding and come out and run waldo... better yet, Willamette Pass has weddings all summer long. have your friends have it there and then you can do both. wishful thinking i guess....
tom
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Posted by: tom riley at March 20, 2007 10:16 AM
Great pictures! Eat ice-cream and leave the skirt:) I am one of those who rarely wears one even for big events. Don't want to know about airy feeling either:)
Posted by: olga at March 20, 2007 3:51 PM
I like my running skirt - except for the shorts under. I want to find one with briefs under -then it won't creep. I thought it was comfortable and...cute!
Posted by: backofpack at March 21, 2007 6:27 AM
So I have to say, the running skirt concept intrigues me. You'll definitely have to keep us posted. Just the idea alone kind of scares me off but I would be willing to try if someone as hard core as you gives it the go ahead!! :)
Posted by: Beth at March 21, 2007 9:33 AM
Meghan, oooh, drool drool, those are places on my the map I've been eyeing to go down and run to (Gardiner, etc.)... Happy spring skirt running!
Posted by: Kendra Borgamoving at March 26, 2007 11:31 AM