3 miles in VFFs on treadmills at the community center in the morning.
Phil
3 miles / 29:56
9.978 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 32:38
10.878 minutes / mile
5 miles in VFFs on treadmills at the Rec in the evening.
Phil
5 miles / 49:16
9.853 minutes / mile
Niki
5 miles / 55:42
11.14 minutes / mile
Back to runs that feel good. But, running on treadmills is hella-lame.
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25 March 2010
04 March 2010
Marathon Training Day 39
We ran 3 easy miles at the rec today in Vibrams. 3 miles seems like almost nothing now.
Phil
3 miles / 29:56
9.978 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 35:23
11.794 minutes / mile
Today was my (Niki) personal best! The first 2 miles seemed so easy, much easier than running has been in a very long time for me. My next goal is to run at least 3 miles without stopping. I'm getting closer every day.
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03 March 2010
Marathon Training Day 38
4 miles in VFFs on treadmills at the Rec.
Phil
4 miles / 43:41
10.921 minutes / miles
Niki
4 miles / 48:38
12.158 minutes / mile
Today was definitely less easy for Phil than yesterday. Phil still has some ankle pain (on the verge on spraining one or both it seems).
Niki felt better today than she did yesterday, so that is awesome. She says today actually felt easy.
Phil
4 miles / 43:41
10.921 minutes / miles
Niki
4 miles / 48:38
12.158 minutes / mile
Today was definitely less easy for Phil than yesterday. Phil still has some ankle pain (on the verge on spraining one or both it seems).
Niki felt better today than she did yesterday, so that is awesome. She says today actually felt easy.
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marathon,
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02 March 2010
Marathon Training Day 37
3 miles in VFFs on treadmills at the Rec.
Phil
3 miles / 28:16
9.422 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 36:17
12.094 minutes / mile
We both had personal bests today. Fantastic!
Niki still has some arch pain when she walks. Phil's ankles hurt less (guess that means they're getting stronger?).
Phil
3 miles / 28:16
9.422 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 36:17
12.094 minutes / mile
We both had personal bests today. Fantastic!
Niki still has some arch pain when she walks. Phil's ankles hurt less (guess that means they're getting stronger?).
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27 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 34
5 miles at the Rec on treadmills.
Phil
5 miles / 62:34
12.513 minutes / mile
Niki
5 miles / 64:18
12.86 minutes / mile
Phil ran in VFFs and Niki ran in shoes. Phil ran at Niki's pace most of the time. He sped up towards the end, but only ran when she ran and walked whenever she walked.
It was an easy 5 miles. Feels good.
There was a dance marathon going on at the Rec, looked like fun.
We played 6.5 hours of Twilight Princess today. We beat the game in 51 hours 3 years ago. Such an awesome game.
Good day.
Phil
5 miles / 62:34
12.513 minutes / mile
Niki
5 miles / 64:18
12.86 minutes / mile
Phil ran in VFFs and Niki ran in shoes. Phil ran at Niki's pace most of the time. He sped up towards the end, but only ran when she ran and walked whenever she walked.
It was an easy 5 miles. Feels good.
There was a dance marathon going on at the Rec, looked like fun.
We played 6.5 hours of Twilight Princess today. We beat the game in 51 hours 3 years ago. Such an awesome game.
Good day.
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25 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 32
3 miles at the Rec on treadmills in VFFs.
Phil & Niki
3 miles / 38:05
12.694 minutes / mile
We ran at Niki's pace today because yesterday she said she was pushing herself too hard to keep up with me. It was a pretty easy run today. Felt good.
Tomorrow is a rest day and, hopefully, a new wine day!
Phil & Niki
3 miles / 38:05
12.694 minutes / mile
We ran at Niki's pace today because yesterday she said she was pushing herself too hard to keep up with me. It was a pretty easy run today. Felt good.
Tomorrow is a rest day and, hopefully, a new wine day!
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24 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 31
Niki here. We ran 4 miles at the rec today. I wore regular running shoes and Phil ran in his Vibrams. Today felt a lot harder than usual for me. By the end of the run I felt very worn out like I had no energy left. Phil felt fine though.
Phil
4 miles /42:50
10.71 minutes / mile
Niki
4 miles / 51:44
12.93 minutes / mile
I hope today only felt hard because I had a long day and I've been very tired lately. I had an early class this morning, which meant I didn't get enough sleep, and I stayed late to get research done. I am definitely taking it a little easier tomorrow and hopefully getting enough sleep tonight.
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20 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 27
7 miles on treadmills at the Rec. Not in Vibrams because our calves and ankles are not ready.
Phil
7 miles / 84:12
12.029 minutes / mile
Niki
7 miles / 94:21
13.479 minutes / mile
I ran 6 miles at a 12 minute/mile pace and only stopped to walk long enough at the 6 mile mark to drink some water. I can tell that my stamina has increased. I had a great time running today. My knees were a bit sore right after the run, but the loosened up with some stretching. Also, my HR peaked around 166.
And Niki did very well, also! She beat her/our last 7 mile time by 8 minutes.
When we got home, I took ibuprofen and iced my calves to head off the inflammation and pain that I think might be impending. We'll see how my calves feel tomorrow. Niki didn't ice or take any drugs, so if I am much better off than she is, I'll know I did something right.
Niki introduced some high school girls to engineering today. Go Women in Engineering!
We went to see a bunraku-style puppet show of The Hobbit this afternoon: it was god-awfully horrible. Niki and I wanted to walk out. But, we couldn't, so we tried to fall asleep. Didn't help much. Never again shall we even consider a show which is even remotely appropriate for children.
Looking forward to cross training tomorrow.
Phil
7 miles / 84:12
12.029 minutes / mile
Niki
7 miles / 94:21
13.479 minutes / mile
I ran 6 miles at a 12 minute/mile pace and only stopped to walk long enough at the 6 mile mark to drink some water. I can tell that my stamina has increased. I had a great time running today. My knees were a bit sore right after the run, but the loosened up with some stretching. Also, my HR peaked around 166.
And Niki did very well, also! She beat her/our last 7 mile time by 8 minutes.
When we got home, I took ibuprofen and iced my calves to head off the inflammation and pain that I think might be impending. We'll see how my calves feel tomorrow. Niki didn't ice or take any drugs, so if I am much better off than she is, I'll know I did something right.
Niki introduced some high school girls to engineering today. Go Women in Engineering!
We went to see a bunraku-style puppet show of The Hobbit this afternoon: it was god-awfully horrible. Niki and I wanted to walk out. But, we couldn't, so we tried to fall asleep. Didn't help much. Never again shall we even consider a show which is even remotely appropriate for children.
Looking forward to cross training tomorrow.
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18 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 25
3 miles on ellipticals at the Rec.
Phil
3 miles / 36:28
12.156 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 34:58
11.656 minutes / mile
Niki beat me!
We did ellipticals because the 3 miles in VFFs yesterday were rough on our calves. Niki was on a standard elliptical. I was on this odd ambiguous motion elliptical. It wasn't really an elliptical, it was like a cross between a stair master and an elliptical. I could move my legs in whatever way I chose. It was actually harder than running on a treadmill because I had to do work to move my feet forward. Very odd and very tiring.
We didn't even finish running until 12:30am (I am back posting this for archival purposes). So tired.
Phil
3 miles / 36:28
12.156 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 34:58
11.656 minutes / mile
Niki beat me!
We did ellipticals because the 3 miles in VFFs yesterday were rough on our calves. Niki was on a standard elliptical. I was on this odd ambiguous motion elliptical. It wasn't really an elliptical, it was like a cross between a stair master and an elliptical. I could move my legs in whatever way I chose. It was actually harder than running on a treadmill because I had to do work to move my feet forward. Very odd and very tiring.
We didn't even finish running until 12:30am (I am back posting this for archival purposes). So tired.
17 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 24
3 miles on treadmills in Vibrams at the Rec.
Phil
3 miles / 29:06
9.7 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 43:12
14.4 minutes / mile
Personal Best for Phil! WHOOP!
I ran at 6.2 (9.667 minutes / mile) the entire time. It actually didn't feel too bad. And it feels great to have run 3 miles in less than 30 minutes.
Niki, on the other hand, was having calf pain issues and ended up walking most of the way. Her calves hurt even more now. She refused to take ibuprofen or ice them. She'll probably be in pretty poor shape tomorrow. I feel for her. She feels how I felt when I first got my Vibrams: righteously awful calf pain. It goes away eventually as your calves get stronger. But those first couple of weeks are rough.
We ran late tonight because my meeting with Rego lasted a very long time and the Olympics are on. It's surprisingly hard to get motivated to run while the Olympics are on. It feels so good to just sit in front of the TV and watch other people engage in athletics. But, then something about figure skating came on and we had no problem turning it off.
And now I have to wait before I can go to bed so my post-run snack can settle. So, you get to read more while I wait.
I finished reading Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. It is an extremely good book which I highly recommend. It was recommended to me by a friend who told me it helped renew his love for running and he thought it would fire me up about running (since we are training for a marathon we definitely need firing up). It fired me up all right. I finished it in 3 days and lost several hours of sleep because I could not put it down. I even had dreams about running. Which is awesome! I cannot wait until it warms up so Niki and I can go running outside and really reap one of the best things about running: nature. Trail running is something I am really looking forward to. Niki doesn't want to start reading it until she finishes re-reading Lord of the Rings for the 6th or 7th time. LotR is also a great book, so I understand her reasoning. But I still cannot wait for her to start reading Born to Run because I know that she is really going to enjoy it.
Special Note: My heart rate peaked somewhere around 165 - 170 and was under 100 again before I stepped off the treadmill after my cool down. That is awesome considering that when we first started training my HR would peak at over 200 and I wouldn't have even run a mile (and that was at a slower pace). I was in the zone for a very fit person my age. Apparently, I am very fit. Or, I am not very fit (only moderately fit) and I was working too hard. Niki's HR is seeing similar improvement. (My HR right now, more or less at rest, is 88 bpm. So, I'm not a well conditioned athlete yet. Actually, that's a very bad RHR. Maybe blogging is more stimulating than I thought. Or, I am in terrible shape and it's a miracle I survived today's run.)
Phil
3 miles / 29:06
9.7 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 43:12
14.4 minutes / mile
Personal Best for Phil! WHOOP!
I ran at 6.2 (9.667 minutes / mile) the entire time. It actually didn't feel too bad. And it feels great to have run 3 miles in less than 30 minutes.
Niki, on the other hand, was having calf pain issues and ended up walking most of the way. Her calves hurt even more now. She refused to take ibuprofen or ice them. She'll probably be in pretty poor shape tomorrow. I feel for her. She feels how I felt when I first got my Vibrams: righteously awful calf pain. It goes away eventually as your calves get stronger. But those first couple of weeks are rough.
We ran late tonight because my meeting with Rego lasted a very long time and the Olympics are on. It's surprisingly hard to get motivated to run while the Olympics are on. It feels so good to just sit in front of the TV and watch other people engage in athletics. But, then something about figure skating came on and we had no problem turning it off.
And now I have to wait before I can go to bed so my post-run snack can settle. So, you get to read more while I wait.
I finished reading Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. It is an extremely good book which I highly recommend. It was recommended to me by a friend who told me it helped renew his love for running and he thought it would fire me up about running (since we are training for a marathon we definitely need firing up). It fired me up all right. I finished it in 3 days and lost several hours of sleep because I could not put it down. I even had dreams about running. Which is awesome! I cannot wait until it warms up so Niki and I can go running outside and really reap one of the best things about running: nature. Trail running is something I am really looking forward to. Niki doesn't want to start reading it until she finishes re-reading Lord of the Rings for the 6th or 7th time. LotR is also a great book, so I understand her reasoning. But I still cannot wait for her to start reading Born to Run because I know that she is really going to enjoy it.
Special Note: My heart rate peaked somewhere around 165 - 170 and was under 100 again before I stepped off the treadmill after my cool down. That is awesome considering that when we first started training my HR would peak at over 200 and I wouldn't have even run a mile (and that was at a slower pace). I was in the zone for a very fit person my age. Apparently, I am very fit. Or, I am not very fit (only moderately fit) and I was working too hard. Niki's HR is seeing similar improvement. (My HR right now, more or less at rest, is 88 bpm. So, I'm not a well conditioned athlete yet. Actually, that's a very bad RHR. Maybe blogging is more stimulating than I thought. Or, I am in terrible shape and it's a miracle I survived today's run.)
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16 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 23
3 miles on treadmills in Vibrams at the Rec.
Phil
3 miles / 30:38
10.211 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 37:42
12.567 minutes / mile
Niki shattered her personal best today. BAM! Way to go, Niki.
My treadmill was possessed. It had a 30 minute limit and it wanted me to run 3 miles in those 30 minutes. Well, so did I, but it was a bit overzealous. I put it at 6 and it went at 6.6. I thought, OK... I can do this. NOT. I dropped to a walk at .7 miles and caught my breath and worked out a side cramp. When I started running again, I put it back at 6 and it went to 7! I managed to convince it to slow the hell down to 6.3 or so and was able to run for a while longer. I ended up stopping and walking 3 times (Niki only stopped and walked twice!) and pounded my way to barely beating my last time. Had the machine not been trying to make me make up lost time by running too fast, I probably wouldn't have been so gassed and probably could have made it 3 miles in under 30 minutes. Oh well, next time... i.e. tomorrow.
Phil
3 miles / 30:38
10.211 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 37:42
12.567 minutes / mile
Niki shattered her personal best today. BAM! Way to go, Niki.
My treadmill was possessed. It had a 30 minute limit and it wanted me to run 3 miles in those 30 minutes. Well, so did I, but it was a bit overzealous. I put it at 6 and it went at 6.6. I thought, OK... I can do this. NOT. I dropped to a walk at .7 miles and caught my breath and worked out a side cramp. When I started running again, I put it back at 6 and it went to 7! I managed to convince it to slow the hell down to 6.3 or so and was able to run for a while longer. I ended up stopping and walking 3 times (Niki only stopped and walked twice!) and pounded my way to barely beating my last time. Had the machine not been trying to make me make up lost time by running too fast, I probably wouldn't have been so gassed and probably could have made it 3 miles in under 30 minutes. Oh well, next time... i.e. tomorrow.
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11 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 18
3 miles downed at the Rec in our Vibrams. That's right, Niki's arrived today.
Phil
3 miles / 30:41
10.228 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 40:20
13.444 minutes / mile
I got to 2 miles pretty easily at a 10 minute / mile pace, then took a 1/10 mile water break and then ran the last 9/10 at a 9:40 minute / mile pace. I probably pushed a little bit too hard, but it felt so good up until the last quarter mile. My left ankle started hurting (on the right side) and I got a nasty cramp in my side. But I powered through (like a champ/idiot) and made it.
Niki put her Vibrams on as soon as she got them out of the mailbox and she didn't take them off until just now. We went grocery shopping before running (saw my advisor at the store) and she wore them while we shopped. She was pretty excited to have them, finally. She liked running in them quite a lot, too.
We both posted our best times yet. Niki is getting close to breaking 40 minutes. I probably still have a little ways to go before I break 30 minutes.
In related news, we have been exhausted lately. Also, I'm reading Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Great book.
Tomorrow is rest (yes, please).
Phil
3 miles / 30:41
10.228 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 40:20
13.444 minutes / mile
I got to 2 miles pretty easily at a 10 minute / mile pace, then took a 1/10 mile water break and then ran the last 9/10 at a 9:40 minute / mile pace. I probably pushed a little bit too hard, but it felt so good up until the last quarter mile. My left ankle started hurting (on the right side) and I got a nasty cramp in my side. But I powered through (like a champ/idiot) and made it.
Niki put her Vibrams on as soon as she got them out of the mailbox and she didn't take them off until just now. We went grocery shopping before running (saw my advisor at the store) and she wore them while we shopped. She was pretty excited to have them, finally. She liked running in them quite a lot, too.
We both posted our best times yet. Niki is getting close to breaking 40 minutes. I probably still have a little ways to go before I break 30 minutes.
In related news, we have been exhausted lately. Also, I'm reading Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Great book.
Tomorrow is rest (yes, please).
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10 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 17
3 miles downed at the Rec.
Phil
3 miles / 33:52
11.289 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 40:59
13.661 minutes / mile
I ran on an elliptical because my left knee was bothering me today. Niki rocked out on a treadmill and is showing some nice improvement in her pace.
I think I might bring my Vibrams with me tomorrow and run/walk in them.
Phil
3 miles / 33:52
11.289 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 40:59
13.661 minutes / mile
I ran on an elliptical because my left knee was bothering me today. Niki rocked out on a treadmill and is showing some nice improvement in her pace.
I think I might bring my Vibrams with me tomorrow and run/walk in them.
03 February 2010
Marathon Training Day 10
Phil here (Niki is making Blueberry Bran Muffins).
Today's training: 3 miles.
My calves are KILLING me. The mile and a half I ran yesterday in the Vibrams is to blame, I think. Apparently my calves were not up for that level of activity and now they are letting me know in agonizing detail how they feel about my (mis-)treatment of them.
Oddly (or, maybe not), it hurts very much to walk, but it hurts very little to run or jog. So, I ran on the treadmill today. Bad Idea. I am hobbling around like an old man right now. And, we have to run another 3 miles tomorrow. I will need to find a way to do an equivalent cardio/endurance workout to running that will not be murder on my calves.
We ran at the Rec and we saw that they are asking students to try out new demo cardio equipment so we went to check it out and found a nice quiet room of brand new high tech cardio equipment. There were touchscreens on the machines. You could watch TV, plug in your iPod, or do really nifty visualizations of your stats while running. It was awesome. The user interface on my treadmill was not yet finished and I managed to get myself to a screen which did not allow me to return to the main stats screen with all the nifty visualization options. Oh well, it was still pretty cool. Niki ran on an elliptical machine again. Here are the results:
Phil
3 miles / 34:27
11.483 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 36:30
12.167 minutes / mile
To stave off weight loss, I have resolved to make my runs calorie neutral. That is, to offset the calories I burn during a run, I eat an equal or greater number of calories as a snack after the run. Tonight I burned just over 300 calories so when we got home I ate some yogurt (100 cal) and a glass of chocolate soymilk (200 cal), a granola bar (140 cal) and blueberry bran mini-muffiin (60 cal), for a total of 500 calories or +200 taking the run into account. On top of that, we had pizza for dinner.
Finally, having the iPod shuffle was nice during the run. I need to put more workout appropriate songs on it. Deathcab for Cutie and Owl City are not exactly conducive to pumping oneself up. A pretty awesome thing happened at the end of my run: I had 1/3 of a mile left to go and I was not feeling like running but then Disorganized Fun by Ronald Jenkees (longer album version: here) came on and I rocked the last 1/3 of a mile to what is probably my favorite jam right now.
Tomorrow: 3 miles.
Today's training: 3 miles.
My calves are KILLING me. The mile and a half I ran yesterday in the Vibrams is to blame, I think. Apparently my calves were not up for that level of activity and now they are letting me know in agonizing detail how they feel about my (mis-)treatment of them.
Oddly (or, maybe not), it hurts very much to walk, but it hurts very little to run or jog. So, I ran on the treadmill today. Bad Idea. I am hobbling around like an old man right now. And, we have to run another 3 miles tomorrow. I will need to find a way to do an equivalent cardio/endurance workout to running that will not be murder on my calves.
We ran at the Rec and we saw that they are asking students to try out new demo cardio equipment so we went to check it out and found a nice quiet room of brand new high tech cardio equipment. There were touchscreens on the machines. You could watch TV, plug in your iPod, or do really nifty visualizations of your stats while running. It was awesome. The user interface on my treadmill was not yet finished and I managed to get myself to a screen which did not allow me to return to the main stats screen with all the nifty visualization options. Oh well, it was still pretty cool. Niki ran on an elliptical machine again. Here are the results:
Phil
3 miles / 34:27
11.483 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 36:30
12.167 minutes / mile
To stave off weight loss, I have resolved to make my runs calorie neutral. That is, to offset the calories I burn during a run, I eat an equal or greater number of calories as a snack after the run. Tonight I burned just over 300 calories so when we got home I ate some yogurt (100 cal) and a glass of chocolate soymilk (200 cal), a granola bar (140 cal) and blueberry bran mini-muffiin (60 cal), for a total of 500 calories or +200 taking the run into account. On top of that, we had pizza for dinner.
Finally, having the iPod shuffle was nice during the run. I need to put more workout appropriate songs on it. Deathcab for Cutie and Owl City are not exactly conducive to pumping oneself up. A pretty awesome thing happened at the end of my run: I had 1/3 of a mile left to go and I was not feeling like running but then Disorganized Fun by Ronald Jenkees (longer album version: here) came on and I rocked the last 1/3 of a mile to what is probably my favorite jam right now.
Tomorrow: 3 miles.
28 January 2010
Marathon Training Day 4
Phil here. My quads are KILLING me. But, in a sort of good way.
Today's training was another 3 mile run. I had a PGSG executive board meeting tonight so we planned to go running at 8:30 at the PVIL community center. When we got there, it was already occupied. Our contingency plan was the Rec and we had no secondary contingency plan. When we got to the Rec, the treadmills were packed. And we had no idea where we were going to store our stuff. But, we didn't have to wait too long, two treadmills next to each other opened up after a short wait and I found an open locker, stashed our stuff and we got to running. This is how it turned out:
Phil
3 miles / 32:54
10.967 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 42:15
14.083 minutes / mile
We both forgot to stretch before running, so that might be why we're a bit stiff. Niki is substantially less stiff than I. After we left the fitness center we went up to the second floor (the fitness center is in the basement) to peek at the puny indoor track. It takes 9 laps around the 2 lane track to make a mile. Niki and I are not impressed by it. Hopefully, the Rec renovations will improve the track situation. Anyways, the trek up to the 2nd floor and back down again was less than a cake walk for my thighs.
We remembered to stretch after running, though. I am getting very close to being able to touch my toes. It's exciting! Niki can already touch hers because she has short legs. Her short legs also mean she can't run very fast. If we want to run the marathon together, we will have to work on a pace that is comfortable for us both.
I had a few mild side cramps while running. I think I need to stretch and eat more foods containing potassium and learn to drink water properly while running. Also, I think breathing can have an influence on side cramps, as in improper breathing can cause side cramps to occur.
Other than the leg fatigue (seriously, it feels like my quadriceps are bathed in lactic acid right now), we feel wonderful. Tomorrow's training is rest. Yes, please.
Today's training was another 3 mile run. I had a PGSG executive board meeting tonight so we planned to go running at 8:30 at the PVIL community center. When we got there, it was already occupied. Our contingency plan was the Rec and we had no secondary contingency plan. When we got to the Rec, the treadmills were packed. And we had no idea where we were going to store our stuff. But, we didn't have to wait too long, two treadmills next to each other opened up after a short wait and I found an open locker, stashed our stuff and we got to running. This is how it turned out:
Phil
3 miles / 32:54
10.967 minutes / mile
Niki
3 miles / 42:15
14.083 minutes / mile
We both forgot to stretch before running, so that might be why we're a bit stiff. Niki is substantially less stiff than I. After we left the fitness center we went up to the second floor (the fitness center is in the basement) to peek at the puny indoor track. It takes 9 laps around the 2 lane track to make a mile. Niki and I are not impressed by it. Hopefully, the Rec renovations will improve the track situation. Anyways, the trek up to the 2nd floor and back down again was less than a cake walk for my thighs.
We remembered to stretch after running, though. I am getting very close to being able to touch my toes. It's exciting! Niki can already touch hers because she has short legs. Her short legs also mean she can't run very fast. If we want to run the marathon together, we will have to work on a pace that is comfortable for us both.
I had a few mild side cramps while running. I think I need to stretch and eat more foods containing potassium and learn to drink water properly while running. Also, I think breathing can have an influence on side cramps, as in improper breathing can cause side cramps to occur.
Other than the leg fatigue (seriously, it feels like my quadriceps are bathed in lactic acid right now), we feel wonderful. Tomorrow's training is rest. Yes, please.
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