M.O.R.E.: New Goals

Thursday, January 7, 2010

New Goals

C is finally back from her trip and was able to join me and Patty at Central Park for a run. I know we shouldn't be complaining with all the horrible weather back east, but it is awfully hot for January. C even ran in a tank top! We were really dragging in the beginning and had to stop a couple of times, but the stops actually helped get our legs back a little. By our last mile I think we were feeling a little better and were able to finish the last mile around an 8.3 pace, which is good because the rest of the run was rather slow. Hey, at least it stayed under 10 min/mi for the average (9.45). We talked about intensifying our workouts while keeping the distances shorter to get our heartrate up more. Marathon training trains your body to endure physical pain over a long period of time, but it really doesn't do much for the heartrate so that is what we are going to be working on. We always come up with these lofty goals and then complain as we try them out, but hopefully we will follow through on some of these. I think C almost fell over when we told her we were planning on running 10 miles this weekend. Ideally I would like to get in 20-25 miles per week with at least one 10 mile run, a tempo run, a hill workout, and a recovery run after the long run. Like I said, lofty goals.

2 comments:

Patty said...: If you factor into our run, all the talking that we do while we are running, I am sure our heart rates are up higher than you think. Today was hard in the beginning, my right hamstring is tight and sore, but by the last mile, even with the faster pace, I felt good. I would have really been in trouble though if we would have run past the gate, somehow when I run through it, my body just shuts down, I was worried that you were going to keep on going. The goals are great, can we add some swimming and weight training into the mix? How do people who are in really good shape, manage to get it all in? I do like having goals though and am ready to shake it up a bit.; January 7, 2010 at 9:02 PM
marathon mom said...: The problem is that if we do all that I mentioned and then we do swimming and weight training, when would we be home? I think what we should do is perhaps switch swimming with hills or tempo runs once in a while since they both work on aerobic intensity at the same time. I'm not sure we can work the weight training in without adding another day unless on our runs, we do modified push ups on the paseo fence.; January 7, 2010 at 9:14 PM

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Favorite Trails

South Fork 3.1: Start from dirt parking lot on Magic Mtn Pkway and run to the loop at Wiley Bridge and return the same way.

Tesoro 3.25: Start in Albertson parking lot and take sidewalk/trail until it ends and then enter the water tower road to the top two towers where the ends. Return the same way.

Chesebrough 3.25/4.60: From Chesebrough Park, N. to Copperhill, So. on Bike Trail, turn around at Decoro, back up trail to power lines to bridge at park. Turn around at Heritage will give you 4.6 miles.

Chesebrough 3.5: Chesebrough Park down to McBean, south to Northpark Dr., the paseo trailhead. Take the paseo to Helmers and back. Very hilly.

Bridgeport 4.0: Fairly flat, run toward Lowes and under Bouquet bridge to RiverPark community until you reach the closed gates and return. For a hilly run, go north into Helmers and run up the paseo switchbacks into Northpark where the paseo ends and return the same way.

Chesebrough 4.0: N. to Copperhill to west side of river trail, run S. on Bike Trail past Decoro bridge, across Decoro to the east side of river trail, up back to power lines trail, back to park.

Chesebrough 4.0: From park down power line trail to Heritage Park and back same way.

Bridgeport 4.0: From School, cross McBean via bridge or street and head into industrial center on Ave. Scott Bridge and enter bike trail going south toward the train bridge. Turn around at train bridge and return same way or cross the bridge and head toward Peet's after crossing train bridge and back onto the Lowes Trail.

Heritage 4.0: From park, run up bike trail to Decoro, over McBean Bridge into Helmers, and into Bridgeport through lake trail back to park. Can be done in reverse. Moderately hilly.

Chesebrough 4.25: Chesebrough north to Copperhill, left to Albertson side of bike trail. Run south on trail to Decoro and cross over bridge and head north all the way to Copperhill on east side of river trail and back to the park the same way as started.

Cheese/Decoro/Helmers 4.25: From the park, down dirt trail to bike path, south to Decoro. Leave bike path at Decoro and cross paseo bridge at McBean. Stay on paseo up hill towards Helmers. Run up water tower trail once then continue on to switchbacks and paseos back to park.

Heritage/Bridgeport 3.3: Heritage Park south to McBean Bridge @ Panera. Cross and head toward Lowes bike trail and head east toward Bridgeport Park. Halfway mark is at park bathroom, head back by entering trail along the lake and back onto the bridge.

Lowes 4.25: Lowe's parking lot to McBean, cross the bridge and to South Fork. At Valencia Bridge, enter trail behind Hart Baseball diamonds. Continue on trail to Bouquet and across the bridge on the east side and back under the bridge again towards Lowes.

Peet's & Decoro 5.2: Peet's Coffee to train bridge path; to Decoro and across bridge; back down McBean side of bike trail back to Peete's.

Peet's & Wiley 6.0: Start at Peet's Coffee and head east toward South Fork trail and past the Wiley Bridge. Keep running another 200 yards to where the trail forks left and right. Turn back same way.

Peet's & Copperhill 6.0: From Peet's to bike trail heading north to Copperhill and back.

Albertson 7.0: From the Albertson parking lot on Copperhill, enter the westside bike trail and head south until the train bridge. Return the same way.

Peet's 8.5: Run to Copperhill on east side of river trail and return via train bridge on other side.

Lowes 10: Start in the Lowes parking lot. Enter the bike trail heading west. At McBean, cross the bridge and head east toward SouthFork trail. Continue on trail until you come to the Wiley bridge and head back the same way.

McBean 14: This route can be done from anywhere along the trail route. Starting from McDonald's across the post office, run to the end of the South Fork trail and return the same way, cross the McBean bridge and run on the Lowes trail until you hit Bridgeport Elementary and then cross Newhall Ranch via the bridge or street and run back towards McBean. Continue north on McBean until you hit Copperhill. At Copperhill, cross McBean and enter San Francisquito bike trail and run south on the trail until you are back at McDonalds.