M.O.R.E.: Recovery Run?

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Recovery Run?

As we (me, Patty, C, and Marisol) were running this morning from Peet's I was wondering why we were running so fast if it was supposed to be a recovery run after 3 hard days of running. It must be because this was Marisol's first day of running in about a week. Actually, the truth is we were not as sore as we thought we would be after doing intervals last night. I'm not sure what that means. . . .either the workout wasn't all that hard or we're just in better shape. I didn't turn off my GPS while we were stretching so I'm estimating that we ran around a 9.3 pace overall because every time I checked our pace it was always somewhere between 9.2 and 9.35, which is kind of where our tempo pace should be for now. I did try to push the pace a little because I figured that if we weren't feeling all that bad, why not push the tempo.

Afterwards we were able to sit and enjoy our coffee while discussing the merits of a college education and of going back to school at our age. As parents, we all want to encourage our kids to do their best and get the best education possible, but I also remember being at the end of high school and college and just feeling done and never wanting to ever open another book again. I have to say that going back to school as an adult makes you appreciate it more because you know you are going to school because you want to, not because you have to. Hopefully one day all our kids will appreciate their education too and how much we encouraged and pushed them to do their best.

4 comments:

Patty said...: I am surprised at how good I felt today, since it was my fourth straight day of running. I do like when we keep a little faster pace because we are done quicker, and obviously we can do it. I have missed Peet's so it was nice to sit and have a cup, but I am definitely going to have to lay off the ice cream in the evenings, because my stomach has been a mess all day. I think I like the blog background, where did you find it? It says "running" to me! You are going to have to motivate yourself to study in the near future, but I think that is a lot easier than motivating a teenager. I have been meaning to start reading "Great Expectations" and can't seem to get past the first couple of pages, how do I get my kid to read it?; June 16, 2010 at 6:34 PM
marathon mom said...: I'm so mad, I keep forgetting I have 2 Peet's gift cards in my purse! Ugghh! Well, we're just going to have to go back there real soon.; June 16, 2010 at 8:37 PM
marathon mom said...: Oh as for the new background, there's a bunch more new choices. I like this one because of the running theme, but did you happen to notice there are no females runners? I also wish it had a slightly different color scheme. We'll keep this one up for a while until something better comes along.; June 16, 2010 at 8:44 PM
Patty said...: Late night last night, and off to Berkeley today, so no time for running and I need a break. Happy Father's Day to all your husbands, and especially to my father who reads our blog, or so he says!; June 17, 2010 at 8:56 AM

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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.