I guess there's some outside running potential at the new house...a
bike path that just ends in places, dipping you out onto a pretty busy
street, but it might work during off-peak driving hours (and in the
motor city, that's usually around 4am to 4:10 am. :)

I don't know, maybe these seemingly random things we do with time and
speed are less random than we think? Maybe our brains know how/when to
push and how/when to back off when we're training? I'm thinking more
about your speed issue than my distance issue...my issue stems from me
being a big wimp...your issue might just be your brain's way of
keeping you from pushing too hard, too fast.

I don't know...I'm still flat out shocked every time I finish a run.
--- In PDXcouch25k@yahoogroups.com, "Shana" <ShanaOB@...> wrote:
>
> I'm struggling with the same thing. I can run at 5.0 mph without
dying, yet I set a time limit and then slow it down. And I shouldn't.
I need to make that my new base line speed and get on with some
progress. My goal yesterday was 20 mins at 5.0 and I did 24 mins
because the two mile mark was so close. Time for you to start
tricking yourself again with the "but if I got two more minutes, I'll
be at X miles, and if I got another three, I'll be at..." remember
that game?
>
> You're doing a great job of getting back in the saddle! How is the
new house? Is it in an area with good outdoor running potential?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lori<mailto:bigprofessor@...>
> To: PDXcouch25k@yahoogroups.com<mailto:PDXcouch25k@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 10:31 AM
> Subject: [PDXcouch25k] another, another run & still praising
saints, clearly
>
>
> Got to hubby's house early last night, around 9:00, so I was rested &
> ready to run this morning.
>
> Went to the rec center since it's pretty hot here, but they're
> predicting a real cool down for the weekend, so hopefully I can hit
> the pavement.
>
> Okay, so my goal was to run for 1.5 miles without walking & I managed
> to do that. I walked/ran total of 2.6. Ran 2.25, walked .35.
>
> Started out walking for .1, ran the 1.5 miles, walked .1, ran .25,
> walked .05, ran .5, walked .1. Not counting the warm up walk &
> focusing only on the time in the middle when I did mostly running, I
> did a 2 mile mostly-run in 26:15, which is pretty good for me.
>
> Kept my running speed between 4.4 & 5.2, but I did try to average 4.7
> for most of the runs & cranked it up to 5.4 when I got bored near the
> end of each running session. Walking speed at 3.6 (3.3 for the last
> .1). But if you look at the walk between my .25 & .50 runs, it makes
> no sense! Why the hell did I stop for a wimpy .05 mile walk? I
> shouldâ?Tve just kept running for that short bit. Especially since the
> .5 mile run felt pretty okay. Geeze, whyâ?Td I stop? UGH!
>
> This is something I need to work on & now! It's like I have this
> mental block & every time I run, I want to do more, but then I stop
> just short of doing more. What's wrong with me? I mean, I was huffing
> & puffing pretty good there, but the 5.4 runs felt just fine, pushing
> it, but fine & 4.4 felt much too slow. & the .5 mile run felt just
> fine, but I didn't push beyond that to see if I could go further than
> .5. I got to that point & "rewarded" myself with a walk. Yeah, that's
> the problem right there, I think of the walks as rewards for pushing
> myself & I need to see that the runs are my rewards.
>
> Okay, sorry for the long post, but I think I just figured out
> something important there. Let's see if it makes a difference in my
> next run.
>