Lincoln City Libraries in Lincoln, Nebraska http://www.lincolnlibraries.org en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 20:23:08 Central Daylight Time Thu, 23 May 2013 20:23:08 Central Daylight Time Copyright 2013, All rights reserved. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. QCRSS Okay, sorry I kind of dropped off the radar there. This year with school ending early, our preparation for summer reading has accelerated and I've fallen behind on keeping you posted of my training. Rest assured that I have still been running, although I didn't run this morning as there was lightning and while I will run in all weather, lightning i... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Final_days.htm Thu, 3 May 2012 11:31:00 Central Daylight Time Six more weeks until the marathon! With the warmer weather upon us, I have a new training challenge. During the week my running partner is my dog, Mary; she is a 77 pound Lab and she does not take the heat well. Yesterday I had to cut my five mile run short to four miles because Mary was hot. This morning since we were running at 5 a.m., she did be... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Traffic.htm Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:51:00 Central Daylight Time Sorry it's been so long, in addition now to training for the marathon, I have added gearing up for summer reading to my list of things to do! While spring has yet to be sprung, Lincoln City Libraries is gearing up for summer, but I'll save that for another day. In the meantime, we have reached the half way mark for the marathon, nine weeks have p... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Half_way_there.htm Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:10:00 Central Daylight Time It is week fourteen of training and right now, it is all about maintaining. February can be a tough month for training. We've had snow twice, both weekends I got my long runs in, just not on the days they were supposed to happen. This Saturday when the alarm went off, I got up and turned it off. The trails were clear; I just didn't have the umph to... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Maintaining.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:21:00 Central Standard Time Saturday it snowed - a lot. As a result of all the snow I did not do my six miles Saturday. Instead I did them on Sunday. Ann always says she has plenty of miles built into the training schedule, but runners are a little OCD,and I felt compelled to get in those miles. Also I knew from past winters that the Lincoln Parks and Rec crew, who are... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Picture_perfect_run.htm Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:09:00 Central Standard Time The weather this week has been fabulous. I've actually been able to run in capris for both Monday's and Tuesday's run. Nebraska's changeable weather is one of the things that makesmarathon training such a challenge sometimes. There have been years in the past, when we've had snow and ice or the wind has been fierce. But this year, so far, the... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Wonderful_Weather.htm Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:16:00 Central Standard Time This morning's run was not my finest nor my worst run but one of the things I love about running happened. Some runs everything falls into place and it seems effortless; this morning's runwasn't exactly one of those runs but it had some of those elements. It did involve effort but it seemed like I was at the two and a half mile turn around be... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/How_did_I_get_to_mile_25.htm Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:12:00 Central Standard Time Yesterday my alarm went off at 5:00 a.m., I took one look outside at all the snow and reset my alarm and went back to bed. When I got up the second time, I realized that the snow was not that deep and chastised myself for not doing my run. But when I went out to scoop the walk and found the layer of ice under the snow, I was glad that I hadn't run... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Morning_Runs_vs_Afternoon_Runs.htm Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:18:00 Central Standard Time Week three of training has begun! Monday's run was good but Tuesday's was a train wreck. It happens. As Ann says, the thing to do is forget the bad one and remember the good ones - and even after a bad run, I still feel good because at least I got it done. This morning when I got up to run it was... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Chilly_morning.htm Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:52:00 Central Standard Time This morning was the first day of official training (for me) for the Lincoln 2012 Marathon. Since I was out of town and missed the first marathon class and my Saturday morning run, I ran a little extra this morning - Mary and I did five miles and it was good. For those of you who are wondering whoMary is she is my dog... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Training_officially_begins.htm Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:12:00 Central Standard Time You got to love this weather! It was a balmy 41 degrees this morning when I went to run and I was glad to get out. My schedule has been somewhat disrupted with the holidays and I hadn't ran since last Thursday. I've had no trouble getting out and walking the dog, part of the problem is I'm listening to a good boo... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Marathon_registration_is_full.htm Thu, 29 Dec 2011 9:13:00 Central Standard Time Okay got up this morning to run - checked the temperature and saw that it was a balmy 32 degrees so elected to wear a short sleeve technical shirt with my wind jacket. Then I got outside and discovered two things; one, it was windy which drives the temperature down and two, it was slippery, really slippery once I hit the tr... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Slippery_run.htm Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:07:00 Central Standard Time Okay, my marathon class doesn't start until January 5, 2012 but people are expected to have a base of 10-20 miles when they start. So I've been running regardless the temperature or sidewalk condition. In the event of really icy conditions, I do have some cleats that I can wear over my running shoes so I don't slip but I ha... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/Preseason_training.htm Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:42:00 Central Standard Time It's December in Nebraska and most people's fitness routines migrate indoors. But not if you're a runner - marathon registration began Dec. 1st and according to an article in the Lincoln Journal Star Monday December 5, more than 3,000 people have already registered and I was one of them. I love to... http://www.lincolnlibraries.org/Susans_Training/ReadingRunning_Challenge.htm Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:06:00 Central Standard Time