I Run Like A Girl

Went to meet my friend early but on the way there got a text saying she would not be making it so went home and waited til it got a little bit light outside and then headed out. Felt pretty good today, had some good hills in todays run and my leg felt pretty good as well. Pushed the pace in a few sections but wanted to be careful to not over do it with my leg tightning up a little this week. Tomorrow going long and if I dont get a killer cramp again like last week I hope to really push it from diamond valley to the church.

avg pace 7:39

BTW: TODAY is my official 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY for being OFF diet coke or carbonation. I am so proud of myself:)

Also my friend and amazing runner AmberG just joined the blog. She ran SG last year in 3:04 and is an incredible runner. She just had a baby and is getting back into the swing of things. check her blog out www.runningmama.fastrunningblog.com

Ran with Cheri and Marissa. My kind and lovin' husband was so nice to get up at a quarter to 5 and drive us up the course so we would not have to go back and get a car! What a sweetie!  We took the first bit pretty easy and just enjoyed some chit chat and talking about years past of marathon training. It now feels like official SG marathon training to me running with those 2 gals! Yeah! Plus the "true church" (our nickname for it) where everyone meets to go up the course was jammin with people today. Tons of runners on the course. Marissa ran just 10 with us. At our 12 mil water stop cheri drank some accelerade (she thinks it was old and bad ) and it made her very sick so about SC I took off to run to go get the car and come back (she ended up throwing up and felt much better and high tailed it in) . Here are my splits 6:55, 6:51, 6:58, 6:25, 6:24, 6:39, 6:43. I was really hoping to get a few sub 6 but I will try for that next week.We drove up 22 but then I felt good I ended up running home which added 1.5 extra miles and I just took it pretty easy. It was pretty muggy out and I have been guzzling water since I got back. Now I am off to go pick up my pre ordered copy of BREAKING DAWN and I will be reading the rest of the day. SO SO EXCITED for this book!!!!!

avg pace7:54

Had a great run today with the Wildbull, Mike, his friend Jamie and my friend Cheri. Took me about three miles to finally feel like my legs were my own. Felt very off for that first little bit and then I finally felt decent. (Must have been all that sitting all weekend reading, I already finished the book:) VERY GOOD!

avg pace 8:02

Ran 4 early and then met up with the group for 6. Took it nice and easy and felt great today. Very muggy though from the rain last night. Really trying to work on my food intake, been using the fitday.com and really like it.

avg pace 8:30

Ran with Mike and Bull, Bull pushed me hard today. Ran alot of uphill. My light on my garmin would not flip on so I could never see the pace. I thought it would end up being alot faster but considering the uphill I am pleased with the run. Very muggy again today.

7:12, 6:41, 7:04, 7:03.  avg pace 7:30

Thanks guys for a great run!!!

Ran early 4 miles and then met up with girls. This week I have felt so good! Hopefully it continues.

avg pace 8:13

Ran with Mike, Bull and Cheri. Cheri and I just kinda hung back behind the guys and took it easy. Just chatted it up the whole time and enjoyed today. Plan on going with running club tomorrow and getting some fast miles in.

avg pace 8:11

Not my best feeling run today, a few ugly miles and some bad acid reflux/major heartburn. Wanted to run some of these miles a little bit faster but I am just glad to get my 20 in. Ran with the club.

avg pace 7:20

So I was a super slacker this morning and totally bailed on my friend Cheri! I slept horrible (stupid restless legs I get) and 4:30 came way too early today. So I punished myself my heading straight to my in-laws basement right after work to run on their treadmill. It was very hot and stuffy, my shins were hurting and I couldnt get their TV to work so my entertainment was staring into a closet looking at Jody's wedding dress (I think it was your dress jody). Super exciting huh? I only made it 5 miles. I then came home ate some dinner, did my weights, watched some of the olympics and then about 8:30 headed back out for a 6.7 mi run. I felt fantastic on the run and it really wasnt too hot. So glad I got it done but it sure would have been easier if I just would have gone this morning and then just taken a short power nap after work. Live and learn I guess...

5 mi TM pace 8:00

6.7 mi loop avg pace 7:47

Same usual tuesday run. 4 on own and 6 with the girls. I thought my legs might be tired from running late last night but they felt pretty good. Just took it nice and easy. avg pace 8:05

Ran with Bull and Jeff. Hamstring was buggin me all day yesterday and when I woke up could still feel the tightness, took alot longer to warm up and still feel it a little til the last couple miles. Had 2 miles at 6:35 and then some in the low 7's.

Resting my leg today! A day of rest always helps the tightness unwind. Too close to hobblecreek to let it get worse. See April on sat. Planning on easy 12 tomorrow and easy 20 on sat.

Ran with the Bull and Mike today. So glad I took yesterday off because today my leg felt back to normal and the tightness gone. Had a great run, felt good! Course had alot of rolling hills. Thanks Bill and Mike for a great run.

avg pace 7:26

Had a great run with Ruth, Cheri and Marissa. My father-in-law drove us up (how nice, huh?) I wasnt paying attention and had him drop us off a mile early so I had to add on at the end but that wasnt too bad. Beautiful morning. Ran in the low eights for the first 10 and then in the low sevens for the second half. Just took it nice and easy! That crazy girl Ruth got home from Somoa at 2 or 3 this morning and just pulled an all nighter and then came and ran. That was also after about 10 hours of flying time and a 10 hour layover. She is INSANE!! Thanks Ruth for coming it was so fun to see and run with you again!

avg pace 7:36

Ran easy miles with Mike. Going to keep it really easy this week. Plan on running 8 the rest of the week with hitting a couple faster miles on wed's run. and then probably only 6 on friday in prep for the half this weekend. If anyone thinks i should be doing anything different PLEASE let me know. My leg feels great, saw April on sat and she worked my hamstrings good. She thinks it was from running on the TM last monday. I mentioned to her about this weird pain when I have been doing my core work (in my lower abs). One of my deep hip flexors muscles was strained a little. I need to be stretching my abs after I work them. But in working  on that she asked me if I can get side stitches alot and I told her in the past 3 ms I had gotten 3 really bad ones. She said my diaphram was very very tight and I had some knots that built up in my abs. So she worked those and she said it would make a difference in my breathing. Yeahhh! She showed me how to massage my diaphram myself and keep it loosened up, Had no idea you could massage the diaphram!

avg pace 8:18

Ran 2.5 on own and then 6 with the girls. Nice easy and relaxed run. No watch today.

Ran with my buddies Mike, Bull and Jeff.  Took it easy til we hit the Dixie center trail system (Painters course) and then I decided I was feeling good and would throw some tempo miles in and I would go til I hit the end of the trails on river road. Bull came right along with me and Mike and Jeff  not too far behind.  6:32, 6:36, 6:45. Cooled off running up river road. Hunfg back and chatted with Jeff and then Bull added on a section and I went to catch up to him (6:55) . Felt great today, will take it very easy tomorrow and friday so I have fresh legs for Sat. Did my first ice bath today, I dont know why I have never done these but my muscles feel so good now. I am going to start doing these as much as I can, hopefully I can do them at least 2xduring the week and for sure after sat long runs. Also going back to April after work for a mini session to just make sure that hamstring is ready to go!

avg pace 7:17

2 miles on own and 6 with Heidi. Easy relaxed run. Went to the chiro yesterday. Didnt go see april, decided I would go to her after the half. hamstring felt tight today, so i am kinda wish I would have gone to see her yesterday. I think its just pre-race phantom pain:)

avg pace 8:29

Easy run with mike. Excited for tomorrow, excited to see everyone, not excited for the drive up! Have a goal time in my head. Hope the stars align again and have a great race. My hammy has been acting up a little this week so if I start feeling it bad tomorrow I may back off, too close to my goal race of SG to pull something. But I am sure it will cooperate!  Did an ice bath but was not cold enough (I just dump my whole ice box in) I will have to pick up a couple bags of ice to keep on hand.

Good luck to everyone who is racing Hobble and TOU!

Goal was 1:22 and to place in the Top5 Women. Didnt quite make it there, stomach cramped bad at mile 2 and mile 7 or 8 I had to stop and take a VERY visible potty break (just ask Tom!!)  Two girls passed me on that break I was never able to catch, felt pretty nausious the rest of the race. Overall though I am happy with my performance today, esp considering not feeling too hot. I just hope I dont get a crummy tummy like for SG. Hey but my hamstring felt good (thanks to jody scraping it for me!) so I am very happy with that. I had fun talking with lots of bloggers!!! and hanging out with my sister-in-law Jody. My splits are messed up because my garmin kept losing signal through the canyon.

after the race Jody and I sat in the creek behind our cabin for 15 min, oh man that was cold!!!

I just got home so I am going to go relax, eat and watch the marathon...so I get to posting comments on everyones races later on..

Ran 4 on own and then met up with Peg and Heidi for our usual 6.  Felt very good today. No soreness or fatigue in my legs. I felt really yucky on sunday and monday morning and ended up sleeping in. Came home after work and did some weights and core work and pretty much crashed on the couch. I am feeling great now though. I dont know if the yucky feeling was from the race or what but just glad its gone!

Avg pace 8:18

Ran with Bill, Mike, Jeff and Cheri. Not a great feeling run for myself. Leg hurt, stomachache, and legs felt like they had nothing to give. bah humbug .Hopfully tomorrow is better.

avg pace 7:55

Ran with Mike and Bill. Did our usual friday loop from the running store. Took my leg about 7.5 mi to warm and to feel decent. Until then I counting down the miles til the run would be over. Its just not fun to run when part of your body is bothering you. I didnt run yesterday, my leg just felt not very good and my foot kept going numb at work. Ya know my hamstring/calf and qaud always gets tight but there is never any pain involved, my hamstring now has pain involved and that has me worried so until the marathon I am going to be very conservative and cautious. My base is there and its too close to not to be careful! ( I see April tomorrow, so hopefully that will help) I dont want my mileage to suffer to bad over the next 3 weeks but I am going to be careful if my leg is still acting up.

Drank Endurox and 15 min ice bath

avg pace 7:54

Met up with a bunch of people at the park and drove up 23 miles (ended up  that Mike drove a little further up) My friend marissa drove up 3or 4 miles and then hopped in with us. We dropped most everyone off along the way so it was just mike, dustin, marissa and myself. Ran all together for the first 4 or 5 miles then marissa and I dropped back. At diamond valley we ran into a friend and ran with her a little bit and then I asked marissa if she would care if I ran ahead. I could see dustin and tried to catch him but just didnt have the steam to do it (plus he was moving pretty rapidly). Had a couple visible bathroom breaks (I am getting good at those! hope it doesnt become to regular of a thing, my husband would be mortified if he knew of this, he still cant believe I can just squat behind a bush!) SORRY for all the details!

Just took it easy the rest of the way in to the park, my leg felt ok today, no pain, just tightness. I know I am running differently to compensate because the pad of my foot right below my toes felt like it was smacking the ground today and started to get achy, never had that before.

Avg pace 7:44 and 15 min ice bath after... I am so loving these! Thanks Michelle and Josse for converting me to the ice bath club!