I Run Like A Girl

Slept in til 7 and then headed out (oh that felt so good!) Did one of my reg 10 mile routes and then added on some hill repeats. Didnt push to hard on them since my legs are still a little tired from saturday. Good news is that my hamstring felt so dang good today! So I saw April on saturday and they were very tight but she said it emotional stress. That there were no real knots in them. I asked her how she could tell the difference and she said that no matter how much she pushes on them they just wont let go and it feels different. She said I needed to relax and my legs/muscles would relax too. I was so happy to hear that! I think I have just been freaking out whenever I feel it get tight and then I get stressed about it and probably make it worse. So I working on relaxing and not stressing about the marathon. (easier said then done:)

endurox, ice bath  (weights and core, I do weights and core 2xweek but never remember to blog it)

Ran 6.3 miles with Peg this morning and then ran 3.85 later this evening after the sun went down, perfect weather both times. It was so nice this morning!!! Just took it nice and easy, no effort, just enjoyed the company and the scenery. Overall leg felt good, upper quad a little burning sensation/tightness but I am NOT going to stress about it! :)

Ran with Mike, Bull, and Mike's friend Bruce.Did a new route today, lots of uphill and section of downhill. Legs felt very heavy and tired, but breathing felt good. Was able to carry on conversation the whole run. Kept thinking the whole run I really ougt to push a little harder today.  Thought our avg pace was going to be so slow, ended up being 7:05 and had 4 miles right around my marathon goal pace, so I was very happy with todays run because I was not putting alot of effort into it and there was alot of uphill, and I had tired legs from running late last night. 

endurox and 15 min ice bath.

Ran with Peg and Heidi. Didnt make it out earlier like I normally do, just wanted an easy day. Felt decent today.

Ran with Mike and Bull. We changed our group name to The Bermuda Triangle, met for our 1st  "GIGANTIC" workout of the season. It was great! Watch out Circle of Trust, here we come!  hehe:) 

Today I couldnt tell if those two were pushing the pace today or if my legs were just pretty tired. Didnt get our avg pace, stopped garmin at a potty break and failed to start it again. Tomorrow could be a long 20 miler. Dont plan on racing it but want a dang good workout from it.

endurox and ice bath

Ran the Trails 20 miler. Small race but very well organized and ran smoothly. Rode the bus up with JamesH and Dustin. Didnt really have a "real " plan for this race, told Dustin I wanted to run half easy and half at marathon pace. I told him I would hope to be in by 2:30. My marathon miles are kinda scattered all over the run, not what I planned. I got a little lazy in this run. I was all by my lonesome the whole race and ended up not really pushing the last half. I just got comfortable and enjoyed the scenery and let my mind wander to the marathon. Had plenty of steam at the end and could have kept going. The course was pretty rolling hills and the last 2-3 miles you are climbing alot. So this run was a good confidence booster for SG.

Ran this race in Saucony racing flats and loved them! Felt so light on my feet. My leg felt good. My quad was a little tight the first couple miles but that went away. Ran a cool down .75 mi with Bill and Mike. 15 ice bath after.

Avg pace 7:06

Ran easy with Mike and Bruce (hope you get feeling better Bull!). Did an out and back course. Felt good, legs were a little fatigued to start. Lets get through another week!

Got some new shorts on saturday from the running store to wear for the marathon. Tried them today to make sure they felt good. Loved them.

Avg pace 8:01

Ran 4.5 on own and 6 with Peg and Heidi. Great run today, felt so good and so fun to run with good friends!

avg pace 8:02

Ran with Mike and Bull AKA "the bermuda triangle". Had a great run. Started out with a warm up mile and then some very good marathon paced miles. Finished off with some easy miles, I fell a little behind, had to find a bathroom stop. So besides that I was very happy with todays run. Leg felt great (whoohoo, knock on wood it stays that way)! Afterwards we sang happy birthday to bill's robin on her voicemail.  May go back out tonight and add a few more miles but we will see, after work I am always so tired from getting up so early.  I think I may sleep in for a week after the marathon:)

15 min ice bath

saucony fastwitch 3

Ran on my own and then met Peg for a fabulous run!  My scraping tools came in the mail yesterday so I scraped my quad/calf and hamstring last night so those areas were a felt a little sore and bruised today.

Avg pace 8:04

This is the third time I have had to type this....argggg..

Ran with Bull and Mike, they were kind to go long with me today since I have cub scout day camp tomorrow and even with going extra early I will only be able to get 12-13 mi in. Thanks guys. We ran a pretty tough route today. Ran from my house up to SC Parkway (2 mi uphill) and then down the parkway 4 mi (gradual uphill) and then up through SC state park and thats a 5 mi of steep uphill, its a killer but an awesome workout. Then finally we got to go down the marathon course and back to my house. I got a side stitch around winchester and had to slow down to breath it out, finally went away but just kept the pace pretty easy and coasted in with the Wildbull. I think I got the side stitch because Mike and Bull had me laughing so hard the whole time and it made it hard to breath.  Awesome run today and great training!

avg pace 8:04

15 ice bath

Got up super early and my father in law drove us up the course 23, I parked my car 11 miles up and then just ran to my car. Had to get back for cub scout day camp. So glad that is over with!!! Yesterday I ran the last section of the marathon and today we started close to the start and ran just past the dammeron valley hills, had to push hard the last 3 mi as I looked at my watch and realized I was running behind when i needed to be home by. Legs were a little tired from yesterdays long run but body felt really good today.

Wow only 3 weeks left!  I have been eating really well lately, no refined sugar or anything processed. Except on sat nights I do treat myself to a frozen yogurt and last night I added in a small bag of capt. crunch cereal to snack on . I feel so much better when I eat good. But now til the marathon even my frozen yogurts are OUT. I am just bloggin this to my remind myself!!

Ran with the Bermuda Triangle. Really struggled to get out of bed this morning but so glad I did. Had a great run, felt good and it was the prefect temp. The end of our run we came down 300 s off of main street  and I pretended it was marathon day and pushed hard to the finish line.

avg pace 7:40

Easy 10 today, 4 on own and for with Peg and Heidi. We used to have a big group on tues and thurs but some have moved across town , out of town and one is pregnant. Today all of us are getting together for a baby shower lunch so I am super excited to see them all!

Ran with Bull and Jeff. Almost just stayed in bed today, so tired! But I finally made myself go after getting up, getting back in bed, finally getting dressed, sitting the garage for awhile deciding if I should just go crawl back in bed, driving to the rec center and almost driving away before anyone showed up. Needless to say I kinda wimped out on my speedwork. Was planning on running marathon pace from trail to trail (about 4 miles) ended up with only one and then just chatted easy with Jeff. He comes wanting to do speed and the weeks he does come, I am a wimp!. Today I am just glad I ran after the battle i had to get there.

avg pace 7:19

Ran with Peg and Heidi and then added one more on my own..Nothing too excited today, just cant believe its getting so close!

Ran with the Bermuda triangle today, gigantic workout #3 or 4, cant keep track these days. Just took it easy although Bull and Mike kept wanting to race each other the whole time. They are goofballs! Just kidding guys, thanks for a great run and waiting for me even though I told you DONT WAIT!!!! See ya tomorrow. garmin not charged, no avg pace.

Wow had an AWESOME run today! We started out by sleeping in and not meeting til 6am this did my body good, I woke up bright eyed about 5:15 and felt good and not the groggy oh my body hurts feeling like I do when I have to get up in the 4's.

Mikes wife drove us up from the finish line a little over 14 miles. (tom and kim lee came today, it was fun to see and chat with you two on the way up!) Warmed up the first 2 miles and then I wanted to hit under marathon pace knowing that when I get to this point in the marathon my body would already be feeling tired. What a run!I I felt amazing, I wish today would have been the marathon. The only thing that bothered me is I have worn custom orthotics for the past 6 ys and I just got a new pair for after the marathon but decided to try them today, they felt great except I rubbed a blister on the bottam on my foot just because they obvioulsey are not broken in. It helped my legs and hips though feel better. I dont think I will wear them for the marathon though, we will see if i cant bulid a calus there in 2 weeks. Here are my splits

1. Warmup with marissa 7:48

2. Warmup 7:04

 6:42  for .51 mi grabbed my gu and water , 5:50, 6:15, 6:05, 6:34, 6:28, 6:14, 6:17, 6:55 (bathroom break here), 6:24, 6;26, 6:28, 6:47 (dustin and bill here and they had slowed down so I kinda slowed a little too), 6:54 (for last .37 mi)

AVG PACE 6:32  I felt so good and I had energy at the end, my legs or any part of my body did not get the sore heavy tired feeling.  I felt like I could have kept going at that pace. I hope I feel like that in 2 weeks! I needed this run today to get the runners high and excitement back!

15 ice bath (BTW smiths carries 20 lb bags for 2.89, it is cheaper than buying 2 x10lb bags)

Somehow missed my alarm this morning and missed my run with the Bermuda Triangle:(  Once I woke up and realized I wouldnt make it to run with them I decided to stay in bed and sleep in since I didnt have the greatest nights rest (I hate sunday nights, I never sleep good!).

Went out about 7:30 tonight and  way too soon after eating dinner, legs felt great but stomach felt heavy and kept getting aches and pains in my guts. yuck!

avg pace 8:04

Easy 8 today.  2 on own and 6 with Heidi. Felt good.

avg 8:30

Ran with Bull and Mike. Ran four of the miles hard and the rest easy. We met at 5:30 instead of 5. I love that extra half hour of sleep! Will run easy 8 tomorrow, 12 on friday and then Swiss Days 5k on sat and plan on getting 7 or 8 in.

avg pace 7:14

Taking the day off,  yesterday the blister that I rubbed last saturday, the top layer of skin that was starting to get tough all ripped off and now its just the raw skin. It was just too tender! Not good timing, feeling a little (ok alot) of anxiety over it, i hope it heals fast. My foot feels a little swollen and sore. Thinking it was from running funny after I felt the skin tear off. This is so stupid!!!!

Wow I am getting alot more taper this week than I thought, wont complain about that though. Was supposed to meet bull to run but he showed up a half hour early (who does that, shows up too early:) So I had some friends that were running 6 mi so I hurried down and they were just about to leave so i was able to run some easy miles and then added on 2 more. My foot was still tender, been experimenting with different bandages. I think I bought 30 dollars were of every kind of bandaid and bandage there is. Tomorrow I will try to add on more than I thought after swiss days. Dont even know what to expect on time tomorrow, I have NEVER ran a 5k!! I hope to be high 18 or low 19.  I cant believe a week from today I will be getting ready to go pick up my number at the Expo!!! Started to get butterflies yesterday!

Wow a 5k is tougher than I thought! I think I like the longer distances better. Met Dustin and some others for a warmup, ran the course. Very very flat, very honest! Saw Erica at the start and she is speedy speedy so I knew my shot of 1st was out the window.

1. 6:14 (had a hard time getting my breathing in sync)

2. 6:15 (feeling better here and in a groove)

3. 6:26 (ughhh seriousley thought i was going to throwup here, get passed by cross country girl, try so hard to stick with her but cant)

.1 55 sec  (6:42 pace) I didnt realize how much I slowed down here, that hurt my time alot!

Overall felt decent and my race that matters is next week so today was some good speedwork, polishing.  Chatted with a lot of people after the race, that was so much fun. Tons of girls in my ward ran and their kids so that was fun to see them all and we even a got a ward picture. Talked for awhile to Erica and her husband after the race, she is so awesome and fun to talk to and gave me some good advice for SG (she ran 2:54 last year). Very very nice people. Ran a cool down with Bull back on the course. Had a great time today! So excited for next week, I can hardly wait and my foot felt good today, could not feel the blister on the race but after it was a little sore, will be just fine by marathon day. Now off to my massage with April, whoo hooo! Hopefully I will make it easier for her today since I have had no issues with my hamstrings, quads, or calves lately (knock on wood!)

Ice bath 15 min (didnt feel cold enough though)

Easy 4 around the neighborhood. Legs felt very fresh. Plan for the week 5 tomorrow, 4 on wed with 2 fast miles, 5 on thurs and 3 on friday.

avg pace 8:00

Easy 6 with Peg and Heidi. So nice to be sleeping in, had a hard time falling asleep last night. My mind was racing. Felt great today, very rested, excited to do a few fast miles tomorrow my legs are craving it!