I Run Like A Girl

8:04 pace with cheri and nat. Legs felt good. Easy run. Cheri felt much better today. speedwork tonight on the treadmill.

1.24 on treadmill.  .5 at  an 8 and then bumped up to 9.5 and then 10. Didnt feel that great  was planning on doing 3 at 9.5 on treadmill but didint .lifted weights as well

ran a good pace with the group, ran  ahead a little bit.  probably b/w7-7:30 . garmin went dead. felt pretty good.

Both girls I run with had to cancel this morning. Should have gone to gym and hopped on treadmill but was lazy and slept in. Lifted weights at home in the evening.

5.5 with cheri-easy to mod pace

5.5 with peg, easy pace, peg back from being off for 2weeks. legs tired from squats/lunges night before.

first couple with naty modpace, slowed down cuz nat's stomach bothering her. went home and went back to bed for a couple hours (no work today) avg pace 7:50

Ran a new loop that a i clocked the other day. Lots of hard hills. Legs were so tired/sore from lifting on legs on wed.(note to self dont skip a week of lifting on legs) avg. pace was 7:14 which I was happy considering the hills and fatigue of my legs.

first 9 down marathon course with nat. went slower (forgot to start garmin)

went ahead at a good pace last 6 mi. really struggled mentally. ususally it goes by so fast but today it seemed like it dragged even though i was moving steadly. Legs still very tired from previous days. nervous about half next week. Nat and I discussed starting track workouts. Excited about that!

Usually mondays are an 8-9 mi run with my group but today the girl I run with only had time to do 4mi which I was happy with since I have the SC half this weekend and dont want to wear my legs out (especially where they were so fatigued last week). splits today were 8:07(uphill), 6:48, 6:55, and 7:50. Felt really good today-no fatigue in legs today:)avg pace 7:23

good run with cheri, stomach started feeling really queezy, so bailed out early. avg pace 7:46

9 mi loop with cheri, pace felt pretty good. First 2 miles were a steady gradual incline as well as mile 9 Not slow enough to be easy but not fast enough for a tempo. Just a good overall run. Abs and my  little home lifting routine

Ran with Cheri and Nat. Pushed the last mile. avg pace 7:41, 39:43 overall time, and splits were 8:20, 7:51, 8:12, 7:27, 6:48 and last .16 was 6:37. I know its not cold here compared to most places but it seems like it gets a little harder to breath when the weather gets colder. Im not fond of the cold, it makes it harder to get out of bed!

Nice easy loop with Peg and Nat, good conversation and company. I love the social part of running and the friendships that get developed. I felt really good today so hopefully that means good things for tomorrow.

Lots warmer today-got hot with my headband and gloves.

Well had the SC half marathon today in St. George and while I didn't get a PR I did take first overall for the females.i neverhave taken first so that was pretty exciting, even though it was a pretty small race, I was happy to experience that (and Ive always wanted toknowwhat it felt like to break the tape as cheesy as that is!)

The weather was perfect, was able to wear shorts and tank from the start. It even got a little warm, kinda crazy for Novemeber weather. The course starts at on a very steep downhill and then around mile 1.5 you break off onto a 3 mi out and 3 back on a dirt trail. It was tough for me, Im not a trail runner and it was a gradual incline. I took off to fast at the start (its hard not to on that steep delcline) and  at mile 4 I was thinking "I cant believe I have only ran 4 mi, Im already spent!" But anyways I just kept on trucking along and was so excited to see the finish line. Overall it was a pretty good course, I liked where they had the course finish. I did get to meet Josse face to face so that was very fun, she ran a great race!!

Time was 1:31:15 and splits were:

1. 5:30 (see way to fast for me)

2.5:47 (still too fast)

3. 6:36

4. 7:35

5 7:43

6. 7:09

7. 7:16

8. 6:55

9. 7:20

10. 6:52

11. 7:04

12. 7:07

13. 7:23 and last .10 was 6:26.

Wow my legs, I mean my whole body is sore today. Even my ribcage hurts. I got up out of bed and kinda stumbled around and wondered if I would be able to run. I went out and we did an easy 9 and it actually felt pretty good to get the legs moving. Any downhill at all I could really feel (alot). I can't believe I am this sore. I have not gotten this sore for a long long time.  I am going to try to keep my miles up this week, and get a few extra in on turkey day so I can feel a little better about having that extra piece of pie!!(and all the other goodies too:)

No watch, took it easy today. Legs still sore and tired. Sasha told me to start throwing in some strides, dont think I will be doing that til towards the end of the week.

8 mi loop with nat and cheri, nice easy pace but put some umph into it for the last mile (6:08). Legs finally starting to feel semi-back to normal ... temp dipped below 40 today which was not entirely prepared for, could have used an extra top layer. (I know all you northerner's are laughing but Im baby when it comes to the cold, especially since Im a native of sunny SG.)

Going to try to make it to the gym this afternoon  to get some weights in since Im only working a half day today (Yeahhhh), it will be nice to have 4 1/2 day break from scraping teeth:)  Tomorrow we are planning on our 4th annual 17 mi loop for Thanksgiving so anyone thats is in SG,  your more than welcome to join us.

Ran the SC loop with Cheri, down snow canyon parkway, up through the park and then down the marathon course. It was a slow, painful run. I think I was a little dehydrated and neither Cheri or I was feeling that great. Im just glad we got the miles in and got it done. A few times we discussed turning around and cutting it short but we didnt and kept going and finished stronger then when we started. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Went out  for 1 hr 15 min walk after turkey dinner. Dont  know if I should count these towards slow miles. not sure on the distance.

K what can I say, I ran with Ruth today and she is an incredible runner. She took me on on killer trail run which was probably a piece of cake for her but worked me pretty good. Our avg pace was a 7:55 but there was some tough miles on soft sand and some hills. So Im counting 4 miles as fast cuz I dont feel like they were all slow and definetley not easy! I had alot of fun running with her and hope she will let me join her again! Now I off to with the in-laws to do some shopping.

Also did abs and free weights upper body.

Slept in and just went on run with me and my ipod. Right hamstring was a little tight, has felt that way starting out my runs and then it warms up. Avg pace 7:35. Was planning on throwing in some strides but with my hamstring tight I was a little nervous so just kept it at a comfortable pace.

easy 8 mi loop

stopped by the gym after work and did weights and ab workout.

Went 3.75 with Nat and didnt feel that great but then went 5.35 with peg. and felt tons better on the second half.  Avg pace was an 8.  Right hamstring still feeling a little tight, been stretching it but know I need to be better about stretching it out throughout the day. I need to get going with some speedwork, (strides and tempos) but have felt a little unmotivated to do so. I think I go through the winter running blues(every year!) when the weather starts to turn colder. I am giving it to the end of the week to take it easy on my runs and then I have to get back into the groove of things. By the way I am so excited my two sister-in-laws joined the blog (Jody and Andee)!!!

Today Im just glad I got out of bed and ran. I was thinking of every excuse to stay in bed and sleep but I got out and as always so glad that I went. I forgot to start my garmin so I dont have a pace or time but guessing it was about a 7:45-7:50.

So this morning I was not feeling well (my husband , a few co-workers, and tons of my patients have been sick) when I got up to go running so I made sure there would be at least two people from group there to run and then I hopped right back in bed and did not feel bad about it at all!

But dont worry I did get my run in after work. I ran up to the SG Running Center from my house (1.43 mi) and then met up with the runners there, we went on the SC parkway trail. I was with some of the guys for the first mile or so and then they took off  so I was on my own from there ( I tried to keep them in view on the way out). I felt great , usually when I run at night I struggle a little cuz my body is not use to it and Im tired from work. But this run I really felt fantastic except for my hamstring was really tight.I felt like it kinda held me back from what i felt capable of tonight. I had to stop and stretch it a few times. I turned around when I got 5.15 out so it would give me a little over 10 to go back to my house. On my way down Valley View my husband came up along side me and gave me ride home (he was worried about me running in the dark) so my run got cut short a little, but good enough for me.

avg pace. 7:37

Well today will be no miles day for me. My hamstring as I mentioned before has been bothering me and this morning when I got up I could really feel it so I made the conscious decision to rest it today. Its hard for me mentally to take a day off but I know I need too. (I had trouble with my hamstring after the Spectrum 10k in March  which is almost an identical course to the SC half except shorter )

Anyways on a different note and maybe I will post this on the discussion board but do any of you out there suffer from Restless Leg Syndrome too? I have since I was in high school, its never been very bad but the past 3 or 4 years it has gotten worse.Wakes me up at night, or hard to fall asleep cuz they are so flinchie (is that a word??) and achy. They get bad when I fly or travel or watching a movie late at night.It seems to be worse when I have done a long run or a run where I put more into it. I dont want to use the medication they have out  to help with it. Any recommendations???