I Run Like A Girl

Easy loop with Cheri. Felt good.

avg pave 8:03, time 1:20

Free weights, pushups, dips and abs at home after work

5.15 with cheri at a avg 7:49 and then went 5.05 with Peg at a 8:17 avg pace. Nothing spectacular today, just happy I got out and got it done and had good friends to keep me company!

So I feel like I am kinda in slump, we usually go 8-10 on wed. Both of us were feeling sluggish  so we took the shorter route. I know we should have just sucked it up and  went the whole thing but sometimes you should need to cut it short and hop back into bed . The past 2 weeks I have just not had the greatest runs and I have to give myself major pep talks each morning to get out to run.Not that I dont want to run but I just want to stay in my warm bed and sleep! It seems like every once in awhile I go through this and then I am back to normal after it runs its course. I will try to back out today  after work to at least get 8 in but will see...

After our run I had about 50 minutes til I had to start getting ready for work so I put back on my pj's and cozy robe and hopped back into bed but forgot to turn my alarm on, needless to say I woke up late and had seriousley rush to make it in time and you can tell by looks of me today:)

So I made it back out tonight to finish my miles, it would have made it alot easier and more time efficient if I would have done it this morning. I had a great run tonight, felt fantastic with just a little tightness in my hammy which warmed up quick. Warmed up the first mile taking it easy and then my splits were 7:00, 6:55, 7:05, 7:31 with an avg of 7:21.  I ran a 1.8 mile loop around my neighborhood and then headed out a little ways and did little over 3 miles. Now I can really put on my PJ's and go to bed! (missed my usual weights on wed nights because of my laziness this morning)

So I slept in a little today, see on tues and thurs I usually meet a couple girls at 5am ad then a another gal at 6am. I was up alot later than I usually am last night so I just met up with 6am friend. But dont worry I will get the rest of miles in tonight when I go with the Running Club and plan on getting around 8 miles in. (hopefully the rain will hold off til we are done). Not cold at all this morning!

avg. pace 7:58

PM went with the Running Club after work, small group today mostly cross country  runners. Decided to stay on the trail system and do an out and back since its getting dark early. So we headed out and I thought we were going to turn  and go down the SC parkway but instead we kept going straight and headed UP the trail that parallels the marathon course. Holy moly I am use to running down it but not UP it. The group took off pretty fast for myself, so I hung back with some others til I got my groove going. Felt pretty good and got in some killer hills. Went out 2.65 and then turned around and headed back. Even though my pace going up was around 8:20  on the outI am putting them in the fast category because I was pushin it on those hills. coming down  my splits were7:11, 7:12, and the last .6 was at a 6:50 pace.  Avg pace was 7:45 Perfect weather tonight! Sorry Ruth that I didnt get to run with you, I wasnt to far behind you guys and then I turned earlier than you guys did. See you on Saturday !!

So I am trying not to make too many excuses about not running today but I missed my only window of opportunity to get my run in. It was raining pretty hard  when we were supposed to head out. I dont like starting out in a downpour but if I am running and it starts raining I can deal with that. I didnt have the motivation to drive to the gym to run 8 miles on the treadmill. After work I had a ton of errands to run and no I could not run them on foot and then other obligations to attend to. So I will just have to make tomorrows run count!

Ran 10 miles of the painters1/2 marathon course with Ruth. Wanted a refresher on it, I used to run that course almost every saturday back a few years ago but didnt realize it was the 1/2 marathon course. I felt good the whole time and my hamstring didnt bother me at all (yeah!!) We saw lots of other runners out and few that I know and hadnt talk to or ran with for awhile so that was fun to stop and chat for a minute or two. Weather was nice today, not to cold, overdressed but I would rather shed then be freezin' the whole time. Thanks for running with me Ruth!

I drove home and wanted to get in a few extra miles so I did 5.5 mi around my neighborhood, again felt good. Last two miles my stomach started to cramp a little which is never any fun, just wanted to hurry to get back home.

Free weights, pushups, dips, squats, lunges and ab workout at home.