Here we go..

Today's race was a great confindence builder for me. I actually felt good the whole race got after it and competed. The course was flat and a little long, I think I would've broken 39 minutes had the course not measured long. But still a great race for me. My second PR in 8 days. (different distances of course) The last time I ran a 10K was back in 2011 at South Weber days I think I ran 42 something. But today the temperature was good, a little windy and rainy but not to terrible. There was one girl ahead of me at the start of the race but I focused and kept slowly reeling her in. I passed her up at mile 4 and put a gap on her. I'm not gonna lie, it felt a little good to do that. I'm usually the one people are blowing by at the end of a race. Short cool down for me today with Andrea and Jake. Today's race was doubly awesome because Riley won the marathon! He looked so relaxed coming in I thought he was finishing a half marathon rather then a full. I'm so proud of him! Also, my mom, aunts, cousins, and in laws were at the race cheering us on so it was good day for us! Now we're in a hotel in Las Vegas ready to head home tomorrow. Here's my splits for today, 6:14, 6:13, 6:17, 6:17, 6:05, 6:02, .36 2:00.

Nice easy run in South Weber

PM run: Pushed the kids in the stroller with Sariah while her son rode his bike on the parkway with us, hoping to get Evelyn to do the same for these easy second runs.

I went to the gym this morning to run on the treadmill but only made it 22 minutes in before Hannah had a melt down. There were to many kids around and she was tired so I'll try later this afternoon after she's had a nap. AP 8:00 1.5% incline

Thankful for my sweet sister in law who watched my kids this afternoon so I could get 6.3 more miles in for the day.

Ran a workout early this morning, it was really hard to get out of bed. 10x600 with 1:30 jog in between. I was trying to hit 5:35 pace which is 2:05. Started with a 2.18 mile warm up. There was wind this morning in South Weber which isn't a surprise so I picked a loop that had the least amount it wasn't to bad. Splits: 2:06, 2:03, 2:06, 2:02, 2:05, 2:04, 2:04, 2:04, 2:04, 2:04. Finally found a rhythm the last half of my intervals.

another easy 3.6 miles mid morning

Easy run in the rain. AP 8:00

Ran easy in South Weber and did some strides at the end.

Wow that was a tough course! I was definately hurting. I don't know if I would've run as fast if I didn't have Dave and Jason running with me as part of their easy run for the week. Thanks Dave and Jason for getting me through that! I was not good company in that race with my labored breathing but they were patient and helpful. Riley is still taking time off so he took some pictures which I'll post. I started out well and my first really big up hill on 36th street ended up being decent effort. But the next hills up 4600, and past Beus trailhead I fell off my pace and that hurt me with my overall place finish. I passed the third place girl after that then Jasmine passed me shortly after that and I couldn't catch her. I'm really happy with my overall time I was hoping for 1:07 and was well under that. Here's my splits: 6:18, 5:53, 6:19, 6:22, 7:18, 7:25, (these were the first steep miles), 8:10 (Yikes! not a good uphill mile for me.) 5:47 (downhill) 6:17, 6:39 (not a great finish I couldn't get up that last hill.) But overall happy with the effort and time. I ran this course 3 years ago and ran 1:17 so I'm definately a lot faster now then I was then. Jason and Dave running with me a week after their marathons. 

 ugly hills climbing up. 

sick

I got pretty sick Saturday night with fever and chills. I was pretty bad Sunday, I slept the whole day and had low energy. My fever finally broke Monday morning but still had low energy throughout the day, so I decided not to try something until today to test the waters. Energy is back up and I feel confindant I can do a workout on Thursday morning. I guess my body was just run down and needed a two day break.

Had a little bit of time in the morning to do a run while my friend watched. I didn't sleep well last night so I didn't get up and do my normal early run. Hoping to get another 4 miles in later.

PM miles: Met up with Angi and pushed my one year for another 4.2 miles. Good conversation it went by fast. AP 7:42.

I did an aeorobic builder this morning the goal was 7 miles at 6:40. I did a route by my in laws house. Two mile warm up, 6:26, 6:34, 6:36, 6:18, 6:27, 6:29, 6:23. My energy level felt good. There was uphill and down hill for the first 4.5 miles and the last 2.5 was flat. two mile cool down. 

Early run in South Weber, cold and windy.

Ran with Katie and Angie on this morning on some trails. I did my last two miles faster for some pick up. AP7:31 Last two miles were 6:23, 6:23. Tightness in my lower back the last .3 of the run. I need to stretch extra good today. 

I've been walking with a limp since Saturday after my run. My sciatic nerve is hating me right now and suddenly flared up at the very end of my long run on Saturday. This happened last May, except I didn't know what was going on then and after several weeks of not running I went and saw an athletic trainer and got some stretches to do that started relieving my pain pretty quickly. I'm hoping I can get this taken care of with some stretching, icing, heat this week and get back to it the next week. We'll see.....

Cross training on stationary bike for 45 minutes. Still waiting out my sciatic nerve to stop shooting pain up and down my leg when I walk.

Biked today for 35 minutes, that's all I could fit in. When I can't run I have no motivation for cross training. So this week has been kind of a bust. But yesterday Angie let me come use her inversion table a couple of times. Her husband had sciatic nerve problems and recommended using it and some stretches with an excercise ball. This morning I have felt better then I have since last Saturday. Hopefully tomorrow will feel even better and I can run a little.

Got out to the gym this morning for some cross training. Elliptical irrates the nerve a little bit so I did a combination of elliptical and bike for an hour. I did try running on the indoor track but I can't still. Until the sharp pain in my lower back goes away I can't run. I'll just keep trying a combination of stretches, exercise ball, and inversion table to get this pain away. But i'm afraid it will take time. I don't know how much time at this point last time this happened it took a few weeks but I didn't know what it was then and how to fix it. I'm hoping this time pain will stop soon because it's getting frustating doing day to day tasks such as walking and lifting my 1 year old in constant pain.

Hopefully this week will be a new beginning and I can get back into training. I saw a Chiropracter on Friday and I felt like he fixed me. He said my tail bone was out so he readjusted my spine and over the weekend felt much better. I can walk normal again. I saw him monday and everything looked good so he said I could start running this week a little at a time. So I tried walking and jogging a mile. There is still some soreness there. Hopefully that'll go away this week with some stretching.