Here we go..

stiff legs + pushing kids+ returning to altitude= slow run today. Feeling out of shape again.

Another easy run pushing the kids 3.3 miles

I haven't felt good since the Ogden half. I was supposed to do a long workout today 4-3-2-1 but felt like garbage. I did the first 4 at 6:32, 6:39, 6:33, 6:41 this set felt hard for some reason. I started the next set but fell off pace within the first half mile so I just scraped it and called it a slow 4 mile tempo. My legs feel like they weigh an extra 15 lbs each. Hoping to feel better soon. 

Pushed the kids on the parkway with Sariah this morning, we could only fit in 6 miles. I might try to get a couple more miles in later. 

Quick 2.3 miles on the treadmill for a little extra. It's all I had time for. 

I'm still feeling crummy with my running. Each interval in my workout today seemed like a challenge. I'm in some kind of mental funk right now. Hoping to get out of it soon. I probably need a few days with just easy runs. Here's my workout today: 1000-3:36 4X400 83, 84, 86, 85, then 4x200 (felt so hard) 39, 37, 38, 38. That's all I could muster today.

Nice easy run with Angie this morning. I felt better for the first time in a couple weeks. 

I ran on the trails at Snowbasin this morning with Angie, Sariah, and Katie. It was a nice change of scenery. We ended up running 2 hours. Fun run!

easy run in South Weber

I met up with Sariah early this morning to do a workout. She did an easier tempo I did 14     1min on/off pick ups AP 6:51 for the pickups. It was the first day in awhile I felt good. I'm supposed to run Utah Valley half this weekend and today I finally felt like I can get through it ok. I have no expectation for this race since the last three weeks haven't gone well plus we were in California for 1 week so my training wasn't there. I probably won't wear a watch again. 

Easy run this morning with Sariah and Angie.

easy run in Ogden

Easy miles with some strides at the end. Excited for another race tomorrow.

This was not my best race. This was my first bad race of the year. The last three weeks I'd been struggling and I didn't have high hopes for this race. Katie stayed with me at my grandparents house and we rode to buses where we met up with Sariah. We got there and felt the wind blowing and I realized Riley was right, there was going to be a headwind in the canyon today. He says this happens every so often and it happened to be race day that it happened. We did a two mile warm up and some strides. I didn't wear my watch again hoping that would help me like it did at Ogden half (it did not). I ran with a girl for the first four miles she said that our first mile was 6:24 and our second was 6:35. Those are the only splits I know. I felt OK while I was running through the canyon but I could feel I wasn't running as fast as Ogden a couple weeks ago. I tried picking people off in the canyon but they were all to far ahead. I got one guy in a green shirt. Out of the canyon around mile 8 I got a massive side ache, I was nursing it for the next mile and it caused me to slow down way to much. It was painful and it now effected my time even worse. So I turned my race into a faster long run at that point and basically just finished. Not a good day for me but hopefully I can come back from it soon. I did a mile cool down with Katie and then another mile by myself so I could meet up with Riley and cheer for the marathoners. 

Easy run in South Weber

South Weber again, that is all.

3.6 miles in the evening 

It was a beautiful crisp autumn morning today, nice easy run in a long sleeve. 

I signed up for this race a couple weeks ago for fun. My daughter ran the kids K and did awesome, I was worried I was a little too competitive in her race. I may or may not have yelled the words, "lean into the hill!" "Get that kid!" "Beat your cousins!" Yikes, I need to tone it down a bit she did great. Her race was basically my warm up, after the kids race I found Sariah and we warmed up 5 more minutes and did a couple strides. This race was for fun so we didn't care a whole lot how warmed up we were. Sariah went out with me at the start and as soon as we hit the first hill she took off. After I passed the first mile I knew the race was going to be short. But I just kept going with it. When we hit the second monster hill I slowed down a ton so my second mile was slow. But I picked it back up the last .78 of the race and was going 5:54 pace and feeling strong, so I feel confident I would've been just over 19:00 with my other two mile splits of 6:27, 6:51. That was my workout for the week. 

I pushed the kids this morning for 6 miles. That's all my three year old can handle sitting in the stroller. I'm going to have to get her some headphones so she can listen to her own music. Then we got back and I jumped on our crappy treadmill for 3 more miles. 

Ran with a good group this morning Angie, Katie, sariah, and merrilee. We ran trails today. Fun run it went by fast.

Early morning run in the windy city

I got up at 5 today to do my workout. Bright and early. I'm not much of a morning person but I've been forcing myself to be while Riley is injured so I can get my runs done early. I drove and parked at my in laws house and did the South Ogden tempo loop today. I ran a 2.15 warm up. The plan was to do a tempo run based on feel. It turned out ok for the early morning 6:34, 6:33, 6:37, 6:31. I jogged for 4minutes then did 4x400s with 90 sec rest. 81, 80, 82, 83. That last 400 was into the wind and it felt sooo hard. 

I pushed the kids this morning really slow. My legs were sore from lifting yesterday. Hoping to get at least 3 more miles in later..

3 more easy miles to get 9 for the day.

Ran early with Allyssa and Angie in South Weber. It was really nice to run with people this morning.

The intention was to do my long run today. I wanted to get 17 miles in with a 10 mile aeorobic builder in the middle. My achilles has been sore for the last two days but I thought it would warm up and go away. I ran a three mile warm up and the plan was to average 6:45-6:50. I was feeling really good except for my achilles. After about 3 miles on pace and feeling relaxed it started effecting my stride and speed. I was compensating on my sore achilles too much. I went back and forth for the next few miles still wondering if I should stop, I really wanted to do this workout and I was feeling good but I decided I couldn't put up with another 8 miles with a little limp. It felt like I sprained my ankle. After about another 3.5 miles I decided I needed to end it and take tomorrow off. There is some swelling on my left achilles so hopefully some ice over the weekend will help and I can run on Monday. Here's splits for my 7 miles of aeorbic builder 6:43, 6:44, 6:44, 6:56, 7:00 6:55, 7:11. The 4th mile was when it started effecting my stride and then my pace.