Here we go..

I actually pushed my two youngest today when my oldest went to school. Then afterwards i did cardio fix. AP 9:07

Tonight I went to Beus pond and decided to run 6x800s. I'm kind of randomly picking workouts to run each week. I feel like I can't go wrong with anything, I need it all to get in shape. I was shooting for 6:15 min/mi pace which is 3:08. Ended up with 3:06, 3:07, 3:06, 3:05, 3:05, 3:08. I was definately struggling that last 800 but I'm happy with how it all turned out. I also did about 1:44 jogging rest in between. 2 mile warm up and cool down. 

Pushed the stroller this morning, pretty tired today.

Run in South Weber. AP 8:45

12 miles on BST with Sariah. Nice, cool temperature this morning. AP 9:27

Ran earlier this morning with Sariah in South Ogden. The temperature felt nice. AP 8:14

Total body fix

Pushed the littles in the stroller. AP 8:55

upper body fix

Weekly workout this week was 5x1000s. My goal pace was the same pace as my 800s the week before. Today, my target was 3:53. 

I did a two mile warm up, saw a nice big rattler snake crossing the path, that was lovely. 

A couple strides at Beus Pond to start, then onto my 1000s. I was perfect on my first two 3:53, 3:53, 3:55, 3:48. My 4th one, I thought I was falling off pace so I kept pushing harder and harder and then I spent all the rest of my energy on that one. It ended up being my fastest one. But because I told myself beforehand that I was going to do 5, I started my 5th one anyway and was slow from the get go. I was dry heaving by the 800m mark, so I stopped for 5 seconds, then I got mad at myself for stopping, and finished the rest of the 1000. I didn't really count my 5th one because I stopped. Oh well, hopefully I'll be smarter next time and try to run even. I feel like it's hard to find a rythum these days with these intervals I've been doing the last few weeks. I feel like I'm an amateur.

Nice and easy in Sout Weeb. AP 8:58

Pilates fix

Pushed the two kids in the stroller, racing The Classic 5K tomorrow. AP 9:02

Today was the Layton Classic race put on by our good friends Ken and Janae Richardson. This was my 3rd year running the 5K. Both the 10K races and 5K races were pretty competitive today I wasn't expecting to place today, I was just looking to continue to improve for the year. I don't know what my overall place was for females, but I placed 2nd in my age group today. I don't have much to report except that I averaged 6:30 pace, which is what my goal was. The course measured a little long, had it been 3.1 I would've been under 21 minutes. Splits were 6:24, 6:37, 6:25, .28 - 1:51. Mile 2 has the uphill and it was a better split from my previous two years. Happy with the progress today. 

Leaves changing, pushed kids in the stroller this morning. AP 9:06

Plyo fix

I met up with Sariah and we pushed our kids on the Riverdale parkway. Halfway through it started to rain pretty hard. I thought my kids were ok and dry but when I lifted them up from the stroller when it was over, their little backsides were all wet. I felt so bad, not a very nice mommy, the water apparently came up from the bottom. They didn't complain or cry. AP 8:43

upper fix

I met up with Sariah at Beus pond so we could do our respective workouts. We did a 2 mile warm up on the trails and I decided to run 4x mile repeats. The pace I was trying for was 6:30 with 2:30 rest between each interval. My splits were 6:31, 6:23, 6:26, 6:30. I felt pretty good for the workout but I'm all over the place with pace, I can't seem to lock into anything. 2 mile cool down. 

Lower fix

Pushed the kids today nice and easy. AP 9:23

Pilates fix

Met up with Sariah at 6 am to do my long run for the week. She kindly ran with me even though I'm still much slower then her. We also ran into Amber Schultz and Merrilee and ran with them for a couple miles. I wanted to pick up my last couple miles of the run so miles 10-12.6 I went 7:23, 7:17, and last .6 I was 7:20. It was hilly those last few miles. I'm glad I got my long one done and it was my fastest and longest so far for this year. AP 8:05

Flat ab fix

We went down and stayed the night Friday night in Logan so we could cheer Riley on in the marathon. He won! Afterwards I got a quick run in to finish out the week. AP 8:26

Stroller pushing day. Legs felt tired. AP 9:24

Pushed two kids in the stroller. AP 9:34

Wednesday workout day at Beus pond. I met up with Sariah and we did a 2.2 mile warm up. I decided to do 3x 400/1000/400/200 with 3 min rest between each set. I'm usually terrible at doing sets, I thought I would give it a try. 87/3:55/86/39, 89/3:58/86/41, 86/3:57/88/42. 2 mile cool down. These were the paces I thought I could hit, so I'm happy with how it turned out. 

Woke up sick

I woke up yesterday feeling crummy so I skipped out on a run. Today, I'm still feeling crummy but went for a run anyway. I'm running the Huntsville 10k tomorrow but with even lower expectations then before. 

Utahrunning.com gave me a free entry to the Huntsville 10K. I was excited to run even though I've been sick the last couple of days with a head cold. Before I got sick I was hoping to run a 6:45-6:50 min. pace but since I've been feeling crummy I just went out to run off of feel. I already was coming into this race with low expectations because I'm still out of shape, then after getting sick all expectations went out the window. Anyway, it was a low key race the big races up in Huntsville are the half and full. I did a 3 mile warm up with a couple of strides. They started the race and I was immediately out in front as the 1st female. The 1st mile we run with the 5k runners then we split off and the 10k runners run out along a road towards pineview and there was a turn around point where we head back and turn into some neighborhoods. I enjoyed the scenery of this course, I got to run by pineview and through some beautiful neighborhoods and houses. Then we joined the 5k runners back on their course the last couple of miles for the finish. My splits were pretty consistent today and I'm happy that my last mile was my fastest. After about 4 miles I had a lot of mucus so it was hard to breath after that point I was doing some wheezing. Mile splits 7:04, 6:56, 7:02, 7:03, 7:03, 6:53. My watch had the course a little short 6.06. I think I could've been a couple minutes faster had I not gotten sick. Overall, happy with how it turned out. After my 4.1 mile cool down I waited to watch Cynthia and Sariah finsih the half. Then I went to see if I got anything for first place in the 10k. The results showed me finishing 3rd for the women, I knew that wasn't right. I didn't like having to go correct the timing people but I went and talked to the guy in charge of awards. The results showed two women ahead of me, one finishing the 10k in 32 minutes the other in 39 minutes. I knew they had to have signed up for the 10k and run the 5k instead. The girl that ran 32 minutes wasn't believable the 39 minute runner could've been believable. But I knew no women were around me at all. Luckily, the guy took pictures of all the top finishers in the 10k as we finished. He saw that I was the first female finisher. There was my proof. It really wasn't a big deal I didn't care about the trophy but it's frutrating when people don't run the race they originally sign up for. It screws up the results. It's nice to look at the results and see your name in 1st place. 

Run in South Weber this evening 6.3 miles then 1.2 miles with my girls. AP 8:46

Run in South Weber, I worked out a swap with a friend in my ward so we each could run. AP 8:30

Some disappointment today with my workout. I was planning a 5:30 evening workout like I usually do on Wednesdays, but my mother in law offered to watch my kids in the early afternoon. She text me an hour after I ate my lunch and said she could tend, I thought my stomach wouldn't bother me, but it did. I should've just waited for my food to digest and go later. My tempo didn't go the way I planned. I was hoping for 4 miles at 6:45-6:50. But ended up 3 miles in 6:54, 6:53, 6:52. It felt terrible.