THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

5 am: 6.21 at 7:55 average pace. Back to the grind again. Legs are no longer sore but I'm not sure about having decent 5k speed this weekend. I will try some strides tomorrow to wake up the fast twitchers. Planning on a few with Vanessa in the stroller later. Thinking about all you Boston runners today! Best wishes!

8 am:  4.07 at 8:22 pace with Vanessa after getting the boys off to school.  We of course did the obligatory Sonic tater tot stop.

7:53 average pace.  It was a gorgeous morning so I decided to touch base with 5k pace a little bit.  7.14 miles first 8:28, 7:55, 7:54, 8:00, 8:04, 7:55, 7:37, .14 at 8:05 pace than popped into the sienna ranch addition and did about a mile loop with random accelerations of 5k pace, usually from mailbox to mailbox, with jogging to full recovery between.  33 seconds at 6:14 pace, 28 @ 6:06, 24 @ 6:07, 22 @ 5:53, 39 @ 6:03, 40 @  5:20, 20 @ 5:47.  then cooled down 1.45 7:59, .46 at 7:33 pace.  Not much stretching afterward because I was in a hurry--had to shower me and bathe Vanessa, take Jesse to the doctor, pick up Lexi while Kim went to her job interview, drop Jesse off at school, take Lexi and Vanessa over to Kim's and then off to work.  It always feels like I have a full day before I ever even get to work.

8:33 AP with Vanessa in the stroller.  We ran 5 then stopped at the playground and I did a circuit of strength drills while she ate her dinosaur snack and played.  Then we played a little more, and then ran some more, passing sonic, so I dished out my $1.07 for the obligatory tator tots.  Dinosaur gummies and tater tots, the breakfast of champions.

8:31 AP stroller miles with my plucky little running partner.  Ran 5, stopped at the playground and worked on abs while she played, then ran 2 more and got our tater tots.  She sang a lot of songs for me today--totally awesome!  It is a lot easier than me gasping out songs for her mid-run!

8:18 AP.   Busy day--orientation at my new job in home health.  Although learning all the paperwork is a bit daunting, I think I am going to really like this job.  I get to work pretty much independently, work around my schedule with my family, and I will really enjoy working with my clients to get them healthier and keep them out of the hospital and out of nursing homes.  There is a lot of teaching involved with patients but I like to do that.  There are a few procedures that I do not have much experience with but they seem willing to teach so I am not too worried about those.  This job is definitely right up my alley.  Anyways busy day and not much time for a run.  Did 5 surges of practice 5k race pace during the run.  No pressure for the 5k tomorrow I am just going to break in those new racing flats and run however I feel like at the moment.  

I am clearly not the type who can recover from a marathon and run a 5k well two weeks later.  That is my excuse and I am sticking to it.  Big underperformance.  First mile in 6:23, came through the two mile mark in 12:59, then rolled over and died.  I am  hoping that this is more like my 10k speed in two weeks at the river run.  Perhaps I will have my mojo back by then.  I am still glad I went--it was free entry since I was second last year and I got second again.  It is a really awesome all women's 5k and the atmosphere is very cool!  My sister-in-law Sasha got first in her age group and a pr so she was happy!  The racing flats seemed to be okay, my feet don't hurt, but they sure didn't make me any faster, at least not today.  I will try them again at the 10k in a few weeks!  The course is pancake flat and is a good PR course so I would really like to be sub-41.  I would love even more to be sub-40 but if I can't even break 20 today in a 5k then that ain't going to happen!  I am  thinking about going and running some more miles in a little bit since it is naptime.  updated: 5.57 mile shakout run at 8:15 AP.