cheryl

I first got up and made it to the Rec Center at 5:30 to do Lisa's class.  We worked on upper body strength.  I then spent a few minutes on my own working on core exercises.  Later, I ran on the treadmill, and again did a fast 5K.  I probably should just be running slow and easy, but I enjoy doing those 5Ks.  This time I managed 22:45 at no incline.  Now again, that's a treadmill time and I could not run that fast on the roads.  Eric and Kelli, I think you could run faster on a treadmill than the roads because on the treadmill there are no hills and no wind resistance, so it's easier going.  Give it a try, I bet you could set an all time record for a 5K on the treadmill.

I met with the group at Bingham High at 5:45.  We ran the approximately 6.5 mile route I had picked out last summer.  I tried to make the speedies start behind us so they would have to catch us and no one would get left too far behind.  However, it didn't seem to work, because they caught us early on.  I need to ask them to wait about 10 minutes before coming after us.  I ran the entire time with Lisa Hardy.  We had a nice time talking.  The only problem is that I went just a little faster than I wanted to go.  I kept thinking I needed to tell her I wanted to slow down, but you know how it goes, a little pride gets in the way and you just think you need to keep going fast.  We ran (literally) into Michelle, Cheris and Debbie who said the speedies took a wrong street, so we bagged the last little bit of the run and just finished thru Prospector.  I was more than happy to skip the last uphill street, although Prospector had its uphill also.  Cheris and Michelle were talking about running Boston.  Makes me think maybe I should go.  That's something to think about.  Anyway, it was a good run and I'm glad we got in almost 7 miles.

My legs felt a little tight and sore today, so I figured I should take it easy.  I ended up going to the canal road and walking/running for 30 minutes.  I think I got in two miles of running.   A kind of uneventful running day.

I met with the BBK's at 7:00 for our Thanksgiving run around Parkway Palisades.  I kind of headed up the workout and had us do a couple of 2 mile repeats.  The first had a competitive element where one group started a couple of minutes ahead of the other, and then we saw who finished first.  I kind of pushed it and ran the first 2 mile repeat in 16:08.  The second was a little slower, 16:30.  Then we ran the main road once and it was tough.  It took 9:20.  I ran with Michelle and Cheris, that was fun as always.  Eric was looking strong today.  But I feel out of practice on those hills, I think we need to start doing them somewhat regularly, what do the rest of you think?

After yesterday, I needed an easier day.  So all I did was run pretty easily on the treadmill for 3 miles.  Actually, I put in some faster minutes, but then took good recoveries so it never got too painful.

Another easy day.  Not even a long, easy day.  My husband had a remodeling project he wanted to work on, so I felt I couldn't spend much time running.  I'll just consider this my easy week and pick it up next week.