Christi

4 ez miles on the mill

Managed only 3.5 today on the treadmill.. Ran super slow and even powerwalked .75 of it. I am definitely getting WAY more uncomfortable running and it is really frustrating. During my last pregnancy I don't remember getting this uncomfortable until the very end. (I ran the whole time besides walking the last monthish.) My mileage has dropped significantly the past 2-3 weeks and it isn't helping me to feel any better. (I have felt great running until hitting about 20 weeks and since then it keeps getting significantly harder) I might have to incorporate alot more powerwalking into my routine or find a totally different way of working out. (too bad I don't have an eliptical) Anyway, I am going to order a gabrialla support belt so maybe that will help. I don't want to lose all my fitness so I'll see what I can do! I didn't expect this to happen so early on but I think I need to listen to my body.  

Went to my dr appt last week and unfortunately I won't be able to run the rest of my pregnancy:( due to pelvic prolapse (sorry if that's tmi) (so in total it will probably be at least 5 months of no running) Anyway, I am quite sad about it but I know it is the best thing right now. I'm not really sure what to do right now as far as working out bc even speed walking is a no no for a little while.. Depressing:( but I'm trying to stay positive.. I bought a workout dvd with different excersizes that may help, so Im keeping my fingers crossed. Anyway, I may post if I can find other ways of working out... Until then it may be goodbye for a while... I look forward to reading everyone else's blogs though and happy running:)

Our baby girl was born a week ago from today! Payton Connie Webb. 5lb 7 oz 18 inches. She is really sweet and we are adjusting well.. Can't wait until I can run again!! Seeing all the runners out in the beautiful weather is making me jealous and antsy to start, but I know I still need to wait:( happy running to all!!

I'm back!! So since having the baby I have probably ran/jogged 5-6 times. I wanted to take it easy until my 6 week appt which was yesterday to really start running. (I've had some issues so I wanted to get the ok from my dr. before really running) I'm so excited to be back running and I slowly want to get back into top shape as it has been almost 6 months since I have ran. I have missed it terribly. Anyway, today I ran on the treadmill-I wanted to ease into it and my mile splits were 10:30,8, 7:35 and 6:50 for the last one. (I wanted to work the last one) It was kind of hard-but not terrible. So excited to be back running!!!

3 miles easy today on treadmill. (it was all I had time for)

Ran outside on the 200 meter loop at the park. I did 4 miles consistently getting faster. Splits were 7:49, 7:33, 7:23, 7:13. Felt pretty comfortable the whole time-last mile felt a little hard. Definitely lacking endurance and obviously speed-but I know it will come back. (I just need to be patient and ease back into training)

Ran 4 at the park on my usual 200 meter loop. Splits were 7:53,7:23, 7:14, and 6:50.. Felt pretty good-but I pushed the last one. Tired now...

Ran around the park today.. (200 meter loop) did 4 miles progressively faster.. Splits were 7:57, 7:21, 7:14 and 6:50.. Felt good today..

I am in Utah and realized I forgot my running shoes... So mad:( anyway, I will have to borrow my sisters to run in the rest of the week.

Ran in my good old hometown of Spanish fork today... easy run.. Very windy...Splits were 8:15, 7:30, 7:56, 8:20..

Ran outside in Spanish fork again today.. Attempted some pick up 400s with 400 in between.. These were done on the road. Splits for fast bits were between 6:20-7:00 pace. Recovery was about 8:00-8:15 pace. I did 5 of them.. Body felt tired today for some reason.

3 miles ez on the mill. Felt tired today

4.5 ez outside at about 7:50 ap.

3 miles ez on the mill.

2.5 on the mill. Wanted to do more-but it was all I had time for today.

3 ez on the mill

Ran at the park. Did 4 miles consistently getting faster with each one. Ran 7:09 ap with the last mile being a 6:50. FElt pretty good and relaxed even though it was so hot!!!

Ran the Xrun as a team with some friends. It is a 5k race with 15 different obstacles. We dressed up as cave women and did more laughing than real running. Anyway, it was just for fun. We finished in the middle of the teams. Who knew being a muddy mess could be so fun!!

Ran on the mill today. Did 5x800s with 400 in between. I did the 800s at 6:30 pace and 400s at 8:00 pace. It felt somewhat difficult- but good to attempt some speed..

Easy run today on the treadmill.

Got up early to run today outside.. Felt great! Running outside really is so much better than the treadmill. Ran my usual 6.5 loop. Splits were 8:15,7:22,6:49,7:01,7:21,7:30. Average pace 7:24. I need some motivation.. Hmmm..Maybe I can find a good fall race.

Ran at the park today. Was planning on running on the tm but the safety strap was missing to turn it on.. (of course the kids took it and I found it later thankfully) In the meantime I rsn at the park in 85 degree weather.. Soo hot, my splits were 7:45,7:10,7:10 and 6:45.. I did have 2 quick water breaks in between though.

3 miles ez

Got up and ran 3 outside in 7:40 ap, then did 5 inside at 7:30 ap. Had about 2-3 little stops in between. This is the longest run I have done since the baby. Felt kind of tired.

ran on the treadmill today. Did 6x800s with 800 jog at 8 minute pace in between. Fast 800s were at 6:15 pace. (I felt tired Today-and it was hard mentally and physically-went to bed late and baby woke up a number of times) the joys:) extremely pooped... Oh well

In Scottsdale, az right now and there was no way I was running outside so I did a tempo workout on the treadmill. Did 1 mile warm up then 4 straight getting progressively faster with each mile. Splits were 6:55, 6:50, 6:40, 6:12. Was sweating like a beast at the end. Felt hard-but good..

Ran outside today for 4 miles at 7:36 pace. 10 minute break Then ran 5 more inside at 7:30 pace.  This felt hard today.. Too bad getting into top shape takes so much time.  

Ran the hobbled 5k today. Splits were 6:40, 6:20, 7:30. This race was actually 3.4 instead of 3.1and it finished uphill. I finished 2nd overall. First place lady was about 2 minutes faster, and she went out like a bandit from the start. This race had some hills and the whole last mile was up. I tried to stay relaxed but this race felt hard. I am just not in very good shape yet. (not running for 6 months has been hard-but I am sure it will come back)

6 miles at 8 minute pace outside

5 miles in midway today... 8 minute pace..,

Did 5 outside today with 2x.75 miles and 2 minute jog in between. Ran the fast bits in about 6:0 pace.

4 miles in midway. 7:28 pace. Felt stronger today than I have.

2 miles on the tm..6:40 pace for mile 2. We r in the process of moving so I haven't had much time this week for running. Did i mention moving is a pain even if it is only .25 from our old house..

3 outside and 2 on tm. 7:50 pace

5 outside in 7:35 pace

3 outside, 2 on tm. 7:35 pace

4 outside. 7:35 pace

6 outside. (my usual loop) in 7:10 pace. Felt like I was pushing today.

2miles outside, 3.5 inside. Super ez

Did 3x1200s on tm with 400 recovery in between at 8 pace. First 2 were run in 4:45, last one 4:35. Paces were 6:20 for first 2, 6:10 for last one. We r finally getting settled as far as moving so hopefully I will be able

to run more

Ran at the park today. 1 mile warm up then I alternated 2 laps fast, 2 laps ez. I think 2 laps around was about .28 of a mile. Anyway overall pace with fast and slow was 6:43 for 3.5 miles. .5 cd

Ran at the park today. 1 mile warm up then 3 straight at moderate tempo pace.  Splits were 6:50, 6:45 and 6:35. Actually felt pretty relaxed. This pace used to be pretty hard but it is getting easier.

Last week was pathetic. (my daughter started kindergarten and my parents came into town and we went to Durango. Definitely a busy week) hopefully I can get more miles in this week. Anyway, I did a 4 mile loop outside with some good hills. Ap 7:00.

Ran at the park today on my little 200 meter loop. Did 2x1.5 miles. Paces were 6:28 for the first one and 6:25 for the second. It's killing me that I ran almost this exact pace at st George marathon almost 2 years ago! Sheesh, I have got a long ways to go

5 miles outside in 7:27 ap.

Got up early and ran outside. Did 7 in 7:23 pace.

Got up early and ran outside. (Sheesh with one in kindergarten now it makes getting up early a lot harder) did 1 mile warm up. Then did 3 minutes hard followed by 2 minutes easy. Hard bits were between 6:10-6:50 pace ez bits were between 7:45-8:30 pace. Average pace for 4 miles of workout was 7:07.

6 miles on tm today. Took the first 2 miles really ez, then kept it at 7:40 pace. Watched sytycd

3 easy miles at purgatory resort. Very hilly at 9000 feet, so it was slow.

5 ez I outside. Watch died, but I think pace was around 7:45.

Ran a 1.25 warm up outside. Did .75 moderately hard with 2:30 jog in between. Fast bits were around 6:20-6:40 pace. Slow bits around 8-8:30 pace. Average pace for whole run minus warm up was 7:07

3 ez on the tm

Did 8 miles outside. My normal loop + college loop. Average pace was 7:09. Felt good today! Planning on running a half marathon here in Farmington on oct 12 so I better start really training now. Life has definitely got in the way of training with the move and new baby, but hopefully I can have a decent training cycle for the next 5 weeks.

I guess I wasn't meant to run today.. My plan was to do a 5 mile progressive tempo run on the tm. Did 1.25 warmup then proceeded into my tempo run. I start the tempo and my baby starts crying so I keep jumping off the treadmill to give her a bink. At 1.5 miles into it she starts screaming so I turn off the tm and try to get her to sleep. Finally she falls asleep and I decided to change my workout to 3x1.5 mile intervals. About .6 into my interval I look out the window and spot the dog we are sitting running outside into the street. I jump off the tm and go get the dog and then baby starts crying again. (Definitely terrible day for getting a workout in) I ended with 1.5 @ 6:55 pace and .6 @6:45 pace.

Another bad day for trying to get a workout in. Plan was to alternate 200m hills and 400m sprints on the treadmill, I did 1.75 warm up and then set my incline to 7.0 and the speed to 7 minute pace. I get done with the hill and set the incline to 1.0. It won't budge and stays at a 7 even though it shows it is a 1. Yikes... I keep messing with it but it won't budge. In trying to figure out a workout I did .5 still at a 7 incline at 7:30 pace. Then I did .25 @ 8:30 pace. Then alternated 5x.25 at 7:00 pace and 8:30 pace. This was a hard workout. And I am bummed I couldn't get the incline down. Of course during my cool down the incline finally goes down... Not sure what is going on, maybe I need a new treadmill..

Got up early and did a fartlek outside. (Normal loop) 1 mile warm up then alternated 4 minutes hard by 2 minutes easy. pace was all over the board due to hills. I will list my hard paces followed by the easy pace.

1. 6:50, 8:00  2. 6:40, 7:40  3. 6:16, 7:16 4. 6:40, 7:45  5. 7:04, 10:00  6. 6:45 8:28

(minus the warmup-it was a 7:10 pace overall including fast and slow paces)

Felt controlled and good today. It has taken me longer to get back in shape than I would have liked-but lately I feel like my old body is slowly starting to come back. 

Ran outside today. Normal loop and 3.5 loop. Felt pretty good. Legs were a little tired 8.5 into it. This is the longest I have run since the baby. Average pace 7:17

Ran 6 outside today. Wanted to do a hill workout on the half marathon course I am doing in a couple weeks. Got lost on the course. (It is in the desert) so I ran the hill by Dustin park instead. Did 8x200m hill. Splits were about 6:45 pace. (Pretty steep hill)

Did a 6 mile tempo run today on my usual course. Did the first 5 miles in 6:52 pace, then my watch froze on me for some reason. I am guessing my last mile was about 7:25ish (uphill) so that would make the overall pace 6:57. Felt good today. (Did have one short potty stop at the gas station)

4.5 ez run on the treadmill.

Ran on the half marathon course today... I forgot how hard it is.. (5.5 miles of extreme hills and soft sand/rocks) one of my mile splits was 10.. Anyway overall I managed a 7:39 pace..felt relaxed and very comfortable today. Got in the groove and felt better than I have in a long time.

5 ez. 2.25 outside, the rest on the tm. Legs and body still a little tired from Saturdays 12 miler.

Ran on my normal 6.5 route today. Did 7x4 minute pickups with 2 minute jog in between. Fast paces were usually around 6:25, but they ranged between 6:15-6:50 pace. My recovery jog paces were about 8 minute pace, sometimes less. Overall average pace including recovery was 6:55 for 6.25 miles.

3.5 ez on the tm

Ran outside today. Did 8x1 minute on offs, followed by 4xhills. Paces for my fast minutes were anywhere between 5:15-5:50 pace but mostly around 5:30 pace. I kept my slow minutes about 7:30-8 pace. My ap for slow and fast miles for 2.25 miles was 6:30. After this I did 4x200m hills. Felt great today. Loved doing the on off minutes bc it is fun to go fast. (Need to do this one more)

Ran in ruidoso, nm today. Ruidoso sits about 7200 ft in elevation and i felt it. Anyway, I got up early before Perry's meetings and did 6 outside. It was so cold! Ran on the golf course that had major rolling hills. Average pace was 7:48. Right after this i got the baby and left her in her car seat as I ran on the treadmill. I did 7. My first mile was slow, then I gradually got faster finishing with a 6:30 mile. (My ap was 7:20) luckily baby was good the whole time. Felt good today.

Ran on my normal 6.5 mile loop today. Did 21 fast /slow minutes. Paces for the fast varied between 5:30-7. Paces for slow minutes were 7:15-8. Average pace for the whole run not including warm up was 6:48. Felt good today-although I was getting tired by the end

4 super ez on the treadmill

9 miles outside today. Did 2.5 and then did normal 6.5 loop. Holy cow! It was dark this morning! Anyway plan was to do the last 5 at a tempo pace. First 4 were 7:45 pace, last 5 were 6:40 pace. Overall pace for 9 was 7:09. Felt good today

Ran 6 outside. 4.5 on the half Marathon course that I'm doing Saturday. Average pace was 7:47. Only had time for 6 today because I wanted to watch the streaming of st george marathon. Congrats to all the runners!! Competition was stacked this year!

4 ez on the tm.

1.25 warm up, then did a 3 mile tempo. Tempo was mostly downhill. Splits were 6:17, 5:51, 6:21. Ran 2 more miles to finish the loop. Avg pace including these two miles and tempo was 6:35. 6:51 avg for the whole run inc warm up. Half marathon is Saturday so this week will be pretty easy.

Ran on the tm today. Did 5x400s just over 6 pace with .25 jog in between at 8 pace

Ran the race to educate half today. 1st girl, 3rd overall. Details to come..

Let me preface this race by saying it is a large loop and it has 1300 ft of elevation change and 5.5 miles are in the dirt with some spots being rocky. My training cycle for this has only been about 3-4 weeks So of course I wasn't going for a great time-but I did want to beat my time last year. Anyway, Got up Saturday morning to a brisk 35 degrees, sun shining. I decided to still run in my short sleeve shirt and shorts. Anyway, got to the course with only 5-10 minutes to spare so no time for a warm up. (That's ok I has 13 miles to warm up) we all lined up for the race and there was only around 45 runners. (Very small-most people ran the 10k and 5k) anyway, gun went off and two guys shot right to the front and took off really fast and I never saw them again. Me and a guy in my ward ran the first 4 miles together until he started falling behind on the hills. The first two miles are uphill on the pavement and then 5.5 are in the dirt, with some really good uphills/rolling hills. The last 5.5 miles are mostly downhill, with an occasional small up. After I pulled ahead of the guy in my ward I ran alone the rest of the race. I couldn't even see the two guys ahead of me so I really was alone. I felt pretty strong on the hills, in the dirt. Some of this part was muddy bc it rained really hard two days before. I had 1-2 almost falls, but it wasn't too bad, the dirt was just looser than normal. I was relieved when that part of he course was done and I was on the pavement for the last 5ish miles. I knew I could make good use of the downhill. I ran relaxed-but still pushed the pace. I feel like its hard to push when no one is around so I kept spotting objects ahead and would surge to the objects. The last two miles had people on the course running the 10k so I worked to pass them. My watch went to some random screen the last 2 miles so I don't know my splits for the last 2 miles, but I was able to stop it at the end to get my overall time. Anyway, felt really good today and i decided I miss racing and competing. I want to do another 1/2 marathon... Too bad utah is so far.. There are so many there. If I don't do another half this fall I will train for a 10k in LA when we r there in December. (It is a huge race with 10000 runners) There are also some local 5ks coming up that il will do. Hmmm I want to do a spring/early summer marathon so I will have to look into that too. I have been taking it pretty easy since having the baby-but by spring time I plan on getting back into some serious training. The fire has been lit again and I can't wait to get back Into some serious training!

Anyway, I finished 3rd overall, and showed the course as being 12.92, not 13.1. I will go by my garmin.

Splits were 7:12, 7:08, 7:07, 7:43, 9:16, 7:14, 7:34, 6:40, 6:14, 6:30, 6:53, 6:25, 6:15. Average pace was 7:06.. (Ran a 7:16 pace last year, so I was happy to run 706 pace)

Ran on the treadmill today. Did 2.5 mile warmup, then did 3 mile progressive run. Splits were 6:35, 6:20, 6:00. 1.5 cool down. Ran on 1.0 incline

5 ez on the mill.

Did 8.5 on the tm today. First 2 miles ez, then splits were 7:20, 7:00, 6:50, 6:50, 6:40, 6:40. (Wanted to throw in a couple quicker miles.)

Ran outside in moab today. I love moab! Anyway, did 6 miles and did two of them at 6:13 pace. Did 1 miles fast, and another after .5. Felt good today. Average overall pace 7:05

5 ez on the mill

Ran on tm today. Did 2.25 wu, then 2x1.5 miles with .5 in between at 8:00 pace. Pace for my first split was 6:20. 2nd was 6:15 pace. Felt a little tired today.

4 miles ez on the tm.

Ran my usual outside loop today. Wanted to do a tempo run, but I forgot to charge my watch and it died a little after 4 miles. Avg time for the 4 miles was 6:30 pace. I think my fifth mile split was on line to be about 6:45, but that is just a guess. (The last mile and a half is pretty uphill, with the first part of the run down-even so I am happy with my splits)

4 miles ez on the tm

Ran outside today. Did a Fartlek of 6x800s with 400 easy in between. 800s were all between 5:48-6:30 pace. Recovery pace was 7:40-8:00. Not including warm up or cool down my avg pace was 6:40. Felt pretty good about this one

5.5 ez on the mill

7 mile loop outside today. (Did other side of piñon loop) 6:53 average pace. This loop has a lot of hills so I was pretty happy with my pace today. Felt good. (Finished with 2 mile cool down on the tm)

Ran on the tm. Did 8x400m hills with 400 jog in between at 8 pace. Hills were set to 6.0 and I did them at 7:00 pace. Felt kind of hard today. Harder than it should have felt.

4 ez on the tm

Ran on tm today. Did a 3 mile progressive tempo run. Splits were 6:40, 6:25, 5:55. Cool down

4 miles ez.

Ran outside this morning. It's getting cold! Did 15x1 minute on off on college loop. Fast bits were between 5:45-6:30 pace. (1 of them being at 7 pace due to big hill) most I averaged about 6. Slow bits were between 7:10-8 pace. Overall avg for workout including fast and slow bits was 6:46 pace.

I am running in Hong Kong this week! Ran on the treadmill today. Warmed up then did 3 mile progressive run. 6:40, 6:30, 6:20.

Ran on the tm in Hong Kong today. Warmed up then did 3x1 mile at 6:00 pace with 800 in between at 8:00 pace. Was sweating like a pig at the end! Hong Kong is soooo humid!

Ran outside today on Hong Kong boardwalk. So pretty! I didn't bring my garmin but I think it was around 4 miles.

Back in the states now. Did 5 on ez on tm.

Ran outside today. Did 1.5 miles at 6:00 pace. (Downhill) jogged .75 at 8:00 pace in between then did 1.25 at 6:26 pace. (Uphill) planning on doing a 5k this Saturday so I've been trying to work speed.

Ran on the tm today. Did 4x800s with 400 jog in between. Pace was around 6 minutes for 800s.

Ran the farmington turkey trot today. Got there with no time to warm up so I just parked and ran up to the start line. There was about 250 runners. The race started and this little girl bolted out, of course I thought she would die after a bit but then I started noticing her stride and form and realized she was legit. (I can always notice if a runner is legit by their form) anyway, she went out too fast for me so I decided to run my own race and hope she slowed down. First mile was 6:07 and she already had me by 35 seconds or so. 2nd mile has some good uphill. This split was 6:43. Not as fast as I would have liked. At the 2 mile mark I realized I was gaining on her. I worked to try and get her but ran out of time/distance. My 3rd mile was 6:20. She beat me by about 15 seconds. Talked to the cute tiny girl after. (I was at least a head taller) and she was 15! From Albuquerque. She placed 2nd in state about 2 weeks ago. Anyway, she ran tough. She will be really good!!!! Kind of bummed I didn't run a little better/stronger today. Oh well. I did get a free pair of shoes so that is a bonus.

3 ez on the mill. All I had time for

3.5 ez outside.

6.5 outside. (Did my normal loop) wanted to do a tempo today. Average pace 6:40.

Did 5x800s with 400 jog in between. Goal was to keep 800s at 6 minute pace. First one was 5:50 pace and the next ones were all at 5:55-6:00 pace. Jogs in between were about 7:30-8 pace. Ran in my altra shoes today and they felt good.

3.5 ez on the mill.

Did a hill workout on the tm today. Did 8x400m hills. Ran 400m at 7:00 pace on 6.0 incline, then did 400 meters on 1.0 incline and kept pace at 7 minutes. Alternated hills and flat for 4 miles.

Ran on the tm today. Did 2.5 mile tempo run. Fist mile split was 6:25, then 6:15, then 5:50 for the last .5. Felt tired today

Just got back in town from disneyland. We were going 24/7 and I didn't really have time to run so now I am going to get back at it. Today I ran on the treadmill. I did 6x600s at 6 pace with 400 jog at 8 pace in between. I did an 800 instead of 600 on the last one. Felt good today

I better write my workouts Dow. I keep forgetting them. Ran outside today. Did 2x1mile and .5 hard with 400 jog around 8 minutes in between. First mile was 6:09 (downhill) Second was 6:22 (uphill and downhill) last .5 was 3:00. Today was the first day in a long time I actually felt really good.

3miles on the tm. Wanted. To do more but had to get ready for my sons Xmas party.

4miles ez on tm

Ran our city's christmas 5k. Thought it would be warmer so I showed up in shorts and a long sleeve. I should've worn pants bc it was really cold and windy. They changed the course but it was still a loop. Still quite hilly. Splits were 6:20, 6:41, 6:30 and about 25 seconds for the last .8. I showed the course as being slightly short at 3.08. Everyone else showed it at 3.1 or 3.12. (I always go by my garmin) It was hard for me to get in any kind of a rhythm and I was cold the whole time. The wind didn't help. I know I haven't done very much training lately, but I really thought I would have run faster today. Oh we'll. it was nice getting new shoes and 75 gift card, just wish I felt better running 5ks. my plan is to take it easy for a while and then pick things up in Oder to do a late spring/summer marathon. (Marathons are what I really love)

5 ez on tm

Ran on tm today. Did a progressive tempo run. 1.75 wu then 3.5 miles tempo. Splits were 6:33, 6:20, 6:10 and 6:00 for the last 800. Felt good today.

Ran on the tm today. Warmed up then did 3 mile progressive tempo. Splits were 6:45, 6:30, and 6:00. Didn't feel as good as I did doing this exact same workout 2 days ago.