Cool Runnings!

PM - ran 0.65 miles with Joseph at 10:49 pace - he earned a smoothie.  He did a great job, too.  Then ran another 1.5 miles with Samuel at 10:25 pace.  I made him set the pace again, but kept up a constant string of letting him know whether he was running too slow or not, and mentioned to him that Joseph earned his smoothie.  I told him that if he wanted his too, he would have to speed up, but he was more interested in calculating exactly how much he would have to speed up to get the smoothie than to actually do the work . . . with about 0.1 to go, he picked up the pace considerably, to about 8:30 pace, and when we finished, expected to have done enough to get a smoothie.  When I informed him that he had, unfortunately, done too little too late, he was pretty upset.  We will see how things go tomorrow and whether he decides to make more of an effort to get his smoothie earlier in the run.

Lunch - easy 4 mile recovery run on the treamill at 8:00 pace.  Legs were still kind of sore, but I was able to get into a good rhythm.  Afterwords did planks and other ab exercises.

PM - ran 1.5 miles with Samuel, he earned his smoothie today.  I talked to him throughout about running a bit faster so that he didn't have to try and book it at the very end and run the risk of not making it.  He did a better job.  His running form also looked better - we got him some new shoes the other day because the heels (the heels!) of his old shoes were worn down all the way through the outer rubber and into the white eva (or whatever material it was).  When I mentioned this to him and asked him if it felt easier, he said "yes", and also said the shoes felt lighter.  Well, good.  I was a bit worried about the way he was running before - it was very much a shuffle with a lot of scuffing his feet.  Anyways, he kept the pace around 10:10 for the first 1.25 miles or so, then picked up the pace, and for the last bit turned on the burners again, this time hitting about 8:15 pace or so for the last 0.1 miles.  He did a great job, and I am proud of him.  Even more, he sounded relaxed and was conversational throughout, even at the very end.

Lunch - 5 easy miles on the treadmill.  Legs felt better today than yesterday, had more bounce in them.  Wore my HRM strap today to see what my HR would be like.  First 2 miles at 8:00 pace, Average HR about 150, max HR 154.  Next 2 miles at 7:30 pace, average HR about 160, max HR 164.  Last mile at 8:00 pace, HR dropped down a little bit, average HR about 158, max HR 160.  All in all a pretty good run today.  Looking forward to running with Joey and Sam this afternoon.

PM - 0.65 miles with Joey at 11:15 pace, then 1.5 miles with Samuel at 10:25 pace.  Finished with 0.25 miles with Adam at 14:30 pace.  I need to start running with him more.  I ran all of the miles with the boys in my aquasocks.  It felt very good - no heavy, clunky shoes (I have been doing most of my runs with the boys in my Grid Trigon Guides, which have definitely seen their better days).  In fact, it felt good enough that I decided I would bring them with me tomorrow (planning on running outside) for my lunch run to give my Tangents a break.

Lunch - 5.1 miles outside at 7:20 pace in my aquasocks.  It felt pretty good; the only thing was that I was wearing a pair of socks that were kind of worn out a bit, and I wore a few holes in them and subsequently developed a bit of a blister on my feet, just before the pinky toe.  Otherwise it was good, I felt good, and enjoyed the run.

PM - 0.65 miles with Joey in 6:58, average pace of 10:43/mile.  Wore my shoes, since I didn't want to aggravate the blister any more.  Did not get a chance to run with Sam due to getting home late and needing to get dinner ready because we were also taking some dinner over to the next door neighbor of one of the members of our ward whose husband had suffered a heart attack.

Lunch - 5 easy miles on the treadmill at 8:00 pace.  Wore my HRM chest strap again.

Mile 1 - Average HR 148, peak HR 150

Mile 2 - Average HR 152, peak HR 154

Mile 3 - Average HR 154, peak HR 157

Mile 4 - Average HR 157, peak HR 160

Mile 6 - Average HR 161, peak HR 164

Felt good throughout, lower leg muscles are a little bit sore from yesterday's aquasock run, I think, although I noticed it more when I stretched out.  After the run, did planks.

AM - no running today, my hip flexor has been hurting me a bit, and both of my feet were kind of sore (this may also be from wearing my shoes too tight - I am going to experiment with this next week), so I decided to bag the run.  Lybi has been wanting me to go with her to her yoga class for quite some time - partly so I could see how good of a workout it is, and partly because we just like doing things together.  Since our regular babysitters were both sick, this ended up being our date.  I enjoyed the class - it was refreshing and was definitely a good workout.