I can do it!

I ran 5 miles with Britnee and Elijah this morning.  We took walk breaks and finished in 48:06.  Then I went to bootcamp and did an upper body workout.  I feel great!  :D

I taught a plyometrics class this morning for bootcamp, which was really fun and got my heart-rate up quite nicely. :D

After class, I jumped on my bike and rode the Snow Canyon loop...the first time I have done the entire canyon in two years!  Wowie!  That was steep!  But it sure was fun to come down the other side!!!  I did 21.3 miles in 1:28:13.  My heart-rate average was 140, max rate 164, average speed 14.5 MPH, and max speed 37.7 MPH.  I got a little over-heated, so I ended up fighting a headache for the rest of the day...but I have survived!  I had planned on going to Zumba and Yoga tonight, and maybe getting a couple of miles in on the treadmill....but then I decided NOT to be completely crazy today, and call 2.5 hours of high intensity training enough for one day.  :D

I had a very late night last night, so I decided too skip out on bootcamp and sleep in.  I stayed in  bed until 9:30, which was LOVELY.  But I also missed a morning run, which was...not so lovely.  I thought about hitting the treadmill at the gym, but then figured that since I was going to the lake anyway, I might as well do a short run there, and just get directly in the water afterwards to cool down.  Bad plan.

I made it barely two miles before my head was throbbing from the heat.  The car said it was 109 degrees outside!  I thought getting in the water would cool me down, but instead, I just felt dizzy and couldn't swim in a straight line to save my life!  So...I only swam a half-mile, and called it good.  Anyway, I'm tapering....yeah, that's it.  :D

I don't know what's up with me, but I have NOT felt well since Tuesday.  I think I'm depleted from getting so HOT on Tuesday's ride, and running at the lake last night fifn't help, either.  I was teaching bootcamp this morning, but only one person came for class, so we ended up having a VERY mild yoga day, mostly consisting ofstretches (Oh, my muscles are SORE!) and a few easy poses.  Luckily, there were no complaints - haha!  I guess an easy bootcamp day every now and again is a good thing.

After bootcamp, Kim, Katie and I went for a very slow, easy, flat bike ride.  We did 18 miles in 1:05:40, and I never took it over 22 MPH.  I have felt "off" all day long, and I'm hoping that I'll feel better tomorrow, since we have the Bryce Canyon Half on Saturday.  Feeling "off" stinks!  Phooey!!!  :P

Since I've been feeling poopy all week and haven't gotten the runs in, I thought it would be a good idea to loosen up the legs a bit. I started slow, then picked it up...felt really good. I think I'm ready to race tomorrow! :D

I plan to go to Zumba class for an hour this morning, then hit the sushi bar to carb-up for tomorrow's race!  Yay!  :)

Fun Race!  It was one of those races where I felt really good the whole time.  I didn't set out to PR, but I think I did anyway.  The first 1.5 miles was slightly uphill, then we hit 2 miles of 8% downhill grade.  I had to take it easy so that I wouldn't stress out my shins.  I think I only hit an 8:20 pace on the steep downhill part.  But the rest of the race was mostly downhill, and by the time I hit the last couple of miles, I was running between an 8;00 and 7:30 pace.  What was interesting to me was that I hit my max heart rate of 181...not sure when, but I sure don't remember trying that hard.  My average HR was 144, average pace 8:46, and best pace 5:19.  I feel fantastic, and don't think I will have any soreness or stiffness after this one....which is exactly how I like to feel after I race!  I live to run another day - yay!  :D