Emily's training blog

I warmed up to Millrace Park and ran 20 x 1 min on/off.  I ran on the loop by the dog park, and switched directions every 10 minutes.  My hips are pretty sore, so I didn't want to pound on the track.  I like this workout for getting some turnover, but still maintaining decent mileage.  I'm not sure how fast I was really going, since I felt pretty good the whole workout.  I'm trying to maintain some mileage, but still get ready for Murray 5k on Thursday.  Lots of stretching and foam rolling for the next couple of days.  

It was a nice morning and a pretty run, but I felt terrible!  I had an energy crash with about 2 miles to go.  I felt super slow, and yucky.  Here's hoping Thursday is a better day!  I need to focus on some rest and recovery.

I'm feeling marginally better than yesterday.  My hips and hamstrings are still pretty tight, though the stretching/foam rolling seems to be helping.  They just don't want to fire because they are so fatigued.  

I jogged 2.5 miles over to the track and ran 2 miles of speed changes.  (total time for the 2 miles: 13:34)  Afterwards I jogged home.  I was really hungry again by the end of my workout, despite eating before my run.  I also need to concentrate on fueling well.  Nursing and running burn a lot of calories.  Running will go better when I'm finished nursing the baby. 

I was nervous for this race, because I knew it would be a better measure of my fitness than Taylorsville Dayzz.  I was disappointed  that there wasn't a stronger women's field, because I wanted to really race and hopefully get pulled to a good time.  But, I'm still pretty happy with the outcome.  The last time I ran this race (non-pregnant) I ran an 18:21, so I wasn't too far off .  However, I do keep remembering 10 years ago when I ran this race for the first time and ran a 17:10.  Those were the days!

I warmed up three miles.  The rain cooled things down a bit, but made it humid.  I went out in a 5:53 for the first mile.  After the turnaround, I found myself alone, 30 seconds between two different men.  So, I spent two thirds of the race running by myself.  That made it difficult to push.  I went through the 2 mile in 5:54.  I knew it would get tough maintaining my pace up the hill to the park.  The three mile said 6:10, but then the last .17 was 31.  I think the mile three mark may have been off.   I don't think I can really finish in a 62 quarter pace.  Overall time was 18:29, which sounds so much faster than 18:30.  One more small step forward in improving my fitness.  

 I cooled down three miles and watched Cole run the kids race. 

I went to the gym for a run and then Zumba.  Started to energy crash in zumba, even though I ate a gu in between my run and class.  I need to get these eating issues figured out.  Any nutrition advice?

5 a.m. sixteen miler.  I ran out 4800 to the River trail, past Gardner Village and back.  I felt pretty good this morning, though it was a little humid.  The wind kicked up just as I finished, so I went at the perfect time.  I'm sure I'll be ready to crash in a couple of hours.