Relentless

AM - 11.5 Parkway and Middleton.  A real stupid run because it was so dark I couldn't see a thing - even with my headlamp, I took a spill.  (Cumulus white 225)

evening - 6.5 Treadmill.  Just tried to get some miles in today as some crappy stuff took place.(Stratus red 504.35)

AM - 10 2450 and 2xAC.  Nothing big, just trying to hit the mileage. (Landreth 425.35)

afternoon - 5 Treadmill at decline.  Warmed up a little and then took the pace up to 5:30 for a mile - I missed one Big that had a bunch of 1 miles at LT, so I wanted to see where I was at.  I only did one, but it got my legs going a little (something I haven't done in a little) and hopefully keeps/gets me feeling fresh for later in the week.  (Cumulus blue 380.4)

AM - 16 Big Workout #10 - 5 mile warm/7 MP/4cool.  Hit a very solid workout from the DC and up and down the River Trail with the Circle of Trust hitting times right on (5:45). 1-5:33, 2-5:38, 3-5:40, 4-5:44, 5-5:50, 6-5:40, 7-5:45.  Hard time focusing on the run at times with some family things going on, but at the same time it is nice to get out and do something I love to help... (Stratus Bee 225.55)

afternoon - 4 Dogpound.  Sneaked in a short run before we are off to an XC meet.  Switched yesterday and today's easy runs knowing I might not have enough time.  Legs were pretty sauced at first, but got going okay.  (Cumulus silver 576.85)

AM - 12.75 Foremaster and 2xAC with a couple laps. Just a run this morning; tried to grab just a little more to make this afternoon a little easier to deal with. (Cumulus white 237.75)

afternoon - 6.75 4 miles barefoot on grass with 8xstriders and then the warm up w/ XC.  Then I took water out to them and ran up 1.25 miles to find the boys and ran back to the water with them.  I was going to add just a little more with some of the kids to hit the distance I needed, but I had to haul a kid home who got hit by a car.  (Stratus red 507.1)

AM - 19.5 all over the place from PV.  Started w/ the River Run and then hit 2450 and was going quicker than I had planned (not hard at all, but I had built in some extra time just in case I was as slow as last week's long run) so I added DI loop before the 6:00 group showed up.  Then I ran 2xAC with the team at 6 and 6:30 with some laps in between to have the grand total and grand tour of the Pine View area!  Felt so much better than last week's long run.  I didn't go fast, didn't even time it; but I just felt way better and didn't have to strain at all.  Now to end the week with a great big workout tomorrow.  (Landreth black 40.5)

AM - 16.5 Big Workout #9 - 4 mile warm down the SGM course 10x2 min CV pace (5:20), 3 Tinman, then cool.  Warmed up real nice and easy and spotted 4 shooting stars then got into the workout.  I didn't think this would be too big a deal, but it was much harder than meets the eye (didn't help that pace was much quicker as well, but that is a product of the course, Logan kicking our butts, pushing with Clyde, and just getting better).  The CV's were between 4:30 and 5:15 with most right at 4:55 (fastest on the drop around the volcano and the slowest up Winchester) and covered basically .4 miles.  It was pretty speedy and hard, but it was like, "Wow, this is pretty cool even though it's hard!"  The Tinman 3 were so easy it was just like a jog hitting 6:00.  It was a fun/hard workout and ended with Clyde just about making it so we could finish because we were laughing so hard!  (Stratus bee 242.05)

Week was solid.  I would like all the weeks leading up to the marathon to be like this one as far as workouts go.  With all the stuff going on with Ally, I don't know how I still hit every workout and did everything else I needed to.  As far as that goes, I am glad it is over and we can just work on moving on as a family now and making sure she is healthy - it was very stressful and emotionally and physically draining.

Goals for next week:  Make the Big Workouts BIG!  Two weeks of 115 and 2 bigs/week then things start to calm down a little.  I am actually getting a little antsy - and it is a little too early for that!