2 mile warm-up and cool-down, 6x400 hills - hard up, easy down
I totally messed up using my watch today. I forgot to start it again after a light. I realized my mistake when I got close to the hill where I was going to do my workout. I started the watch for a quarter mile and then paused it to stretch right before the hill. I thought the beep sounded unusual when I pushed the lap button after every rep, but I'm really not one to get too worried about unusual things. It wasn't until the fifth repeat that I figured out I'd never restarted my watch. Darn. Oh well - it would have been slower times anyway. I wasn't really feelin' it. But it felt good to at least be pushing myself.
5 easy miles. I think I want to do the Rex E. Lee 10k that's coming up in March. I'll have to see if I can find a babysitter. I'd be interested to see where I'm at.
1.5 mile warm-up, 1.5 mile cool-down, 6x1 mile with slow 1/4 mile between
6:46, 6:32, 6:46, 6:46, 6:48, 6:18
So these times seem totally weird to me. The odd miles were uphill and the even miles were downhill. I wasn't ending up at the same spot everytime so my watch must have been off a little bit - probably by enough to make a 10 to 15 second difference - I just don't know in which direction or on what repeats. Anyhow - I worked hard and I guess that is what is important. This workout completely inimidates the HECK out of me. I'm always so proud of myself when it is over. I was thinking as I was running home that maybe in a month or so I should do 8 repeats. I wish I wouldn't have had that thought because I tend to follow through on that sort of a thing and I really don't want to.
So the babysitting thing continues to be a struggle. Talking to my husband tonight I realized that I need to let go of being as ambitious about my training as I was on the last marathon. Last marathon he was home and able to give me an hour-and-a-half a day when he'd be home from PT and getting ready for work to run in. And then I could wake up early on Saturdays and get half my run in before anyone else woke up so we didn't have to sacrifice too much of our Saturdays to long runs. So I hit every workout exactly like I wanted to - well, every workout but one - with little to no stress on anyone. This time I'm missing things right and left and I'm more fatigued at finding a babysitter than I am at running. Quite frankly I'm the type of person that would rather NEVER ask anyone to do anything for me - one of my many personality flaws. So this is just killing me to do it on a daily basis. The fact that I've asked for help consistently for the last 5 months alone is testimony of how much I love to run. But I can't keep it up - its getting too stressful and I'm putting the stress onto other people. So from this day forward I'm going to keep training, but I'm committed to being flexible about what I can do and what I can't. If I'm not getting enough miles in by the time June comes around, I might switch to the half-marathon, or even the 5K if it comes to that, from the marathon. And I'm promising myself right now that I'm not going to be disappointed. I think for this "in-between-pregnancys" I'm going to just make sure I stay healthy and in shape. I'll see what the future brings. Maybe someday things will gel like they did when we lived in Arizona - life always has its times and seasons.
Fewf, I'm glad to get that off my cheast. Now for some sleep.
7 miles at something like 7:50. It was kind of a blah day on the legs - but I couldn't be more grateful that I was able to get a run in. It was a little snowy today but the temps stayed in the 30s so I'm not too scared of a return to the deep dark winter that was December and January. Every once in a while in the last couple of weeks I've smelled spring creeping out of the grass. I know I'm being a little premature - like I'm getting ready for Christmas before my kids have even gone trick-or-treating - but its just so dang exciting. There are even some daffodil shoots poking out of my sister-in-laws garden. I love daffodils. It makes me a might bit giddy.
I got in over 40 miles this week which I'm happy about. I'd love to get a long run in next week if it is possible. My parents will be in town so it might happen. Well gotta go - my 2 year old is asking for her 4th helping of chili. The girl takes after her Mom - she can really pound the food.