Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

Ran from my parents out to the Snow Canyon ranger station.  I left my garmin in Salt Lake so mileage and pace is approx.  It all felt harder than it should have..............

Ave Pace 8:50

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Back home and in the cold.   Paula was speedy today and I was trying to stick to my plan of MWF easy days.    Felt okay - right IT is still bothering me but other than that pretty good.

This is going to be an interesting week trying to get all my running in.  My husband is out of town until Wednesday and I leave for Dallas on Wednesday (we meet at the airport - literally).   We will see what happens.

Ave Pace 9:20

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Met the BBK's.   We had a big group today and lots of good conversation.  I had to leave a few minutes early to get home since my husband is out of town.   Felt pretty good though the entire time.

 Had my massage appt today and got completely killed.   Glutes and legs are very sore!  It will be interesting to see how tomorrow goes.

Ave Pace 8:53

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Met Paula this morning and warned her that I was not sure what to expect after my massage yesterday.   I actually felt really good.   We ended up with 3.5 miles up hill and then returned back.   The down hill bothered my IT a little but nothing horrible, however I did take the downhill very easy.    Pace was perfect for a recovery day.

Ave Pace 9:34

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Met a large group of BBK's and friends for a run on the Riverton 10K route.   We did the first 10 as a progressive run - starting at 9:30 for the first mile and then finishing around 7:50-8:00.   Needless to say, I was very tired at the end - It is a hilly run and we really did not hold back.   The next 3 were as we were regrouping and cooling down.   I did not have GU today and very little water after the first 10 and I could really feel the effects on the last few miles.   

Ave Pace 8:53

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Less that 3 hrs sleep, sick child, sinus infection for the mom......no running today - yet anyways.

10 miles with the BBK's.   I would start out okay and then get really tired during each of our 3 mile segments.   I think it has something to do with my dinner or lack there of last night. 

Ave Pace 8:46

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Met Paula this morning and I was in true recovery day mode and she ...was not.    I pushed a tiny bit up the hill but other than that took it very, very easy.  I am trying to be better about this.

Ave Pace 9:46

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So glad the snow held off!  Met the BBK's for a run around the hills of Daybreak.   I have been getting extremely nervous and worried about each hill workout we have and I start rationalizing taking it easy - I am trying to stop this.   I felt good on the temple hill, but the long  114th hill about did me in.   I was very grateful for Jerry who talked to me the entire time - It helped make it more bearable.  As always - glad it is over for the week.

Ave Pace 9:00

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Ran with Paula and my legs were tired, very tired.  Pace ended up being faster than it should have and I really tried to keep it slow.

Ave Pace 9:20

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sick, sick, sick........I have been fighting a cold for about a week and last night I got the worst sore throat and it is worse this morning.  UGH!  I have to get better quickly because I have a crazy travel schedule the next two weeks and no time to be sick and I do not want to be sick for Painters so I am resting.   If I start to feel better, I might try to get out later.  

Six snowy miles with Paula.   I was pretty much covered by the time we were done.  The good thing about the snow is it helped me keep the pace where it should be on an easy day.

Now if tomorrow's snow can wait until after 7 and no wind, tomorrow will be perfect as well.

Ave Pace 10:04

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Met the BBK's out by Daybreak to run in the sleety weather and on the icy streets.   It ended up being a great run with lots of fun chatter.

Ave Pace 9:02

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In San Diego and the weather was perfect!   Ran to a co-workers hotel and then 2.75 with him and then back to my hotel. Pace was in the high 8's on my own and 10's with Trent.   It was great to run in sun and the rain held off until the afternoon.

Ave pace: 9:43

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Today was a disaster of a workout.  The rain/monsoon came to San Diego and running outside was pretty much impossible.  So I went to the fitness center.   The treadmill blew a fuse about every1/2 mile and then any time I tried to pick up speed.   It took me 30 min to run just over 2 miles  - pretty much worthless.   I then tried the eliptical  and it was better but I just hate that thing.  I had run out of time after 20 min.

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mmmmmmm............Not sure what to say about today.   I have dreaded signing up for this race because I knew I was not in good shape but kept telling myself it was a long Saturday run.   It was a very good thing my brother picked up my packet or I would have switched to the 5k.   

Road over with my BBK group and waited for the start.   I was hot right from the start and ended up taking off my base layer at the 1 mile mark - quite a humiliating process.  I stayed with the group until the 4 mile mark and the zoomed up the hill and I did not zoom up the hill but still passed people on the way up and did not get passed.  

I saw Michelle Lowery on the trail around mile 6 and ran with her for a while.  Thank you Michelle for chatting with me and being so sweet! 

I really do not mind the country club loop but today was tough.  I really did not feel good from miles 8-10 and pretty much wanted to quit - the race and running both.  

I took another GU at the 10.9 water stop and it really helped me with the last two miles.  They were tough but not like miles 8-10.    Finished in 1:49:08 - 1 minute slower than last year.    Interesting.  I feel much more out of shape then I did last year but the race felt very similar.   Most the others finished about 5 minutes minutes ahead of me and that is probably the true assessment of how much I have lost  since the marathon.  I have a lot of work ahead of me this year and the balance between how much training is too much or not enough is going to be difficult to measure but I am determined to do better at this in 2010 so that I can avoid burnout.  

Ave Pace 8:22

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Six very slow miles with Paula this morning.   My legs felt like lead!  This means I must have worked hard on Saturday which is a good thing (mostly).   

Interesting and challenging week ahead.   I travel, my husband travels - will do my best!

 20 - 25 min of yoga; to many interuptions helping my son with his homework.

Ave Pace 9:54

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Missed yesterday due to a day trip to Pasadena and had to be at the airport early.    Not sure if yesterday wore me out, the weekend trip to St. George, the trip last week to San Diego  or all three.  Probably all three plus I have not been sleeping well this week.  I woke up just fine but once I started to run, I was completely exhausted.  Took it extra easy but not sure if I will bounce back for tomorrow.    

Ave Pace 9:54

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No run today :(   I was up most the night due to IT issues with my work that affects our India office (my responsibility) so the run was lost.  Not going to get it back.  

Six miles with Paula.  Tried to push a little but it didn't really happen.  Felt good though.

Ave Pace 9:25

45 min yoga/pilates

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Missed the BBK's again this week.  My husband is still out of town and my kids had stuff going on this morning, so no run for me.  I finally was able to get down on my treadmill about 7:30 tonight and ran while I watched the Miss America pagent with my girls.  They were very entertained - I was not.   This was also my first attempt at any speedwork since last September.   I warmed up for 3 miles and then did  1/2 mile repeats for 6 miles and then cooled down.  I ended up on 1/2 mile, off 1/2 mile.  The recovery was too long but I wanted to be conservative because this is my first speedwork  in forever and I was on a treadmill and my mechanics change.

1 - 8:34

2 - 8:00

3 - 7:30

4 - 7:30

5 - 8:00

6 - 8:34

 I was tired at the end and just wanted to be done but made myself cool down.  I remember why I hate the treadmill - too hard to run and make my kids mind ( they seem to think all rules and logic are out the window) and too many interuptions.  My mom called, my brother called....glad it is over. 

 25 min yoga afterwards

Ave Pace 9:23 including warmup/ cool down