Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

4 recovery miles with Erica and Carrie.   Super nice and easy with .5 mile of 20 sec on/10 sec off at the end. 

1 mile to the meeting spot

3 miles with Carrie and Saskia

2.5 with Saskia

1+ a little on the way back home.

Just over 1.5 to the meeting spot

8 with Saskia for a progressive run  

Just over 1.5 home

Feel pretty good about today.  I have a hard time with pacing by feel but I am working on it.  We had some miles that were all over the place but over all met our goals.

Avg. Pace 8:49

In California for work and enjoyed "cool" morning.   I never felt like I could get my rhythm and the entire run felt harder then it should.

Avg Pace 8:59

Today was our first attempt at Yasso 800's and it did not go well.   We warmed up for two miles and then started and the first one was 3:36 which was right were we need to be in Janaury but too hard for right now.  Second was 3:37 and felt better but by the third, I was done and legs were jello.   We ran back 3 miles and they were way too hard for what we were doing.   A sign of how much we need to accomplish but at least we have a baseline :)

Avg Pace 8:47

7 miles of hills on Bryant Irvin/Dutch Branch.  Again this did not go well - this entire week has been rough.    I felt horrible and really had debated even running but went and regretted it the entire time.  The run got done, was not pretty and probably not even productive.

Avg Pace 9:05

Funny day of running:

AM:  10 miles with Saskia as we ran up Hulen, which is actually a net downhill.    We were set to stay at 9:00 minute miles but we picked it up over the course.   We had a pit stop for a bathroom and one for water.   Overall not to bad and we had some good climbs along the way.  A .25 mile add on as we looked for my husband who was going to drive us back.

Avg Pace: 8:49

PM:  1 mile with Libby who did great - 10:30.  Then the fun began.  Jake wanted to run and said let's see how it goes.  About .5 mile in to the run he picked it up and I could not keep up.  I ended up chasing him for the rest of the time - nice speed work but not was I was expecting.   When did my son get faster than me?   He kicked my butt, but when we were done, he was trashed and I was tired but could have kept going if we had slowed down a bit.  Avg Pace:  8:04

1 mile to meet the girls, 4 miles and then another mile back home.

Meet and ran down around Oakmont park.   Warmed up for 2 miles and then did  1 mile of 1 min  on/off; 1 mile 2 min on/1 min off and then 3 mile of 3 min on/1 min off and then back down for the final mile of the work out and then cooled down for a half mile.  I felt good but ran totally by feel and effort and it was hard but better than crashing.

Avg Pace 8:45

Splits 9:36, 9:07, 8:32, 8:13, 8:02, 8:40, 4:44

Ran the big hill down at Oakmont Park and Bryant Irvin.   

2 mile warm up

2 x 1.15 mile up hill and .5 mile down hill

Recovery and cool down

Overall not as fast as I would like but done and a good base to start from.   Probably one of the best hills I have found here in Texas.

Ave Page 9:08

PM - 1 mile with Libby

Met Carrie for 1/2 mile repeats, nice and easy recovery for me.

Woke up sick and bailed on a morning run.  Saskia and I head out late Saturday night to see what we could do.  Total run was a disaster, I brought my phone which I will never do again.  It was 95 degrees and toasty with a storm rolling in and she was having stomach issues and I was tired.   Not good at all but done.

Bad, bad week and bad run......Should have taken whole week off.

Back at it and this week can only be an improvement over last in so many ways...

.75 to the meeting spot

2.7 with Erica, Jenny and Saskia

3.25 with Saskia

.75 home

Felt good and the best part of the Monday:

WE GOT INTO HOUSTON!!!!!  Not sure if I am excited or scared - it will be a lot of fun and I am excited to have a goal again.

30 min of yoga in my hotel room before an early flight - I forgot how much I miss it and boy am I tight.