Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

I had to run extra early today because I have to go to the office and I am without a babysitter. Today was a big day, to see how my body handled Saturday's run. I felt really good. I took it fairly easy and did not push the pace more than MP and the effort felt easy. I ended up with 4 MP miles and then 2.5 others.

One of my goals for this week was to get enough sleep each day - Day 1 was not a success. I stayed up too late watching the Olympics and then had too many kids in with us after 3 am. Will try again tonight.

Ave Pace 8:53

PM: 40 min of pool running while the kids swam.  I am never quite sure how this translates into real mileage so I am not counting it, but a good work out. 

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Ran with the South Jordan group today and did my first track work out.  The work out went:

1200, 400 recovery

800, 400 recovery

400, 400 recovery

2 mi tempo (1/2 marathon pace)

2 x 400, 400 recovery

2 x 200, 400 recovery

I felt really good until but it kicked my butt! I had a 3/4 mi warm up plus some extra after the 2 mile tempo and a little at the very end.  My knee is a little sore so I will ice today.  

Ave Pace 8:01 (not including the 3/4 mile warm up)

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Recovery day.  I ran with Renee for the first three miles having her pace me at a slow recovery pace.  Just as I was finishing up with her and about to go on my own I ran into Julie and ended up running 2 miles with her.  Her pace is faster than I was wanting for my easy day but she is great to run with and then one mile on my own back home.  My knee is actually feeling pretty good after yesterday but my calves are sore..........more scraping tonight.

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I went and ran with the SJ group again. They are great to run with and pushing me along! We did 3 5K's today. The splits were 25:20, 23:56, 24:06. I am somewhat disappointed that the last split was slower than the second, however if I had gone any faster towards the end I would have had an accident. Thanks guys!

 On another note: The Olympics and Breaking Dawn are killing my sleep!  I have got to get to bed earlier.  I will try again tonight...
 

Ave Pace 8:06

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No run for me today. I woke up to go with Paula and felt horrible. I laid there for a minute and no improvement so I decided a no go. My body could also use some rest for tomorrow's long run.

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I ran my first 20 miler today with Cheris and Michelle.  I was very nervous because last week did not go well and I knew that they would keep the pace going.  We started at 5am and ran through South Jordan, Riverton, Bluffdale and Herriman.  It ended up being a great run!  I am a little sore but not bad.  My knee did really well.  I had a few weird pains that I am not sure what to do with, but it was a great run.  I came home and did an ice bath for 12 min and stretched.

I signed up for TOU yesterday so it is official.  No more maybe, we will see, I am committed - unless I magically get into SGM.   

Ave Pace 8:47

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