Believe to Achieve

0.8 miles with Courtney at 7am.  New PR 10:01 pace!!    Courtney is going to train for a 5 k this spring.  : D.

 Later at the rec center--- BORING TM ..so after LAZILY gettting thru the first 1 1/2 miles at 2% incline and so NOT feelin' it AT ALL...I switched to a better TM (one that would cut out pulling me sideways) and added some SPICE to my run. It went something like this: 

1 1/2 miles 9 pace  2 %

1 mile 8:30AP  3 %

1 mile 8:13 pace 4%

1 mile 8:00 pace 4%

1 mile 7:53 pace 4%

1/2 mile 7:53 pace 4.5%

1/2 mile7:53 pace 5%

1/2mile 7:53 pace 5.5%

1/2 mile 7:53 to 7:47 pace 6%

1/2 mile 7:53  pace 4%

1 mile 7:30 pace 2 %

1 mile 7:10 pace 2 %.

.08 mile cooldown 8:34 pace.   This was a tough but so doable workout.  Knees still not my own.  Hopefully my own will come back to me soon   : D. Finale:  2 minute front plank, 45 second each side plank when I got home.

I was not as brave as Allie today.  I just couldn't bring myself out in the ARTIC air when I could accompany my dear husband to the rec center.   Although I was not up for speedwork after yesterday's impromtu hillwork on the TM, I got it together and pulled off a few decent miles.  But oh these darn knees!!  They hurt right where I fell on them.  I must have little tendon tears in them.  Blah!!  I figure eventually they will just be healed.  Crossing fingers.  Now back to the TM workout.  Ran 3 mile warmup at 2% incline.  Then at 1 % incline ran 2 miles SW then 1 mile easy then 2 miles SW then cooldown.  First two miles per lap (8 total laps= 2 miles):  6:40, 6:40, 6:40, 6:40, 6:40, 6:40, 6:35, 6:35 to 6:27 pace.  EASY mile at 8:34 to 8:00 pace.  Last two miles per 1/4 mile lap:  6:40, 6:40, 6:40, 6:40, 6:35, 6:35, 6:35, 6:35- 6:00pace.  Cooldown 2 miles @  8:34 to 6:44 pace (mainly 7:47 pace) at the end for 10 miles @ 7:30 pace total.  BTW the TREADMILL shook like a dog at 9mph so basically I get a duel workout of balance and speed.  Seriously not good on form, but what to do? 

NO WAY amd I going to run before work today!!!!  0 degrees!!! NOT.  Not only that but last night a migraine came on with a VENGEANCE.  And I still have it.  It radiates down my neck half way down my right arm (mainly my shoulder) and thru my spine and behind my leg.  Just another "attack" that I get.  My jaw and side of my face is burning and at times numb.  Trigeminal neuralgia again.  Worked all day with it.  But I am used to it but it is VERY painful and affects my memory at times.  Luckily I have been doing this job for 19 years.  

Headache still quite bad.  Pain level 8.  Gradually began my run in the FROZEN TUNDRA (17 degrees on the rotating bank sign).   This was at 10am!!!!!   HELLOOOOOO!!!!!!  Nonetheless parts of my limbs were feelable around mile three.  My thighs were  quite stiff and my right arm is VERY tender.  These darn NERVE pains!!!  And no meds quite take them away without making me stupid (neurontin).  Anyway, plan was take it real easy and see if 10 miles was doable.  I quite enjoyed my easy pace and route today SANS music.  So nice to hear the activity around me, mostly barking dogs and chattering birds that forgot to fly south for the winter.  The sun made my run the most enjoyable even though I wore a non-absorbent color.  It was just nice to have the sun there to make it "feel" like a nice day   : D.  10 miles @ 8:28 pace.  So lovely.  Later after arriving home and finding NO husband I was like "no way" he could not still be running.  He left for the rec center before me and getting back after me?  Turn out he ran 13.1 miles on the TM (1:51:25 total time = 8:30 pace!!!).  That's his FIRST half marathon and first 13 miler EVER!!  He now has MORE miles than I do this week!!  I told him I was selling his BYU vs. UTAH tickets to place him in the lottery for the St.George Marathon!!  The game is the NIGHT before the marathon.  We always have season tickets and he has NEVER missed a HOME game.   He SO can do it and probably do well under 4 hours!!!

Easy pace miles.  8.12 miles @ 8:09 AP.   Felt better than yesterday.  Left at 8:45am.  Still cold but SUN out to make my day.    My littlest was vomiting all last night.  Instead of vomiting I have this darn migraine that is less intense now but still quite there.  The run I think has helped some to detox myself.  Limbs felt flu-like achy along with my lower back.  Troy and my girls have been massaging all my MANY trigger points in my shoulder, neck and upper back on the right.  So very intensely painful.  I am hoping this headache ends at 72 hours (tonight) as I read more up on migraines.  Even though I have been suffering from them since I was a little girl I still find myself trying to figure out what exactly triggers mine.  Definitely the SHAKING TM on Tuesday had something to do with it.  After that run I felt UNusually GREAT (called AURA to a migraine) and then all of the sudden WHAMO, I was slightly nauseated and then the BIG bad headache and shoulder and arm pain on the right side.  Anyways I think I am on the mend, although I am slightly nauseated again.  Sad news however--  Kim's (my wonderful running partner and friend) dad passed away after sameday surgery on his shoulder yesterday.  He was 67 years old and full of spunk and life, just like Kim.  We are so sad for her.  Wonderful dads just can't be replaced!!!

A CHANGE OF PLANS WARRANTED:  after three miles of trying to convince Melanie that IT WAS OKAY NOT TO run the planned 10 miles at MP with a total of 18 miles she consented to running her planned 21 miler for next week TODAY.  So... staying more on major roads, well some not quite so, we tried to  NO AVAIL to avoid the SNOW CAPPED and ICY roads.  Yup we were real troopers running a 10.85 mile loop twice going thru to American Fork turning right after Good Earth than heading up 300 North and up thru ART DYE  Park (so beautiful) and by AF high school (THE ICIEST spot of all) where we learned that NOT running MP in these conditions was THE CORRECT decision for sure.  As we closed in on MP here during the second lap we got pretty nervous.  Actually the whole run was a WATCH your FOOTING  kind of run.  No time for ZONING out.  IT WAS SUPER SLICK everywhere.  We are proud of ourselves and felt strong at the end (although Melanie is fighting off another cold : (  and  I am fighting off these RIDICUOLOUS NERVE pains DOWN my spine.  My whole spine is on fire and NEEDS some serious STRETCHING and massage.  Our AP today for 22 miles was 7:46!!! I feel that is quite wonderful in these conditions.  The temp was perfect, 31 degrees the whole run (thanks to the Good Earth sign we got to read twice in our run).