Believe to Achieve

Easy run.  Loop around my home for 3.7 miles.  8:46 pace.  Relaxing post long run run.  Lactic acid pretty much gone.  Biked twice to school (total 4 miles).  Walked one mile.  Not sure how fast I will be able to go at the 530am start at hobble creek without pace setters around me.  C'est la vie.  Too busy with two soccer games at 8am (coach both).  My husband will coach one, I the other.  Only time where two games at same time so need to leave early on run Saturday.  Plus even though I had someone who didn't want to run Hobble Creek that won a spot they aren't allowing name changes this year.  I never run a race under a different person's name.  If I am going run a race I want my name behind it.  Good luck to all of you that get the extra push of other runners on the road.  Melanie and I will try to push the pace on our own. 

Easy run to my 800 meter road in upper PG then ran two by 1/2 mile (800 meters).    Times:  3:08, 3:05.  Ran back up once to do the second one.  The third half mile is from a stop sign to my house. This 800 is partly uphill so was 3:12.  Got to take it easy or I get a super duper headache and major exhaustion.  Felt great and still do.  Getting hot again outside in the am.  Glad I went at 630am. Will take it easy next few days and hope that Saturday's run down Hobble Creek is at my goal pace of 7:15 (I will take faster). 

Biked six again to recreation center and back.  I get there and they changed their routine on me so  I get to swim the mile again on the yard pool.  65 laps.  Yuck.  Too many flip turning after eating a light breakfast.  Took me to the 1/2 mile mark to feel like not losing my cookies.  I can hear my mom say "don't eat before swimming you'll get a cramp"  hey and I did.  Moms are always right.  I stayed pretty much the same pace as last week mainly because I was all excited to get back to the 50 meter length pool and got there and they changed to the new high school schedule.  Okay, okay enough.  It was a nice swim.  I did the mile in just 32 minutes.  Bike pace is faster now on my mountain bike.  Hope this teaches my legs to turn over faster in my tempo runs.  Took a nice warm bath this evening after coaching my daughters soccer game.  I get too involved.  I played field hockey in high school.   We were a pretty competitive team.  Anyone watch the field hockey in the olympics?  Pretty tough/rough game. Brings back fond memories.   I always came home with ball prints on my knees. 

Absolutely nothing.  Except help at the cannery for 2 hours canning peaches and riding with my kindergarten on my bike to school for her assessment (a whopping two miles,very slow).  My shoulders are very tight from canning.  I carry a lot of stress in my shoulders.  Two days to the starting line.  My husband will be driving us to the start at 5am.  We should start around 530am.  Hopefully we won't have to manuever around too many buses on the way down.  I feel safe once we are on the trail at mile 8.  Hope the drivers can see us.  Not sure I can get a PR in these conditions.  Perhaps I should go at night around 7pm?  but then the mile markers may not be up.  I am not a night runner either.  What to do. 

Changed our Hobble Creek race date to this morning at 550am from Saturday as we chatted about the logistics last night on the phone (Melanie and I). Since I had two soccer games and she has 5 kids and a husband leaving on a camping trip we decided it would be best. Avoiding the parading buses up the route was also an incentive. The weather was cool but I started in shorts and shortsleeved shirt. No problem. We put water at mile 4 and mile 10. Therefore we were lacking on hydration and could have done better if it truly was a race. We ran it in 1:34:10. Melanie 20 seconds faster. We ran the FULL course, thru the ridiculous trail that takes away your speed for a moment. We were at the halfway point (6.55miles) at 46:01 (7:00 pace). Wow haven't run that fast in over 7 years. The second half was 2 minutes slower. Oh well. Our last 5K was 22:43. I assume the course ends around that building in the park again for 13.1 cause that is what we did. We are glad to be done. Good luck to all you golden ticket holders!!!!!

Ran a slow four plus mile run to try to remove the stiffness.  Ankles stiff and sore.  Thighs tight, hamstrings tight but not as bad as after long run last Saturday.