Just one race at a time

Six miles on my own.  Last two miles faster, felt hard but in a good way.  Right calf hurt a lot at the end but I think it is just still not recovered all the way.

Splits: 9:04, 8:53, 8:33, 8:59 (hill) 8:22, 8:12

One mile run with daughter no watch

5.5 miles with Heidi nice and slow.

Splits: 9:20, 9:15, 9:02, 9:09, 9:24 (saw a scary dude and had to wait to see which way he ran before we could go on.) 

Took Nick to the doctor for his missionary appointment.  They think he has Marfans syndrome.  It is a heart defect.  So now we need to see the cardiologist, I am not worried it is not serious it will just delays when he can leave.  I guess this is why they make you take your sons to the doctor before they go.

one mile at 9:13, 2 at 8:57 2 at 8:34 all at 3% decline

Spin

Six miles with Heidi again.  She is getting so fast check out our splits!

Splits: 9:26, 9:10, 8:57, 9:39 (hill) 9:08, 9:09

Eight miles, ran without gloves, hat and jacket for the first time!  I am loving this weather I hope it last.  I am sure it will be hot before we know it.

splits: 9:11, 8:52, 8:42, 8:42, 9:40, 9:20, 8:39, 8:24

Seven easy miles with Heidi We walk up to a trail at mile 3.5 so I could show her where it was, that is why mile four is so slow.

splits: 9:46, 9:32, 9:42, 10:59, 9:59, 9:40, 9:09

Today I am in charge of a luncheon for 130 people.  I got several calls last night telling me...that all the entertainment fell through, that they will be playing soccer in the gym until one hour before the luncheon and that a lot of my help is not going to show up.  I am going crazy I hope it turns out.

Eight miles 6 with Heidi.  We both had the flu on Sunday (I think she gave it to me!) and stayed home from church.  I lost 4 pound on Sunday.  I thought about running on Monday because I felt much better but then it was raining and that was enough to convince me to stay in.  I did feel a little weak on this run so I think it was best that I didn't run yesterday.

Splits: 9:32, 9:11, 8:59, 9:44, 9:13, 9:21, 8:55, 8:39

6 miles with Heidi (not the one you are thinking of Maynard!) We started with two other neighbors but they said we were going too fast.  On the way back when we had about a half mile left we saw them in front of us. Heidi said "lets catch them" and we did.  We ran 6 miles in the same amount of time that they did 5!  I was so proud of Heidi, she is a little competitive...I wounder where she gets that!

Splits:9:06, 9:08, 9:25, 9:48, 9:24, 8:23

Six miles with my super cool, very beautiful and exceptionally talented friends, Smooth and Teena!

They killed me on the last mile but it was still fun.

Splits: 9:13, 9:10, 8:53, 8:54, 8:52, 7:59

two miles on my own and then 6 with Heidi stopped my watch and didn't turn it back on so no splits today.

run with Heidi in the ran

splits: 9:25, 9:15, 9:21, 11:10, 10:31

5 miles 3% decline

9:13, 8:57, 8:49, 8:41, 8:00

Spin class

ran with Heidi, we got so wet!

9:52, 9:28, 9:36, 9:28, 9:09

I wanted to wait and write this up after I got my official time however the half marathon times are all messed up.  The gun time for everyone is three minute longer than the chip time and the chip time looks to be the gun time.  My official time is listed as 1:50:39 I know I ran it faster than that.  My Garmin shows me at 1:49:55 but I forgot to turn it off right away.  This wouldn't be so bad except I am very close to a pr and I wanted to see if I had reached it.  Oh well that is how it goes. 

I was pretty sad getting ready to run this race.  Cristy and Kim had not signed up for it in time, and almost everyone I knew was running the full.  I got up drove myself to the bus pick up and really felt lonely.  I chatted with some people on the bus but it was just not the same as being with my sisters.

At the start I just hung around by myself until I ran in to Mark Owens, I latched on to his group and was totally happy to see a face I knew.  Mark and I ran the first few miles together but I could tell he was going a little faster than I wanted to go so I let him leave.  I was on my own for the rest of the race.  I didn’t print up a pace chart I was just going to run by feel.  I was pretty proud of how I gutted out the last 6 miles of Boston and I wanted to run this race hard enough so that I could feel that way at the end of this race too.  By the half way point I was feeling really great so I tried to push harder.  With 5 miles left I knew if I could just stay under 9 minute miles the rest of the way I could PR.  I was mentally in this race like never before and I knew I could do it.  I just wish I had an official time to confirm it.

The best part of the race was waiting for the marathoners to come in and see all my friends at the finish line!

Splits: 8:48, 8:22, 8:27, 8:24, 8:09, 8:08, 8:07, 8:02, 7:54, 8:02, 7:57, 8:38, 8:31

8 miles on the treadmill, I just couldn't run in the rain again!!!!!  last mile I set the treadmill at 7.0 incline and 4.5 speed walking that fast really burns my hamstrings even more than if I ran.  The last .1 of a mile I set the treadmill to 1.0 and did walking lunges.  Can you tell I was bored to death!

I then did 10 minutes on the rowing machine.  I did 1889 meters with a 2:41 average pace.  I have no idea what this means but I thought I would post it for posterity! 

3% decline 9:13 speed.  I am not sure if it was the walking lunges or the rowing machine but my bottom HURTS!

Lifted for legs skipped hamstrings and added calfs

Spin

PM - body combat with daughter - I my not be able to walk tomorrow!

5.5 with Heidi,  I should have gone for more but really I did too much yesterday.  My daughter wants me to go to Zumba tonight but really I am too old to workout 3 hours a day.

Splits: 10:35, 9:02, 9:13, 9:10, 9:14, 

So my plan was tor run with Kim this Saturday.  We had not run together is a very long time.  We wanted to do 10 mile and then run my mom's ward 5K.  I just wanted to run it with my mom but I found out after I got to her house that she wanted me to win the whole think...She thinks I am much faster than I really am.

As we were laying out our clothes for the mornings run I discovered that I had forgot to pack my sports bra,  At this point I found out I come from a family of comedians.  They offered me Bandaids, a headband ear warmer, a 12 year old girls undershirt, and even told me to go with out as no one would notice.  In the end I just ran with my normal bra and it was no big deal!

Kim and I headed up the canyon for 6 miles into the wind it was very hard then 5 miles down hill.  As you can see our 10 mile run turned into 11 because Kimmy and I can't do math and run at the same time.  Because we ran an extra mile we arrived at the church just in time for a potty break and to start the race.

Splits for the first 11: 9:32, 9:47, 9:41, 9:31, 9:54, 9:35, 8:53, 8:20, 8:49, 8:59, turned of watch for last mile early but .67 in 6:18

When we got to the 5K I could tell there were some fast boys but I thought I could beat all the women, but you never can tell by looking.  Within the first .5 miles I had passed all the woman and a group of about 5 boys and 1 man were a head of me  It was and out and back course.  At the turn around the boys were about .25 a head of me and I was that far ahead of the next runner.  My legs were tired I knew I was going to be the first woman and that there was no way I could catch the boys so I slowed a little and came in at 25:10

Splits: 8:26, 8:03, 8:10

Last two miles I ran out to meet my mom and then ran her in.

 I Can't believe I ran in the SNOW today!

One mile warm up followed by three hill repeats.  Finished off with three more miles for a cool down.

I was going to run the memorial day 5K in Woods Cross but I remembered it too late!

Very bad run today.  I don't want to go into details, but it involved a Red Iguana vegitarian burrito and walking 2.5 miles home!!!!