Bring on the challenge!

Sprints on the treadmill this morning.  Started out tired (HATE daylight savings time) and wishing I put an extra day in between long runs and sprints, but about 10 minutes into it, it seemed to actually be going by fast and continued that way till the end.  Guess that means I'm not as beat up as I thought! :)  My lower calf/achilles has been starting to give me a little pain again, lately.  Just toward the end of the workout today and toward the end on Saturday, too.  Hoping that it's nothing serious and I can just stretch it out good.  

3 easy on the treadmill this morning, followed up with Jillian's level 2 workout.  I think maybe 1 more week of level 2 and I will be ready to move on to level 3.  Can't wait to see that! :)  

One hour on the treadmill this morning for the tempo run.  Felt good then, but I'm pretty tired now :)  Allowed myself to "sleep in" this morning and did this after the kids were at school.  Which meant, on an empty stomach, I ran out of energy pretty quickly, too.  Maybe that's why I'm so tired now?? ;)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Ran 3 easy on the treadmill this morning, followed up with Jillian's level 2 workout.  Thursday's are always a hard day for me.  It's the 4th day in a row of good workouts and following Wednesday's tempo run, my body is still pretty tired.  So, by the time I get to Jillian I'm ready to collapse.  I hate that it's so hard on Thursday for me, since Tuesday is so great, but I guess that's life.  Tomorrow's a day off - YEAH!! - then long run on Saturday again.  Only about 4 weeks till the marathon. . .

Major long run today.  And, the south wind did blow!  Set out at 5:30 a.m. thinking this to be a 3 hour run.  Finished first half in average time, came home (it was the halfway point) refilled water bottles, had a snack and potty break, and went out again to finish the second half.  I was getting pretty tired by mile 14.  Then, we hit the park and got to run about 2 miles in the grass, which felt nice.  By mile 16 I was doing the "shuffle step" run.  You know the one?  Before mile 17 there was a hill and I just couldn't run up it.  Made it about halfway and then had to walk.  Ended up walking almost to mile 17, then ran again.  Had to stop at each mile marker thereafter for a drink and bite of granola bar.  Totally exhausted when I was finished and pretty disheartened.  I hate training for a marathon over the winter.  I felt like I was in such great shape in October for St. George and now I feel like I'll be lucky to finish this thing in 4 more weeks.  Also feeling some major burnout.  Cannot wait for this marathon to be over and then we can see where we go from here.  In the middle of trying to sell our house and move so the stress level is definitely up, too, so a break would be nice for a bit.  I won't stop running, but at least it won't be so intense.  

On a lighter note, surprisingly to both me and my husband, other than being tired the next morning, we really didn't feel very sore.  Certainly not 20 miles sore!  That's definitely a plus!