Let's do this!

weights-

10 miles running river trail loop. My avg pace was a 7:25 today. So glad. I've been playing mental games lately. I think I've slowed down a lot in the past 6 months, but I look back at my garmin history and I ran most morning runs at that same avg pace last year. I don't know how my marathon will pan out this year. But I'll try to do my best. I think I train better when I run alone. My last mile, a couple of ladies on road bikes passed by, so I sped up to try and keep up with them. My garmin suddenly spun and looked something like this: ...7:26...7:22......7:18......7:15.... 7:10  Ooooo Lily run faster they are getting away! ...7:08......6:55.....Argh! I'm over it!....7:15.....7:26..... holding steady. :)  I make myself laugh sometimes.

There is a psycho looking fella on the trail just after 6:30 these days. He looks like he wants to murder someone. Serious. Freaky.

Red hot pink chics half on Saturday. If you want to come and run it, email me and I will give you Marion's email. It's so fun and we EAT after wards!

I woke up rather incoherent this morning, stumbling around in zombie mode. Makes for a  pathetic workout. 45 elliptical and 7 miles running the river trail. Totally drained now.

5:15 am Speedy Spaniard course with Merri and Susan. The temps were good and I felt like it was a good pace. 7 miles I ran with them. I enjoy running with those girls.

After I drove Merri up to get her car at the start, I headed back to the gym for some weight lifting. I had  a really good weights day today. I'm not sure why, but I just didn't feel tired or strained from it. Maybe I'm getting stronger.

After lifting weights I looked over at the treadmill and it was like the twilight zone. It was like the tm was beckoning my already tired legs to come run some more. Ha ha! So I did! I ran 3.25 more SPEED INTERVALS -after already running a good steady 7 miler outside. It was actually good. When you push your body doing sprints, it does something to you for the rest of the day. You get MORE energy (at least I do) and I feel like I am on a natural high for the majority of the day. I felt really good when I left. sweaty betty! On my drive home I leaned over in my car and grabbed a couple of pumps of hand sanitizer, because let's face it, the gym is a dirty greasy place, blech! But I digress..... Well as soon as I rubbed my hands together with the sanitizer, I could feel all the sweaty salt crystals on my hands. YUCK! I did sweat a lot today. LOL

no energy this morning. My run was really rough. Ran 6.5 and then 16 min elliptical. I don't usually like to run inside during the spring/summer/fall, but when I do sprints, I do. I just find it forces the faster pace. Outside it's easy to let it go. Inside, the treadmill isn't going to slow.

Saw Merri and talked to her for a min. We started talking cardio kick (the class she snuck out of for a drink when I saw her) and I busted out a move. I think she thought I was going to cardio kick her in the noggin with my move  :)

I think tomorrow I will do nothing. Rest. Because Saturday morning is the RHPC. It's so fun. I don't think I'll race it. Just run it the best I can. Hopefully Merri does too! :)

weights today. First thing. Bad idea. I didn't learn my lesson from last week.

30 min eliptical.

30 min running -4 miles.

Fatigue. Watch me bomb the RHPC tomorrow. I bet I will. I have no energy this week.

Oh I love this "race". In case you don't know, none of us really race it. We run up Provo Canyon chatting. That is the beauty of it. So the first half was pretty slow running and talking and enjoying the beauty of Provo Canyon. The bikers are mean, but the runners on that trail are all smiley and warm.I ran with Mckenzie, Aubery and MichelleL the first half. At the turn around we all shared some of my fuel (banana strawberry chews). At around 8:3 miles I felt my fuel kick in, and my adrenaline started coursing and I knew I was ready to take off the rest of the way down the trail to the finish. So after the other gals stopped for drinks and the restroom, I whipped out my headphones and turned up my music and just tempo ran the rest of the way. My splits for miles 8 to mile 13 avg. a 6:33. I had plenty of energy as I ended up eating all the carbs I could find all day yesterday. I felt so GOOD today. But oh dear, it's back to the clean eating today. It was fun while it lasted ( I'll miss you donuts!)

We had so much fun and I didn't want to win the coveted rooster, because now I have to display it, arrgh! hehe I got to talk with runningontwinkies, Kelli, KellieS, RAD,bye-wing, LUZ, Josee, Merri,Leandra, Aubrey, McKenzie, MichelleL,  and of course darling Marion, Melody, Wendy and a few others. There was a man there that had a pacer tech tee on, and I've forgotten his name, but recognized him from the Halloween half. I think there were at least 40 people that came out.

Michelle is moving and I'm sad. She has been an inspiration to me these last two years. Really gonna miss her. She held back so she didn't have to take the rooster to Hong Kong.

1 mile cool down with McKenzie and Aubrey