Let's do this!

Weight lifting. Then 10 tm miles next to Sue and Merri. First 3 were average paced. Then sprint intervals for 4 miles. Then 3 miles at a 6:50 pace. Fun times. 

Elliptical for 25 minutes. 

Elliptical for 27 minutes. Then went and met Merri for an 8 mile run. It was nice to be done earlier and shower and lay down for a 20 min snooze before I'm up and at it again. Things feel crazy these days. I am totally driving my kids around every day and it's a little stressful. Ugh.

17 mile morning. 10 w/ Merri and Sue. Love running with those girls.

Then 7 more alone. Another interesting run. I thought Sue said a spider was above me at a stop, and I had itchies for awhile after that. Then a truck tried to run me down on 100 south. That was weird.

The last 7 miles I ran alone I just wanted to go home and lay down and go back to sleep. I was going to do 18 but 17 was enough for me today.

Kira gave me a ride to the gym at 5. I needed to lift today. So I lifted weights for 30 minutes. Then elliptical for 52 minutes with Kira and Sue and another friend. Then I did 3 miles of sprint on off's (hiit training woohoo!). Then I ran home which is only 2.5 miles from our gym, plus I added some extensions. 4 more miles in 29 minutes flat. fast!I just feel things clicking for me lately. Speed and endurance is upping each week for me. I am so glad.

I'm running a 5k on Saturday. Still the sub 20 goal. I think this time is the lucky straw!

I finally ran a sub 20 5k this morning! I love the run13 organization and their ability to truly make a race fun. This was so fun and it was for a good cause. The money raised goes to the racing cane foundation. Shoes for the the children in the Dominican Republic. There were 2 guys there from the Dominican representing the country. There was also a 10k and a childrens 1 mile.

I felt great during the race and somehow I just knew that I would hit the sub 20. Here's the catch, every run13 race I have run has ALWAYS been a distance overage. The Provo city marathon 5k was .25 over back in May. Ugh! This race was no exception. So I actually clocked at 20:28. I talked to the directors after wards and they said they always mark there distances about .10 over. So when I got home, my husband and I went into the Garmin program to see where I hit 3.1.... 19:45! Right on the money! And speaking of Money, I won!  I never care about winning, but I do always have a goal time with each race I run.

So here's to SGM, and maybe another 5k before Oct. 1st. You can't beat the fitness you get from a fast 5k. Happy Saturday and I can't wait to hear how Allie did. She was on my mind all morning!

1.5 mile cool down. 5.3 miles out on the river trail this afternoon.