Addicted to Running

My legs were a little sore this morning  from my run on saturday.  My time today was slow especially  the first 2 miles.. It was a little humid but the cloud cover was nice.  I had intentions to run another 3 miles tonight on the treadmill but my knees ached a little so I decided to ride the bike instead. 

avg pace: 8:40

time: 1:05 

I had every intention of doing a tempo run this morning on my treadmill but when I started running I started experiencing vertigo. I slowed my pace down for the first mile then uped it to 8 min miles. Ran another mile then I tried to up the pace to my tempo speed 7:15 and made it about a 1/2 of mile before I was huffin and puffin. I let my mind talk me into slowing down to 7:30. Even then I needed to stop after a mile and get a drink. Ran 4 more miles at 7:30 and a cool down mile. Legs felt really tired.

Went to Cedar  City on tuesday afternoon to visit family.  Jamie and I went to a Shakespeare play then spent the night.   Visited with my niece and her cute 3 month old baby and took them to lunch then came home.  Decided to just ride the bike hard for 45 minutes then did weights. 

Went to Snow Canyon tract and did 7 x 800's. Did a mile warm-up.

1. 3:43 (super slow--having a hard time getting into fast mode)

2. 3:34 (still slow but better)

3. 3:32

4. 3:24

5: 3:27

6: 3:25

7. 3:24

Recovery lap in between and 1 cool down mile.   After being on vacation it has been hard to get the results I want from my speed workouts.  There is always next week.

My calf was feeling a little tight from the speed workout so I decided to ride the bike for  an hour.

Did weights.  

My right calf was still feeling a little tight. I was worried about the race so I didn't sleep much on friday night plus I was in a strange bed at my brother's house. My hubby and I got up at 4:10 and got ready then drove to Cannonville and caught the shuttle to the start line. I thought it was going to be cold but it wasn't too bad. Started off slow. My goal was 1:40 and I knew I had to keep a 7:38 average. When I started on the down hill I just let go. The last three miles were a bit of a struggle but I kept telling myself that I hadn't run 10 miles to give up now. At the last mile I saw a woman ahead of me so I decided I was going to just push with everything I had and pass her. I passed her and then she passed me so I really kicked it in and pushed passed her and sprinted to the finish. Passed a few guys at the end also. I was exhausted and had to stop for breath. They gave all the runners finisher medals and the snacks were great to. The weather was perfect. It was a fun race. Iced legs afterwards.

mile 1 7:47

mile 2 7:34

mile 3 6:20

mile 4 6:55

mile 5 7:18

mile 6 7:18

mile 7 7:36

mile 8 7:43

mile 9 7:48

mile 10 7:29

mile 11 7:38

mile 12 7:44

mile 13 7:13

.10 5:35

Avg pace 7:23