Running!

We did 2 800s- my times were 2:52, 2:54.

I ran up at Jeremy Ranch.  It was incredibly fun!  I started feeling pretty fatigued around mile 10, but I think I can attribute that to not getting enough sleep last night.

I forgot my ibuprofen!  I think I started my race a little too fast as well, because my legs were feeling pretty burned out for most of the race.  But I was able to push up the hills, and I found a kick at the end somehow.  I did a long cooldown because I'm upping my mileage this week.

Hills on Bessie, then around to the finish.  2:04, 2:04, 2:04, 2:00. 

The last three miles were not so great.

Wow.  I was amazed by how tired my legs were- especially my quads.  Not really sore, just very tired, especially on the way down.

Nice, easy run after yesterday. We did one lap of firemen.

Slurpee run.  Seven free slurpees! The last one was a very liquidy blue raspberry, which may or may not have been the grossest thing I have ever tasted. 

FATlek in the middle, I felt pretty good and I think my ice bath yesterday helped a lot.

Then 4 miles in the evening. 

We ran up Dry Creek! But it still was not very dry. I was pretty sore today, I think because I did a lot of miles Monday and yesterday.

My legs are dying.

My legs are dying.

I ran at girl's camp.  My legs felt better!  Unfortunately, I only got in six rather than eight.

The time has come to count cross-training as miles.

I did 10 miles in the morning, I biked 4ish miles from my house up to the U and back, and I ran 5 miles in the evening.  The outside of my quad (IT?) had a big knot in it after my evening run, so I massaged it out, but now it is sore.  Also I got a side ache during my evening run, and I think the culprit is eating too much popcorn last Saturday!  So I will have to use more restraint in the future.

Also, I think this might be my longest blog entry...ever. 

Fartlek, we did a ladder.  I did two extra miles of cooldown, and my legs feel pretty good.

I'm getting excited for my half on Saturday!

So, I went under 1:40, which was pretty much the goal for today.  I was the second woman to finish, but based on chip time I was third.  I am happy with my race anyway, there was nothing I could've done to know her time would be faster than mine when she started behind me and finished after I did.

My race went well, my quads started to feel it around mile 6, but I was able to continue pushing.  The first place woman got away from me around mile 4, and she was out of sight until about mile 10, where I started to catch up but was too far behind to really have a chance.  So, I guess that is just a lesson about sticking with someone.  After the race, I cooled down with RJ.

Also, the mile markers were off again this year.   

4 in the morning, 4 at night

5 in the morning, 5 at night.  My evening runs the past two days have felt much better than my morning runs. 

6 in the morning, 4 at night. I am feeling pretty sore...

We did 4 800s @ 2:59, 3:03, 3:09, 3:09.  It was horrible, I was unbelievably sore from... I don't know what really, maybe increased mileage, but it was just bad.  However, I pushed through and gave it a good effort despite my sore legs.

Wow.  Coming off of speed yesterday, doing 16 up in Magna was really hard.  Around mile 12 I felt my legs turn into jelly.  It was really weird... they were sore and then all of a sudden they were jelly, usually it is a more gradual transition.  However, I finished well and plan to ice bath soon.  Bill also gave me some drink with this stuff in it that didn't taste very good, but was supposed to be helpful, so I drank it all.