Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

Here's what I have so far :)

RHPC Take on PIG, the DEVIL pig!!!

Michelle brought us secret weapons to stash in our sports bras that we threw at the stands before we started.  This was Kellie's GREAT idea.  Some of the audience threw the water balloons back at us ;)

McKenzie was going to get this pig NO MATTER WHAT!

SUPER STAR!!!!!

Best day ever!At about 6:10 my house began to fill with millions and billions of the bestest, nicest, runner folk in the WHOLE WORLD!!!  We jogged over to the start and warmed up, ran and them came back to my house to EAT!  Paul and David were the best cookers and babysitters in the west.

*** Real race report-  9:04, 9:56, 10:13, 7:48(40 sec for .9)  Ok- I started by jogging over to the start with all the folks at my house :)  My first mile was fine, not too hard, about a 7 on a scale of 1-10.  There was a girl who started with me who was shooting for a sub 30.  I told her to hang with me for as long as she could.  She did until mid mile 2.  In mile 2 I was feeling tired.  About 1.8, my ITB started to complain, so I dropped the pace and kept it down.  I slowed quite a bit in here, ~11-11:30 pace.  The knee calmed itself :)  At about 2.5, an older woman, who I had passed earlier, passed me.  As she passed me, she told a teenage boy, "Don't let your Grandma beat you!!"  I thought to myself, "I am NOT going to let that grandma beat ME!!"  So I figured, even if my knee starts screaming, I can punch it the last 1/2 mile, so I did.  The knee grew a brain and kept quite, and I took off.  It actually felt really good to take off like that.  I was surprised to see I had the kick in me.  All in all, not too bad. :)

THANKS!!  I am off to the SF reservoir with Michelle, Luz et al :)

PS- that is more than a minute PR for the course :)

**** We had a GREAT time at the reservoir.  That is some COLD water!!! :)

Yummy Pancake Syrup
1 Cup butter
2 C sugar
2 T Karo syrup
Bring to a boil then add:
1 Cup buttermilk
Boil 4 minutes, remove from heat. Then immediately add:
3 t vanilla
2 t baking soda.
Stir well.  Use a LARGE pan.

Yoga day today :)  61 minutes of a hip opener yoga class. 

60 minute yoga class.  I love yoga :)

70 minutes of yoga today ( I did a few more piriformis poses after the class).  My hams are dying from yesterdays class, focusing on Sciatica.  I have been seriously neglecting stretching as of late.  No more.  I am going to focus this fall/winter on losing 27 more pounds, building over all body strength.  I am hoping to get healed up and back into my 5-6 miles a day within the next 6-8 weeks.  In the late winter/spring I will focus on UVM.  Below is a description of the yoga class I did to day on yogatoday.com.  The whole site used to be free, now they only have 2 classes a week that are free.  The rest are available for a fee of $9 per month.  I am probably going to subscribe.  I need the yoga daily.

12:40, 12:31, 12:18, 13:45(walk run)

biked 5

Michelle came by at 7am.  She walked FAST while I jogged along, totally flat route.  My knee was fine until in mile 4.  It did not go full blown ticked at me, but just right before it does the scream thing and "give out/weak" thing.  I have an appointment to see Dr Brady next Friday.

For the riding, I just followed Michelle while she ran and walked.  She did great.  I am SO glad that she is running again and feeling good :)

I bailed on the tri this morning.  I spoke with the race director yesterday, and the 5k route had a steep up hill and a corresponding down hill, done in a loop, twice.  I knew the hills would KILL my knee, and delay recovery.

70 min yoga  Sciatica