Boo Legs

Still pretty sore from the marathon on Saturday. 

At the gym, I did the elliptical for 30 min and body pump. Skipped out on the squats, lunges, and dead lifts. I'm no dummy. :) 

Surprised that my weight was up so much today?! Maybe I tried too hard to drown my race sorrows in ice cream over the weekend. :) Not too worried about it.

Workout today was the elliptical 30 min, stair stepper 20 min, 30 min core work class.  The thought of running still makes me a little nauseated.... :)

Trying to decide on whether or not I want to do the Big Cottonwood Marathon in Sept. If I BQd at that race I'd be eligible for the 2014 Boston Marathon. I won't be able to run the 2013 marathon,....planning on expanding the family soon..... (that's its own kind of marathon!)

I originally had plans to run but I've been having a nagging pain in my knees. I'm not too concerned about it, just want to be safe. So I went to a spinning class at the gym. The teacher is awesome and loves intervals. Usually, I share that love but today my legs felt like lead. I just could not make them go fast. Still got a good workout but felt like I was in slow motion when it came to speed. Hoping that comes back someday.... Also hoping to run a few slow miles tomorrow. The good news is descending stairs is no longer a problem. My washing machine is downstairs so, naturally, the laundry has been piling up since last Saturday.

First day back running! It felt pretty good. Not surprisingly, a little tight everywhere. I started out at a 9:30 pace and worked my way down to a 8:15 pace. 8:30 average for 4 miles.

So I wore the heart rate monitor while running today. I don't know if its because I worked a night shift and ran after I woke up from my nap or if my heart is super conditioned (sarcasm there) but I had a hard time getting my heart rate up. It stayed around 130 the whole time and usually my heart rate goes up to about 140-155 while I run. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the marathon and my recovery? Or maybe I was just super tired from working all night? Who knows.

Good luck to everyone running Ragnar! I'm kinda jealous. 

2 easy miles 8:45 min/mile on TM. Followed by Body Pump. My quads are still angry with me but I'm giving them the silent treatment. :) 2 easy miles after pump.

I'm going for a longer run tomorrow. Excited to see how that feels. 

Went for a 6.5 miler today. Average pace was 8:30. I felt good but it still took a little more effort than it usually does to sustain that pace. I wasn't out of breath by any means but it definitely didn't feel like the "easy" pace it usually is.

The thought of jumping back into marathon training, figuring out long runs, speedwork, paces, etc for the fall makes me a little sick. I'm sort of ambivalent about it. I don't know if I'm going to do a fall marathon, maybe just stick to the smaller races. Then again, maybe its too soon to decide. I feel like the Utah Valley Marathon really took a lot out of me.... Or maybe I'm just a wuss. Probably a little bit of both.