Stacy's Blog

This is by far my favorite half marathon!! What a way to see the Black Hills. It was beautiful and all on a gravel trail. They took us by bus, dropped us off and we ran down into Deadwood. My only complaint was that we had to wait 1 1/2 between the bus dropping us off and the race. It was cold and rainy and not fun. There were 2200 runners/walkers. 1885 finished. 

Considering I was sick for most of May and my training did not go well at the end I was happy with my time. I wanted to finish in the top 10 of my age division. The course was a slight downhill except between mile 5 and 6. It was a gradual incline but it was tough for me. I prefer something steep and quick. My legs were tired after I got over the hill but they recovered. I kept my pace steady and I was glad I did. By mile 11 things were starting to hurt but I was able to keep it steady. The sun came out and the temp was just right. 

I'm done with a set training schedule for now. Going to enjoy summer running without a goal. Summer running with the team starts on the 8th. :) :) :) I love CC season!!!!

Warm night and my legs were tired and Miles did not run much in May so we took it easy and enjoyed the evening.

This has been a slow running week. I have been playing catch up on yard work and laundry after being gone all last week. Trying to ease Miles into running longer distances again since May was a sparse running month for him. The heat is not helping, because I don't want to push him. He would run 10 miles even if it killed him. I am also enjoying not having a training schedule. I would like keep a once a week long run between 6-10 miles. We will see how that goes.

We got a Croozer for the Grandkids. Finally got it put together and took them for a test drive. They both had fun but G-ma was about dead after a mile. Wow, pushing 40 extra pounds is harder than it looks!!! Props to all those moms and dads who do it regularly. After the kids left, Miles and I went out and did another 3 and raced the sun. We got done just before it set. Awesome!!!

Tonight's run was the kind of run I dream about in January when I can't feel my face and my eyelashes are white. It was a fantastic summer evening. Blue sky, black dirt and green everywhere else. The corn and wheat are coming up and the sun is so far north it doesn't get dark til 10:00 pm. Love it! Miles even slowed down to savor the evening...or he was just wore out from chasing birds the first 2 miles of the run. :)