Slow & Steady Wins the Race :-)

Did the CDA half with Rachael this morning and it was great!  Perfect weather, perfect race, this felt great especially after the mini injury I had a few weeks ago.  Felt tight the first 3 miles and was a little worried (I was really worried I wouldn't be able to maintain that pace the whole time and was going to be walking later!), but then I hit my stride and just got in the zone. :-)  

TT: 1:54:41  AP: 8:42

Splits: 8:27, 8:36, 8:37, 8:41, 8:44, 8:50, 8:59, 8:49, 8:47, 8:51, 8:48, 8:41, 8:17

Took a gu at 6 and 10, and had an absolutely fabulous brunch afterwards.  So proud of Rachael!

This was really a great race - it was extremely flat, ran along the beautiful Coeur D'Alene lake and saw some gorgeous mansion/castle homes.  We should definitely do it again next year!  Was pretty small, so it was definitely a race you would want to do with someone else.  The "expo" included a bounce house and the packet pick-up pretty much!  After worrying about this terrible weather all week it actually stayed dry for the entire race. 

Went golfing twice, virtual golfing once, to a delicious brunch, a delicious bbq, had a camp fire, ran the race, played cards, walked the boardwalk and pretended to look at $600,000 yachts, shopped for the 80's party next weekend, drove about 12 hours (should have been 9 but the traffic both ways was baaaaaaad).  Overall, GREAT holiday 3-day weekend! 

Great recovery run today at Green River Trail with Lisa, Anya, and Anya's dad.  Nice and slow, sprinkling a little.  Time was 46:xx something, I forget.  AP 10:28.  I forgot to reset the automatic lap splits after the race, good thing it doesn't matter!  

Later took Cooper on a 1.4 mile walk in the rain.

Decided since this is a light running week it would be okay to run 3 days in a row, so grabbed Cooper and did 3 sloowww miles around the neighborhood.  TT 33:00 so AP: 11:00.  Then grabbed J and did one more mini-loop walking for a total of 3.7.

4 loops around the neighborhood with Cooper.  Garmin wasn't on for first 1.1 for some reason, so TT was probably something like 62.  AP 10:20 or something.  It was dry for most of the day!

Did my poster presentation this morning, so 1 final down, 1 to go (next Wednesday)!  Can't wait!

What a busy day!  Work, research conference in Seattle, driving to Tacoma from Seattle at rush hour (ugh!), tennis match, then surprise cake & presents with J, then drove to Portland.  TIRED!  Won my tennis match 6-0, 6-2 after some stupid captain drama about her being late.  Last match of the season, I hope it doesn't clinch my movement up to 4.5 again.  I do NOT want to be a 4.5 again!

Justin surprised me with bike shoes for my birthday!  What a great husband!  And Cooper got me a bike bag!  What a great dog.  Now time for the birthday festivities to continue with an 80's party tomorrow night!

SUMMER IS BACK!!!!!  Perfect blue sky and GORGEOUS day.  Please stay this time!

This was interesting!  Went to visit Justin's grandma this morning and then golfing with J's dad so had no time to get a run in but really wanted to.  Golf felt horrible from the very first shot on the driving range and I just didn't want to be there today and wasn't feeling it.  The whole time I was dreaming of running, since after golf we're headed straight to Salem for the party.  So at hole 7 after losing about my 10th ball of the day I said I'M OUTTA HERE!  So with no garmin, no ipod (though I played Pandora on my phone with no headphones), no shorts (I was wearing golf capri pants!), no real sports bra, and my old running shoes (that have lots of miles on them), I took off from the golf course home!  I felt like I was hauling the first 32 minutes, probably around a 9 minute pace, I felt really great.  Then I hit Westview Rd, and it was steep uphill for the next 10 minutes, which I walked 2-3 of or so.  Someday my goal is to run that whole hill.

TT: 42:xx   TD: 4.28 (thank you mapquest)  AP: Around 10, was probably 9 until the last 10 minutes, then walking and sllowwww!  I planned to do 6 but by the time I got to his house I was DEAD and running farther meant running more hills.  So I stopped. 

Now I feel ready to start the day!  :-)  I'm ready to cut loose.  Footloose!  And I have the dress to prove it!  Tonight I'm gonna party like its 1989!