I'm not crazy...I'm just bored!!

Had a lot of stress to get out this morning.

21.5 miles on Queen of the Hill ride from Infinite Cycle in Riverton up and over Camp Williams to Saratoga Springs and back. 16.2 mph average.

Got home as quickly as possible and changed into running shoes and headed out for 12 with QP. Ran down the trails to Kelli's house, picked her up and let her take us on the Mtn View Corridor that will open next Saturday. I've been wanting to run it forever! So, this was my final chance before it opened. They will have a bike path, but it won't be quite the same :) LOTS of hills. A giant one to start, then rollers for the next 3 miles. We took the 'easy' way back. I was easier, but man alive for going downhill it didn't seem like it. Good SGM practice! Then we finished at Monarch Meadows Park with 12, walked to Kelli's house and she gave us a ride home. Thanks for the awesome run ladies! Dream come true for me! AP: 9:42

Well, that got the stress out and I was a much more pleasant person to be around for the birthday dinner, viewing and ice cream afterward :) ice cream makes everything better...especially Leatherbys!

Tomorrow...funeral. Let's just say there aren't enough miles....

Met Chad and George early for our typical 10 mile loop. I started out with the disclaimer that I hadn't been running fast lately and I liked it. Well, I guess Chad decided he needed to change that :) 

I didn't notice the pace until we turned on 12600S (and my garmin was dumb for the first 1.5 miles and so I only have after that), made it up the hill and we were hauling. I wasn't ready or asking for a MP tempo this morning (especially after yesterdays ride and hills), but I stuck with it. I had a moment of mental weakness, ready to just drop behind - I can't run this fast. Then I thought "you idiot, you can run FASTER than this, and it is only 10 miles and the hard part is over!" So, I just buttoned myself to Chad's shoulder and kept up with him and decided to NOT think about how fast I was running, but to just enjoy being out. Seemed to work well. The downhill 1.5 miles later didn't hurt either.

After a mile or so of silence on the run I told Chad that since he was the only one not breathing hard and he was the one forcing us to run so fast he had to do the entertaining and tell us stories. I was glad. I got to know Chad a little better - he had a fun weekend :) I guess if I shut up and listen to others talk once in a while I might learn about THEM!

I did stop for a drink at the lake with just like 1.5 left, but it helped that last little bit finish strong. I felt great when I was done and happy that I hadn't wimped out mentally or physically.

Funeral activities and birthday dinner for my husband the rest of the day. I really hate funerals, they are just SO emotionally exhausting...I need a nap!

AP: 7:55 splits: 12:18 (first 1.5), 7:44, 7:57, 8:26, 8:17, 8:13, 7:56, 7:58, 7:29, 7:20 (last .50)

Slept in...I needed it! 

Spin class, good hard sweaty workout. Did a lot of HIITS...I hate to admit it, but I like them :)

Decided 1/2 way through spin class I wanted to do a brick before swim. A quick transition and then 2 miles on the track at a good pace. So, I stopped, changed shoes, wiped down the bike, grabbed my stuff and hit the track as fast as I could. Timer was 3:00 on the dot. Started the run.

The run actually wasn't too bad. I could feel some fatigue in my legs but it wasn't terrible. First mile: 7:34, meh...I can do better, it is only 2 miles then you get to swim. So, I pushed a little harder on the next one and I finished in 14:34 for both miles, second one was a 7:00 on the dot. Nice.

As I was walking my cool down lap, to then go swim I heard my name called...crap, nursery. Adam's been so good lately I thought it was just a poopy diaper. Nope. No swimming for me, and another write up for Adam.

I copied the masters workout on my phone with full intentions to come back during nap time. Well, about 1:00 I abandoned that idea. My kids have been through a lot with family in town, funeral craziness and dad and I going out a lot with family and friends and for his birthday. My home is a disaster and who do I think I am? I can't just be satisfied with a 1:15 workout? I HAVE to do that extra swim? Why can't I just put my kids and family first and clean up the house and get the stuff done I need to here? I don't need to abandon them for a swim, it doesn't really make sense. Just stay home, love them, play with them, mop the 2in deep scuzy floor and stop trying to be athlete of the year with 5000 workouts a day. Just be a mom and be here, they won't always be around.

So, guilt trip mommy is staying home and burning probably as many calories mopping the watermelon my kids spilled ALL over the floor last night while dad and I were out than I probably would be if I went swimming. Happy Wednesday!

Urban Trail Loop. Someone ate too much spinach yesterday, because the run was a lot faster than normal, but I won't complain :) It started out same as usual, but then I started whining to Paul about how the hill was not my friend and well, internal dialogue kicked in and I had to kick some trash on the hill. Then, the last mile I was just ready to have it over with...I guess :)

AP: 8:24 splits: 9:22, 8:56, 8:10, 8:12, 8:34 (going up and around a fence, I stop and walk the steep downhill, but never stop the watch), 8:05, 8:15, 7:35.

Then I went to the rec center and got my swim in from yesterday, but there is a masters class AT 6:30...perfection. So, I did their workout. 1500yds in the 40 min I was there (including instruction time, talking time, rest time etc).

Went back for spin class at 9 - then Fartlek only has to be in the nursery for an hour and he usually behaves that long, and he did! Glowing reports today. Spin class was one of the toughest I've done. I'd heard Kelli talk about it before and wanted to try it - I'm glad I did!! Increasing intervals by 30 seconds alternating sitting and standing AND increasing resistance. You start with 30/30 (sit/stand), then 60/60, 90/90...you get it. Amazing. Sweating all over tarnation!

I'd decided to do a mini-brick again. So, I'd set up my stuff and shoes to be ready for transition. I got to the track ready to run in 1:55! Did just one mile, but hard effort - ended up 6:53...nice. Even on deader than doorknobs legs. I like it :) I'm going to try to do these more often, even just one mile to get the legs used to transition.

finished up with my runner's exercises. Forgot about them this week.

Easy day :)

Ran up Corner Canyon with some Tri peeps again today. I really like making this a Friday tradition. It is a great run, and I felt a lot stronger today too!

Met at the equestrian center and then went up to Ghost Falls, but then went South to the other side of the gully. I liked this trail better. It felt more flat...until I ran down it! Maybe my legs are getting used to hills after all.

Great run down, felt more like I could open things up and really run! Until I miss-stepped and got my first battle scars on the trail. Now I feel like a true trail runner...a little hard core :) The water bottle in my R hand saved my hand from getting torn up and my arm from breaking...so I'll take it along next time too.

AP: 9:46 splits: 10:59, 11:31, 11:08 (turn around 1300 ft of gain), 8:20, 9:06 (fall, didn't stop the watch), 7:33 (more like it!).

Now for my regular outdoor morning of lawn mowing and yard work. Race the garbage man!! :)

Holy Crappy Crap Run... yeah, one of those.

I think I just over did it yesterday, was dehydrated,  and didn't get any sleep. I worked from sun up to sun down yesterday and probably got 20 minutes off my feet. Most of it outside, it was a beautiful day, but the sun can drain you! Add to that a touch of soreness from the Canyon run yesterday...yeah, it wasn't pretty.

I'd decided to run from my house up to where the closed part of Mtn View Corridor starts (avoid the BIG hill) and then work on those rollers out and back, then come home. I thought it would only be 12 miles, but at the turn around I was at 7. Figured I'd get out of the last mile or so and have to have hubby pick me up on the way to soccer, I was good with that :)

To be honest when I started out I felt slow and sluggish, but figured it would fade. I did have my hand held water bottle which saved me! I passed some people cleaning up a yard where someone had run over 2 trees and a light pole...that road is infamous for those kind of things happening. A wide and major road through the neighborhoods, but only 25mph...people rarely go that slow. I didn't stop to ask, because I didn't realize exactly what had happened until I passed the car on the tow truck and ran over the sand soaking up the gasoline. It was crazy! The light pole was obliterated...AND 2 big-ish trees. Wow...anyway, I digress.

When I got to the corridor I saw 2 ladies with dogs in front of me. When I passed them I said "good morning ladies" one of them nearly died of a heart attack! I guess I've got soft foot falls :)

The miles home were sluggish and slow and I kept waiting for the downhill to come. I'd get little bursts of it, but the grade really never seemed to relent...I was tired, but as I kept looking at my garmin, I kept doing the math and realizing I had MORE than enough time to get home...no free ride today. I need a good pick up song on the ipod...nothin'. With just 1.5 left I had 10 min to still get home before my 2 hours that I'd budgeted for 12 miles, crap. I was easily going to make it...even at a 9mm pace.

So, I begrudgingly finished the run, I felt like crap and I still do. I'm glad tomorrow is a rest day.

AP: 8:49 splits: 8:51, 9:03, 9:10, 7:50, 8:19, 8:46, 8:41, 8:39, 8:38, 9:19, 9:38, 8:33, 8:47, 9:04

After I got home I looked at the elevation profile and realized that I reach the high point in this run just 3 miles into the run. Those rollers on the corridor that I was positive were rolling up....nope. DOWNHILL rollers on the way out (South). This totally blows my mind! No wonder I felt sluggish on the way home, what I thought was downhill is the uphill part. How the crap does that work? Man, rollers really screw with your mind! So, I've decided to make this a regular run. PERIOD. I will conquer these rollers, because they remind me of SGM. It is downhill, but every time you go down all you see is another UP. Mark my words...I will beat this road...oh yes, I will! If anyone ever wants to join me on this run it really is a good SGM trainer :)