I love burpees

Well I am new to this, so here we go...

My first race of the year went good for me.  I'm looking forward to improving, but  am happy with my performance. 

I'm glad that my day did not follow the start of it - i realized that i had forgotten my chip and number as i pulled up to the race.  Thankfully race timers plan for people like me and had extra.  It was pretty chilly at the start, so i kept some layers on to start with - i'm kind of a pansy in this area - I grew up in star valley wyoming and think i was traumatized by the cold weather.  Or it could be that i sweat a lot and it FREEZES me in cold weather.  Anyhow, i was wearing a snow hat, gloves, long sleeved dry fit shirt (which i planned to shed) and then race singlet underneath.  I wore compression pants (which i am sold on), and then long socks and capris on top of that.  I was surrounded by people wearing shorts and tanks lol.

So after the gun went off, i found myself amongs the top 5 women (1 and 2 had taken off), running with amber green and another girl for the first few miles.  i was trying out my saucony kinoveras that day and i was feeling pretty good.  miles 1 and 2 were right where i wanted them - 6:33 & 6:34.   I sped up trying to maintain my place for the next few miles to 6:26, 6:30, 6:31.  i was maintaining my place, and even moving up on people til mile 6.  a group of 3 women passed me (ugh), including one nice lady who continued to move in front of me and cut me off everytime she did so.  i was just trying to maintain, but slowed a little to 6:36 and 6:37 for the next couple miles.  miles 8-10 had the rolling hills, my times were 6:41, 6:45, 6:45, .  I planned on ditching clothes but still only ditched my hat as i passed the dixie center for the first time.

at this point in the race (heading onto the trail off of river rd) i had 3 ladies within catching distance (amber and erica were a good minute ahead at this point), and no one behind me for a long time.  mile 10 was a 6:39 - i was trying to dig in here and pass some.  mile 11 was 6:44, mile 12 - 6:39 mile 13 - 6:32.  I did pass one lady (the one who was cutting me off:)) and trailed another all the way in.  i had sped up but it wasn't enough.  Out of nowhere a girl sprinted past both of us to the finish line (where did she come from - she wouldn't have been the only one who cut 5 miles off their run that day jk).  Thus pushing me back to 7th place.  final time was 1:26:20.  all but the last minute sprinter were in my age group, but after taking the overall out i placed 3rd in my age group.  I felt good about my time, but need to work on my final push to catch those last ladies:)

I need to remember to run some slow miles after the finish to recover!!  I'm always so glad to be done.  I still had stomach probs afterwards and had to go home early...i need to figure this out!

Mon is my class teaching day

2 zumba classes + 1 turbokick class = a major core workout!

Today was a nice easy run as i'm still recovering from my race (my abs are sore!)  I did go run some of the course of the dogtown half to get an idea of what it's going to be like.  It was beautiful and sunny at 11 am - wore my tank and shorts which always makes me happy!  I averaged an 8 min mile today, the first few miles felt pretty stiff, but eventually loosened up.  I felt great by the end of the 10 miles!

I taught a core strength class, as well as a flex (strength class) at wash rec today too, but did a lot more teaching than doing.  still trying to get my muscles recovered.

I'm still sore from saturday so didn't push too hard again.  i don't know how people can do speedwork right away after a race.  I did a 60 min spin class and really focused on fast turnover (yes i was way tired), and then ran around the track for 4 miles as that's all i can handle on the track.  My legs usually loosen up after being on the bike but didn't today.  I averaged about 7:30, but it didn't feel easy.  i plan on puting a little speedwork in tomorrow's workout.

got a massage from April Larson....owieee!!!! I'm feeling better though.

Hubby was out of town and couldn't find the time to run today. Taught my Zumba class at night.

My body is soo sore this week from everything - i needed a little speedwork but didn't want to push too much. I ran 5 on the treadmill, and then 4 outside when the babysitter arrived. my first 2 miles were 8 min miles, and then i did 5 min on, 5 min off with speedwork. I sped up to low 6 min miles for 5 min, then off. cooled down last mile. Jumped in the pool and got 1 mile in - i really worked on my glide today, making sure to keep one hand at the top til the other one got there - it felt really good! Finished a pretty easy mile in 35 min. I got a massage on wed so i'm hoping it will help my tight hammys.

I ran a nicely paced 20 miler with aimee langston  today- we ran the hurricane marathon course in the brisk 30 deg weather, but it warmed up about half way through.  Overall a beautiful, fun run!  I wish i could run with someone all the time cause this felt so much easier this day!  Our entire run average was 7:30, but again we weren't pushing speed.  I felt great the whole time and felt like i could sprint it in at the end.  I'm looking forward to the hurricane marathon - if we can keep the wind out of it, i think it will be a great race.  The only yucky part will be the 2-3 mile climb into hurricane on sr-9 at mile 21-23.  that's going to hurt a little.  My right hamstring started to get tight at about mile 16, but never really hurt.  my good old injury is acting up a little, and felt pretty tight on sunday.  I'm rolling and massaging like crazy, so i'm hoping i can stay on top of it!  I want to do speedwork on tues, but will have to see how it's doing first after teaching 3 classes tomorrow.  may get a sub for last two.   grrrr.

2 hrs of zumba today - letting my hamstring rest