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zumba, turbokick, zumba  - 3 hours - cardio

I was really excited to run in the beautifual weather today!

i started out with core class, and made them do a little more pilates and yoga.  it felt good to stretch out a bit myself.  Lots of balance and ball work - so my core muscles got worked!

I finally got out to run at 12 - my neighbor volunteered to watch my kids  - otherwise it would've been all on the dreadmill.

I ran towards la verkin through cholla creek and stopped on 3 different steep hills.I ran 800m up, 800 m jog at the top, and then 800 m back down the hill. My first, steepest hill up averaged a 6:55, 2nd was 6:49, and 3rd was 6:48.  On the downhills, i averaged 5:30, 5:23, and then the 3rd less steep hill was 5:48.  I got pretty worried cause my downhill sprints  were making my abs hurt again.  on the 2nd hill, it even felt like it was twinging.  By the time i got down, it was a little hard to breathe and i had to massage it a bit.  ahhhh. My abs were sore the rest of the time, but not too horribly.  got to call april and have her work it out.

So 11 miles in today.  My regular pace seemed pretty slow today - it was slow!  Don't know why.  I need someone to push me i guess.

I trained my 2 big loser contestants at night, and then taught flex.  I'm getting good at not doing most of it since my body was already exhausted!

I went to see april today to massage my abs instead of going to spin - I'm so glad i did.  She quickly found that my obliques were not in the fan shape they were supposed to be, but all twisted up.  Sooo, after a painful 30 min, she managed to get them normal.  She said my back on the opposing side was also extremely tight and was pulling my hip on that side higher.  Hopefully it's all good now.

Got a nap in with the kids and felt ready to go for my run when jim got home.

Today was supposed to be recovery, but man i again felt sooo slow.  I didn't feel slow in my body, but when i looked down at my pace several times, i couldn't believe it was that bad.  I guess my body needed that pace today, so i averaged 8:10.  I ran the watertower trail, and then finished up around toquerville.  I'm doing tempo tomorrow, so hopefully the break i gave my body will be worth it.

abs were sore from the massage - they didn't seem to get worse during my run.  i could feel them, but it wasn't jarring.  hopefully they r ok.

got up this morning and just felt like running.  ran 2.5 miles on the tread

club run at night.  It was fun laughing with steve, amber, and aaron, and challenging running into the wind.  averages were higher, but i figure it was because of that. i definitely didn't have enough to eat that day, and my stomach was still bugging.  I need to figure this out!

sped up the last 3.5 miles or so.  i forgot my watch but amber ran a 6:30, and then a 6:10 with me.  i felt like i kept low 6's for the rest, and caught up to steve and aaron by the end.  My abs started hurting a bit on the last mile but not bad.

abs did, however, really hurt by the end of zumba that night.  dang it!!!!

rest day today.  k t taped my abs.  april thinks i strained them, and they are hard suckers to heal.  i will run tomorrow with an ab wrap on and see how it feels. 

One week until the marathon!  I'm actually excited and confident for this one.  now if my abs will just hold up....

I ran my last longer run until the marathon today.  I started from the marathon start, and did an out and back on the course.  I wanted to keep a steady pace, and throw in a couple of miles at marathon pace.  Well lucky for me today the wind was blowing at me for the first half.  no seriously  I was actually glad for it cause i wanted to mentally prepare myself that this is what it could be like next week.  the weather isn't looking too happy for next saturday, which usually means wind for sand hollow.  so if there is wind, i'm hoping we get it blowing at us for the first half.   When i turned around today i just flew!  so i averaged 7:29 today, and then did a 6:40 and a 6:34 for my marathon pace miles.  They felt easy:)

 I was hoping that by wrapping my abs, they wouldn't hurt.  it may have helped prolong it, but i could really feel them (painful) at mile 10. And i don't know what it is, but it always starts at mile 9.  well i made myself push through, and by mile 11 they had eased.  they were prob just inflammed at that point, but i think they will b able to hold out for the marathon.  i'll rest after that.  hoping that taper miles will help them to heal next week too.  this problem started when i started running in my new shoes (kinveras)  and i'm wondering how that could have caused it.  too much too soon in them?  I run once a week in them, but everytime i have since that race it's made it worse. i love them though!