I love burpees

I had 5 miles on the schedule, but misjudged my distance and ran a little more...it's all good.

Zumba felt not so great in the morning in the abs, but after stretching and massaging a ton, the evening run was doable - i really concentrated on my breathing.  i could feel my diaphram stretching back out.  my left side on my back was tight.

My legs felt a little sore from the race, so i didn't do speed work today.  I tested out the diaphram/breathing thing on a hilly 9 miles...and it worked!  I was so tired though, cut off a mile of my planned 10.  i'm trying to get ready for my downhill marathon, so i pushed the speed on all of the downhills.

taught core in the morning, and flex at night.  I'm soooo tired!

easy run on the treadmill.....obliques acted up again.  what the heck!  they ached all day.  i've noticed that my back bugs when ever my abs do.

rough day  - my 2 year old isaac lost all of my car/truck keys and spare keys.  Apparently he can now climb on top of our fridge!   I was confined to the house.  i was exhausted from looking for them and didn't get anything in. i had to reschedule massage with april which i really needed.  She recommended foam rolling my back since that seemed to be hurting before my abs. 

I managed to get myself up super early and get my 10 miler in.  After all the massaging and rolling, my abs handled it fine.  I averaged 6:43 for the run, with my last 4 averaging 6:25. 

Met with april to get the knots out of my obliques, but she mostly concentrated on my back.  it was sooooo tight and sore.  she thinks that is what is causing the problems in my obliques.  it was super sore afterwards.  she recommended lots of stretching in that direction.  hopefully we've found the problem!

stopped at the rec center and swam a mile. Inspired to do the ironman, I've decided to do the half ironman in utah county in august.  I train enough for it, i just need to get some bike miles in.I'm excited!

The schedule had a tempo run, followed by a 20 miler the next day..  I knew this would push me a little.  i was hoping to get a good downhill run in that day, but jim had to work and couldn't drop me off.  sooooo i had to create my own downhill. 

I've been wanting to do this workout for a while - I ran to the top of the twist in la verkin (on the way to virgin) and then down into cholla creek at a good pace.  so 3 miles up and down  a very steep hill.  i ran a flat mile in between, but i did this 3 times.  oh man, the uphill i handled fine, but my legs were so tired by the end of the last downhill.   at one point i saw a bottled water in the middle of the sidewalk that said ty - either someone saw me and was being super sweet, or someone named ty was cursing me - i drank it.  Totally made my day:)

I took good care of my body afterwards and it felt good.  lots of stretching and refueling - even an ice bath.  I really tend to neglect that and i know i suffer for it.

Good news - i think we've figured out my ab problem, so i'm going to vigilantly stretch my back out.  anytime it got tight, i'd stretch it out and my abs didn't bug much at all.

I went over to the ironman to cheer Ashley, Renee, Carol, Jeff, Amber, Jamie, and Stacie on and am so proud ofeveryone!   I'm so inspired...and scared to try it.  i can't imagine pushing my body to that point!