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zumba in the a.m.

pm - easy 5 miles - av 8:12 - tired from saturday!

am- core class

pm - strength

planned on running 10 at night, but i was exhausted!  i started running my tempo miles, and the outside of my quads were not loving me.  it was weird that i hadn't felt them the day before.  I cut my miles short, and run super slow in.  first 3 miles were high 6's tempo, but i averaged 7:55. 

8 on the treadmill - I attempted this first thing in the morning, but one of my boys fell down the stairs as i was running.  i jumped off the treadmill to help him, and my 2 year old decided to jump on.  ahhhh. he got pinned against the wall for a second or two - enough to scrape him up pretty bad.  i felt so bad for him and felt like a horrible mom:(

My quads were still giving me trouble, so i used some kt tape on them and it seemed to have helped.  felt fine for my run I'm also doing a little routine everyday to try and strengthen them.  I think they are my achilles heel right now.

club run - showed up at 5 and trevor was the only other person there - did the time change?  he dragged me along for 10 miles, i held pace for the first 6 but was just dead again. 6:58 average for the run, last 2 miles were 6:23.

pm - zumba - back started bugging but not bad.

6 miles on the treadmill, pace a little slow.  i'm trying not to care that my run times haven't been fabulous this week cause i need an off week.  I'm hoping to have a good, injury free feel good week next week.

I went to the rec center and swam for 25 min since that was all i had.  I was happy that i would've hit a mile around 30 min.

p.m.  what is my reward for having all males in the family?  Father and sons camp out!  I  absolutely did not know what to do with myself.  I have never had a night to myself!  I had some dinner with friends, and then got  asked to fill in as catcher at a softball tournament.  I was way fun to play since it's been like 10 years!  i am actually sore from throwing the ball so much - i hate getting older!

i went hom, made some popcorn and fell asleep watching a movie that night:)  It was nice to have a little break.

I wanted to get some more downhill in today, so parked at the bottom of cholla creek, and biked 5 miles up the the highway.  i ran down, back up, then back down.  the clouds were loving me that day, and stayed above me for my whole run.  I even got a nice sprinkle in the middle.  Strangely, the outside quads hurt for the first 5 miles but not the rest of the time.  I do feel like they are getting stronger and are not as sore today!  I'm hoping to get a long downhill run in next week.  abs bugged last mile today but i think my back tightened up.

I went back to my bike, and decided that i wasn't done for the day.  I got 20 more miles in on the bike, but i really should've cut that short.  i hadn't had any gels, but had some gatorade and a granola bar.  I rode into leeds, and couldn't believe how easy it felt.  it was slightly downhill, but it felt so effortless. i found out why. soon enough.  i had a tailwind on the way out, and a nice uphill headwind on the way back..  oh yes.  i averaged 10 mph on the way back, it was really sad.  i was completely out of energy.  its been a while since i felt like that.  i'm a little worried cause this was supposed to be my recovery week.  i guess i do start tapering after next week.  i need some good solid tempo miles and a good downhill run to boost my confidence a little for utah valley!