Running For Trevor

Waited until 10:10 am to run because that is when my Boston wave starts. ha!  It helped that I slept in until 9.  Such perfect running weather today, I could have ran all day. 

6.2 miles easy.  I felt significantly better today than I did yesterday which I think is a good sign that my body is absorbing the workouts well and recovering quickly.

Pushups & planks.  I took 4 days off of doing any strength training so it was good to get back in the groove.  I only had time for 25 minutes but that is better than nothing I suppose.

8.6 miles on the treadmill.  Varying incline with a fairly consistant 8 minute pace.  Pretty uneventful run but I felt good. :)

PM:  I had to babysit my nephew tonight so me and the pup didn't get out until about 6:15.  The wind had calmed down and the weather was perfect.  2.4 miles nice and easy.

30 minutes weights

Such an awesome tempo/progression run this morning.  Totally the confidence boosting run that I needed right now in my training.  My legs were feeling nice and fresh after 3 easy days in a row.  I did just .5 mi warmup and then gradually went into the tempo.  7:35, 7:30, 7:24, 7:24, 7:19, 7:13, 7:09, 7:04, 6:58, 6:48.  My friend Candice ran next to me on the treadmill for the first 4 and they totally flew by.  I was glad she was there because I kept wanted to push the pace (I felt so good) but talking to her helped me to stay at a conservative/chatty effort.  After she left I got focussed and down to business.  I felt like I could have kept going but knew this was more than what I wanted and I needed to be smart.  Treadmill incline for first 5 mi was 1.5%, next 3 @ 1%, and last 2 at .5% incline. 

Bib #13745 for Boston!!!  I think it is finally starting to become real to me that I will be running the Boston Marathon!  So incredibly surreal.

30 minutes weights. planks, pushups, and shoulders.  I can now hold a plank for 2 minutes without too much crying. :-)

7.5 miles running easy.  I think I am officially retiring my beloved yellow asics.  :(  The only thing that really sucks about high mileage is going through shoes like groceries!  Sheesh

PM:  2.5 miles with the pup.  Windy and humid out.

Slept in and just ran this morning.  I did a 2 mile warmup and then 3 x 3-2-1 minute on/off intervals.  I was still feeling good after that so I finished up with 5 x 1 minute on/off.  I started out conservatively and by the end was running the 1 minute intervals at about 6:10 pace.  I felt really strong.

Is anyone in UT county interested in getting together for a 5k time trial next Saturday?  I want to torture myself with a 5k to make marathon pace feel easy breezy and the race I was planning to run was cancelled.  Let me know if you are interested.

PM:  2 miles easy

I decided that if I felt okay this morning after some easy recovery miles I would try to finish the last few miles strong.  I am pacing Riverton Half tomorrow so I didn't want to beat myself up too bad but also know I probably wont get anything hard in after the race because of the crazy weather.

First 6 miles were easy recovery (8:40 pace) and then I did just 2 faster miles 7:12, 6:55.  Cooled down for 1.5 mile.  Not too much of a workout really but it felt good to hit those paces without an "all out" effort and I think I will still be good to go for Riverton in the morning.

I had so much fun pacing the Riverton Half this morning!

Met up with a bunch of FRB peeps this morning.  Me, JulieC, Kelli, Rad, Paul, Andy, and I'm sure I'm missing a bunch more.  Anyway we warmed up 3 miles together before the race.

I was pacing 1:50 with Skip and we had a pretty good group up until miles 7 & 8 when the winds really picked up.  We lost a lot of our group during this gradual uphill/headwind miles but most of them finished right behind us and hopefully we still helped them.  Our official gun time was 1:49:55!  Skip's garmin time was 1:50:02...not sure how that happened.  My garmin auto stopped at the last water station so I have no garmin time.  Anyway I think overall we did a good job and it was a lot of fun.  I never felt like I was pushing and felt really comfortable and relaxed the entire time.  I rarely looked at my watch and think that (8:23) is such a comfortably natural pace for me. 

Cooled down 2 miles with Kelli, Rad, and Paul. 

*Easter egg hunt with the kiddos

*Big lunch with the entire family

*Chased four 2 year olds around for 5 hours. 

*3 mile round trip to the park and back

phew......just sat down for the first time today and I'm exhausted!!