Running For Trevor

AM:  Everyone was still gone to church when I got to my parents house so I decided to run.  5.25 miles out and back.  I felt completely out of shape!  But in case your wondering Sunday morning at 11:30am is the perfect time of day to run.  The weather was awesome.

PM:  Walked 4.5 miles at the track with my Mom & Dad and the pups.

Gym Workout:  20 minutes weights

6 miles on the treadmill, 1% incline 8 minute pace.  I have learned that I can go about 4.5-5 miles (or 30-40 minutes) before my leg starts bothering me.  I am definitely making progress.  Slowly but surely. 

20 min ellpitical just talking nice and easy.

I can't believe it's been a month since TOU.  It is pretty ridiculous how long it's taken me to recover from this one.  But I must admit that I am really enjoying the downtime and laid back approach to training. 

Does anyone in UT county want to run 5-6 miles with me tomorrow morning around 7-7:15am?  I have to come up for a work meeting at 6am but should be done by 7.

PM:  2.25 miles easy.  The weather does not get much more perfect than it was this afternoon.

Work meetings at 6am and 9am with a 1.5 hour window in between.  It's totally classy to go into work in running tights. :)  6.25 miles out & back in Provo canyon, 7:58 pace.  My legs are so locked into an 8 min pace right now I'm not sure if I could go any faster or slower.  Such a nice run with perfect weather and even some sunlight.  I would have loved to have run longer this morning but I am really trying to be smart and the IT and right calf definitely start to become noticable after 30 min of running. 

Gym workout:  30 minutes weights.  I even wandered around the gym aimlessly attempting to utilize the actual weight machines for the first time ever.  I am really wanting to strengthen my hips, quads, calves, and well just my legs in general if anyone has any suggestions?  I did my regular ITBS rehab exercises and then tried some abductor machine thingys.

8 miles on the treadmill.  oops!  Only planned 4 but I just kept going for some dumb reason.  I did feel better but it was still probably a foolish choice.  It took me 63 minutes so whatever pace that is.  The IT band and calf are definitely feeling better each day but the dumbest thing I can do at this point is increase mileage and run through pain.  I think if I handle this injury correctly I can be back up and running fast again soon enough.  But if I'm stupid it could set me back a lot further.  So don't be afraid to slip me a reminder to be smart every once in awhile. :)

Meeting at Willow Park in Lehi on the JRP at 5:45am tomorrow. 5-6 miles for me but you can go as long or as short as you want.  Come one come all!

Awww 7.5 lovely miles with Julie & Rachel this morning on the JRP via Willow Park in Lehi.  I was the closest to the meeting spot and was late because I am directionally challenged and cannot find anything in the dark.  My car almost ran out of gas but I made it and loved every second of it!  Thanks to Rachel for saving our bacon with the headlamp.  We probably would have ended up running straight into the river without her.  I forgot to pack running clothes and was sporting my Dad's XXL football underarmor shirt with a pair of shorts my Mom borrowed me.  Quite the sight for sore eyes but I was very warm and it was a great morning chatting with friends.

PM:  2 miles.  Beautiful Fall night!

Gym Workout:  35 min weights - planks, pushups, shoulders, and ITBS rehab & stretches.

40 sweat-tastic elliptical minutes.  Warmed up 10 min and then did 15 on/off intervals.  Kept the pace the same and just bumped up resistance for the "on" minutes.  6.3 miles in 40 min and I was completely dripping with sweat.

3 treadmill miles, 8 min pace.  I think I was just tired from the elliptical challenge but it felt hard and my IT was bothering me this morning.  In hindsight I should have probably just stayed on the elliptical and tried to beat James record of like 19 miles in one hour.

5K tomorrow.  I am 100% committed to my plan of not "racing" the rest of 2012 but depending on how I feel I'll probably shoot for a MP effort (which may end up being 7:30 pace).  More importantly since it is the month of Halloween I do know I will 100% be dressing up.  Costume ideas are welcome.

I had a lot of fun at the race this morning.  It definitely wasn't an easy course but racing without any pressure is sure enjoyable.  I had three goals.

1.  Beat Allie & Andrea's "jogging" 5K time from last week.

2.  Run a negative split.

3.  Keep my 4th of July hat on.

I successfully (barely) accomplished all three so I'm calling it a victory.  I wouldn't go out on a limb and say it was easy by any means but the effort definitely felt right considering I've been a complete mess since TOU.  6:41, 6:32, 6:26, 5:52 for the last .1. 

I felt pretty good during the slow 3 mile warmup and the race but the cooldown was a completely different story.  My IT and right calf were killing me and I thought I might have to crawl back to the awards ceremony.  It may not have helped that Kassi and Devra dragged us straight up a freaking mountain!  But still it was ridiculous how terrible I felt. 

I won a sweet jacket for dressing up like an idiot in my cutoff shorts & 4 leaf clover socks so all in all a successful day and definitely worth the trip up to the city!  The best part of the day was definitely brunch after the race at Kevins.