ShufflingSista

Formaster run.  Struggled through it.  I had only gotten 5 hrs. sleep the last couple nights and it was catching up w/ me.  My own fault, being a nightowl.  Need to get to bed earlier!

2.5 at track at 9 min. pace.  Felt good.  Got more sleep last night.  My goal today is to weight train.  I have been really slacking on weight training (over 2 weeks w/o) and I can tell a big difference.  I tend to get more aches, I think from the supporting muscles not being strengthened.  So I went easy on mileage today so I can have energy to weight train.  Didn't get up in time for class at gym so I'll have to do a video at home w/ free weights.  Glad I caught up on some sleep though! Got about 8.5 hrs! What a difference it makes!

Finally did 20 min. of weights at 10:30 tonight! Not nearly enough, but at least I picked up the dang things which is more than I've done in the last 2 weeks!

Goal met for the day, run at least 2 miles & weights.  Tomorrow- longer run w/ hills...

Great run today. Good energy despite the ice cream I had late last night!  This was the occasional kind of run that reminds me why I love this crazy form of exercise.  Ran 4.5 miles w/ Heather- up Foremaster, then a loop and down- repeated that 5x.  For those of you not familiar w/ Foremaster, its a pretty steep little hill.  The section I did was .25 up, so my total of steep uphills was 1.25 (2.5 mi total hill running) the rest was flat.

Walked Foremaster for about 30 minutes today.  Am going to do some light weights & toning tonight. Was feeling a bit stiff & sore today- not bad, but could tell I could use a recovery day (AKA lazy?)  and just wanted to stretch everything out and take it easy today.  Going long tomorrow (12 miles) out to AZ border again (hello Lybi!)

12 miles yeah! Out about 1mi. past AZ border w/ Heather.  Longest run I've done since the Hurricane 1/2 in May.  Slow to get into, but felt smooth 2nd half of the run. Took 1/2 GU before, 1/2 GU at midpoint.  Water at mile 2.5 and Gatorade at mile 5.  Just need to do another mile tomorrow to meet my 25 miles this week goal.  Feeling good about this week!