Stroller pushin in Texas

Stairs. 1 hour

8 miles on the TM.  Speed work. 400's 10x.  Repeats at 6:30 pace.  Almost killed over and died to the heat of the rancid gym.

5 miles on a full belly, barely ate anything!  Very beautiful out, wish my stomach would cooperate.

  This week of running has truly stunk. Now is the time for me to get out of this FUNK!!! 

Finally got ten in. Broken up miles, but I got them in.

AM:  Went to the TM to do MMGW, got 4 miles in and almost exploded from the heat of the gym.

PM: Went back to the gym and did the second half of MMGW.  I discovered the mother's room.  Two TM's and a large fan.  Turned the fan on and felt much cooler than the first run of the day.  Mom's room also has a wide selection of toys...If I get bored on the TM, you just might guess where I may be...   

Another set of broken up miles.  I went with two girls that live on my street for five miles on the base.  They complained the whole time, kept commenting on how fast I was going (9 mm), and told me they hated looking at the back of me the the whole time because I was dragging them.  SERIOUSLY?  Where are the die hards that don't sit and complain?  We were hardly moving.  Anyway, people here are just not the same as back home.  I need a RAD clone!

7 miles on the TM at the gym later.  Did a little speed work, not enough to call it speed work.  

How is it back home it is easy to get 50 miles in per week?  Here, I barely pull 40 and it's like pulling teeth.   

6.5 around the base with the husband.  I would have really enjoyed this run, but the wind was gusting 15-20.  Gotta love Texas...

4 miles on the TM, got sick... 30 minutes on the stairs.

Random miles for the day.

Went running in the AM with Amy and her dog Abby.  The conversation was good and we went 5 miles.  Easy run, COLD.  I actually had to break out my running tights!

4 miles on the TM.  Wanted to do some speed but again, I got sick.  An older man that works at the gym got mad at me because I was working out in the mother's room and I didn't have any kids with me.  Hmmmm, I argued with him a little since I was the only one in the room and it's the only TM with a fan to keep me cool.  Whatever, I just stayed in there.

Leg lifting stuff for about a half an hour.

2 more slow miles on the TM. 

TM workout:

2.5 mile warm up @ 8:27 pace

3 minutes at 9.0 (6:40 pace) 

30 seconds at 10.0 (6:00 pace)

3 minutes and 30 seconds at 6.6

Repeated 8 times

This workout about killed me.  Copied it from Kelli's workout this morning.  Thank you for motivating me to do speed and get some miles in.   

My husband agreed to drive me six hours to watch the Olympic Marathon trials in Houston.  I hope we get to see the athletes AND he doesn't think I'm a total dweeb for wanting to go!  I'm pumped.  :)

7 miles in the parent's room on the TM. 

Got yelled at for being in there again.  They are going to ask the gym director if it's okay if I'm in there...   

12 slow miles around the base.  

2 miles by myself.  10 with the running ladies.  

The run was soooo much better than last week's run.  I think it's because we're into the week and back to running after the Holiday break.  They seemed to enjoy the run a lot more, as did I!

David and I leave tonight to watch the Olympic Marathon trials, how cool it that?  I'm pretty excited! 

9 around the base with the husband.  8:12 AP.  I was grumpy. 

6 miles with the girls around the base in the afternoon.  Felt gross because of the large quantities of chocolate I ate.

2 miles alone. 

7 miles with the girls around the base.  So much stop and go.  Today I feared I was going to get slower because I have been running slower.  I must make sure that I am still getting in my faster pace workouts.

5 miles on the TM at a fast pace.  

A few sit ups to follow. 

I actually tried really hard to do a speed session on the TM and it didn't work out :(.  Speed=morning Rebecca.  I need to try and run these harder speed sessions before I eat anything.  I was feeling great (my legs), but my stomach would not cooperate!

Dorked around the weight room instead.... Did plenty arm rep things.  Let's face it, I pretend I know what I'm doing until something burns in my muscles and I move on.   

14 slow ones.  Girls are gaining more endurance and becoming stronger.  I am gaining a lot of miles and less speed... :\

Told them today I would rather run with people than alone, even if it does destroy my speed for the moment.  I have found my body is much more able to produce more mileage when I don't run so mad lady like... 

1 mile warm up to the gym with the Mr.  4 miles on the TM...Every quarter mile was at a 6:30 pace with an 8:35 1/4 mile between each rep.  

Did weights until my quads were completely fatigued.  

Tried to run home... 

Something is going on in my foot.... 

Until my foot is normal, I will stair climb and xtrain.  

1 hour on the stairs.  My legs are still fatigued from Saturday.  I did so many lunges it felt like I had ran a marathon.

Stairs one hour.   Legs are still sore.

I will run tomorrow.  My body tends to be happy with me when I take a few days to cross train.   

9 miles on the TM.  3 miles to warm up.  5 sets of 5X5. Started at 7.0 and moved up .5 on the TM every 1/4 mile.  Just a little tempo.  Foot feels better.  Signed up for the Texas Half this Saturday in Dallas!

5 miles with Elyse 'round the base.  I told her stories along the way, I think it helped her keep the mind off of the running. 

4 miles on the TM.  1 mile warm up. Started at 7.5 for 1 min. went up to 8.5 for one min. Back down to 7.5 for one min.  Worked up to 9.5.  I really liked the little speed work session I did.

Arm rep stuff.  Calf raises.  Abs.  Bridges.  Stretches. 

Beautiful day in the Del... :) 

Stairs for a half an hour preparing for the 7.5 hour drive.

I drove 7.5 hours with my two friends to the Texas Half Marathon in Dallas.  The drive was LONG.  I swore that I would never drive that far to race anything less than a marathon, but where I live I have to drive a very long way to get to any city.  

Dallas was COLD!!!  It was 34 with a wind chill.  I had planned to wear my tank top and skirt.  Ended up wearing a garbage bag for the first three miles and I never took my long sleeve shirt off.  

My friends were very antsy at the start of the race, I could tell they were rather nervous.  I just tried to relax and not really think about anything major, just thought about running 13.1...  I took a mile warm-up to shake out the nerves.

Race started and I was pretty far back.  I crossed the start a minute and a half after the gun went off.  The first mile was all about weaving outside of the main traffic jam.  I ran upside the hill onto the grass and passed the masses.

Mile 1: 7:28 Pulled over and tied my shoe that had the chip on it.  Really?  

Mile 2: 7:07 

Mile 3: 7:28 Extremely windy at this point.  Found a tall man and ran behind him for about a half mile... I have been doing this when I run with David, so I am used to drafting off someone else.  :)  This kind of annoyed the guy, I just wasn't ready to chick him yet.

Mile 4:  7:44  A relatively large hill for someone that trains on flat surfaces... Nothing like Utah hills... It was just a challenge for me to climb that thing in the crazy wind.

Mile 5: 7:30  Starting to finally get into some kind of groove.

Mile 6: 7:29

Mile 7: 7:53  Stopped and gooed, guess that is why I am slow?  Starting to see a lady in blue to catch.

Mile 8: 7:29  Caught the lady.  Now I have some kind of competition to keep up with.   

Mile 9: 7:36 Out of the wind, goo kicking in.  My timing chip comes off!!!  Grrr.  I have to stop and fix it on a shaky bridge.

Mile 10: 7:25  Feel good.  Shoe comes untied again!!!!!  I double knot the dang thing, girl in blue passes me plus another slow looking chick.  Time to get angry.

Mile 11: 7:10 Catch those girls and keep them behind me.  

Mile 12: 7:43 Back into the wind we go heading uphill.

Mile 13: 7:04  

Last .1 was up a big hill.  NO sprint up this thing.

Felt great when I finished and I ran back to my friends.  Caught them at mile 12, ran with one of them for her last mile.  She took 11 minutes off her last race time.  We all had a great race.

The awards ceremony quickly started after we arrived at the finish, and so we didn't have to wait around forever.  Food at the finish was also delicious.   

 This race motivated me to want to train harder for upcoming races in the Texas area.  The scenery of the race was very beautiful as well.  We did all 13.1 around a nice clean lake.  I would recommend this race and if I am here next year I might do it again.

Exciting day at the Lasano fitness center.  

First off, I went to the running clinic at the HAWC (Health and Wellness Center).  They offer a lot of great things like running analysis, body fat testing, a sports nutritionist (free), and much more.  I need to be taking advantage of all the FREE help they offer to the military.  I better hurry before they cut that stuff out of the budget like they do so many other services.

Today we discussed the importance of the mid-strike of the foot while running.  We practiced what it feels like to propel your body forward and to run on the balls of your feet while cutting out the heel strike.  As I did this, I felt myself glide across the gym floor.  Running was A LOT more efficient practicing this.  We watched this.

Went to TM class and I focused on the technique we had just learned about.  

5 min warmup.

30 second sprint, 90 second recovery repeat 5X

Run at base and add 1% incline every minute for five minutes

Sprint on an incline for 30 seconds, recover 90 seconds, repeat 5X

Recover 5 minutes.

I did some lifting, 100 sit ups.

Went back to the TM for another 4 miles.  Started at 7.5 and went up on the TM every quarter mile until I was at 8.  Started the series again.  Cool down for 1 mile. 

4 miles with the Mr.  I felt yucky.