Stroller pushin in Texas

New month.  

1 hour spinning at high inttensity.

More than an hour in the weight room.  Pretty good lifts.

Vernal run!  I did not have my Garmin so I used a simple watch to time my run.  I ran for an hour and I am guessing I ran around 7.

Beautiful run in the Uintah Basin at elevation.

90 minute spinning class.

I ran for an hour on the TM.  Pyramid speed workout.  I talked to myself through the pain.   

Great workout!

MY FRIEND DAVID IS A NEW RUNNER TO THE BLOG, PLEASE WELCOME HIM!!!

Workout in the 3's.  

3 5k's on the TM.  1st 5k in 23 minutes, 2nd held an 8 min pace with huge inclines, 3rd tempo miles.  Workout was hard and I reached maximum HR. 70 minutes total time. 

103 pushups, 33 squats on each leg, 3 sets of planks, 3 sets of 20 with 25 pound weight back extensions, 33 crunches.

1 hour spinning class. 3 sets of max HR intervals. FUN!!!

75 minutes in the weight room.

3 decent miles.

Great running day!  Sunny with a chilly wind on the Northern Lehi Bench this afternoon.

3 5k's was the workout to he had.

#1- 23:44

#2-22:14! 

#3-23:24.

I ran past Smooth's house three times today and waved as I passed.   I felt great about this run. 

Evening spinning class.

1 hour of weights.

1 hour on the step machine levels 12-16.  A rain storm occurred on my stair machine... Good workout! 

5.1 miles on 41 minutes outside.

Spin class.

5 miles on the TM in 42 minutes.

I am so tired today!  I could barely spin without falling asleep today.  I have found that my body is now on automatic pilot when it works out.  It just knows what to do when all circuits of energy are down.

8 tempo miles on the TM.  Started all miles at a 7:30 pace and edged up the speed every so often.  I was in NEED of the SPEED.

Shoulders, back, and a little core for 40 mintues.  

Worked legs in the weight room today.  Good mix.

Swam 40 laps and I didn't time myself.  Rarely stopped. 

6 early miles due to my huge day!  8:03 AP.  Legs were very tired.  

My dancers performed tonight, all 150 of them.  I am so thankful at how well they did.  FREEDOM!!!!!

Tired tired tired.  First 3 miles of this were absolute pain.  I think all of the stress and sleepless nights finally caught up to me.  Felt gross.  AP 7:42.  

1 mile swim at the West Valley Rec Center with friends.  

I have mixed emotions about my race performance today.  I will point out some of those feelings.

A.  I felt like I could have done better.

B.  I recently came off of an injury and I have not put in my maxed out effort, as far as mileage is concerned.

C.  I am truly thankful that I was actually able to run today.  A few months ago I did not even consider doing this race.

D.  Friends.  As I race I was cheered on by David and my brother Riley.  It felt good to run and be recognized.  I also loved seeing RAD in her AWESOME shirt. 

E.  I have so much to improve on before the Ogden half.

F.  So dang happy I was not doing the full.

G.  So dang happy I don't have a full marathon on my schedule right now.

Details:  I slept on my brother's love sac last night and probably totaled 4 hours of sleep.  Waited for Trax to pick me up at the Energy Solutions arena for about 20 minutes.  I had a friend there running the full marathon and we were able to chat a little about what he was about to experience.  Rode the crowded Trax train up to the U.  Got to the start and met David at the bridge.  We were able to use a bathroom in the ROTC training center and avoided the porta chaos all together!  Started the race too fast like I usually do, and found my pace at about mile 5.  

I think the best part of the race was David following me on his bike cheering for me!  He is COOL.  There was also a guy on the side of the road cooking bacon at about mile 8.  YUM.  I love random things you see while you run races.  Pretty sure the bacon boy is at the top of the 'random list.'

I talked to RAD at the finish and admired her prego shirt.  The shirt read "If you think I am having fun, I am not!  The fun part was seven months ago!"  She only continues to kick trash in my book!  If I ever have children she told me I could borrow her shirt. :)  

The volunteers were great, post race fuel was awesome, but picking up your race bag at the finish was a joke!  My brother and I also stuck around the Gateway and watched the marathon finishers come in.  I continue to be inspired at races and my running addiction only worsens with each race I do.  

Came home and swam a mile. :)

As for sleep...Who needs it? 

Alpine loop @ a 7:49 pace.  Legs were very tired and I collapsed at the end of my run.

Ran on the JRP in West Jordan for about 2 miles.  2 miles on 7000 south heading west and 2 miles coming back.  Legs still tired from Saturday's run.  I did this run in the middle of the day and it was extremely warm.  7:51 AP

MandP weight workout @ Westminster with David.  Wieghts oh how I have missed you!  

Swam in my running clothes pretty slowly, very tiring. 

Stair machine at the West Valley Rec.  I created a rain storm with my sweat, gross! 

 8 extremely easy TM miles.  My legs are extremely sore from the stair machine yesterday.

 **IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A SLOT INTO THE OGDEN HALF MARATHON PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!!  I WILL SELL YOU MY SPOT AT A DISCOUNTED RATE!!

6 easy and fast miles on the TM.  

ManP workout minus the leg squats today.  

I went BaNdIdO today at a local race.  I wanted to get some decent miles in and figured I could do so with other runners.  First year for this race and they had a great turn out.  I have no clue where I would have finished.  Top 10 ladies maybe?  I don't know.

Comparing this race to last week I felt a lot better.  Sleeping throughout the week makes a big difference in the way I feel when I run.  At the end of the race I still had energy unlike last week.  Race speed is still not where I would like it to be, but that will come.  

 This course was also a lot more difficult than the SLC half in my opinion.  A lot of steep inclines up and down the golf course and switch backs through the gardens.  Beautiful run and I might consider racing it next year.  I also ran with Melanie B until mile 8.  I lost her there due to stopping at the POPs. 

Went to the LC for a 1 mile swim. 

Nothing.

BBK run.  Fast paced miles felt great.  Workout consisted of 7 min on, 2 min off, 6 on, 2 off....working down to 1.  Felt awesome!

MandP workout.  

Great speed workout from David's house down to Liberty Park.  3 laps around the park.

AP 7:38 including 2 slow miles back to his house.  Great run! 

6.5 on the TM.  No time and my belly gave up.  

10.5 on the TM.  Took the day off of work and got to go to the TM class at the Legacy Center.  Workout was actually pretty difficult but I felt great.