Stroller pushin in Texas

8.25 around the base.  David's parents are here for a few weeks so I have some good babysitters while I run.  There is so much less stress in my life when I don't have to worry about when I will get a run in everyday.  Thank goodness for them.

The run was 7:53 AP and it felt slow. It's nice when "slow" pace is sub 8.  I probably should be going slower but I just get bored out there everyday by myself. 

3 mile warm up.

1200s with a 400 recovery jog between each.  4x

Did 2 sets of 800s with 400 recovery.  I just felt like trash by that point.  

The downhill part of the track was into the wind and the uphill part of the track the wind was at my back.  Guess you have to pick your battles?  I passed three out of four guys out on the track today.  

Cool down for a mile.  7:26 AP for the run

8 slow ones.  I had a good workout yesterday because this felt like crap.  :)  8:12 AP

Half mile warm up to the gym.  2 more miles of warm up on the TM.

-2% DECLINE mile repeats.  Started at a 6:30 pace and ended at around a 6 mm at the end.  I did 5 mile repeats.  I have no idea if this workout even is taking me in the direction I want to go.  Hardly felt winded.  

I need to incorporate more downhill in my workouts but this surely did not feel like genuine downhill.  I just kind of rolled my eyes at this workout.  

1 mile cool down

Looked up my Boston #.  16938.  I am wave 3, coral 1.  Funny how 6 years ago my BQ time was 4 minutes slower and I was wave 2, coral 1.  Times have changed.  I will be smack dab in the middle of a very large crowd.

6.1 around base.  We leave for San Angelo today for a trail race in the morning.

It's always nice to find out that your camp site is right next to the race start line when you wake up in the morning.  We parked the trailer in the dark and had no idea where we were.  In the morning we looked over and the race start was across the way.  David and I decided on the half even though I didn't mention to him that it was a trail race.   We were also meeting up with some friends from Abiliene that we met in pilot training.

Really low-key race.  There was a 50k, marathon, 1/2 marathon and 10k.  The course was pretty forgiving comparing it to other West Texas races.  I have wanted to do this trail race for a long time and the timing was on because we had David's parents in town to watch Naomi and they had their gigantic trailer in tow.  My goal was to set the course record 1:41 I believe.  You just can't gauge a trail race until you start going.

Race started and I easily put myself in the front of all the ladies and I knew there was a good chance I would take this race. I paced myself between two men for the first two miles and then I was off at three miles.  There was a really big hill that I had to slow down to about walking pace around mile 3.5.  There weren't too many technical aspects to the race.  The trail did a lot of weaving and it had some rocky spots.  Tons of cacti throughout.  There were times I thought if I tripped I would surely end up in a cactus of some sort.  

I didn't trip and I didn't get the course record.  It was pretty dang challenging.  My prize... A box of Girl Scout Cookies.  I was pretty darn dissapointed in the prizes.  The guy won the 1/2 with a 1:20 and a course record, pretty dang fast for a box of cookies.  I was happy we did the race, I think David didn't enjoy it as much as I did, he was 3rd with a 1:36. 

Cool race, would I do it again? No.  

Found out that I have the course record now for the females. hahaha