Time 1:14:30 AP 9:18

Speed work. 5:30am TM run because of rain and wanted to see if I could pull off these repeats today. Also, can't run during Josie's nap time cause we have an appt. to get passports today.

Mile repeats x 5

1 mile WU @ 6.0 (10mm)

5 Mile repeats @ 6.7/6.8 (8:57/8:49)

Recovery after each mile for .50 @ 6.0

Last .50 I took it up to 7.5 to finish.

Training for a 4 hr marathon @ 9:10 AP for Ogden but hoping to come in a little faster:)

 Bryan Kest Power Yoga 1- 52 minutes Need some sunshiny color on this gray, rainy Monday. At least there's a lot of beautiful green grass/trees coming from all this rain!

 And...it's official!

Time 1:22:59 AP 9:13

6 am Recovery run

I wonder if I'll ever get to wear capris/shorts and short sleeves in the morning. It was cool,  but beautiful morning with lots of clouds hanging out over the snow covered mountains. No rain during the run which I was a little worried about and I swear I heard a woodpecker. Kind of excited to start tapering:)

Any suggestions on what do to after Ogden to kick it into high gear to BQ @ St. George? K maybe that's a dumb question to ask on this blog.

Cross training

Total body circuit training with weights-40 minutes

Power Yoga-52 minutes

Plan on walking at least 2 fast miles around the big block with my daughter in the stroller. SO excited to see the sun again while driving carpool this morning! Hope it stays.

I guess I know what to do to BQ. (See yesterdays post) I'm wondering what to do for a training schedule between Ogden and St. George. Ogden is my 2nd marathon and I've been really strict in following a schedule for both marathons I've run. Like, I have the schedule printed and it's on the fridge and I follow it religiously. Wondering if other people do this or if you just try and run at least 8-10 miles a day during the week and a longer run on the weekend. Do I still have a cross training day w/o running and a rest day before long runs? I want to be smart and not run myself into the ground. BUT I'll do whatever it takes to try and qualify!

Time 52:30 AP 8:45

Tempo run 9:57, 9:24, 9:12, (flat and up) 8:05, 7:54, 7:57 (down and flat)

I started out slow and thought this might just have to be a slow run. I pinched a nerve in my back yesterday (left side) and it killed! The weird thing is, it was while I was driving! I turned to look right and BAM! What? I couldn't turn or bend down. I did the best I could the rest of the day. Then while I was bathing Josie it tweaked again! I think I cussed and seriously had to crawl out of the bathroom very slowly. I called to have my older daughter get her out of the tub. She (Josie) was worried about me and kept saying "Mom! Mom!" I was freaking out a little because this has never happened to me. A spasm, a nerve, I have no idea what this is. I slept okay. Got up to run and it was hurting a little when I first started but then gradually got better. So the entire time since this happened I've been praying it would go away. Please don't let this be something serious so close to the marathon. Please let this go away!!!

Well...running this morning seemed to help. I told myself, just run and do what feels good and don't look at the watch. (I did look when I started feeling better) I felt so good! I wore my first pair of capri tights and they're super comfortable. I think that helped me run faster:) The weather was beautiful! I wanted to have a great last tempo run before Ogden. Hopefully the pinched nerve thing will go away. I can still feel it but not too bad.

Time 1:20:01 AP 10:00

8 early and easy with Ashley and Emma. First time running with the two of them! Weather was AMAZING! Wore my trusty capri tights and a t-shirt FINALLY! This was Ashley's (my sister, on the blog) first 8 mile run ever and she was awesome!!! She is training for her first half marathon (Utah Valley) and I'm so excited for her! I'm also excited we can run together and look forward to more runs with these two. At mile 6 we ran into Lysa and it was so fun to run some with her. My sister Amber was supposed to come up from Traverse Mountain to run with us but couldn't. Sounds like we have enough to do a fun running group in the future for some long runs! Look forward to running again with all of you guys! Emma and Lysa are running Ragnar and I was sad to find out Lysa is running with another team because WE need her. We're looking for 2 more runners!!!

Loving this taper and looking forward to next week!