TexasLindsey

10.5 miles at 5 am. Weather=85 degrees, 45% humidity, 59 dew point, 0 mph wind, dark. Average pace=8:31/m.

mile 1- 9:53

mile 2- 8:44

mile 3- 8:23

mile 4- 8:28

mile 5- 8:35

mile 6- 8:03

mile 7- 7:55

mile 8- 8:12

mile 9- 8:25

mile 10- 8:37

last .5 pace- 8:30

Ran with Tim this morning. Ashley isn't running this week because she is going on a business trip. We tried a new route. It had several long gradual hills both up and down. It was challenging and fun but it did seem longer than it actually was. I carried one of those water bottles that strap to your hand today. It was a 20 oz water. It was frozen when I started and completely melted by the end of mile 3. It was annoying to hold. I couldn't pump my arms up the hills as easily with this recoil action of the water. I drank it all by the end of 5 miles, I dropped it off on the street and then I came back to pick it up later. Next time I think we're going to try to leave water on a corner and do some loops where we keep coming back to the corner to drink. It's so hot and humid- gotta figure out something.

It's going to be a high milage and fast paced week running with Tim every day. Gonna have to go to bed early every night.

I had a popped blister on the top of my big toe I've been dealing with. It's like an open wound. The other day my big toe busted out of my sock and so my toe was rubbing directly on the shoe so that's how I got it. Anyways, tried some stuff called "New Skin" today and it worked really well. It goes on liquid and dries and closes the wound. Good stuff!!

10.2 miles at 4:45 am. Weather=87 degrees, 36% humidity, 58 dew point, calm (no wind to speak of), dark. Average pace=8:42/m.

mile 1- 10:00

mile 2- 9:14

mile 3- 9:19

mile 4- 8:29

mile 5- 8:00

mile 6- 8:08

mile 7- 8:20

mile 8- 8:31

mile 9- 8:35

mile 10- 8:30

final .2 pace- 8:11

Ran with Tim again today. It was hotter than usual this time of day, but the humidity was less than normal. I can't believe how hot this summer is. Today's high is 110 and tomorrow's is 111 and Thursday's is 110. Then we're back down to 105's for the rest of the week. We're in a severe drought too.

10 miles is getting easier and easier. When I finish, I don't even feel like I ran. We're running 10 tomorrow and Thursday too. I haven't decided what to do on Friday. I think I'm going to wait to see how I feel to see if I need a easy day or rest day. On Saturday I think the plan is to run 16 with my group.

10.3 miles at 5 am.  Weather=86 degrees, 46% humidity, 62 dew point, 0 mph wind, dark.  Average pace=8:29/m. 

mile 1- 10:45

mile 2- 9:05

mile 3- 8:02

mile 4- 8:26

mile 5- 8:05

mile 6- 8:11

mile 7- 7:58

mile 8- 7:55

mile 9- 8:05

mile 10- 8:22

final .3 pace- 8:10

Tim and I are getting faster and faster for these 10 mile runs.  It's challenging but not too difficult.  After running my arms are really sore and my feet hurt if I don't wear running shoes all day long... but other than that, I don't have any aches or pains to speak of.  I feel great during the day after running in the morning. 

It's amazing that more running has been helpful to finally rid myself of injury issues.  Sasha's 10 mile a day recommendation is right on.  I just hope I can keep this up... the hardest part is going to bed early enough so that I can wake up at 4:15am.  I know that sleep is just as important in training as the milage.  Everytime I feel a pain in my leg or IT band coming on, I get extra sleep and it's gone the next run.  Amazing how that works. 

10 miles at 4:45 am. Weather=86 degrees, 43% humidity, 61 dew point, 3 mph wind, dark. Average pace=9:10/m.

mile 1- 10:19

mile 2- 9:15

mile 3- 8:38

mile 4- 8:59

mile 5- 9:19

mile 6- 8:55

mile 7- 9:45

mile 8- 8:45

mile 9- 8:27

mile 10- 9:19

Tim and I ran really slow today. It didn't even feel like we ran 10 miles, felt more like 5. My feet are really sore. It feels like I've got shin splints coming on my left leg.

I'm sleeping in tomorrow until like 7 am when my kids wake up. I'm so excited! Going to bed tonight early too. Hopefully that'll catch me up on sleep. My husband is off work tomorrow so I'm going to run at 9am instead.

If I do 4 miles tomorrow and then the planned 16 miles on Saturday with my running group, that'll put me at 60 miles for the week - the most I've ever run in a week!

5 miles at 9am. Weather=90 degrees at start, 94 degrees at finish, 38% humidity, 63 dew point, 13 mph wind, SUNNY!! Average pace=9:13/m.

mile 1- 9:47

mile 2- 9:18

mile 3- 8:45

mile 4- 8:38

mile 5- 10:14

This was a miserable run in the sun with Tim. After I left him to return home I slowed way down the last mile. I have been avoiding the sun for weeks by running in the 5 am hour. Tim has been doing doubles -running in the evening when it's like 110 outside so he wasn't near as miserable as I was.

The Dallas/Fort Worth area is about to break the record for the hottest summer ever. We're also in one of the worst droughts ever recorded. To save money we started keeping our a/c at 85. I can't wait until fall. Crisp cool wind, falling leaves, football, comfortable walks around the neighborhood with the kids in the evening ... Just daydreaming about it all the time lately. I can't wait!!

14.5 miles at 6:30am with running group. Weather= 87 degrees, 45% humidity, 64 dew point, 13 mph wind, SUNNY!!

Average pace= 7:56/m

mile 1- 8:03

mile 2- 8:02

mile 3- 8:06

mile 4- 8:11

mile 5- 8:10

mile 6- 8:13

mile 7- 7:32

mile 8- 7:52

mile 9- 8:00

mile 10- 8:15

mile 11- 8:01

mile 12- 7:52

mile 13- 7:36

mile 14- 7:40

final .5 -7:02

Woo Hoo! Great Run!! I'm really proud of myself today. It was freakinig hot and I did a good sub-8 average long run. We did a 7.25 mile loop twice. The first loop I started out with the lead group for the first two miles but then they got faster and I couldn't hang. Later Tim told me that they were averaging about 7:30 a mile but then Emily and a new girl named Oumama (who seem to use Saturday long runs to battle it out with each other according to Tim) sped up. Tim said that when there were only 2 miles left he and the guys speeded up too and did sub 7's.

I started the second loop with Tim, Ashley, Laura, and Melissa. After a couple miles Tim and I peeled off and started going faster. Mile 11 was mostly uphill and it was a struggle to stay up with Tim. He kept getting faster and faster but I was hanging on. I didn't even look at my watch. So for me the final 3-4 miles felt like a tempo - especially in the heat and sun. So good run!

My feet are hurting now. My left knee was bugging me for the first 3 miles but then it actually got better and I have no pain anymore.

I'm going to eat mexican food now...