I Probably Should Make My Blog Public again

I did not run yesterday. I drove back from Springfield, fell asleep at 5, and didn't wake up till 10. I then fell asleep for the night. Bummer.

My run today was good, but quick because people were coming over. One mile warmup, three miles starting at 8:30 pace, increasing the pace every two minutes up until 7.6 pace, then back down. The last mile cool down ended a nice run for the day.

Three easy miles on the treadmill. It is treadmill, treadmill, treadmill for the foreseeable future.

Started off crabby. Determined that I was only going to do two just to put something on the calendar. Then I changed my mind as I got less crabby. Snow day tomorrow, maybe. I'm hoping no, but the decision will be made in the morning.

Snow day, so more miles than usual. I treadmilled it. Stopped at 7 miles, then decided one more was in order. I played with the pace a bit, but only pushed the pace in the last tenth of a mile.

Sick Char Char the last two days. Not doctor sick, but clingy and pitiful sick. We all cuddled in bed last night to watch The Little Mermaid. Her fever kept me warm.

I stayed home most of the day with her, though I was able to go in to work for a couple of hours to teach my Algebra class and take care of a couple little things. My run was later. It was interrupted in the beginning by the phone, and then before Chuck took the boys out to the KCs, I told him to bring Charlotte up and have her sit on the couch while I finished. She had my phone and I thought there was a slim possibility that would distract her. But it didn't. So I finished a half mile as fast as I could and called it a day. One more mile would have been nice, but 5 was all right.

I don't think I've run outside in 3 weeks. I'm going stir crazy.

More treadmill while the boys went to Eli's basketball game. They all came home when I wasn't quite finished and rushed m off so that we could get out of the house and do something as a family.

Char is still sick. Chuck stayed home with her today. My boss's wife also gave birth to their first child yesterday. She was a couple weeks early, but healthy.

Five easy treadmill miles before dinner since Chuck was already at home. Now I have the whole night ahead of me. I almost don't know what to do with myself.

Five treadmill miles. Sort of a ladder, but nothing too fast. I always forget to take my inhaler before starting my run. I have to get in the habit.

This will, unfortunately, be a light running week. Charlotte is still sick, so my mom came down to stay with us. I have supervision stuff the next two days, so I might be able to squeeze in a couple miles, but it depends on what time I get home and what time my mom goes to bed. The treadmill's in the guest room...

Treadmill. One warmup mile. Then 6 x 400 at 7:30 pace with a 400 recovery in between. Then 1 mile cool down. I felt good during the fast pace. The pace was comfortable, but not easy.

The four or so inches of fresh snow mean that the exciting run I was planning outside for tomorrow will not take place outside. Our roads will be snow covered until it warms up, which might be this week.

8 easy miles on the treadmill. Nothing fast. Just a little under 9 minute pace.

Treadmill again. We got hit by another blast of snow. I drove back from Chicago today and it took me an extra hour because of driving snow and poor visibility. On the plus side, though, it is supposed to warm up this week, so hopefully we'll have clean roads at some point!

My run was good. I had a headache before I started, but it didn't get in the way. I started off with a warmup of a mile, then started increasing the pace every half mile. I feel that my treadmill workouts are all the same, just minor variations, but I have to keep changing the pace frequently, otherwise I get bored.

5 treadmill miles. It warmed up today, not enough to melt all the snow, but it looks promising for the rest of the week. I don't know if I'll be able to get out till the weekend because Chuck has supervision on the evenings on Thursday and Friday and so do I. But still, it's going to be nice!!

The warmup yesterday left the roads a slushy mess, which then refrozen, leaving the roads a bumpy icy mess. I wisely (but not joyfully) chose the treadmill for a rare morning run. I felt slow, but not terrible. I was able to log more miles for a morning run because I had to take the boys to the dentist.

I need to start adding mileage, and probably should have started my normal "training" last week. I am still not sure whether I should go gung-ho or not. I have in the back of my mind that a pr is important...

I knew this wasn't going to be the best running week. I don't know how many miles I'm going to be able to wring out of the next two days. I'll do my best.

Ahhhhhhh. Finally a run outside. I checked my garmin. It has been a full month since I last used it.

My entire run felt pretty good. It was a little icy in spots, but not enough to slow me down. Pace was under 8:30 average (last mile 7:45) and all felt easy. Why doesn't that pace feel easy on the treadmill?

Then I got ready for a shower. Sometimes to save time I get Charlotte in the shower with me, and while I was getting ready to get in the shower, she pooped in the shower. Awesome.

The first 3 miles felt great.  Then for some reason, the last 2 miles felt like work, even though I was "cooling down" from 8:30 pace. 

Lately my calves have been cramping at night.  Like serious charley horse with that crazy residual pain.  I assume it is related to my shoes, but I'm hoping this is not a signal that I need new ones.  I've only put a couple hundred miles on them. 

I switched to the Kinvaras today just to see if that alleviates the nighttime charley horses.

I'm just glad I posted something for the day. This was all I had time for in the a.m. because I woke up late. Lots of nighttime activities this week. Girls play for state title Saturday.