| Location: Rantoul,IL, Member Since: May 12, 2008 Gender: Female Goal Type: Marathon Finish Running Accomplishments: 1/2 marathon 1:43:09--Illinois Marathon, April 2013
10K: 46:50--Safe Kids Run in Crystal Lake Park, April 2010
5K: 22:07--Jingle Bell Run, December 2009 Short-Term Running Goals: Do another marathon AFTER GOOD TRAINING
1/2 marathon in 1:41 or under
Break Burt's 5K PR by 1 second
10K in 46:00 or under
Long-Term Running Goals: Keep encouraging my family in their development of a healthy lifestyle
God willing, I will run until the end. Personal: I run with God. I use my running time to contemplate, to pray and to listen for His call. I'm married to a non-runner, but a supportive one, and we have four children. |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 590.54 | 61.10 | 651.64 |
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| Red Saucony Miles: 194.25 | Light Blue Saucony Miles: 319.39 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Can't get back in the habit of blogging. I need to catch up on everyone's stuff. Happy New Year!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| I am really dreading the temperature drop that I sense is coming. It's been around 30 (except for the weird 60 degree day last week) and I can handle that. Also, I have an itch INSIDE the bottom of my foot. I have no idea what that's all about, but it is killing me cuz I can't scratch it.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Just 5 slow miles. I need to sign up for a race or something, to get motivated to run faster. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| I squeezed this in before Euchre night (we play every other Wednesday). I did not win (again). | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 easy miles. I don't like winter. I've been dragging my feet when it's time to get outside...and the time-wasting just makes my life more difficult.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| A nice 6 miles after a day of cleaning and organizing. I love cleaning and organizing (well, the result of cleaning and organizing anyway). I haven't run with my garmin in a while because I have just been following established route, but I wore it. It confirmed my slowness. I am a little bugged by my slowness, which is a good sign for me. If I'm bothered by it I'll work to change it. I'm not sure if I am going to race the Illinois 1/2 marathon (in early May) because I am planning on running with a former student who just finished chemo last month. I really have no idea what to expect from him, whether he'll be able to run or will have to walk some (or much). So I'm thinking about finding another 1/2 to race around that time. I was also encouraged because I was looking at some papers from last year, and I started training in earnest on March 1. That gives me 6 ish weeks to get my mileage up and my pace down...
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| I felt pretty good on this run. Pushed the pace a little, just to knock some of the rust off my legs. We're supposed to get a bunch of snow tonight. I'm not feeling very happy about that, but as long as it doesn't get icy, I guess I'll allow it. I've been running with a mask on lately and I feel really creepy wearing it. Today when I was getting ready I thought I'd scare my husband by going upstairs and threatening him. Then I thought better of it. He said it was probably a good thing, because he might have punched me in fright.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| We didn't get quite as much snow as was forecasted (yay), but it was messy out (and still snowing) by the time I get ready to run. I cross trained instead, but I think getting outside today will be much easier. We'll see! | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Sidewalks were mostly clear, but the run was still slow (and cold). Nothing remarkable. Yesterday I chipped a molar (!) on a piece of hard candy. My tongue is now all cut up, and you know how annoying that is. After thinking about having some popcorn (Wednesday is treat day at work) and deciding against it after for some reason I couldn't open the bag, I chose the piece of candy and told a coworker (who watched my failed attempt with the popcorn bag with amusement), "I'll just take this, even though it's probably worse for me." I am a prophet.
Oh, and we are planning a summer voyage out west (June, we think). We know for sure that we are going to Colorado Springs to visit friends and Mesa to visit family. Then we'll be taking a leisurely trek back home. We're still deciding what things to see on the way back. I'm hopping I can see some bloggers, too, on the journey!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Cross trained after some shopping. Bought new running shoes, as they were needed (I didn't get as many miles out of my last ones as I was hoping). I also used a gift card that I got for Christmas to buy a new cold weather shirt. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Got to my mom and dad's yesterday. Went for a run by their house this morning. Here most people shovel their sidewalks. It's nice. I saw a lot of people out running (well, I guess that's relative, because it was really about 5 people). |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| Did Jillian Michaels with my sister, and then later we took 6 boys sledding! It was pretty fun. She didn't go, but I wouldn't miss an opportunity to sled. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| An easy 4 miles. It was warm(er) and foggy out. Snow's melting, but I think it's supposed to refreeze (and maybe snow a bit more) tomorrow. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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I saw Burt running the other day. Wow does he have a big head. (Oh, yeah. And I ran today).
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Squeezed in before Euchre. I did not win. Someday it will happen for me... |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| We got some fresh snow today, and since it was snowing all day, most sidewalks weren't shoveled. Going was slow, but while I was running some guy with his dog, after I exchanged pleasantries with him, told me I was fast. When I laughed he said he saw me on the other side of town. And then his dog ran out into the street, right in front of a car. Don't worry. No dogs were harmed in the making of this blog entry. He made it.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 5.00 |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw5MHsO-JI8 Here's a look at the life of a runner.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Yesterday instead of running I had a fun mother/son night with Eli while Chuck was supervising a basketball game and Caleb was at his first sleepover. But I doubt I would have run anyway. It warmed up to a balmy 5 degrees. I either need to get a 3 month gym membership (not too expensive) or pull the trigger on my treadmill dream. Still few shoveled driveways. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| I hate 2 things right now. I hate snow. I don't mind the cold, but I really hate snow. There is not a single route that I can run right now that doesn't have at least 2 half mile stretches that are snow covered and slow. Boooo! I'm already slow. The snow just mocks me. I also hate running. The first two miles I was musing on just how much I hate running. I hate running so much that I am seriously contemplating using the FIRST training plan for the 1/2 that I'm doing. That's the one where you run 3 key workouts each week and cross train the other 3 days. The only problem is that right now I can't cross train either because my bike is broken and swimming would be inconvenient. I'm contemplating just doing 5 days a week till March, then doing that training program after I get my bike fixed. I hate running so much that yesterday I spurned running and instead sat on my behind and ate candy and chocolate chip banana bread.
I hate running so much that even the crazy little girl who told me that she loved my jacket as she ran past me on the way into her house didn't really shake the blackness of my mood.
But I did enjoy the last mile and a half of my run, when my path was relatively clear and I was able to open up a little. I'm still none too fast, but at least my last mile was respectable. So to summarize: I hate snow and I hate running. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| An easy 3. By the time I felt warm, I was done. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Well, I rethought my running routes, and realized that I can do mostly streets if I change things up a bit. So that's what I did, and I had a good run. It was a nice progression--ending with some sustained sub 8 pace, which felt pretty good. Maybe I can learn to love running again, but it'll probably still be a while. I did kinda like my run today. My problem lately is that 9:30 has been about as fast as I'll go, and I've been content as long as my pace is below 10. So maybe if I continue to push a little, it'll be good. I'll have to run in the streets though, as its hard to get a good pace going on snowy sidewalks.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Slow and steady... |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
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It's been above freezing during the day for the last 5 days or so, so the snow's been melting. I stayed in the streets. Most of my miles were between 9:10 and 9:20, but the last mile I pushed it again. Pace for the last 1/4 mile was below 8 min. I am looking forward to the day that pace feels sustainable for the long haul. We are supposed to get more snow this week, which is okay with me, but only if the temps are what they were this past week. If not, I'll probably be complaining again :) I'll probably post this again, but I need some reading suggestions. Just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and I'm waiting till I can check out the next one from the library. I'll read pretty much anything. Anybody reading anything good? I have a Nook and I love that I can check out ebooks from my library
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.10 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Snow day #1. Lazed around most of the day, played Wii with the kids (and husband and nephew) instead of grading, finally did something productive (working with pictures) late in the day. I am relegated to the gazelle for the next few days, at least. I've decided that I am going to change my weekly running schedule. For the past couple years I have not run on Sundays for a lot of reasons, but I think I am going to start running on Sundays and take Monday off running instead. Monday I didn't run--got lazy and decided to watch the weather/news as they got us pumped for the big storm. And I'm noticing that it's a pattern the past few weeks that Mondays aren't the best day to run. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I feel like using the gazelle is just phoning it in... Snow day #2: husband and brothers have already been snowblowing for 3+ hours. Haven't even been to our house yet. Could there be a snow day #3 tomorrow? Dare I dream? I'm grading today just in case. But first I will play Mario brothers... |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I planned to go out this morning and run on the roads, but it's snowing now and visibility is not great. Running on roads makes me nervous anyway, not in all areas but anytime I leave my neighborhood... So I'm going to wait a bit. If I can't get outside today I'm going to the gym. I can't deal with the gazelle anymore.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.70 | 0.00 | 5.70 |
| I took some pictures on Saturday of our loads of snow to do a visual blog entry. I've been waiting to log my miles till I could upload the photos, and my computer is not cooperating. So I guess I'll just log my miles. Maybe I'll have pictures for you tomorrow.
Our streets were snow covered till Sunday because my town does not believe in salting (and not because they love the environment). The roads finally cleared after the temperature got above freezing. So I'm able to get outside. Yay. I have decided to make some changes in my workout routine since I'm feeling, I don't know, blah. I woke up at 5 and did Shred level 2. But I ran at my usual time.
I wasn't sure how much I wanted to run, so I just played it by ear. It was frigid. 11 degrees, colder (hovering around 0) with the windchill. The only part of me that was cold was my shoulders, and I don't even know why. I felt pretty good once I got warm. This was the first time in many months that my run was mostly done with the sun still out. Probably the last mile or so the sun had set fully. I like when the days get longer :)
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 5.70 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 easy miles. I find that when I run outside in the cold, my shoulders hurt later. I think my shoulders feel like it's their job to keep my neck and ears warmer... |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.40 | 0.00 | 6.40 |
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In the am I woke up and did the Shred level 2. In the pm, I broke down and went to the gym. Just paid for a one day membership because I'm not planning on doing it again. It's supposed to get to 40 this weekend, so I'm hoping the snow will melt. I did most of the run at 9:13 pace, but I picked up the pace periodically. It was very hot in there, though. My treadmill had one of those fans on it, but it didn't help at all. Sad story: Eli's baby sitter brought her dog in to be spayed today. The dog died during the procedure. The vet doesn't really know why. She was a beautiful yellow lab. I felt so sad for Eli's sitter because she was crying when she told me. She didn't explain it to Eli because she wasn't sure how to, so we talked about it when we got home. Poor doggie.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.40 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.20 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
| Last night I took the boys and went to our school's annual battle of the bands. It was really great to see many of my students put themselves and their talents out there. I don't know who won the battle because I took the boys home before it ended to get them in bed at a reasonable time, but I hope it was my favorite act. To explain this properly, I have to give a little back story (forgive me). Our school has a significant Asian population (mostly from Korea). A lot of the Asian students do not participate regularly in extra curriculars, although that is changing a little. Most of the students that we have are pretty traditional--they don't mess around when it comes to academics. However, one of my students this year is a Korean boy. He is not your typical Asian. He's huge. He plays football. Although he hangs out with the other Koreans, he is also pretty popular. He doesn't like school too much. But man, can that boy sing! My favorite band was headed by him with 3 other Korean boys playing drums, bass and guitar (he played guitar too). And they were a Christian band, singing praise songs. It's rare when you see a high school crowd go wild over a Christian band, but this one did. When their second song ended, there was a moment's pause, and out filed 10 choir members (in robes) from stage left and a violinist, viola(ist?) and cellist from stage right. I don't even remember what song they sang, but it was very moving. Really all the kids that performed last night did such a wonderful job. It's nice to see kids directing their energy into something positive. Anyway, onto the running. I'm glad I got over 7 miles today. It felt good. My average pace was just slightly under 9 minutes and it felt easy. I guess now I'm building and sorta enjoying running again. It helped that it was about 30 by the time I got out. Isn't it sad that 30 is warm? It was windy (weather says between 10 and 15 mph) but I only felt it when I was heading west.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 7.20 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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I'm getting into a rhythm now. I'm going 4 easy, no stress miles along a well-worn path, then running a couple more miles the following day, throwing in a little speed in the end. I have no concrete plans for training yet, but I have decided that in 2 weeks or so, it's time to get a little more serious.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Got up early to do the Shred, level 2. I am not impressed with that marketing name. It's pretty stupid. But I do like the workout. Good old Jillian.
The track team was leaving for their run after school wearing shorts. It was sunny and felt warm. When I got in the car, I was surprised to see that it was only around 40. I was hoping for a change in the normal wardrobe, but by the time I got out of the house, the sun had gone down and it was not quite so warm. Dropped to around 30, with a strong wind. My run was nice, a nice and easy average of just under 9. I'm happy that this pace feels comfortable again...
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| A glorious 6 mile run in 50 degrees and sun! Got home early enough to complete this before dark. Wore light tights and two long sleeve shirts and felt comfortable (though I did need something on my head and I wore gloves). I saw so many people out taking advantage of the beautiful day. I haven't seen that many people outside in MONTHS!
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| I have been sleeping horribly this week. The worst thing I ever did was embrace TV in the bedroom. Now I can't fall asleep without it and sometimes can't fall asleep with it. Watched a few episodes of Three's Company in the wee hours before finally drifting back to sleep, but when my alarm went off for my date with Jillian Michaels, I blew her off. My p.m. run was later than normal, but it was warm and windy today, so the run was easy...sorta.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.10 | 0.00 | 8.10 |
| Yesterday was a travel day, so no run. I thought about working out when I got to my mom's, but instead we all sat on the couch and watched Phineas and Ferb OnDemand. I love that show. This morning was chilly when I started out, but sunny, so I kept taking my hands out of my sleeves when they'd get hot and then put them back in after a few minutes. My hat was also on and off, but I kept a headband around my ears. With all the talk about high fiving people, I decided to take my first opportunity to channel Burt (that's gotta be where it all comes from, right?). When I was running by the river, I saw a guy running towards me (on the wrong side of the street, so that we on a collision course) and he looked like he was in pain. So I shouted "High Five" right when we were about to pass, and he grimaced as he raised his hand. My high five was a little mocking. Then I crossed the street no long after to high five a woman that I had seen running when I first set out. She was already moving across the street anyway, so this high five business must be growing. I know her, though she doesn't know me. When I was a kid she was always running, and then she was always at the local pool. She wore a black bikini every year and she was impossibly tan. She's gotta be in her late 60s by now, and I bet she's really wrinkly. Then after that, I saw the first guy again, still running on the wrong side of the street. This time no words were exchanged, just a nice hand slap. I'm fairly certain that he cut a couple blocks short on the river run just so he could meet me again. I then ran for a while without seeing anyone. When I ran towards the railroad tracks about a mile from home, there was a freight train, so I turned and ran parallel so I could tack on a little extra distance. And wouldn't you know it? In the distance, still on the wrong side of the street, I saw my friend. So now I suspect that he planted a tracking devices on me during the second high five. He pretended to be reluctant to high five me again, but he probably knew that this would be the last opportunity to get his tracking device back. I didn't see him again. When I got by my mom's I realized that I was only going to hit just more than 7 miles, so I ran around the blocks by her house to get to 8 miles. I overshot it, but just a bit.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 8.10 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| A dreary day outside, but a day off school's a day off school :) Did Jillian first, then ran.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| I had a smaller window for running than usual, but after I was done I realized it wasn't as small as I had originally thought :) | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Easy miles. My schedule has been messed up this week, and the colder weather is making me a little crabby. The word on the street is that we are supposed to get 4-8 inches from Thursday into Friday. I'm crossing my fingers that it doesn't happen.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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6 easy. It was dreary and windy, but almost 40 today.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| We got 2 inches of snow last night, but it essentially melted before I got out for my run. Sweet. I think we might get an inch tomorrow, but hopefully it'll be gone just as soon. It was warmish (low 30s) with light wind. I came home and since my family wasn't back yet, I did Jillian. But I confess, I skipped the 3 cardio parts on level 2. I figured that I got enough cardio with the run.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| We went on a spur-of-the-moment mini-vacay in smelly Decatur. We were hoping to hook up with a friend of mine who just had a baby but didn't want to go all the way to her house in Springfield if we couldn't meet up, which is why we chose Decatur. We didn't end up hooking up with her, but that's okay. Soon enough I'll get my hands on her baby :)
So we just hung out as a family and went swimming in the hotel pool. It was pretty fun. Right before dinner I went down to run on the hotel treadmill while the kids and Chuck rested. I planned on 9 but really wanted to quit from mile 2 onward. It was really hot in the exercise room. I wish I had brought stuff to run outside because it wasn't too bad out, but I didn't plan real well. Once I got to 5.5 I thought about quitting because that would have brought my miles to 30 for this week. But instead I kept going because I knew I could do better. I threw in the towel after an episode of Sex and the City ended, which I do not generally watch, but it was the only thing I could find. When I was coming back up to our room I met my boys half way. They were coming down to look for me since they were hungry, so it was perfect timing.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy miles. It was pretty windy. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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I damaged my eye, I think it is a scratch, but yesterday I couldn't stand being in the light and didn't trust my eye to go out in the dark. So I gazelled and watched another Illini loss. Got to get to the eye dr. today. This eye is killing me.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| I'm finally back...used Euchre on Wednesday as my excuse, then laid down with my eyes closed starting at 5 on Thursday. That helped. My eye wasn't so angry today. Saw the dr., no infection. Scratch is healing, though my eyes are both dry. But getting out today felt good. It was overcast and on the warm side. Probably about 50 when I first started and dropped a bit throughout the run, though it did reach 60 today. My garmin died at 4.25 miles, so I had to guess at the distance, but I was on a well worn path and I made sure that I did at least 7. I doubt I went over by much, but I know I didn't go under. It's nice sometimes to run without worrying about pace. I think I kept pretty steady at about 9:15 pace or so.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| This run was hard, not just for the length, but for the wind. It was intense. But now I'm on the way to getting some endurance again :) |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 1.50 | 6.00 |
| I decided that I have to do at least a little speed before my half coming up at the end of April, but I really don't have a time goal. But since I would like to PR in a 10K a couple weeks after that, I do need to actually train instead of just running some leisurely miles. So I'm on a speed work Tuesday, tempo work Thursday, long run (slightly faster than I've been currently running) on Saturday type of schedule. I really have no desire to be a slave to a program and it was hard to convince myself to just do the 6 x 400s that I had planned (or thought I had planned, I was actually supposed to do 4 x 800, but I'll do that next week instead, whoops). But I did and I was happy. I ran all 400s at a 1:45-1:50 pace and it was comfortable. I probably could have gone a little faster, but since this is my first "speed" workout in a looooooooong time, I went for conservative instead. I need to get a little more confident in my abilities. I did a little over 2 for a warmup, my 400s on the track with 400 in between, and then a bit over a mile home. Didn't wear the garmin (no batteries) and I think it was a bit over 6, but not quite 6.5, so I'll just call it 6.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Just an easy 3. Nothing remarkable. This week has been a little hectic. Caleb was sick Monday and Tuesday, and when I got back to school, my sub had not really followed my lesson plans (which makes me a little mad, but they were complicated). So I had to reteach some stuff and it throws my whole schedule off. I need some advice from anyone who has it: My SIL has been battling breast cancer since last April. She finished chemo last month and is currently cancer-free. However, she still has to have her ovaries removed, wait a month, then have 6 weeks of radiation and then have reconstructive surgery after another month or so. And all this has been delayed because she currently has pneumonia. And for some reason, she has latched onto a statistic that isn't accurate anymore, that she has a 50% chance of surviving over 5 years (except I think she views it as a 50% chance of dying). No amount of talking can convince her that the statistic is not correct.
She's fighting depression. Don't know if she's doing anything for it (or even if she can right now), but that's beside the point. I'd like to extend a nice gesture towards her. My brother intimated that just taking her to lunch would be enough to help cheer her a little, but I was trying to figure out something else to do. I'm not one for grand gestures, but lunch seems to fall flat. Anyone who has been in her situation or mine have any ideas?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| An easy 4. Caleb's still sick. Poor baby. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 4.50 | 6.50 |
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I did a little bit of tempo running today. After a 1/2 mile warm up, under 7:45 pace felt comfortable for the first 2.5 miles, and agony for the other 2. The wind added to the agony. The whole run averaged 8:22, which seems respectable, given the fact that I haven't been doing anything fast lately. Two of my fast miles were a bit over 8 min, 2 were under 7:45. I'll blame the wind.
I had to switch up my runs because of stuff at home (but Caleb is feeling much better). So no run yesterday, but I'll run long tomorrow instead.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 3.00 | 10.00 |
| I'm very happy about this run. Except for the first mile (9:12), every mile was well under 9 minutes. Although this run wasn't what I would consider "easy," it felt good to do it. By Carolyn's 8:30 and under as fast designation, only 3 of these miles (one mid run and the last two) would be considered fast. Whole run averaged 8:38, which was actually faster than what I was shooting for. It was windy, but not nearly as windy as yesterday. Wind was maybe 10 mph (at least according to the weather channel), but colder (in the 30s).
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.30 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| Now Eli's sick (who couldn't see that coming?). My mom came down to help (she's the best). I didn't run yesterday, but I did my 4 x 800s today (all in 3:42). Ran a warm up and cool down too. I'm hoping Eli's feeling better tomorrow. There has been a flu bug making its way through Caleb's school and I hope it doesn't make its way to me...
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.30 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| An easy 4 miles. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.70 | 5.00 | 7.70 |
| When I left work (we had a 1/2 day), it was rainy, windy and cold. So when I got dressed for my run, I wore long pants and 2 long sleeve shirts (one an underarmor cold gear shirt). So stupid. I was WAY overdressed. But in my defense, it warmed up while I was running and the sun came out. Too bad the wind didn't go away... Anyway, I did a little over a mile warm up, then started picking up the pace as soon as I crossed a busy street after the first mile. I did 5 miles at just under 8 minute pace (7:55, 7:54, 7:56, 8:04, 8:02). I altered my route because of the wind. After my second fast mile, I went south for a 1/2 mile so that I didn't have to do the last 2 miles completely into the wind. I did, though, have more wind in the last 2.5 miles because I was going more north and west, into the wind, but I didn't have any long stretches headlong into the wind. Then I did 1.6 miles easy, real easy (about 9:25 pace). I'm feeling pretty good about running lately. I was really afraid that I wouldn't be able to sustain 8 minute pace for 5 miles. It's kinda sad to think that last year I did a half at that pace. I'm just not as fit as I was last year, which is okay.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 7.70 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| A nice and easy pace. I tried to concentrate on my form throughout the entire run. I was overdressed again. You think I would have learned from yesterday but I swear before I went out that it was in the 30s. The sun made it feel warmer. I think I just need to stick with shorts. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 2.00 | 11.00 |
| I planned on doing 10 today, then when I realized at about mile 7 that I would be going over 10, I decided to make it a round 11 instead of 10.something. I started relatively slow (I think around 9:21, but my garmin didn't pick up a satellite right away, so I had to guess a little) and then hovered around or under 9 minute pace for the next several miles. Around mile 4 a little dog followed me for a couple minutes, barking like crazy. I wasn't scared of him, but I was scared for him if he was going to follow me, so I tried to chase him home. I couldn't exactly figure out which house he came from, though, and I chased him back once only to have him follow me again. Finally I backtracked to where I thought he came from and rang the doorbell. No one answered, but the dog stayed on the porch and didn't follow me again. Then I tried to pick up the pace for the next few miles, just to about 8:50. Mile 9 and 10 were a bit under 8:30 and mile 11 (my bonus mile) was a slower cool down (about 9:20, right where I had started). While it wasn't as fast as it was supposed to be (I was shooting for 8:45 average), I also wasn't working that hard. Pace felt good. The wind was pretty fierce. This time I didn't overdress. When I first left the house I thought I was under-dressed (shorts and two long-sleeved t shirts). But wearing gloves and an ear band helped keep me warm. It was probably somewhere slightly under 50 degrees, but I was glad I just went for shorts.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ran at my mom's house. Planned on 5 but then went longer. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.25 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
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Took my brother's dog for a run today. His limit is 4 miles, apparently. A little past 4 miles, he sat down and tried to run the other way (like that was the direction of home). I decided to walk him the remaining mile home because I didn't want to kill someone else's dog. When we got closer I ran him so that my watch would hit 4.25 because I didn't want to log 4.07.
Then we waited and waited and waited for my brother's baby to be born. She finally was on Wed. night. Mom and baby are well. I saw them today (Thursday) and then we headed back home.
Took my SIL out to lunch on Tuesday. She's struggling mentally, but she is seeing a therapist, which is good. She had her ovaries removed Wednesday. She is doing well physically.. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.25 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| An easy 6 after a day of waiting and traveling. I skipped my planned workout on Wednesday because I opted to run with the dog and didn't think he could handle intervals (though he did make me run faster than I wanted to, at least in the beginning). I thought about doing it instead of an easy 6, but then didn't for no particular reason. We'll see if it gets done on Friday. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 2.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran to the track (2.1 miles) for some 800s. Then did the 800s progressively faster. First 3 were 3:45 (whoops, too slow), 3:40, 3:34. I figured after the first 3 that I should aim for 5 seconds faster. Then I accidentally hit the stop button instead of the lap button, so I don't have my time. I'm fairly confident it was at most 3:30, maybe a little under, but I will never know... Then ran home. I find that my pace after a little bit of speed is slower than normal, but I can't make myself hurry when I am running back from the track. Whatever. I try to concentrate on my form when I find myself running slow.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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Woo hoo! I'm over 40 miles this week! Just an easy run. Tomorrow I do tempo. I'm mixing it all up this week.
I'm getting tired of the cold, BTW. I thought March was supposed to go out like a lamb.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Missed my tempo run yesterday because I was grading :( I hate running on Mondays.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 |
| I'm having a problem lately (that I know I've talked about before) where the time that is convenient for me to run is not compatible with my stomach. When I get home from school (at about 4:30) I am STARVING. My body just wants dinner since I eat lunch at 11:15. I try a little snack, and if I can get out the door before 5, I'm usually okay. But if I have to wait longer for my husband to get home (and I usually do), I get too cranky. That's what happened today. When I got out (at 7), I was still cranky. I ran to the track at a slower pace, trying to convince myself to do the workout I had planned. I was still trying to convince myself when I got to the track, but when I started my first fast mile, then I felt better. I ran 3 x 1600 with a 200 in between each mile. I got faster with each mile (7:53, 7:43, 7:30), so that was good. Then I ran home faster than I have the last few weeks after some speed. Yay for me.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 easy miles. Then it was on to Euchre night, where I lost. There's always next time. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 |
| When I was getting ready to head out, I found that my garmin was running out of battery. I frantically searched for my charger, but couldn't find it (I think it's at school). I ALMOST decided to scrap the tempo part of my run, but I knew that if I didn't do 6 miles tempo, I would be mad at myself. So I charged on! Because I run all my routes a lot, I have all the mile splits memorized (for the most part), so I decided to run 4 miles into my usual tempo/long run route and then turn around. Splits are approximate and I couldn't quite hang on to 8 minute pace, but I think mile 3 and 4 were 10-15 seconds long (the mile split is along a string of light posts that are about 10-15 seconds apart, and I couldn't remember which one was the point, so I went one past the one I thought it was in case I was wrong). Splits were 7:45, 7:59, 8:24, 7:54, 8:15, 8:07. Then I ran one mile home. I do not have the endurance that I had last year, so I'm not looking for a PR in the 1/2 I'm doing (4 weeks left, I think), but I am looking for a respectable time. I feel confident that if I had one more month to work on it, I could probably PR, but alas, I did not get my butt in gear as far as building a good solid running base early enough. And there's no way I'm doing a 1/2 in late May.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 easy miles in the a.m. because I am chaperoning a dance tonight. It was cold and dark. I was pretty creaky starting out, but felt better after a mile. I went slow, though I don't know how slow, since my garmin is still dead. It's probably better that way. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| Since my garmin was still dead and I made no effort to find my charger on Friday, I had to go sans watch again. I had to estimate just a bit and did another out and back. I hit the lap button at my guesses at a mile so that I could compare how I was running on the way out and the way back, and I was pretty even, except the wind was a factor. I was 20 seconds slower on the way back in. I mapped my run and it was slightly over 5 miles. gmap says it was 5.17, but I'll underestimate in case it was wrong. So I averaged anywhere from 8:36 pace to 8:45 pace, which I'm okay with. It didn't feel too bad, though I was wondering in the end if I really had the stamina to run faster than that for more miles. I did find my charger at school, so I'll be depending on that this coming week :) I saw the dog that chased me last week on a chain by the house I thought was his. He barked at me again, but I told him to suck it when he gave chase and didn't get anywhere. I also was told to "Work it, girl" by a 6 year old. Then I was ogled by a couple old men. One was saying something to me as I was running past. I'm pretty sure it was lewd, but I couldn't really hear. So I just smiled to give the old men pleasure. I know I'm sexy while I'm running.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 10.20 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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An easy 6. A cold front came through and it was also hella windy.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| It was warmer today than yesterday and less windy, but it was still windy. I have been dragging these last couple runs, but at least I got them done. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 2.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran to the track for some speed. Just 4 x 800. The first 800 was 3:29. But I finished into the wind, so on my recovery I ran a 600 so that I could finish with the wind. Next was 3:30. Third one I relaxed a bit at 3:37, and on the last one I relaxed too much at 3:41. Wanted to be at 3:35 for all, but the last one it took me too long to get into it, and by the time I felt that hunger for speed, it was already over. Wish I could blame the heat (it was 74!) or the wind, but really it was just my brain. I did get whistled at on the way to the track. That's right. I'm sexy. It makes me laugh. I've never been one to fall for leering/ogling. I don't think that when I was in the dating stage of my life that I ever started dating someone who looked me up and down appreciatively first. I guess there have to be some girls who would, otherwise men wouldn't do that, right?
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.25 | 8.00 | 10.25 |
| Didn't run yesterday. While Chuck was supervising the spring play at his school, I took my boys (plus my nephew) to see Pirates of Penzance at my school. It was surprisingly good. Eli liked the pirate ship. He was a little squirmy, but still behaved himself. I'm not sure how much of it Caleb and Spence understood of the dialogue, but they seemed to enjoy the play. Unfortunately, I will never know how it ends because we left at intermission so everyone could get to bed on time (including me). Today's run was hard. 1 mile warm up (9:16), 8 miles tempo, 1.25 miles cool down (9:16). My splits on the tempo part were: 7:54, 7:50, 7:51, 7:55, 8:05, 8:08, 8:12, 8:22. 8 minute pace is just not mine for the taking just yet. I almost quit after 5.5 miles. Instead I stopped and stretched for a minute while giving myself a pep talk. I almost quit again after 7 miles, but I persevered. The last 1.5 miles of the fast part were into the wind (thus my near throwing in the towel). It was steady around 15 mph, so I don't feel so bad for the dramatic slow down. Well, I feel kinda bad.
This is my longest tempo run. I do another 10 on Sunday, then my longest run is next weekend. Supposed to be 12, but I am thinking of just going the 13.1 miles just to reassure myself that I'm good for the distance.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 10.25 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 easy miles at my mom's. I'm tired from Friday's run. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I skipped my 10 mile run on Sunday. I got back to Chicago at noon, and it was already over 80. No thanks. Easy miles today. Running feels like a chore again, but it's probably because of other factors...
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran a couple miles to the track, only to discover that there was a meet getting in the way of my planned 4 x 1600 workout (darn kids!). I cursed briefly, and then did my 4 fast miles with a 1/4 mile recovery on the streets. My splits were 7:28, 7:27, 7:38, 7:38. I felt okay with that. It was windy through portions of the run, but somehow wind doesn't feel so bad when it's warm. It was mid 60s. It felt pretty good, but it was a little on the hot side. I was thirsty when I was finished. I'm starting Ken Follett's Fall of Giants, which I checked out from the library (digitally). But I'll be racing the clock. I have 13 days to read it, and it's pretty long. I'm pretty sure I can do it in 7 days or less. We'll see. I'll let you know too if I liked it. The only books of his that I read were Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. Those were both pretty good, but I suspect very different from this one.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| An easy 4, then on to Euchre night, where I lost again. I was in the running till my partner (who happened to be my husband ) and I tanked in the last round. There's always next time. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 6.00 | 8.00 |
| This run was bad. I had tummy issues, and had to decide at regular intervals whether to continue running, trying both to clench my cheeks AND run fast, or run slower home. I figured that I should just finish the workout and that I would get back faster if I ran faster. But I questioned the decision regularly :) Splits for the fast portion were 8:00, 7:59, 8:08, 7:59, 8:16, 8:03. It did not feel good at all, but now that I'm done and relieved of the extra pounds I was carrying, I feel good. TMI, I know.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 11.50 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
| I have a cold that is moving into my chest. Usually when I am running I "ahem" a lot anyway, but my coughing this time around was deeper. My throat was hurting before I started my run, but it didn't hurt on the run because it was wet. My watch stopped at 5.7 miles. I had a route in mind, but when I got to 6.25 miles (approx), it started pouring. I headed home, and then the rain slowed about 10 minutes later. So I decided to stick close to home, but ran around to add on as much as I could. When I got home I estimated that I was just a little over 11, and I was supposed to go 12, so I ran past the house a quarter mile and then ran back. Before I mapped my run, I guessed I was at 11.7. But I mapped it at 11.5, which is good enough. I know that my run was slower today, more like recovery pace (probably around 9:30 pace based on the time I left and returned), but you can't win them all. I actually felt strong in the end, so I'm not incredibly worried about my 1/2. I would have liked to do the full 12, but I won't go any longer than that before the race. Now I just hope I kick this cold before running again on Monday.
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 11.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 slow miles. I don't feel great, but I feel better than yesterday. Even so, at 3 miles breathing was harder, but I had committed to 4, so I stuck it out. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Feeling a little better today. Glad for the day off yesterday. I hate colds... | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I think I'm finally back into it. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| This week really bit the big one as far as running is concerned, and it's unfortunate that it is so close to race time. But I still feel that I'm ready. I'm just glad that I got sick in plenty of time to be better before race day. Just a little lingering congestion, but nothing else too terrible. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Oh, fastrunningblog, I wish I had time for you right now!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 1.00 | 5.50 |
| This is the first good run I've had in more than a week. I did 4 x 400 on the track. Each 400 was between 1:40 and 1:45, which was where I was aiming. Felt good, though it was on the hot side and was exceptionally windy. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| If I were to create a site called fastreadingblog, I'd be at the top of the reading board for this week for sure. After I finished Fall of Giants (I wish I had waiting till summer 2012 to finish this one so I didn't have to wait for the next one) I finished The Art of Racing in the Rain. I think that would be a good site. Every night you post how much you read and the time it takes you to read that number of pages. Then, like we have race entries, you could do a special entry for a book review and how long it took you to read the book. Then I could brag all up and down about how fast I read. I could figure out my PR for a book and keep trying to read things faster and faster without sacrificing comprehension. I could spend years trying to break the 30 seconds per page barrier.
I think I'd probably be the best reader on the blog. I could give people advice on how to read faster and better. I could critique their technique (I don't agree with the "eye sweep" technique of reading, for instance). I could give them advice on their training (I train on InTouch magazines). I'd probably have thousands and thousands of followers.
Anyway, last night I was cursing you, April27, for recommending that book. I almost didn't finish it because it was so depressing. When I got to page 200 (that's Nook pages, so I don't know how long the book actually is) I knew I was going to spend the next 50 pages crying, and I didn't want to finish it. The book was fairly predictable, but I wasn't sure if it was going to have a happy ending or not. So I stayed up and finished, and was glad I did. It was a good read if you don't mind misting for most of the book and if you don't mind knowing what's going to happen. I did end up liking it, though, and would recommend it for the ladies. But it's a beach read, if you know what I mean. I know my husband will not read it, so I don't know if I would recommend it for the gentlemen. Oh, yeah. I also ran. I'm finally feeling pumped for the 1/2 on Saturday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Another quick 3. I was going to do a couple tempo miles on this run, but the wind made me decide against it. I thought I'd rather have an enjoyable run to get me feeling good rather than one that might make me feel less confident :) | |
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Illinois Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:50:47, Place in age division: 32 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 13.10 | 13.10 |
| Not my finest hour to date, but still fairly respectable. I knew going in that my training was not particularly great, but I was shooting for around 1:50 anyway. It was a windy day (between 20 and 25 mph, with stronger gusts), but it was warm AND overcast. I could have done without the wind, but really, I couldn't have asked for better weather. I ran with my brother Greg, my running buddy, Jason, from the past two years, and two friends of his from school, Brock and Adam. We all stayed together till about mile 8, when Jason was falling behind. We tried to keep him with us, but he told us at the end that he had already decided to just run his own pace. Greg and I stayed with Brock and Adam about one more mile, but they started to get faster and we started to slow a little. I felt great till mile 8, good till mile 10, mentally struggled through mile 12, and then I just tried to push into the finish. At mile 11ish I finally told my bro that I was struggling and needed encouragement, and he didn't quite get it at first. Instead he just said, "I encourage you." He did get it after a bit, but he kept saying, "Come on, let's pick up the pace." I kept telling him to just go, thinking that maybe if he accelerated, I could follow on his heels. But he (rightfully so) thought that I would just slow down. I'm not sure which I would have done, follow or slow, but he said afterward that he didn't think he could accelerate. But we finished strong.
Splits were 8:28, 8:22, 8:15, 8:18, 8:30 (but this was when I noticed that my watch was measuring long, so I hit the lap button when I passed the mile marker to keep my splits even. Miles 3 and 4 were a little slower than my watch says), 8:21, 8:29, 8:31, 8:23, 8:36, 8:34, 8:41, 8:21, and then 6:52 pace at the end. My splits show exactly what I was feeling. Lots of bright sides: I felt relaxed and enjoyed running with my bro, had some good conversation with Jason in the first several miles, didn't stop to walk through a single water station, kept pace with my bro at the end, and this is the first long race I've done where my second toes' nails did not get bruised. Yay! I do, though, have a lot more blisters than usual.
On another great note, my running buddy Jason beat cancer this year, and ended his race feeling good with a time of 1:54:43. I'm proud of him. Last year when he was sick but didn't yet know it was cancer, he ran a 1:57:42. I'm thinking about writing a letter to the paper. There's a good running story for them. The only thing that is holding me back is that I think he'd be pretty embarrassed. But man, what a kid!
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| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 13.10 |
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| I bought a used Wii from a coworker last week and she threw in all the games that she had + the Wii Fit. So I broke that out yesterday out of curiosity. I played around with the yoga and strength and cardio parts for a 1/2 hour and then decided to go for a short run. My only complaint after Saturday is a little soreness in my left hamstring. But it felt fine during and after the run. I probably should stretch or something. But I'm sure I won't.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Just an easy 4. I'm going to take it easy this week while I try to figure out my running plans for the near future. I want to concentrate on strength training at least for the next few months, so I need to start doing the Shred again.
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| I realized something yesterday: I use running as a way to break up the stress of being a working mother. Yesterday my SIL took the kids after school to work on a project, and so when I got home I had nothing to do till 8. You would think that would be my opportunity to run, but instead I sat on the couch and watched 2 episodes of Pregnant in Heels. I've never watched that before. I can't imagine being as helpless/needy/useless as the pregnant moms on that show. Then finally I got off the couch and decided to play around with the Wii Fit again. I don't think I get a good workout, but I did sweat a little. Then, since I had wasted my running time, I just didn't run, and I didn't really care. Not sure where I'm going with running now. I'll probably feel more into it next week, I'm guessing.
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| Another day of indifference to running. I actually kinda enjoy the Wii Fit, though I know it does not give me a good workout. I spent a long time trying to beat my hula hoop record. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I Wii-ed with the kids for a hour. They like it too. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| After a busy day of sleeping in a little (we usually get up for 7:30 mass), mass (we went to 9:00), cleaning (our house was a disaster and is currently immaculate for about 20 more minutes), gardening (planting my mother's day present and cutting down the huge amounts of ornamental grass from last year so that this year's growth could come in), I Wii Fitted for an hour and a half while Chuck took the kids to the farm. I did pretty much every exercise that I had unlocked, except for the balance stuff. I didn't mean to do it that long. I like the yoga and the strength stuff. Then the rest of the fam came home and after dinner we played some of the balance games. Caleb likes the ski jump. He's the best of us at that game. Hope everyone had a happy Mother's Day. I definitely have to start running today (it's now Monday). I fear that if I don't run today I will keep avoiding it.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| In my thoughts I am reducing mileage, so since I only did 3, I ran it faster than I would run more miles. Don't know if that is what I should do or not. I'm trying now to figure out if I am training for anything now. I'll figure it out.
And I hate wind. And it was really hot. There. I got out there. It wasn't a lot, but it was something, right? |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 3.00 |
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| Another quick 3 after a Home and School (that's our PTA, I guess) meeting that moved me to volunteer for something that I instantly regretted volunteering for...but it probably won't be too bad. I was glad that I waited till dusk because it was over 90 during the day. Though it wasn't much cooler when I ran, at least I know it wasn't over 90 anymore. Towards the end of my run, when it was pretty dark, I was stopped by a walker. At first I thought it was this crazy runner that I sorta know, but it was actually a woman with mental retardation who lives in a group home that is not too far away from our house. I see her walking a lot. I stopped and talked with her for a couple minutes, but I can't believe whoever's in charge there lets her walk alone in the dark. She was wearing a reflective vest, but she was wearing all dark clothes underneath. Hopefully she was just walking to the end of the block and back, but since there were no sidewalks she was walking on the side of a pretty dark road. I guess in retrospect I probably should have kept an eye on where she was going. I'm a jerk.
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| Did the Wii Fit after playing euchre. | |
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| Wii Fit. Wrote an entry, but forgot to submit. Now it's lost. It wasn't interesting anyway. |
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Get Your Rear in Gear (3.1 Miles) 00:24:41, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| I ran a 5K today. I got my rear in gear. Second gear, maybe. It was windy, rainy and cold. It was 46 degrees and I was not suitably dressed because I didn't pack more than a t-shirt and shorts. I did not warm up more than 2 minutes. My performance was lackluster. But the weird thing is that I only got passed by 2 people. One of them was an old friend's husband (she's not old; I've just known her a long time) in the last 1/2 mile of the race. I went with him for 2 minutes, then looked down at my watch and saw that I was expending way more energy than I felt like expending (we were at a 7:00 pace) and decided that he wanted it way more than I did. I finished maybe 15 seconds behind him. But somehow I still managed to win my age division. That's questionable, but I guess I'll take it.
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| 4 miles felt good today. I went faster than I would if I went more than 4 miles, but it still felt easy. 8:44 avg. pace. I know that I will probably regret wishing the wind away when it's 100 degrees and the air is still, but man this wind is not fun. It was about 50 with 15 mph wind. I would have liked a little spring weather this year. Consistent 70s or so would be nice, but we've either been in the 50s or in the 90s.
Now Jillian is staring at me, asking how big my weight loss goal is. Do you think she wants me to return to her? I have given her up in favor of the Wii Fit, which I also played today, just casually with my kids.
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| I am liking this shorter distance faster speed stuff for the time being. I did almost 1.5 hours on the Wii, concentrating on the strength training and the yoga poses, then went to my SIL for pizza. I stayed dressed for running, but wasn't sure I would. I ate pizza, and then decided that if I wanted to love running again, I'd have to, you know, run. I ran home from my SIL's adding on enough distance to get to 3.5 miles. I ran at a little over 8:30 pace. | |
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| This was slightly more than 3.5 miles, but I don't know exactly how far, nor do I care. I know that when I started out I was slightly under 9 minute pace, but my watch died and I think I slowed a little probably, but who can say? It was nice out today, a little warm, but the wind was nice for a change since it wasn't crazy strong and it helped cool me a little when I was running in the sun. |
| Light Blue Saucony Miles: 3.50 |
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Anyone have any experience with a garmin that won't charge? Mine died yesterday while I was running, I put it on the cradle, and it won't tell me that the battery is already charging.
I tried to reset it last night (mode + start button) and nothing happened. This morning I tried again and got a promising beep + the opening screen, but when I put it back on the charger, still nothing. Any troubleshooting ideas? I've been searching, but have not had luck yet.
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| Well, I finished out a 5 day running week, which is loads better than I did the previous 2 weeks. The only bad thing was that it was pretty hot during the run. I should have brought some water but when I left it was overcast. The sun came out a mile later. I even ran for a while just in my sports bra, which is something I almost never do. I kept waiting for someone to yell at me to put it back on because I was blinding them with my pale, pasty skin. But that never happened, which is a good sign.
I got stopped at about 5.5 miles by a funeral procession. Luckily I had already put my shirt back at about mile 5 because I was getting ready to run through the middle of town.
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| Wii. I can't bring myself to make a decision about running right now. I'm just not into it, but I don't want to give it up completely. I am taking a personal day and thought I'd run after sending the kids off to school/daycare, but then I got caught up in weeding instead. I would like to, I think, go for every other day for right now. But that would mean I'd have to run sometime today, but I don't know if that's going to happen. We'll see.
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| Caleb and I Wii-ed it up. I did about a 1/2 hour on my own before I got him interested in doing the exercises with me and then we did another 1/2. It was fun. He's cute. He's actually pretty good with the yoga stuff. The strength stuff, not so much, but he holds his own :) | |
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| 2 with my bro while we were in Michigan and 1 on my own. We got out during pretty much the only time it wasn't raining that day.
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| My first official day of summer, though I am teaching an ACT course in the mornings. | |
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| It's good when running is a stress reliever. I left my watch at home, which I think will be my new habit, at least for a while. | |
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| Very slow a.m. miles. I contemplated peeing in my pants during this run to cool myself down, but figured 1. urine is warm and 2. then I would get major chafing. Anyway, it was hot. Should have brought water. It was hotter than I anticipated. Or I should say I didn't think about looking up the temp. Silly me. | |
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| I have been taking care of my niece and nephew since Sunday. With the extra kids and Chuck still working, it was hard to get out until today, though I did play in the pool all day on Sunday and do the Wii Fit for 1 1/2 hours on Monday. To take the edge off the extra kids, I had a drink with dinner. Then I went running. Smart? Nah. Delish? Yesh.
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| After running last night, I took what may be my last opportunity to run this week. Chuck is going out of town till Saturday, and I'll still have the extra kids till he comes back. I may be able to finagle a run on Friday if my bro-in-law takes the kids to the farm. We'll see. It was hot, but not as hot as last night. It will be mid 90s again today...
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| I just typed a big long entry and then accidentally pressed the back button. So here's the short version. Tried to run on Thursday. Couldn't. Weird weather event. Looked like tornado at first, but turned out to be a cloud of dirt brought up by the winds. Kids got to see a tree fall while they were riding out the storm at the Knights of Columbus hall. No run. Chuck came back Saturday. Drove up to Chicago and dropped the kids off with their parents, only to get them again 3 hours later for the night. So finally got my relief on Sunday morning. Sunday was my goddaughter's baptism. Beautiful day. First run in a while today. Felt good even though I ran in the late afternoon. It's been cooler round here for the past few days, but it was still plenty hot.
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| An easy 4. My last run in town for a while. It was nice and cool today. Getting excited to meet April G, Carolyn and Burt in the next week!
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| The first leg of our journey was to St. Louis. Here we are at the arch. No running, but lots of walking.
Here are some pics.  
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Got to my hotel and had my choice of a faulty treadmill, halting ellipitcal and a recumbent bike that sorta worked. Chose the bike. Biked for a while then swam. Then got to meet APRIL! Had a nice dinner, followed by some play time at the park, and then ice cream! Here's our cute kids 
And our even cuter us!  Then April had to drive right into a storm (sorry April) to get home. And Chuck and I won Parents of the Year (to steal April's term) because Eli tried to open the emergency door at Walmart and set off the alarm. Good times!
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After a long drive from Kansas and a few hours at the Garden of the Gods,  I got to meet Carolyn! We met up and had a nice dinner at Chili's. Carolyn and her family are great, and I'm glad we were able to get together. Here's our awesome kids:  One strange picture of Eli (I didn't take it, as those are my legs in the pic):
 Our two Calebs:  And awesome us:
 Next time we'll run together I hope!
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| Ran with my friend Kerry in the area around her house in Colorado Springs. I was huffing and puffing more than usual because of the hills. But it was a good run. |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.61 | 0.00 | 3.61 |
| Met Burt this morning (don't be jealous) at an early 5 am (at least it was early for him. For me, it was still 7 am). He drove us over to South Mountain in Phoenix. It was a tough run! Anyone who thinks Burt is a wimp would think twice when they saw him powering up the trail. He ran the whole thing. I stopped a few times to walk. So I guess I'm the wimp. Here's the view from the top: 
But here was the best looking scenery on the mountain today: 
And then I ran the whole way down. Slowly. I'm looking forward to a flat run tomorrow :)
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| I think that's what Burt said we went. Second day in a row with the Burt-meister. We ran along the canal by his house. Another good run with good company! It was nice and easy compared to yesterday's run... No pics today, but I did get to meet Mrs. Burt. She's certainly a nice lady. Especially because she has to put up with Burt (ha ha). But seriously, Burt's not as creepy as his comments sometimes suggest :) So that ends my tour of bloggers. Maybe next time I come to AZ I can run with Bonnie! Next time we'll go back home the extreme southern route and maybe I can meet Joe and his family too!
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| Finally back at home. After 3 days on the road, we arrived home last night, After we unpacked and all that good stuff, though I wanted to run, I couldn't sum up what seemed like the right amount of momentum to pull on running clothes. Oh wait! I was wearing running clothes on the 10 hour driving journey. So I couldn't sum up the momentum to open the front door.
This morning, however, I felt ready. It was cooler than it usually is here, but it was humid. Because of that and my legs heavy from lack of use, I felt like this was a lot more effort. I was afraid that I had gained a lot because I felt so slow, but after my shower I weighed myself, and the damage was just a gain of 1.3 pounds. I can handle that. Our grand total for mileage was 3,940 over 10 days. Should I post that as cross-training?
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| Very early in my run I had to help catch a little dog that had escaped his owner and was chasing me. It was one smelly dog. For most of the run, every time I itched anywhere near my face, I threw up in my mouth a little when hit with the foul odor of a dog that probably hasn't been bathed in the last two years. Towards the end of the run, I sweated most of it off, but still caught a faint whiff of that doggy perfume.
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| The run felt good at first (78 degrees, 78%). A slight breeze, when I was running directly into it, helped me feel cool. But towards the end of the run, it didn't feel so good. My stomach was bothering me yesterday, and I felt a little nauseous. Luckily the run was over fast. | |
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| It's 72 degrees and 83% humidity. But to be fair, I ran in thunderstorm conditions. In fact, wunderground says we're having thunderstorms, but we're not. However, when I started my run, I could see lightning to the east. It was far enough for me not to be concerned. As I hit mile 1, it started to sprinkle, and I was a bit worried. But it didn't start to rain. Through mile 2 I was going west, and the skies were clear in the distance. Then I turned, and to the north, I could see the rain falling from the clouds in misty streaks. There was lightning in the distance, probably at least 15 miles away though. I started my run late, only because I was finishing perhaps the worst book I've ever read. It ranks right down there with Cider House Rules, which I only kept reading because I really thought it would get better. It didn't. The protagonist in this latest terrible book(who was completely unlikeable), closed the book by saying "I've come for my shoes." So this one stunk from cover to cover, too.
Oh Philippa Gregory. Stick to historical fiction. Give me another book about the Tudors, or something.
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| Ran an easy 5K. I wasn't sure that I wanted to do it in the first place, but I compromised by just running it. My goal was an 8:30 pace. The first two miles of it I ran with the kid's PE teacher. I knew I was holding her back and finally she listened to me and took off. The last mile I ran with a kid whose brother is in Caleb's class. I think he's going into 6th grade. He was seriously dying, but he ran most of the rest with me, but I couldn't keep him with me in the last 1/4 mile. I am sure I was pissing him off. He finished only 15 seconds or so behind me. I think I ended slightly under 8:30 pace.
It was hot.
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| 6 slow 4th of July miles! |
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| Yesterday we cleaned the garage all morning, and I pronounced that and a rousing water gun fight afterward sufficient for a workout. I also finished a great book that I highly, highly recommend. It's called Half the Sky and it's about the injustices suffered by women around the globe. I feel called to action, but I don't know what action yet...The book does give some good steps, though, and I've started looking into some of the aid groups in the appendix. One site that the book recommends is kiva.org, which I'm familiar with as a banner ad on this site. Anyway, today I went for a run and Caleb rode his bike with me. The run was a little long for him. He got a little tired (and slightly crabby) towards the end, but he did well!
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| In the middle of a run a month and a half ago, I just stopped and decided that I needed to stop running entirely. So I did. And then I didn't want to blog/explain because I was exceptionally crabby at that time. So I quit cold turkey. I turned off all my notifications because I knew that if I kept reading/posting/commenting, I would not keep to my resolution. The only thing I couldn't bring myself to do was shut off notifications of updates to my blogs, which is why I'm back. I feel a little guilty.
Ha ha. This makes it sound like I'm an addict or something. Really I figured that I have the rest of my life to run, but I do not have the rest of my life to have a baby. I don't think my ovaries like running :) So I've been strength training and biking, but I feel dumb blogging when I'm not running.
I'll be back eventually. In the meantime, happy running! I miss you and love you, but I'm not ready to start creeping on your running lives again. It'll just make me jealous :)
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| Just posting this so I can start this week off with accurate miles and hopefully keep blogging. | |
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| Hello Fast Running Bloggers! I've missed you and thought about all of you (and talked to some of you, of course, in my absence). Hope running is going well for everyone. I'm probably not going to be able to read all the entries I've missed, but I might look at races, at least.
I have obviously not been around for a loooooong time. I have been running for the last 12 weeks, but just got out of the routine of posting and couldn't bring myself back. I haven't been crazy running, but about 3 miles 4-5 times a week, except for 2 weeks where I was sick. I don't know what number of miles that adds up to, but it's not too many :) But really, I'm posting to let all of you know that I am indeed pregnant! We're very excited. And of course nervous.
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| My running last week is sadly how running has gone over the last four weeks. From nausea to sleepiness to this stupid cold that I've had for 3 weeks, the best I can do is sporadic. Hopefully this week is easier. Right now, just to give you more of an update than I did last week, I am 13 weeks pregnant (1/3 of the way through, yay!). Hopefully the nausea and tiredness are almost over. I got to hear the heartbeat last week. And no, it's not Burt's baby. And double no, it's not going to be a girl. Just kidding. I worry a little about a girl (you know, girls are icky), but a girl would be okay, I guess...but we'll find out in January. And my due date is June 1, but the baby will come early because I'll have another c-section. Things at school have been incredibly weird, as our principal is no longer working for the school as of two weeks ago. It's a looooong story, but the school will move on. I may be switching jobs after Christmas, which'll be weird, but I'll know more about that in a week or so. Now that I started "watching" blogs again, I'm remembering how guilty I feel when those emails roll in and I'm not checking people's blogs. Maybe I'll do it on the weekends.
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| An easy 3 before everyone came over for turkey. I'm keeping running slow somewhere between slightly above 10 minute pace and slightly below. Don't really have a need for anything else right now!
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| I finally bought a treadmill and I have been using it lately, even though it's been pretty nice outside. I'm glad I have one, because I don't want to go out when it starts getting icy, and I also don't want to buy bigger winter running clothes. But I should probably force myself to get outside when I can wear shorts. |
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| I've had this cold for the last 3 or 4 weeks, and it is getting worse again. I think it's because I haven't been going outside to run. The weather has started to show signs of winter (oh that wind), and now that I have this treadmill, I don't feel motivated to go outside. I may have to, just for some fresh air.
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| An easy 3. Still battling this cold that just won't go away. | |
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| A gorgeous day outside. | |
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| An easy 3 miles on the treadmill. | |
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| I'm behind in my blogging. Lots of grading. Trying to stick with running. | |
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| An easy 3 miles. Here's the other excitement in my life right now: I signed my contract last week for my new job. It hasn't been announced to the faculty, kids or parents yet, but in January I will be the interim assistant principal. If the interim principal is hired long term (which appears pretty likely, but you never know), I will continue in the job. I am really excited about the change. I'll still be teaching 2 classes, but the majority of my time will be spent assistant principaling. Don't tell anyone yet (ha ha). The announcement won't be made public till Thursday.
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| Just a nice and easy plodding along on the TM. Final exams are starting... | |
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| I shunned running on Friday in favor of going to a basketball game and going out to dinner with the fam. This was a busy but productive day. I did Christmas shopping (not quite, but almost done), took a nap, graded some finals. And then I realized that I needed to run. So I didn't finish till 9:15. Then I stayed up to watch Illinois lose in the volleyball finals. So sad, but they really fell apart in the end. I think this was the longest I've stayed up in a long while (probably because of my nap). I'm finally not tired anymore, though I still have this lingering cough/sore throat.
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