I Probably Should Make My Blog Public again

So close last week to 6 running days...Yesterday we were up and off to Chicago at 7 and I got lazy after my bro's bridal shower (well, obviously not really my bro's).

But I was up this morning for a run on my sister's treadmill.  I don't know her area that well and I wanted to make sure I ran at least 6 today.

My mile times were 8:57, 8:34, 8:19, 8:06, 7:47, and then 1/2 at 7:30.  After that I cooled down 1/2 mile at 8:57.  I probably should have forced myself to finish a whole mile at 7:30, but I was 1) afraid I couldn't do it and 2) anxious to go swimming with the kids in the pool.

I love summer, and not just because I don't have to go to work  :)

I got in a run.  It was steamy today.  Almost 90.  I took it easy.

I then did 20 min. of yoga.  I taught this morning and I have a class tonight, so I'm glad my not waking up this morning didn't ruin my chances to work out.

I did 3 miles tempo (8:15 pace avg) and then I did an interrupted run for the next 2 miles--ran hard 5 minutes and then did a set of crunches and oblique crunches before running another hard 5 minutes.  I ended up doing 3 faster sections (so 4 sets of ab work) before cooling down.  On my cool down I didn't much pay attention to pace, but it was at a moderate pace.

Average pace:  8:09 (I stopped my watch on the interruptions).

My stomach was icky all day.  

Finally, after dinner I decided that I needed to earn a shower.  I went running basically around the block (a mile to a certain point and then backwards along the same route) so that I would never be too far away from the house in case I needed to go to the bathroom (TMI?).  When I finished 2 miles I thought just 2 was a waste of time, so I went out on one more loop.  I finished just in time.

I really hate this fast/slow set up that I chose when I started this blog.  I never know how to define fast, but I look at it as not slow.

I ran to Walmart and back the same way.  Mile 4 was mostly uphill and mile 5 was mostly downhill.  I averaged 9 min pace for the first 7 miles and then ran 1 mile at 8:15 pace just to push it a little.  My ipod was not cooperating and was spitting out slow song after slow song.  Then, just as I finished, a Prince song came on.  Poop.

Then I lifted.

 Okay, I should have probably blogged about this before so if it happens again I will know that it is just something that happens, but (sorry for the rant)

All through the winter I was pretty steady at 148 (give or take a pound).  About a month ago (right when I had my concussion) my weight shot up to about 152.  I thought it was because I didn't run that week.  Then the next week I thought it was because I was getting my period.  Then the next week I thought it was because I started lifting right after my concussion.  And now I just don't know what it is, but it sure is pissing me off.  I'm at 151 today.  Does anyone else gain weight when it starts getting hot out?  Nothing else has changed--except I'm running a little more.  BUT I AM EATING THE SAME AS I ALWAYS DO!! 

Okay.  Now I feel better.  I'm pretty sure this is a pattern (which is why I'm blogging about it, so I can make sure next year) so I'll just have to get over it.  But really, who wants to be fatter in the summer than in the winter?

An easy 4 miles.  The first .4 and the last .4 were really slow because I jogged with a kid in the jogging stroller and a kid on a bike.  And don't think that kid on the bike was fast.  He was complaining because I was running ahead of him and he got frustrated because he couldn't keep up.  On the way back he was a little better because I told him that I'd wait for him at each corner.

When I was running myself (after I dropped the kids off at SIL's) I ran nice and easy.  The last 1/2 mile I started off racing a girl on a scooter (no eye contact was made, but she brought it, so it was on.  I creamed her) and then kept up the fast pace till I got back to SIL's.

Guessing on the fast miles.  I did a ladder.  started with 4 min hard (after a small warm up) and then went down to 1 and back up.  It was ridiculously hot.  I can't even believe that the computer says it was only 76 degrees.  It felt like it was 90.  Humidity was at 49%, though, and it was sunny.  After the first 2 hard portions I walked a bit of each of my recovery times.  Then I stopped at the house after 4 miles to hydrate.  I carried my water with me the rest of the way.  My cool down was the last 1.5 miles.  My average pace was just slightly over 9 minutes, which is pretty impressive considering how hot it felt AND considering I walked a bit throughout the run.