Psalm 91:1 NKJV He who dwells in the secret place

This morning it was 29 degrees so I headed out in two layers except for the tights, and I was thankful that there really wasn't a wind. The route was really a combination of flat, uphill and downhill. I took the first 4 miles easy and the last 4 I did in 6:23, 6:15, 6:16, 6:23.

I was a little tired when I woke up even though I went to bed before 10pm, but I spent most of the weekend tiling our bathroom floor, and it really looks nice. Lunch Hour I need to install the new toilet so no running on the lunch hour.

Tonight I ran 3.21 miles at a 8:41 pace with my daughter.  I'm trying to get her ready for her 5k race this weekend.  I will also run with her and pace her during the race.

This morning I had to hustle because I got up late. My family was over visiting and I never got to bed until 11:20pm. I needed to decide what kind of run I was going to do in only 45 minutes because I needed to take my kids to school and since I got up so late (6:40am) that's the amount of free time I had.

I started out with a warm-up (7:15) and I felt pretty fresh, so I ran some MP miles (6:12, 6:11, 6:12) . On the next mile I ran into a little bit of trouble I was headed into our mall entrance on Quinn Rd,. and the City road crew had the road blocked off with cones and ropes tied to each cone, because they were fixing potholes. But It would be okay for me to go in there because it was only one section that was being fixed, and I would just have to jump over the rope. When I reached the cone I needed to jump over the 2ft rope to go into the mall entrance, well my foot caught the rope and I did a sliding face plant on the street. I got up and my ankle felt a little sore, my shirt was all cut-up with blood on it. My elbow was cut all the way up and down with a deep gash. Luckily, I had tights on and my legs were okay. I got up and started running and my ankle hurt for about a 100m's then the pain went away. My mile split went off and I did a 6:11 after falling and getting back up. I must have been okay because I did the next mile at a 5:52. Then I finished with a cool-down of 6:27.

Totals 7.22 miles at an overall 6:20 pace in 45.49. My shoulder is a little sore after getting to work and sitting down, but I really think I'm okay. Good lesson... don't try to do hurdles over cones.

Lunch:

3.34 miles on the treadmill watching Little Mermaid.  I did 2 miles around 7:20 and the last below 7 at a 6:40 pace.  Not much to say when your running on the treadmill.  My treadmill already sits at a 1% incline so I raised the incline to 3% and lowered it and raised it several times in the run to simulate hills.

This morning I had a good slow run. I didn't want to push the pace because I really haven't done a slow run for a while. I ran 8:03 miles at an overall 6:59 pace in 56:08. After my fall (face plant) yesterday my shoulder really hurts, but my legs seem to be fine. But my shoulder hurts pretty good. I sat in our hot tub last night and that seemed to help. I'm hoping it will get better throughout the day.

Evening:  3 miles with my daughter tonight.  We went very slow tonight. 

Today I woke up not feeling the greatest with a headache and feeling weak. This kind of started yesterday. But I got up and ran anyway, and I'm glad I did. I ran 3 warm-up miles and at the 2.5 mark I just felt weak, but after that my legs started getting in gear.

I ran to the track to do some speed work. I ran 6 x 400's and 1 x 1600.

400's

1. 68

2 69

3. 68

4. 69

5. 75

I didn't get the last one. My 1600 that I ran was just at a comfortable pace (5:51). I could have pushed harder but I decided to make it a tempo mile. I was amazed at my 400's for not feeling the greatest. I'm still feeling a little weak, and I'm not sure if I want to run on my lunch hour for 4 miles or not? My next marathon is on November 4th so I don't want to burn myself out. But I'm leaning on running because I just feel the need to do so.

Friday I will do my long run of 13 miles, because Saturday I will be pacing my daughter in her 5 k race, so running my long run on Saturday is out of the question with too many other things going on.

Totals for this mornings run: 9.51 miles at an overall 6:31 pace in 1:02

Lunch:

I couldn't pass a lunch run outside because the day was beautiful and I wanted more miles in for this week. I ran 4.42 miles at a 7:09 pace. (last mile 6:46).

Ran 12:05 miles at a 6:46 pace in 1:21. I wanted to run on a totally flat route for this run to experience what I will be running on in California. I ran just a comfortable relaxed run. I picked it up a bit the last three miles (6:20, 6:16, 5:55).

Ran four different runs today.  4.2 miles by myself at a 6:19 pace.  3 miles with my daughter at her 5k race where she really did well for 11 years old.  Her overall pace was 8:10.  Then 1.5 with my 8 year old that I came back on the race course, and ran with her.  She never stopped running for the whole race.  She ran 12 minute miles very good.

Finally I ran another 3.5 miles right after my youngest daughter crossed the finish line.  I did this at a 6:30 pace.  I did all these runs right after the other in the morning from 8:30am to 10:30.

My day is jammed packed with activities, but I did get my running in.  I will be busy all the way up till 10pm tonight.  Got to go!