Here we go again~

Fun running this morning with Heidi W!!  Heidi C is in Lake Powell (lucky duck) and JaNae is in Wyoming so it was just the two of us this morning.  We ran the "Mailbox" route this morning.  This is a tough course but fun because you can really gage yourself on where you are at, training wise.  I remember 2 years ago, I had to walk several times when running this route and today I ran up without stopping, YEAH!!  Granted, it was hard and there was some heavy breathing going on, but that's okay because I did it!! The first 2 1/2 miles are pretty much up hill, then you have a mile and a half down and then 2 miles of flat to end it out.  I was tired when I got home and my back is really stiff but all in all, I felt pretty good!!  It is going to be fun to run this route while training for SGM so that I can see how I progress, etc. 

Splits (off memory): 9:12, 9:35, 8:40, 7:52, 8:18, 7:58.  Avg. Pace ended at 8:41. 

Week Plan:

Tuesday:  Strength training "solo"

Wednesday is our first official tempo run (mile warm, 3 miles at 7:48, mile cool)

Thursday: Rest or possible yoga day (if I can find a good yoga movie)

Friday: 6 miles

Saturday: 13 miles I think??

Strenght training by my lonesome this morning!!  I was supposed to get up at 6:00 but I slept in until 6:30 so I was in a rush to get started and get it over with so that I could start my day.  I went downstairs to start the video and my blasted DVD player was having issues so I had to go upstairs to work out (it's hotter upstairs :( ).  But all in all, it was a pretty decent workout.  Her (Erin Obrian) videos never feel like you are working hard but then I am always sore the next day, so that's a little after party present!!  If only I could quit eating like complete crap, I bet I would be able to tell a more significant difference with my muscle tone.  I need to eat better, I NEED TO EAT BETTER!!!

Then I just did some stretches for a bit and got my boys up to get the day started.  It's swimming lesson week so that always brings on an added layer of craziness in the morning (and the week for that matter). Oh well, it's fun to watch my boys swim!!  Over and out, have a good day ya'll!!

I truly can not believe that it is already July, the summer is flying by!! Happy July everyone! I feel bad that I pretty much haven't done one thing with my kids this summer but I am going to blame it on the rain over my negligence, just in case anyone asks why ;).

So, my very first tempo run this morning and WOW, I am tired. This by far was harder to me then speed work (at least the speed work I did last week).  I actually got to bed early (about 10:30) last night so I got about 7 hours of sleep and I swear, the more sleep I get, the more tired I am in the morning, WHAT IS UP WITH THAT??  So, I met up with Heidi who was also tired and we had a hard time getting started but finally agreed that it was time to get going.  So, we did a mile warm up and then 3 miles tempo and a mile cool down.  Then we got to "the corner" where we always stop and walk it out and decided to take a lap around the neighborhood to cool off a bit so that added another 3/4 of a mile in walking (not counting as distance though).  I am tired and not looking forward to the next tempo run. Glad it's not until next Wednesday, but then we have to add another mile to it, oh well.......no pain, no gain!! 

Splits: 9:01 (warm up) 7:42, 7:30, 7:22, 8:15 (cool down).

I found a quote yesterday that I like so I am sharing it (Not to copy cat Kelli or anything).

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give" ~Winston Churchill  ( I likey this quote).

Went to a late night movie with my friend JaNae last night so I couldn't wake it up this morning to exercise.  However, I think I got a pretty good ab workout due to laughing me stinking head off at "The Proposal", WOW, cute movie!  Maybe I will try to do something later tonight!  

So it's official, my back is messed up!!  By last night, I could barely even move. I have no idea what I am going to do but it's my own darn fault for missing my Chiropractic appointment yesterday. 

Last night my dear father in law volunteered himself for a Grandpa's sleepover with all of the grandsons (so nice of him) so we dropped off our 3 boys and went out on a date!! We went to dinner and then Yes, went and saw the Proposal again, I am pretty much addicted to it I think! It was a fun night out aside from the fact that I was walking around like I was 90 years old by the end of it.  So, in any event, I was not able to get up this morning and run either.  I wanted to give me back a little break so that I could try to run my long run tomorrow.  However, I did go and get a Pilates movie from Wal-Mart that I did tonight so at least I did a little something!  

Last night Tyler and I stayed at our family cabin with my mom, etc so we had to get up extra early to make it down for our Saturday run.  Thank you to my mom who agreed to watch the boys so that we could come down together.  We woke up about 4:45 and left the cabin at 5:00 (only 15 minutes away), picked up the Heidi's and headed over to S.F. to meet up with JaNae (Ty was meeting up with Rich).  We had planned to do 14 miles and I kind of had a route mapped out in my head but when we were only about 3 miles from the finish I looked at my watch and we had only gone 8 miles, SNAP!!!!, we had to add on 3 miles.  So, we kind of improvised and took some turns here and there to get our mileage in.  All in all, I felt pretty good today. My back is sore and I had to stop and stretch it several times, but I tried to take the down heels easy and listen to my body.  We had some good heels today and so I felt a was a very versatile course.  It was very muggy this morning but good cloud coverage so we didn't get pounded by the Sun, BEAUTIFUL!!  It was a perfect morning for running with girl friends. Thanks Ladies!

Avg. Pace: 8:27