Run with my Heart

I am starting to think there is something wrong with me.  I think I will go get some blood work done to see if I am low on iron or something.  All most every run since the marathon I have been really tired and I get light headed and just can't run.  Plus I have been super tired, and bad headaches.   I just feel awful.  

Meet the girls down at Vintage park and ran.  Iced after in the river.

8:05 avg. pace, felt way to hard 

Nothing, taking a day off.  Going to get my iron checked just to make sure that is not the problem.

Got my iron levels tested and they are in the normal range.  So I am not sure, maybe just some extra rest. 

Met a Marie's and ran 3.  Felt blah.

8:09 avg pace 

got some blood work done today, will get the result next thursday.   Hopefully this will tell me something. 

HAPPY  4th OF JULY, my favorite holiday:)

Got up early to take my kids to the hot air balloons.  Came home and pick Ericka up to go measure out the course for next weekends "training run"  started with running the end of the course (2.25 from the bridge at the mouth to vintage w/one loop around the park).  Then drove to the mouth of the canyon and bike the second half of the course.  Pretty uneventful on the way up until I got to the turn around spot and fell over, couldn't get my foot out of the pedal.  Then I was trying to spray paint an arrow and sprayed myself.  Then riding down my reflector came off and was making this awful sound, I thought my spoke had broke.  We make it and I took Ericka home and then went and ran some more from Vintage and then got in the river, the time goes by slower when you are by yourself.  Didn't feel that great, but not to tearable on the 1st run and felt better on the 2nd run after the bike.  Felt great on the bike, maybe I'll switch sports;)  The weather stayed pretty cool.

7:50 avg pace 

Got up and ran an easy 5 miles and then took my dog out for a mile.  Felt crappy.

8:33 avg. pace 

Sick with the stomach flu.....bad news:(  Me and the toilet have been best friends.

I have come to terms with my training being doomed the rest of the summer, oh well.  I still am not feeling good enough to go running, but have gotten some house work done.  Next week I will be going to girls camp so I won't be getting in that much running either.   I feel like running UVM was a huge mistake, well I knew that before but was stupid and ran it any way.  

Got up and met with the Orem girls.  Ran on the canal, was tired and felt yucky.  

8:21 avg. pace 

abs/back and biked for 20 mins felt good biking.

I got my blood work back from the Dr.  She says everything looks great except my blood sugar was very low.  She asked me if I had been fasting, which I almost never do because it makes me crazy.  I said no and in fact I had just ate lunch.  So she said I am Hypoglycemic, which I have wondered for years but just have never been tested for.  So I just need to really focus on my diet again.  I felt the best I have ever felt eating like I did last year, so I just have to buckle down and recommit to perfect eating again.   

I met with Rebecca this morning for a bike ride.  I ate a nut bar and a banana and think that really helped.  Rebecca is an animal on the bike and I really had to work to keep up and then at 7 miles I told her just to take off.  We went up South fork, I was about a half mile behind her.  We rode together the whole way down, it is easier to keep up on the downhill.  I felt decent for how hard I was pushing.  Then I came home and pushed my son in the jogger and had Brune as well.  I was tired but it was from the biking and not lack of food.  I fell again on my bike, I just can't get my feet out in time.  And I was freezing!  Biked 24 miles in 1:33 mins

So this was a fun little event if I do say so myself.  Got some good marathon pace work which I wanted and I felt decent, except my SI joints hurting.   We started at the mouth of the canyon and went up about 5.5 and then back down past riverwoods and turned up and finished a vintage park,  a really good course:)  I went into today's run thinking I would feel like crap so when I felt half way decent it was a super big plus.  My back started hurting about mile 7, and I started to really feel it at mile 12 but Tyler pulled me along to the finish.  

I ran fairly easy with McKenzie and Julie until about mile 4 and they stopped and stretch and then I ran with Kelli's husband ( Scott ? I am bad with names) until the turn around.  I stopped for a good drink and then went on my way.  Started with the marathon pace stuff on the way down.  Finished the race and had some fruit and went back up for my friend it was her first time going this far.  So I add on more mileage that I wasn't planning on doing but I am glad I went back she needed that little extra boost.  FUN DAY!!

splits 8:16, 8:03, 8:05, 8:09, 7:57, 8:40 (water break about 1 min.), 7:07, 7:00, 7:10, 7:24, 7:25, 7:39, 7:46  

The path was torn up at the end so that was kind of a slow down and it cut just a bit off the total distance but my garmin had it at 13.07 so not to off.   Got in the river after it is still very cold.

Got up and ran easy by myself, was tired and a little sore starting but ended up feeling decent.  Will be at Girls Camp the rest of the week.

1:15:56/8:44 

MV 

3rd day and finally was able to get a run in.  I had generator problems (my daughter sleeps with a bipap so we needed a generator) the first 2 nights plus late nights and early mornings I didn't have it in me to run.  But I finally got in a run on the beautiful trails.  Went up to lone pine and checked out the beaver ponds.

Got up early to go run on the trails.  I went out the way we went up to the sunrise hike, only when I heard some sheep I decided to go run around the lake a few times.  There had been a bear that had killed 3 sheep the day before so I thought it best if I didn't go up that way.  Come to find out they had killed the bear the night before.  But better safe than sorry.  I had a really good time at girls camp,  tiring but fun.

Up really early to go home.  No run, really tired so I took a 3 hour nap:)  back to it next week.

Met with the orem girls to check out the 10k course up at Timpview.  It is pretty sucky if you ask me.  But I would probably feel different if I felt better and was in shape.  I am still just feeling pretty yucky when I run.  It was nice to run with the girls though.  Came home and bike and stretched. 

43:44/8:23 

Got up and ran by myself.  Felt better this morning, not great but better and good enough to hold a decent pace, was able to run a mile at 7:30 so I will count as a marathon pace mile.

1:07:02/8:04 

Got up and met at Julie's house and we ran down to Melodie's house to run with her.  Felt a little bit better this morning but leg tired from yesterday.  Have not ran 4 day's in a row for a while.  This month has really been a dud, but maybe if I start feeling better by SG I will be in decent shape and be able to run well instead of being totally burt out like I usually am.

58:02/8:10 

Bike for 40 mins 

Met McKenzie for a long run today in SF.  We looped around the golf course and ran into the tail end of the race so we spent some time weaving in and out of runners.  We picked up the pace for those miles and felt decent  doing so (right around 7:30's).  I actually felt all right for the run but was tired the last couple miles.   Enjoyed the run cause I had great company:)

2:15:46/8:11 

Just did some crosstraining today, 35 mins on the elliptical and 15 mins on the bike.

Got out around 7 a.m. and went for a run, did the temple loop.  Felt fair, wasn't great but wasn't bad either.  Just ran an even kill pace and tried to push the  uphills a bit.   Was hot by the finish, but didn't bother me much.

1:18:51/8:34 

today is my daughters 13th birthday!  Wow how time flies. 

Met Julie for a run we did a little tempo run which felt decent.  Warmed up to the mouth of the canyon and then tempoed down to Will's did a 7:03 and 7:07 with the last last .2 being a 6:51 pace.  Then back to my car.

52:12/7:56 

abs/back 

easy 5 miles by myself:)

41:15/8:23 

30 mins on the bike 

Met at Julie's house and ran with her and Melody, we did the water tank hill trail and looped back down to the park and got a drink.  I had a hard time keeping up esp. on the uphill.  But thats ok I will soon.

1:15:xx/8:29 

Iced in the river, surprisingly still cold for end of July.

Slept in this morning thinking my husband didn't have to leave until 9 but he need to leave earlier so I took my son in the jogger and my dog for a really easy 3 miles.  Then biked for 30 mins.