Run with my Heart

I didn't get up and do my usual  rec center thing because my cold is still hurting my chest at nights and I am coughing alot at night, but I feel fine when I run.  Ran the carterville loop with my son in the jogger.  Didn't take my GPS this was a good thing. I just enjoyed the fall weather, I wish it would last forever well untill summer.  I am looking forward to not running with the jogger tomorrow.

Ran with Michelle and Tom and another girl from SF.  Had a good run, still feeling it in my chest.  We ran through the SF river bottoms.  1:22:31/8:06

So I am on the stake sports commity and they asked me to put a team together for this 5k, so I did.  I had no idea what to expect with a 5k because it had been so long scence I have ran one (I think the last time was cross county at UVSC in 2001) MY only goal was to not hurt myself.  The course was true to cross country style, on grass, which made me nervous because of my ankle but it did fine.  The course was long 3.25.  My team won as well.

1-6:57 was worried I started to fast and would die in the end, chicked some guys

2-7:08 felt good, chicked some more guys

3-7:04 felt ok, chicked one more guy

.25-1:42 (6:46)

A good start.

Average pace on my garmin was 7:02

I feel really good today no soreness form yesterday, I am stiff in my back but that is normal for me.  This is a good sign .  I am really pleased with my preformance yesterday,  the pace was comfortable, I was able to do surges without any sort of pain,  I didn't hurt myself,  my pace if the course was correct would have given me around a 21:45 5k, and I actually liked running a 5k (surprising, maybe I'll run more of these races).  

My goals for next week are to run 40-45 miles, do about 10-12 cross training miles,  and keep up the streching.  I really worked on my streching last week and my hip are finally opening up (I do it when I watch tv at night after the kid are in bed, 30-45 mins.)  I also am trying this new suplement called Zrii, at first I was taking an ounce and really didn't notice a differance.  I upped the dose to the recommened 3 ounces before I run and it seems to make me feel really great, but we will see long term.

Ran with the N. Orem group this morning, it was good to see the old faces again.  We did the hilly Lindon loop and then I added on 2 at the end.  Legs felt ok, not sore but alittel tired.

1:23:10/8:11

55 mins. on the spin bike this morning, didn't swim because I forgot set my alarm and didn't wake up until 6 am so I didn't have time for that.  I will run later with my son.

Mid morning, sun was warm and felt wonderful.  Started at wills and went up the path 3.5 and back.  Just went really easy, no pushing myself on the way back.  Had my son in the jogger.

1:01:59/8:48

Ran with Cherly and Debbie on the trails.  Was a great morning, felt great as well.  We did the same as last wed. just went a little bit farther before we turned around.  Showed the girls some good stretches after so we all stretched for about 20 mins.

59:25/8:24

Weights upper-abs-back

Went to the rec center and did 35 mins on the spin bike and swam 12 laps.

My plan for today was to meet up with Michelle and Jamie this morning and do some of their workout with them, but my husband had to work early this morning so I was left to do the workout myself.

I started at wills and ran  up the jogging path 5 miles (just past canyon glenn) did this in 39:38.  Then turned around and ran back keeping the pace right around a 7 min.  Felt really good.  My splits are as follows-

slight up grade 8:01, 7:56, 7:50 (headwind), 7:56 (headwind), 7:56(headwind, turn around slight down grade, 7:15, 6:58, 6:55, 7:05, 7:06 total time 1:15:04 for 10.01 a 7:30 avg. pace.

Then I ran 1 more mile as a cool down and stretched for 20 mins.  Felt really good about my workout.

1:18:25/7:49

Ran with the Spanish fork group today,  Michelle, Tom, and Amber were there.  Started with Amber feeling alittle tired but worked into a good pace.  Ran into a good friend around mile 7.5 and ran with him until the end,  picked up the pace quite a bit with him.  Was a great run.

I have decided that my marathon pace for Ogden Marathon is going to be 7-7:30.

Goals for the next week/ 45-50 miles, 10 miles in crosstraining, streaching/yoga, see what my legs can do in the half marathon on saturday (plan to start easy and see if I can kick it into gear after about 3 or 4). 

Ran out in SF with Michelle, Tom, Amber, and Jamie.  A fun little group to run with.  We ran easy, some wondering random loop.  We dropped Tom off at his house and added on another 3.5 miles.  Good run.

1:24:06/8:21

1:21:17/8:25

Got up and ran the temple loop by myself.  Legs started feeling not so fresh and ended the same way.  The hill felt really hard.  But my run is done for the day and I don't have to push a jogger.

Went to the rec center and did 55 mins. on the spin bike,  used the day care their and liked it.

Wieghts upper-abs-back

Early run by myself.  My husband keeps needing to leave earlier for work which is fine.  I just got spoiled for a while not having to be home until 7:30.  Having to be home at 6:45 makes it harder to meet people so I just get up and so it myself.  I would have ran while Gauge was in preschool but I just found out my daughter has a field trip today and I am not sure if they got a wheel chair accessable bus, why don't people realize if you have a kid in a wheelchair you are going to need a wheelchair bus to transport her.  Oh well she's going to a new school this year and it took her old one a while to figure that one out as well, even with me reminding them.  So any who I was sure if I would be able to get my run in later so I got up and ran early.

Not feeling the hotest this week, I think I am tried from last week and my certain monthly visitor has come for the week.  That always makes me alittle more tired.

Flat orem loop

1:00:46/8:27

went to the rec center and did 5 on the treadmill, and swam 12 laps. Legs feeling a bit better.

40:20

Ran an fairly easy 6 from wills to the foutain and back.  Leg felt better and I just keeped it at a comfortable pace.

48:12/7:58

I am calling upon my superwoman powers for tomorrow.  This is going to be a hard feet for me I think any way because I haven't ran over 12 in such along time.  Would just like to break 1:40

So I think I had a pretty darn good race.  Although I am super duper sore today (sunday), I usually am training for a full marathon when I race half but my longest run before this was 11 mile or so.  I was extreamlly happy with my finish I held it together and it was a tough finish, rolling hills.  For the kind of shape I am in I really could have not asked for anything more.  Plus I was able to meet Marcie and saw some good old friends, one being Mr. Hooper in the flesh.  Any way I had a really good, but though race.  My legs still didn't feel that fresh and the middle part of the race was on dirt and uphill.

1-6:03 steep downhill start

2-6:15 still steep

3-6:57 flatens out worried I started to fast

4-7:48 I think this is when we started on the dirt trail

5-8:01 uphill dirt and tired

6-7:48 uphill dirt and still tired, turn around and the water stop was not there and I was goin to take a hammer gel grrrr

7-7:09- regrouping and calling on my wonderwomen strength

8-7:16 hammer gel

9-7:48 uphill

10-7:10 diggin deep

11-7:05 diggin even deeper

12-7:14 it's getting hilly and I want to cry

13-7:21 still some rollers and I am just glad there are no other women behid me

.1- 0:57  so glad to be finished and suprised at my time

garmin-13.14 miles/1:34:44/7:12

Leg are sore but I wanted to run to see how I felt, felt pretty good and was not to hard to run.  Stoping and starting I could feel the sorness but didn't feel to bad.  Just ran easy

55:40/8:13

54:39/8:28

Ran out in with the Spanish Forkians, easy loop.  This will be my last run for a couple of week because I am having some surgery today.  I will be back!

Oh my goodness surgery is not fun.  My first night I spent in alot of pain because I was throwing up and couldn't keep my pain med down.  The next day was alittle better was able to sleep some.  It keeps getting better and better I just hate not being able to do stuff for myself.  I am grateful I have a great husband and sisters to help out.  I am going crazy that I can't run as well.  Hopefully another week or two,  I never have had sugery so I am not sure what to expect with coming back.

So I got the go ahead to start back with biking and elliptical and weights.  I wanted to pool run but they said I can't get in the pool for 4 weeks so that is a no go. 

I went to the rec and did 30 mins. on the spin bike and 25 on the elliptical.

Weights lower and what was comfortalble to do upper.

Went to the rec center and did 60 min on the elliptical, felt better than yesterday and was able to go alot harder.  Can't wait to run again.