Run with my Heart

Ran with my dog for and easy 3 miles then did my elliptical for 30 mins.  

8:32 avg. pace

Abs/back 

Met Mckenzie, Allie, and Sue in SF with some light rain to start.  The rain gradually go harder and harder until there where rivers going down the streets.  We all got soaked, I came home and weight after with my wet close on and weighted in at 135 then without and it was 128.  But it wasn't to bad and I had good company, thats all I need to tough out the rain.

1:53:21/8:10 

Weights upper 

Took my dog up in the trails, everything is so green and pretty.  I was noticing how loosely my shoes where tied and thought maybe this is why I roll my ankle so much, so I tightened them around my ankles.  Hopefully that will help.

1:10:31/8:44 

Started at Will's today and ran up the path.  Want to attempt to do 800, thought I would try 4 2 up and 2 down.  I did ok I guess.  Warm up 3.25 miles and took a 1-2 mins rest in between 800's.  Was hard to run fast, hopefully it will come back. 

up                       down

1- 3:21                3-3:19

2- 3:33                4-3:18 

Abs/back 

Met with Luz with my dog and ran on the path.  Nice morning, her dogs didn't come because one of them had a thorn in her paw.  Saw Matt on the trail, he turned and ran with for a mile or so.   Was tired at first and my right foot was sore, probably from rolling on the ball yesterday but felt good once I got going.

55:28/8:36 

20 mins on the elliptical  

Met a friend at the pool, she is a really good swimmer and gave me some really good tips.  A lot of times lap swimming makes my SI joints hurt but her tips helped a lot.   She went to the OT in swimming in 2001, she is awesome.  Swam several laps and pool ran for 30 mins. 

First race I have done since SG marathon last year.  It was awesome,  really I was sucking air but I am fine with that.  I think I did just fine for the shape I am in, I was hoping to do flat 7's but ran out of juice on the uphill section.  I will post more later.  

So I warmed up on my own a little and then saw Jamie and we warmed up some for a 2.5 mile warmup.   Then the race I felt really good the first 3 and then kind of lost it in my legs, but all in all I was happy.

1-6:35 Wow I can run that fast still!

2-6:57  Another sub-7 shocking.

3-7:16  Oh ya I am not in that great of shape and can feel the up hill.

4-7:31 Opps focus Josse

5-7:09  Ok a little better

Then I ran some with Jamie, then saw JulieC and Melanie and ran with them for a couple of miles.  And some running on my own  and the last 2.5 with Luz and blurry vision.  Through this whole run I keep thinking to my self, I think I have started and sure enough I did.  Glad I was wearing black.

MV 

I was pretty sore yesterday, but it is mostly gone today.  I didn't run this morning because my son was throwing up most of the night and is not feeling well.  So I just got on the elliptical for 30 mins and the bike for 15 mins.  I might try for a run later when my husband get home.

Abs/back 

pm- went out around 3 pm and it was hot.  Because I am not use to 83 degrees I felt awful.  But glad I got in a little run.  

I got into SG, the trick is just don't even care if you get in or not.  I was hoping I wouldn't and just do top of Ut or another late summer marathon.  But SG it is. 

Got up and met at Marie's house, Melody and Marie's friend form SL was there as well.  We ran north and got on some trails.  Melody turned before we went up cause she is running Ogden on sat.  I was tired on the up hill and had a hard time keeping up, but was not to far behind and stayed right along on the down.  Then I ran my dog a little over 2 miles when I got home, if I would have known I was going on trails I would have brought him.

1:21:48/8:59 

Man I am tired!  My son is still sick, he felt better yesterday and then he spiked another fever last night and was up a lot.  I got up and ran because I knew he wasn't going to school today.  I was tired, I ran really easy with my dog.

Took my son to the dr. he has strep, glad it wasn't the swine flu:) 

Got up really early (had to be back early for my husband to go to work), debated on going back to bed.  I was up at least 5 times last night with my son.  The antibiotic he is on made him have to pee a lot,  I was really worried about him to so I didn't sleep much.  He went to bed with a fever of 104.5 but it went down to 101.1 by 2 a.m. and was normal by 5 a.m.  I decided to go out and see how I felt.  The first mile was rough and I thought it would be another 5 mile slow day, but I felt better the longer I went.  Went 7 on my own and 2 with the dog.  Saw something kind of strange, this guy probably in his late 40's, dressed nice walking at 5 in the morning with a garbage bag full of popcorn.  I just think that is weird, I wonder if he was on his way to a movie or something.

1:17:32/8:33 

Yoga (it made my arms sore) 

Got up and met with Luz and the dogs.  We had a nice run on the river trail.  

55:57/8:45

My daughter had a Medievil fair today it was a lot of fun.  They had World Champion Jousters come and do a jousting.  To begin each jouster chose a maiden to give a rose to, my daughter was chosen, she was really happy.  It was really neat.  After I helped her run her gems and stones booth and sold jewelry that I had made and stones.  Then we had a big banquit with lot of food.  Good day:)

I am spent, it seems like I have been tired all week this means I need a recovery week.  Which I am happy to take next week.   I hit 50 miles so I think I deserve one.   Met Mckenzie at the 10 mile mark of HC half and we ran up the canyon 6 and back down followed the half course to make it 15.  I was dragging the last 1.5 and told Mac to go ahead.  We still avg. an 8:42 on the way up and about a 7:40 on the way down.  Good run but glad I get to cut back next week.

2:02:25/8:16 

Recover week 

Ran with my dog up the jogging path, let him get in the river to cool off.  He ran a lot faster after that.  Felt decent, better than last week.

8:30 avg. pace

Did abs/back and weights arms 

Met Marie early at her house and we head to the trails,  I brought Brune with us.  We did the stairway which is what I usually do but I usually drive up the paved hill leading up to the trailhead.  We ran it because we started from her house.  This made it for 2 miles of steep uphill.   Good run legs a little dead after the up but was able to cruise on the down.  Added on another mile when I got home to make it 7.

1:02:40/8:56

Got up and met at Maries house, we ran into Camie and all ran together.  Just nice and easy, was feeling the trails yesterday.

8:30 avg. pace

Came home and did 15 mins on elliptical. 

Abs and yoga 

Got up and met Luz for a run with the dogs.  Perfect morning to run, felt decent.  Afterward we got in the FREEZING COLD river.  It hurt so bad but made my achey legs feel great.  Fun!!

8:40 avg. pace.

Later did 16 mins on the elliptical.

So I have this nagging want to run the Utah Valley marathon, I tell myself everyday no your body is not ready.  And then I tell myself you can just run it for fun, you know how I did it last year.  I have that sickness marathonitis.  Really it is real, so I thought I would try for a 20 miler and see how my body handles that and then decide.  I know I am crazy.  I go through this daily in my head. 

Went to the rec and swam and pool ran for a total of 45 mins.

Yoga 

So I am left with mixed feeling after today's run.  It was hard but all in all I did ok, but was super tired at the end.  Legs just felt tired form the begining.  I was wondering if I was going to make 15, but after about 7 they started feeling ok, but shoulders where all crampy and tired the whole run.  So I met McKenzie at Wills and we met Julie on the trail and ran up the canyon.  Julie decided we were to slow for her and took off,  I would have to if I were in shape.  So it was me and Mac, we saw Paul and I called him Tom opps, sorry.  Then when we started up South Fork Mac pulled away from me.  She also kick my behind on the way down.  I think I stayed with her until about Canyon Glen I just couldn't hold her sub-7 pace.  but  I did manage to stay under 8's from 12 on, with 3 being pretty good.  Miles 13-7:08, 14-7:11, 15-7:25 and then I pooped out but not bad.   I stopped and got a drink with 3 left and saw Julie again, was happy to have someone to run with again.  Then she turned at the mouth of the canyon for home so last 2 on my own again.   I don't think I want to put myself through a marathon yet.  But I think this every saturday and then during the week I think well maybe I would do just fine.....I don't know.

2:31:33/8:13 

Ice bath 

ok the shoe counter is doing something weird, it is counting my mileage as double.  I put it in and it counted it once but did not show up at the bottom so I put it in again and it showed up but counted it again, so I erased it and it is count it but not showing it in the box on the bottom so-Asics 1140-18.5 

Got up and met Marie and Rebecca, I was informed that becca wanted some tempo miles.  We headed up the canyon to start the tempo, I wasn't to excited about this but did it anyways, just at my pace they were faster.  We went up a mile and back down.  Going up I did a 7:20 and a 7:00 on the way down.  Came home and did 1.5 with the dog.

1:05:45/8:05

Abs/back 

Got up and ran with the dog.  Was tired at first but felt better the further i went.

 59:56/8:33

yoga 

later-20 mins on the elliptical 

Got up and ran with Marie and my dog on the trails.  We did the same as last week, with the killer uphill.  Marie is running WBR and has the ragnar part so this is great training for that.  Next week we will be able to go further because she won't have to be back so early.

25 mins on bike 

abs 

Got up and met at Marie's house, the whole gang was there today.  We just ran a random loop, Marie showed us her icing spot in the river and chatted a ton.  Came home and had to get my daughter ready for school and then took the dog for another 4 miles.

50:01/8:05 first 6.2

34:42/8:39 with the dog, he doesn't run as fast when I take him later.  It's to hot for him.

Stretching, abs/back, weights upper 

I ran with Luz and the dogs this morning, the path is getting more crowded and the people don't like the dog off the leash (which I totally understand) so I might have to leash him for the last part of the run.  There seems to be more people when we come back.  Any way nice run, real easy but just what my legs needed after a super deep painfull massage last night.

pace somewhere around a 8:50

Biked for 20 mins. 

I had a pretty good run today, I didn't feel the greatest but the pace was good.  Met Julie at her house and we headed to the canyon and ran up to south fork and back.  We took it fairly easy on the way up and ran a quick but managable pace on the the way down, was still able to talk the whole way.  The spits on the way down where 7:23, 7:07, 7:13, 7:06, 7:09, 7:35, 7:36 with the last two being up hill.  Then we added on another mile to make it 15 to her house.  Then I went down to the river and added on another 1.2 before I got in.  I could have gone further but I had to get my son form my sisters house and I wanted to ice in the river too.  Anyways felt decent, where I do feel fatigue is my breathing and upper body.  

2:06:20/7:48