Run with my Heart

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.