Stronger, Tougher, Faster, Smaller

Just doing a       quick report............

 Weight change: -14lbs

And I can feel my muscles while I run, and not all the jell-o!
 

This was a nice long, slow run. I don't even want to put miles times because they are so slow. But I was breathing good, my legs are just tired. Part of it I think is because I have had a hard time eating well. Not eating junk food, I've just had something going on and I feel sick no matter what I eat. I lost 6 pounds last week and eat everything I wanted. I drink only water, and sometimes skim milk and was eating very healthy because that is all my stomach can handle but I have a feeling that it wasn't enough. I feel weak. Or maybe it is just a monday and you don't work as well if it is a MOnday.

Total distance 5.8 with .25 cooldown, .25 warm up, total time 1:19.

Only partially copped out when it came to the free lunch.  I rode my bike 1.5 miles and so did the big kids(have my niece today) but a bike ride is so much better for us than the car ride:) 

I ran out to Lake Park and saw Jody, and Paula on my way in. I thought it was Jody but then I saw Paula and her puppy and knew it was them. (Without my glasses I identify by outlines and movement) I then turned onto the trail behind Select Health and then out past the fire hydrant.

times: 12:11, 12:26, 12:36, 12:00, 11:04. Don't know why I was slowing down in the middle maybe hills, maybe just getting into the groove, but the last mile was a bit too fast and too quick of a stop because I nearly lost the contents of my stomach as I heaved my way to the bathroom. Wasn't quite sure how I wanted to employ the toilet first, top half or bottom. Well mind over matter and I controlled the heaving and just cooled off.

PM, 2.5 mile bike ride, I'm still to angry and cranky from this morning, not sure why but didn't enjoy the ride........... 

A tad shorter today but I needed it and it felt really good.  Relish those slow runs, and to top it off I found a new running partner who is training for TOU and she runs right about the same pace as me. That's so swell!  I ran to the fitness center and did two laps then ran home.

Miles 15:00, 13:30, 12:30, 12:30 the only bad part is that I became a mass murderer, there were so many colonies of ants right in the middle of the path, I couldn't avoid them all so a few met an early demise.

PM 1.5 mile bike ride

It was a Chunga sort of day, since Chris left for work a little after 6a.  It was a very nice and easy day, could run like this forever, if it didn't take so long.  1hr total time.  Felt good and needed it to be slow for the 5k tomorrow.  That will be so much fun :)

Where has all the time gone?  I felt like I had all the time in the world to train when my countdown clock to the marathon had over 100 days, but now that it is reading in the low 90's I feel live I am into crunch time. 

Oh my goodness, oh my goodness..............(channeling Shirley Temple)  This was over 3 minutes faster than my last 5k Race for the Cure.  

Mile times 10:56, 10:30, 10:28, .1 in 48 seconds.  I do believe this is my second fastest 5k ever, and I can't believe how much I have improved in just a couple months.  Mile one have .5 miles of an incline and then there were two small rolling hills but a decent amount of down with some flat as we headed north on the course.  

Wow, only 3 more minutes off and I will have an all time PR and that was done before the birth of my second baby.  Sasha told me to go out at a 10min pace and see what happens.  I thought he was crazy, because my training miles rarely go under 12 min pace.  But I took off and kept the pace(slowed down for the hill) but I wasn't so far off from a 10 min pace.  WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW -----sorry I am just tickled pink and couldn't be happier.

I think the warmup mile helped, I used to think the people who ran before the race were nuts but it really helps to loosen up and get the slowness out.  Then I ran a little afterwards and along side my kids for their race.

Happy 4th of July everyone!!! 

Very slow long miles.  I started at the church by the capitol, and headed through city creek canyon to the post office on Sunnyside Ave and I turned around there.  I started slow and stayed that way but I need slow, I used up all my speed yesterday.

Total time 3 hours.