Stronger, Tougher, Faster, Smaller

Three treadmill miles, just watching for the foot numbness thing, but nothing!  Yippee!

mile one 12:45

mile two 12:30

mile three 11:35

The shoes were a good cover story but I really needed this run because baskin-robbins had 31cent ice cream cones last night mmmmm! 

I flaked on my running, house is under construction and it got put off.  Now I'm annoyed.  Live and learn, run in the mornings!

But I'm blogging to put in my two week weight loss of -6 lbs.

 Only four more to go to my first goal which is where I want to be before Ogden Half marathon in 13 days.
 

HOORAY!

I just did my longest run since January of this year. Since I missed my run on Saturday I got up way earlier than I ever willing do and even without biting off my husbands head for waking me up I got up and hunted down all my gear and hit the treadmill. (I didn't want to carry water and I wanted to keep it a controlled pace.) So I pulled in my radio and listened to the Chunga show on 101.9 the end. I don't think one song was played the entire time but I did laugh a few times.

I did eight miles with a little bit of a cool down afterwards in 1:04:45. Which gives me a 13:05 average. Score baby! I am so happy, now I have to go clean my house before the sheet rock people come.

Oh Happy day...........oh happy day...............

I convinced myself to go back to bed this morning, 

I'm too tired, I've been going to bed to late, I ate too much yesterday, the bed will be sad if I get out of it etc.  Basically anything and everything to go back to sleep but finally this new runner person in my head said get up and do it.  You ALWAYS feel better afterwards, it never makes you any more tired during the day, blah blah blah blah blah.

 So I did it,  3 quick miles

mile one 12:15

mile two 11:45

 mile three 10:40

Oh, and if anybody is reading my blog, If you want to run the race for the cure, Larry H miller will pay for half your registration, so it costs 12.50.  Just type in WASATCHFORD in the coupon code when you register on active.

 

30 min of circuit training today, Ohhhh feel the burn

25 min 2 miles, just wanted to stay loose for race tomorrow.  Hoping to break 34 mins.

Wow what a race! First off, we thought we would fight traffic and ride
trax. Well three trains go by and we cant get on! We finally smooshed in up by the driver and the wheelchairs. Some sweet grandma help Loren in her lap so that I wouldn't fall over. Natalie got to watch over the drivers shoulder and see where we were going.

There was so many people there it was great. I was able to find Hildivinsi from the running blog and we ran together since we are about the same pace. It took us about 5-6 minutes to pass the start line and then it was just crowds of people. I actually felt so fast today, because I was passing people right, and left, and zig zag, and over here and there and they were everywhere. I am really happy with my time especially since I was dodging the whole time.

According to the GPS it was 3.16, I wouldn't doubt it because of all the back and forth between people we did.

After the race we enjoyed the refreshments and the kids corner. They had a pool full of ducks the kids could catch and get some really great prizes. Loren skipped the net part and reached for a duck and went right into the pool. Oh man I laughed so hard! I wonder if people realized that it was my kid........hmmmm. Natalie got a poodle purse, and Loren a dinosaur coloring book. Overall it was a great day and I am impressed by so many people who came out for a great cause.

The weight thing went okay this week, total so far = -7lbs

Two laps around the fitness center then it was about  mile more to get there and back from my house.  

Mile one 13:09, stretch,

mile two 12:18

mile three 13:18 (one minute was readjusting shoe laces because of numbness)

mile 3/4 11:50 pace

 Still was a good workout not my fastest possible but I just wanted some good miles in.  I even did it without my ipod, no, with my ipod but without music because it was dead less than a mile into my workout.
 

3 hours of weeding, planting, and digging up grass where I don't want it anymore.  Ouch I'm a bit stiff and sore.  My daughter tried to keep the wormed she named jellybean as a pet, but eventually decided it was better to leave it with the flowers.

I was so nervous to start this race. I started running with a friend of a friend, and we stayed together for about 6 miles.

The start of the half is a bit hard because that first big hill is only about a mile in.

mile 1 13:36
mile 2 14:21(this is the big hill)
mile 3 13:10
mile 4 13:30
mile 5 12:51
mile 6 13:22(I started running by myself after this mile)
mile 7 12:37
mile 8 12:29
mile 9 12:00
mile 10 11:37(5k pace)
mile 11 11:59
mile 12 13:11(rolling hills here slowed me down a bit)
mile 13 13:34(potty stop, more than a little irritating when you are that close to finishing)
mile .1 I'm not sure, I forgot to stop my watch but my daughter was running with me and we were doing a decent pace to finish.

Overall I am extremely pleased with this race. I want somewhere between 2:50 and 3:03, getting the bottom of the goal is great. In 4 weeks I went from not running to this. I am excited. I have decided that my goal for Portland marathon will be 4:59:59.

Emphasis on that four. I have never been faster than a 5:36, and I really want to get to the four area and I think if I can keep up the training I can do it.

Oh side note, I had a blast at the race watching all those fast running blog jerseys start to pass me at mile 10. It was fun to see them going so fast. I still have no aspirations to be that fast but definitely want to start moving closer to the from and finish half marathons well before the marathoners start coming through.  Oh on a side note, Once the police came through with the first marathoner, I made sure I stayed to the right where the officer told me to go to stay out of they way, no dodging around me needed :)

 The extra distance was doing the kids race with my daughter, they loved the race and especially the clowns with the water.

Still battling some stomach issues after the race, I think the biggest culprit is not sticking to my diet.  I sort of have a "free" weekend.  Not good, so back to my healthier lifestyle.

 Did one mile barefoot  on the treadmill walking at a 16 min pace.  I am having some toenail issues after the half.  I think this is what will be holding me back in my recovery.  Shins are where my muscles hurt the most except for the inner/upper right thigh twinges every time I bring that leg forward.

Goal this week-Keep moving, everyday!  Hoping to be able to run the dam half marathon in Rexburg next month.

Okay, my problem is I'm missing part of a toe nail lost to running injuries and it's sensitive.  I don't think my toes have ever been stopped on so much in all of my life but they have been.  No running today, I'm still quite sore from Ogden half, but I did paint primer in my new addition and played for about an hour on the wii.  (new toy)  Boxing, bowling, baseball.....I think I might have burned a couple extra calories?  Two miles tomorrow for sure, I am going to try shoes again and I think I will be fine unless I lift up my big toe and it hits the top of my shoe.

My toe has finally healed and I am back to my training.  I got 2.6 miles in before my husband had to go to work.  I got woo wooed at today while running, it was just from some friends of mine but hey beggars can't be choosers.  The run felt great and I can feel the improvements but still have lots of work to do.

mile 1 12:06

mile 2 12:20

mile.6 11:45 pace (I was in a hurry to get back to the bathroom.)

 I want to increase my speed but am unsure how to do it.  I know running 5-6 times a week is preferred but how do I do those run.  One hills, one sprint workout, slow miles, fast miles, one tempo run?  And what about weight training, core excersices, just double running and that on the same days?

 Weight-still -7 but am very close to getting -8.  Next weight goal is to get back to my normal weight.  This is the weight I have been for most of the last 8 years.  After that it's making my license weight to be a lie by being too much!

 

Couldn't get outside this morning so I did a treadmill workout.  I started at 3.5 mph and did about a mile at full incline, (whew, that was tough even that slow).  Then I started and 4mph and did one minute and continued to increase speed 1mph/minute.  After a minute at 7mph, I did two minutes a 4mph, then a minute at 5,6,7,and 8 mph.  Then a VERY slow 3minute walk to cool off.

I know I could do better outside without the kids, but I'm glad I got this in.  I really want to do a 5K at the 7mph speed.  That would be so awesome.  Just keep up consistency! 

Okay, day 3 in a row.  I AM GOING TO RUN 6 TIMES A WEEK.  I AM GOING TO R UN SIX TIMES A WEEK. I AM GOING TO RUN 6 TIMES A WEEK.

See the reason I repeat that is because I am going to do, not try, not see if I can, I just have to do it if I want to improve.

So heres the run for today.  First rule, take it easy, second you can run with your GPS but NO LOOKING!   I almost cheated twice but caught myself.  Third, just keep going.

There was a little cheating because I forgot to take off all of the alerts off so I had a beep every six minutes which gave me a hint as to  my time, and it also beeped everytime my speed was faster that 11:00, then it beeped at a mile, but I know this course really well so it wasn't too much of a surprise, so I turned up my music and really started to ignore the beeps.

 Mile one 11:51

Mile two 11:30

Mile three 11:03

Total time for 3.1 was 35:28, that's almost 30 seconds faster than the race for the cure about 3 weeks ago.  Ha ha, I just beat my 5k time during a training run, I was working but I wasn't dying.  Oh yeah.  (This was a run a lot better than the 5k, where I had a 10:40 first mile and then died).
 

This morning I did 20 minutes of ab workout. I can feel how week my core is while I am running. So I am going to include abs 2/3 x's a week too.

I also just barely slipped in and made it in for Hobblecreek registration. I am running 2-3 miles tonight when my husband gets off of work. I am thinking for a slow day I will do my half marathon pace.

Also, I am going to run 6 days a week, and see how well I am improve from Ogden Half (2:50) and see how close to 2 hrs I can get in Hobble creek by running 6 days a week and increasing mileage 10% a week and maintaining miles every third week. I'll be back later to put my miles on.

Got out tonight and did a little over two miles. I think the total time was about 30 minutes, but we had about 3-5 minutes waiting at crosswalks. My partner tonight was my four year old daughter riding her bike. We had a nice talk about why she has the horn and she got to beep several times to let people know she was coming. We also had some walking while I was cramping and doing my best to make it to the restroom, where I didn't even have time to shut the door. I'm a bit tired but doing okay.

This is day 4 in a row, I'm only getting 5 days this week because I didn't run Sunday or Monday. But it will be 6 next week.

It was a long run and a lot of hills.  I ran up and around on dimple dell drive, 1300 east and all over the place.  It was slow but good.  Too much walking but I didn't want to leave my partner and I truly enjoyed our time talking.  

 Man there were some steep hills.  but I finished.

weight is currently -8lbs.