You Can Do It!

Jogged for a few minutes around the church gym and then did some circut training with some freinds.

Jogged around the chruch gym for a few minutes then did step aerobics with a group of women from my stake.

First out door run for 2010.  It felt great!!!

30 min terbokick and 30 Piyo (pilaties/yoga)

Worked out with the ladies at the church in the morning.  Did two hours of martial arts tonight.

Felt good to get out.

Step aerobics with the ladies this morning, and martial arts in the evening.

The sun was shinning! It felt so good to get out in it and run.

Aerobics and pilaties with the ladies.

Total time 24:20

Total time 24:06

Total time 34:30

Total time 25:34 ave. pace 11:46

Total time: aprox. 38 min.

Total Time 44:28  ave.11:05 mile

Total time 37:58. Very light workout today. Walked the whole way and stopped at a park so my little boy could play. 

Total time 25:18. Average pace 11:35

Total time: 35:37 average pace 11:20

walk/jog.  Helped with the 4th and 5th grade beehive race in Brigham City.  Went with the 5th grade girls to make sure the last runner got in safe, then watched my oldest son run with the 5th grade boys. It was lots of fun.

Total time  58:16 average pace 11:37. 

Went camping. I think all the hiking I did could be counted as good cross training.

more hiking today

Total time 35:09 Average Pace 10:49

Total time 45:49 Average pace 11:23

Total time 34:07 average pace 11:12

Total time 34:34 average pace 11:06

Total time 46:51 Average pace 10:49.

Total time 35:43 average pace 11:08

Ran in the Box Elder stake young women fun run. Total time 34:29 average pace 10:48.

Total time 35:31 Average pace 10:32

Total time 44:50 Average pace 11:10

Had a blast running the Wasatch back Relay again.  Ran the same leg as last year (runner #2), but ran it much faster this year. 

My first leg was 6.8 miles. I started at 9:14 AM.  I ran it in 1:13:39. My splits are as follows:

10:11

10:55

10:55

11:23

11:16

10:39

9:48

I began my 2nd leg at 6:25 PM. It was about 3 miles. I ran it in 32:17. Splits follow.

10:49

10:37

10:30

Relay day 2.  Had a very difficult time sleeping. Probably got 1 1/2 - 2 hours of sleep at the most.  Started my last leg at 5:33 AM. It was about 3.3 miles long. My legs did not want to move, and at times I felt like I was going to fall asleep running.  I pushed through it and finished in 36:51. My splits are as follows.

11:09

11:59

11:11

The last .29 of a mile 2:32 (average mile pace 8:38)

When we got home we fed the kids dinner and put them to bed. Thankfully the kids were tired to and went to bed without much fuss. We were all asleep by 8:30 PM.

Total time 24:39 Average pace 11:18

After the relay my left foot has been really sore. I think I may have pulled the plantar tendon in that foot so I took a couple days off to recover.  It didn't feel to bad today, but every once in awhile I'd get a sharp pain in the 5th metatarsal area. Any ideas about what might cause that?

Total time 35:28 Average pace 11:26. After a 2 weeks off it's going to take a bit to get back in the groove.

Total time 57:21 average pace 11:13

total time 34:41 average pace 11:07

total time 1:11:13 average pace 13:04.  What a crappy workout!  I knew I wasn't going to get in my scheduled amount of miles which was 11 miles, but I was hoping to get in at least 8.  Oh well it was lucky I got any miles in today.  We got home from Cedar City around 3:30-4:00, got unpacked and took the kids swimming until 6:00.  We ate Cheese sandwiches and milk for dinner (not a meal conducive to running) at around 7:00.  And of course we didn't eat great as we traveled either.  Any way I finally got out the door to go running around 8:45.  When I got about 3.5 miles into my run my stomach was killing me, so I decided to start heading home. When I reach just over 4.5 miles I just couldn't run any more and walked the last mile.

Total time 45:42 average pace 11:26

Total time 58:47 average pace 11:32

Total time 46:36 average pace 11:34.  This has been a tough week.  I've felt very run down this week.  I'm hoping I'll feel better for the Mantua Dam Race on Saturday.

The course was changed this year.  Usually it's 4.7 miles but according to my garmin the new course is 5.00 miles.  I don't have my official time yet. I'll post it as soon as I get it. It was a good race.  Today was the first time I've ran it without walking.

My splits are 

10:12

10:35

10:40

11:09

10:41

Tonight I ran another 7 miles so I could get my 12 miles in for the day.  I ran a lot slower tonight than I did this morning. I was pretty tired by that time, but I ran/jogged the whole way. Total time 1:26:08 average pace 12:18.

It was hard dragging my self out of bed this morning, but I got there in the end. Total time 47:36 average pace 11:45.

Got up a little earlier than usual today in the hopes of beating the heat. I started running at about 7:15 and made it home before it got to hot.  Total time 1:10:29 average pace 11:44.

After two hours of sparring in my martial arts class last night and being covered in massive bruises on my shins and arms this morning I decided just to walk the two miles, but I'm still counting it.

total time 34:32 average pace 16:10.

Got up early this morning and ran up to Mantua and about 1/4 the way around the lake and back home.  Going up the canyon the hill was quite challenging and on top of that there was a wicked relentless head wind.  I walked more than I would have liked to up the canyon, but had a blast running back down

Total time 2:48:32 average pace 12:02

Total time: 30:44 average pace 14:19

Total time: 27:09 average pace 12:03

Total time: 42:20 average pace 11:31

Total time:  41:41 average pace 11:00

Total time: 45:41 average pace 11:26

Total time: 1:11:39 average pace: 11:18

Went on what was supposed to be a 5 mile hike with the young women. It ended up being 6.5 miles, but that's ok it's good for us right. Although it was a hike and not a run I'm counting it for miles 

Total time: 44:20 average pace: 11:49

Total time: 24:49 average pace: 11:23

Total time 35:35 average pace 11:28

Overall I think I did pretty good on this race.  I came in one minute slower than last year, but that is because last year I didn't have to take a pit stop and this year I had to wait in line for 8 minutes. So if you take that 8 minutes off I actually ran it in 2:28:48.3 which is about 7 minutes faster than last year. 

Splits:

10:08

10:52

10:45

18:36 (Pit stop)

10:18

10:28

11:04

10:59

11:40

12:11

11:57

13:01

12:06

02:46 (mile average 10:55)

Had a good time.  Felt like I kept from passing out at the finish line from shear will power. Felt pretty good about my performance. Just wish I would have been smarter about the whole bathroom thing. Oh well good lesson for next year.

Total time: 35:22 average pace: 11:26

Total time 30:07 average pace 11:16

Total time 31:01 average pace 11:10

Total time 45:20 average pace 11:13

total time 30:07 average pace 11:22

total time 24:43 average pace 11:22

total time 24:51 average pace 11:25

For the first time ever I placed in the top three of my age division, and no, there wasn't only three runners in my division. :) I was very happy.  Total time 30:28 average pace 9:43. Took 24 seconds off of last year. :)

splits:

9:47

10:18

9:28

0:54 (last 0.1)

Did a 0.75 mile warm-up then ran for 2.01 miles. Total time for 2.01 miles 23:00 average pace 11:26

I ran quite slow today because of a sore left hamstring and lower back.

total time 25:42 average pace 11:53

Walked/jogged while pushing my 4 year old in the jogging stroller as I took my older son to school, then walk/jogged for about a mile extra before going home. It is such nice weather for October I just couldn't pass it up.

Walked back up to the school to pick up my son and walked home again.  I'm counting this walking as part of my miles because I do run part of it and I want to keep track of my calories.

Total time 24:34 average pace 11:19

Jogged with my son as he road his bike to school, then after school I walked back up and picked him up.

I'm so excited.  This course is a lot harder than the one I ran 2 weeks ago, and I came in faster today.  There were some pretty good hills and I just pushed up them. It was great. These last two races I've come very close to averaging what I ran in High School. (I know pretty sad for a high school runner), but not many people my age can say that.