wk10 overall

Day 1~track repeats

day2~no run

day 3~long run, 5 miles with the girls

This week got kinda messed up. Taylor was in full force with softball this week in the evenings and I guess I spent my mornings being selfish. Lately, I have been doing day 2's run on Friday after I pick the kids up from school, well that was not in the making for me this week. I hurt my back Thursday night when I was teaching bootcamp, I think I may have gotten a little ambitious with the weights, so I paid for that dearly. By Friday morning I was in some serious pain. I worked it out for 2 days, and then went for Sunday's run despite the fact that it was still hurting. I think the run may have helped it though, I noticed that it was only a little sore by the time we were done.

I could definently tell that I missed a run this week. These runs are so crucial to my routine. I felt strong through the 1st 3 miles, even mile 4 was ok. Mile 5 seemed to last forever, I mean really, F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!!!! But I made it and that's all that matters!

5 mile & GORGEOUS weather!!!

Run Less, Run Faster Week 9 Day 3~Long run

Today's goal was to make this a good run, that's all I wanted. I got exactly what I had hoped for.....great friends, awesome weather, and put in my first 5 mile run of the season. You could definently tell the difference in the weather today. The air pockets that we were hitting were an absolute dream!!!! Let's just hope that this continues :) The first 3 miles were pretty strong if I do say so myself. Mile 4 was ok, but by mile 5 my legs were DONE!!!! It took all that I had to get to my fast friends who were patiently waiting. God love them because they are ALWAYS waiting on me.
The Race 4 the Cure is officially 2 weeks away! I'm not nervous about this at all. This particular run is more for the experience than a PR. There are so many people that attend this race and you spend so much time weaving on and out of people. I have always loved this race just for what it is. It makes me appreciate being a strong woman, and it is just all over emotional & I love it!

Gonna try this again!

So, I have started training again, & I have been successful thus far. I am in week nine of the Run Less, Run Faster training program. I must say that I absolutely LOVE this program! It has me at three run per week. The first run is track repeats, then it's tempo, and the last is a long run.

I found my blog again, and I thought it was kind of funny because I think I stared blogging at this time year after Race for the Cure, Tampa. I have been keeping track of my training faithfully by writing notes on my facebook. I was catching up on my blog reading with Christy and Teresa's and decided I would give this a shot again.

This week I have started week 9, and I did day 1 of the training.
10 minute warm up
6x400's @ 923
400 RI in between each one
10 minute cooldown

This was a pretty successful run, I felt pretty good throughout the entire run. This took me 44 minutes and I did 4 miles. I am trying to keep in mind that I walked for about 3 minutes in the warm up and maybe one or two during the cooldown. All in all, it's ALL GOOD!

Today I will probably do my tempo run and then Sunday will be my usual long run with the girls!