Yesterday I met up with Laura and we headed downtown to run. I was not too sure how it would go because I felt really bad Friday night and woke up feeling like someone stabbed me in the throat Saturday morning!!
Despite the stabbing it turned out to be a great day to run - my tylenol kicked in and the weather was perfect. We did a one mile warmup, which I never do and I think helped some, then lined up to start. My plan was just to go - I've been doing quite a few tempo runs and some track work and after this race I really feel like they have been working. Here are my splits:
8:01, 8:23, 8:11, 8:36, 8:24, 8:01, 2:36 = 52:16 - a huge PR!
My last mile was as fast as my first mile!! My two had a hill and I'm not sure what is up with mile 4 - maybe I was just in a daze or something. But I felt strong the entire race. My garmin ended up showing 6.3 miles as did Laura's.
I am still pretty pumped about the race. This is only the 3rd 10K I have ever run. My first was in 57 something, my second in 53 something - and those were all three years ago before I had AC!!
But I am so sore today. I went and did an easy 3.2 and I am definitely taking tomorrow off.
Do it!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Move it!
Tomorrow is my first race of 2011 - the Move it Memphis 10K and I'm pumped! I had originally planned on this being my 4th or 5th race of the year, but I opted out of some smaller races to get long trail runs in. The Germantown half is creeping up and I need to get some racing in!
Do it.
Do it.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
St. Jude sufferfest
I have some time before I leave to go run so I thought I would write about what lit a fire under me last December...the St. Jude half. Last summer I was running a lot and feeling really good about where I was going with running so I signed up for the half. For some reason I always forget how busy I am once school and soccer starts...plus having a toddler to chase around. So I maybe averaged 10-15 miles a week the whole fall. Which is fine for just running for a little bit of fitness but not for a half marathon.
I even tried to bail out, but mr. rt would not let me so off I went to trudge through the half. My original goal was to shoot for 9:30 miles and the worst case scenario was 2:15. Well, I stayed on pace until about mile 7 then it was just rough...and painful...and as I was running I was just mad. Mad at myself, mad at the race, just mad, mad, mad. I finished in 2:12 which is my worst time by a lot. That's what happens when you don't do any long runs!! I decided to use it as a training run and that next weekend I was out on the trails with my bro in law and we have not missed a weekend since.
The Germantown half is about 4 weeks away and I feel really good about where I am. I had planned on doing some smaller races in January and February, but instead my b-i-l and I have been doing a lot of back to back trail runs. Two weekends ago we did 12 on Saturday and 8 on Sunday.
Do it!!
I even tried to bail out, but mr. rt would not let me so off I went to trudge through the half. My original goal was to shoot for 9:30 miles and the worst case scenario was 2:15. Well, I stayed on pace until about mile 7 then it was just rough...and painful...and as I was running I was just mad. Mad at myself, mad at the race, just mad, mad, mad. I finished in 2:12 which is my worst time by a lot. That's what happens when you don't do any long runs!! I decided to use it as a training run and that next weekend I was out on the trails with my bro in law and we have not missed a weekend since.
The Germantown half is about 4 weeks away and I feel really good about where I am. I had planned on doing some smaller races in January and February, but instead my b-i-l and I have been doing a lot of back to back trail runs. Two weekends ago we did 12 on Saturday and 8 on Sunday.
Do it!!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Fierce winds
Last summer and part of the fall I decided to add a little speed work to my week with fartlek runs or pickups as I like to call them. Since the holidays I changed the pickups to tempo runs and normally I do a pretty good job of hitting between a 7:55-8:00 pace but today was another story!
On the table was a 4 mile tempo run - one mile warmup, two miles tempo, and one mile cooldown. It's been pretty windy around here the past few days and today was no different. I ran the warmup mile in the neighborhood at around 9:00 pace then went onto the main road towards the high school for the two tempo miles and holy winds! My first mile was 8:22 and my second was 8:14 and I felt like I was working my butt off! I was punching into the wind, struggling to breath, getting side stiches, and just cussing the wind. So I'm not going to pay too much attention to the times but instead on my effort because believe me, it was there.
Mr. rt laughed when I got home becuase I have a history of "cussing nature." I told him a long time about some of my windy runs to get in shape during soccer season and how my 100lb high school frame could barely move. Then he saw it first hand when we first start hiking with all the switchbacks. Just when you think you are to the top of a mountain there is another switchback.
Tomorrow I'm pumped - hitting up the trails for an 8 banger. Do it.
Happy running!
On the table was a 4 mile tempo run - one mile warmup, two miles tempo, and one mile cooldown. It's been pretty windy around here the past few days and today was no different. I ran the warmup mile in the neighborhood at around 9:00 pace then went onto the main road towards the high school for the two tempo miles and holy winds! My first mile was 8:22 and my second was 8:14 and I felt like I was working my butt off! I was punching into the wind, struggling to breath, getting side stiches, and just cussing the wind. So I'm not going to pay too much attention to the times but instead on my effort because believe me, it was there.
Mr. rt laughed when I got home becuase I have a history of "cussing nature." I told him a long time about some of my windy runs to get in shape during soccer season and how my 100lb high school frame could barely move. Then he saw it first hand when we first start hiking with all the switchbacks. Just when you think you are to the top of a mountain there is another switchback.
Tomorrow I'm pumped - hitting up the trails for an 8 banger. Do it.
Happy running!
Monday, February 21, 2011
New Home!
Just a quick recap of my life since August...I'm still running! In the fall it was quite sporadic and it showed in my struggle through the St. Jude half. But St. Jude really made me mad, so I've been pushing it every since and I finally feel like a runner again.
Maybe that is why I've really had the blogging itch...I'm so excited about where I am with running and I just want to be able to write it all down! I'm going to try to keep the blog mainly about running but life might trickle in here some.
Maybe that is why I've really had the blogging itch...I'm so excited about where I am with running and I just want to be able to write it all down! I'm going to try to keep the blog mainly about running but life might trickle in here some.
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