September 30 - October 5

Monday - 4 miles outside.  I was literally running on empty!  Ate early, ran errands, dropped E off at school then came home to run.  Was hungry, but just went!  I tired at mile 4.  Was going to go 5.  It's good to practice working through fatigue right? 
Also took ballet today.

Tuesday- 7 hill on tml.  Had to w/o on tml.  Only time to get it done! 
M1 warm up 2 incline 7.5 speed
Rest of the workout at 7.8 speed. Did half mile of each incline the 'down' was back at a 2 incline.
M2 - incline 4, M3 - 5, M4 incline 6, M5 7, M6 8.
M7 - back to 2 incline 7.8 speed.

That last mile hurt! But I promised myself a good rest after... and I made it!


Wednesday - rest
This is my new plan... to rest W then do tempo followed by LR's on Friday.  I have busy Saturday's right now.  I don't want to worry about fitting a long run in.  I'll do a recovery run that day and rest Sunday per usual.

Thursday - tempo... nope!  I ended up going for a ride w/ Molly... we went out to Lockport.  It was fun, but the trail we intended to ride on was not paved.  We got a little way, then had to turn around.  We went exploring... there were great hills here!

Friday - LR - I intended to do my long run... Had I left 5 minutes sooner I'd have been drenched.  I knew there would be some rain and I don't mind running outside in a little.  It was a downpour!  I waited for a bit but it didn't let up.  I decided to run 6 on the treadmill and to go ahead and do my LR on Saturday.  I'd just have to wait until later in the day.
M1 - 7.5 warmup
M 2-6 @ 7.8 speed. 
All @ 2 incline

Saturday - recovery - Ended up doing LR today.  Waited until all of my shoots were done.  The weather was beautiful.  Dark and humid, but not rainy.  The training schedule I have has me doing times LR's instead of miles.  Today was 90 minutes.  It was good to get out on my long route.  Coming down the hill my legs felt numb today.  I think running the different days, resting on a W instead of a Th made a difference in my fatigue maybe? 

I drank at 4, 7, 10 and fueled at 5, 8.  I had 2 little G squares each time.  My tummy was turning, but I did ok.  It's just mid-day running.  I did feel sick afterwards, blah! 

Wore my leg compressions today and yesterday.  My calves have been sore.  They were tight the whole first mile.  I'm working them out, rubbing and stretching constantly.

September 23-28

M - outside 5 miles.  The sun was out today.  It was so beautiful!  I love running in the fall.  I took, what felt like a nice easy run... looking at my times though I don't seem to vary much!  No kids, no music, just me, the sun and running.  It was a good, refreshing run.

I also did some weight training, how I do it... at home with free weights and some creativity!

 

T - Beautiful bike ride.  I loved it!  This was the first time I've taken music out with me.  I took it out when I was crossing the busy roads.  It was a nice change.  I rode on the bike path.  This was the first time I had my Garmin on the bike.  Pretty cool to see what my bike pace is!

 

 

 

W - Kick butt speed w/o on the tml.  It was beautiful outside, but I like the challenge and surety of the tml.  I like to see the numbers in front of me! (Where did I put this?  I wrote it down so I could check it off as I went, I'll look at input later.  I was pretty proud of my running at 6pace at the end!)

All of w/o done @ 2 incline...

M1 7.5 speed (warmup)

 

 

Th- rest

 

F- Really this is happening too much.  No run today.  Was going to go during school, but just got so busy.  Grrrrr.

 

S- Did part of my LR outside... 5.5 outside.  Came in to run the rest on the trml.  W/ Matt not being home, a wedding to get ready for... I was a little stressed.  I cut it short to feed kids and get us ready.  I plan to move the LR's to Friday.  Weekends are busy w/ photo shoots in the fall.  I did 7.5 miles total.

 

 

September 16-21

M-  5 miles.  After pushing the stroller last week, along with a few days off, my legs felt fresh.  It was nice outside, I went while E was at school.  I kept a good pace, it felt easy and quick.
Ballet at night.

T-  no running, danced.  I really intended to go running, but it just didn't happen.  I took jazz for the first time in a year.  I feel pretty strong, considering I've not taken for a year.  Um, with the exception of leaping... I'm not looking so hot there!  I knew I'd be sore after this class!

W - 7.5 miles.  Ran during school again.  The days are feeling like fall now.  Cool unless you are in the sun.  I love running in this!  I felt so good, I loved the sun!
I am trying to focus my 'training' more.  I want to utilize my time, be smart with it.  Normally I just run, I do hill and speed, but am not really focused on the workout of it.  I want to do better with that.

Today I did a tempo run.
My goal: run first 2 at 8/pace.  next 3 at 7:30/pace.  finish last mile with 8/pace.
I need to practice going out calm.  My first mile is usually my fastest!

It was a great run!  I kept my pace nice and calm, then amped it up at M3.  I ended up running faster than planned.  I felt great the first mile, then wondered where the end of the second was, I sort of felt I was slowing, but kept pace.  Third mile I had to refocus... concentrate on my breath and talk myself through the last .25. 
Despite being sore from dance last night my legs weren't that worn out.  It was more my feeling of lacking air. 
Last mile ended up being 1.5.  This seemed to tire my legs more than the rest of my run!
It was a success!

Th- went to set up the scout hike with Molly at Reinstein woods.  We ran to each clue, around the 1.4 mile loop 4 or was it 5 times?  Starting and stopping, yes, but it was quite fun.  I don't trail run at all and I really enjoyed running through the trees, plus I was with Molly!  Good times.

F- nothing!  I am so sore!  I really did intend to go at least 4, but the day got away from me.

Sat- 11 miles on treadmill.  It was pouring outside.  I didn't mind so much, I haven't been on the trml for a long time.  I kept it at a steady 8/mile.  I got up and ate oatmeal, then kept pushing my run back... we put up a new closet organizer... I was starting to get hungry, but didn't want to eat prior to my run.  I felt it at the end.
I fueled w/ G-rade, and chews at miles 4 and 8. 
I felt really dehydrated the rest of the day.  Need to pay better attention to that before, during and after.

September 9-14

Really 3 days that's it?

I feel so crazy!  My mileage is so low!

 

 

 

Monday I decided to wait because I'm taking dance in the evenings and I thought it would be a great idea to work out before dance so I'm not showering several times a day.  Efficient right?

It didn't work so much.  With cooking, eating, cleaning up dinner, there is no time for a run before dance.  Note taken, must run in the mornings on Mondays!

 

Tuesday I decided to do a mid day run, you know use the time while E is at pre-k.  Well it just so happened to be one of the hottest days this month, and most humid too!  I was dyyyying at both the heat and humidity.  I'm not sure about mid-day runs too... I need to figure out the eating schedule and such.  I felt sick the last bit, and didn't feel well until after dinner. 

 

Wednesday - Pushed E in the stroller.  This boy is awesome!  I love that he'll go for a ride with me.  He doesn't mind just sitting there.  I'm glad I didn't get rid of the stroller, was going to this spring.  I think I'll keep it until next year.  Man pushing the stroller is hard!  It was windy too!  I had to walk for a minute around mile 3.  E asked if I was ok, then gave me some of his water!  It's a good workout!

 

Thursday - Pushed E again.  We got rained on, but that was just fine!  I like running after we walk Q to school.  I think we'll stick with that for a while.  Pushing the stroller will only make me stronger right?

 

Friday- Went to Reinstein right after taking Q to school.  Hiked and ran around in there a bit.  I wish I could get out of bed early to go.  It's getting darker in the mornings, I should use that last little bit of time for good morning runs.

 

Saturday - M out of town, watched kids, so no long run.  Haven't been for a long time.  :(  Must get out next week.



September 2 - 7

Well, I've taken some time off!
I stopped keeping track in UT after Matt arrived!
I was really good the week of the 12-17 and even went on a 30 mile bike ride, up the mountain that Saturday.
Matt and I did some hiking and I ran.

The last week of our UT trip I took a week off!  Matt and I went hiking up Big Cottonwood one day, but other than that I took it easy and relaxed.

The week we came home August 26-31 was crazy with getting ready for school, appointments, time adjustment.  I ran twice, a 4 and a 5 then went on a 32 mile bike ride w/ Molly on Saturday.

This past week was even more like my regular schedule, but I still missed a few days.
I've been using my Garmin and love it!  (need to update my times)

Monday 4 M
Wednesday 5 M
Thursday 8 M

Ran the dirty girl on Saturday.  Well, didn't really run it, but did it!

I am debating the fall marathon.  I need to get going or I feel I won't be ready.  There are 2 I'm looking at in November.  I'll hit it hard this week.  I hope it will feel more like our new schedule.

Look here... now I can keep my record online at Garminconnect!  Love it!  I'll still keep this log.  I like to look back at specifics from each run.

August 12 - August 18

Monday: ran 5 miles ish.  I'm not sure really but figure it's somewhere around there when I go for like 40 ish minutes!

August 5 - August 11

It has felt good to be off training a bit.  I of course don't want to stop completely, but it's been nice to feel like I can just go out and feel good w/o having to be a certain speed or hit certain miles.

Monday: ran along the trail up here by Cand, love it, it's so pretty.  I think I ran about 4.5 - 5 miles.

Tuesday: ran/walked w/ Cand.  Very emotional, hard to find strength to run.  Went same distance as Monday, took longer.

Wedesday: Cycling w/ Sara and Jane... 20 or so miles

Thursday: rest

Friday: cycling w/ Sara and Krista... 16 miles maybe?

Saturday: ran 10 miles w/ Haley.  So loved that.  10 miles.