Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

55:08/11:01  Laps-11:29, 11:23, 10:38, 10:32, 10:35(.11), 9:50

53 degrees!  Shorts and a t-shirt!  Best run this year!  Man did it feel good out there :)  I am so glad that February is over.  Spring is just 20 days away!!!  There is hope.  There warmth in our future!!!

3.32 outside (54 degrees) before work and 1.68 after work on the treadmill :)

55:23/10:59

Outside 53 degrees :)

A miracle occurred!  I got myself up this morning and ran at 6:30am!  It was 40 degrees.  Not too bad :)  It is supposed to storm this afternoon, so I figured I'd better get out there.  I am so excited for warmer weather, so the mornings are more bearable :)  I did not take my garmin, but according to the clock, it took about 55-56 minutes.  My joints complained a bit, in the first half mile.  I think they were just mad to be up and running.  the babies!

58:14/11:19

Ran outside.  The head wind was COLD!  I was really farting around on my run.  One mile from home, I realized that I'd need to hustle the last mile to make it under an hour.  I ran the last mile in 9:56.  I was at 49 minutes at mile 4 :(.  Anyway, I needed a slow day.  Tomorrow should be 7-8 miles.

1:28:47/10:37 Best-8:16  Laps-10:12, 10:28, 10:26, 10:32, 10:39, 10:29, 11:44(2 drinks and one shoe fix), 10:44, 3:33(.35)

What a GREAT day!  We started the day with Michelle's sons baptism :)  We had a yummy lunch at Michelle's.  It was so much fun to meet much of their families.  Next I popped into a bay shower then I met KimR for a run.  Was supposed to do only 7, but 8+ worked better :)

I had questioned Michelle and Smooth about a tempo pace for myself.  I think that todays run answered the question for myself.  If I can do 8 miles at 10:38 without much of a problem.....I am going to do the 10mm pace on my Wed tempo's.  I will start this wednesday. 

one on the treamill and 3.33 outside. 51 degrees,  shorts and a t-shirt

3 on the treadmill at 10:53.  2 outside at a mystery pace.  The last mile was fast as it was starting to rain :p

51:51/10:20 best pace 7:42  Laps-10:32, 10:05, 10:03, 9:58, 11:05

5 mystery miles outside in the COLD 30 degree cloudy weather. I got a bit of sun in my face for the last .2 miles :) I left the garmin at home. The pace felt slow, but that was the plan :) I was quite fatigued for the last .75. I was ready to be done. I am going to take that as a good sign. I must have done a good job with my tempo. Hard enough to make the last mile of today’s run not perfect, but easy enough that running the first 4.25 felt good and normal :) Am I interpreting this correctly???

53:12/10:38 best 6:20 Laps-10:53, 10:33, 11:59 (stopped to talk to a runner AND later stopped to talk to a dog that was maybe going to bite ;), 10:15, 10:06(.73), 8:53(.27)

55 degree weather.  shorts :)  T-shirt :)  I am SO impressed with how easy these paces are for me.  The just come out of my legs :)  My WHITE legs...that need a shave!

1:28/11:00

Nice run with KimR.  :)

51:24/10:13 Laps-10:55, 10:21, 10:22, 9:56, 9:29

AWESOME run with Kim.  I think I may be running too fast :)  Oh well!! ;D

53:43/10:44  Laps- 11:17, 10:21, 11:53, 10:40, 10:19

I was going to do my tempo, but I am doing a long run tomorrow, so I will do the tempo on Saturday.

I had to keep slowing myself down ;) 

I really hate mile three.  It is HORRIBLE!  The first two miles are a net up hill.  When mile 3 hits, it has 3 little, steep, uphills that are just in the worst spot.

I had the WORST side ache in mile 5.  I had some water at mile 1 when I took a potty break at the high school.  I am guessing that my body didn't like it???

1:48:58/10:45 Laps-11:01, 10:35, 11:12, 10:32, 10:06, 10:24, 10:51, 10:49, 10:41, 11:15

I really thought I posted this already :(  Hmmmm......  I am too tired to remember what I had typed out before.  I ran with KimR.  We had a great time :)

I had to run it short due to an overwhelming desire to toss my cookies for the whole run :p  I don't think I am sick, it was just early...maybe....

I posted this last thursday, but I think I must have clicked the course tool before I published, but, my right knee has been bothering me when I sit cross legged.  It was  very irritated after thursdays long run.  I didn't run fri and sat and iced it well to give it a rest.  The knee does not bother me when I run or walk, just when I cross my right ankle over my left knee or sit cross legged.  anyhoots, I think it has to do with one of the stretched I have been doing for my hips= the one legged king pigeon.  I am going to skip that this week and see what happens :)

An early run :p  I had an emergency potty stop at the high school :)  Thank heavens it was there ;D 

I think the knee issue is hip related.  I'm working on a more thorough stretching routine.

1:02:28/10:23 Laps-10:38, 9:51, 10:01, 10:01, 9:53,11:54(a bit of walking, Kimmie had a side ache)

Lovely tempo run with KimR :)  There were NO VPB's  :D  The run was perfectly comfortably hard, just as Smooth prescribed :)  Next week I will go for five miles at the 10mm tempo pace.  The goal is still to get to a six mile tempo inside an 8 mile run mid week.  Over the summer I plan to decrease the time to 9:30.  We shall see how it goes :)

Kim is a much faster runner than I am, and she found this run challenging.  It made me feel good that my fitness is not that much behind hers :)  She is my hero!

Nice flat run with Jennie in Salem.  the first two miles were ~10:45.  the third mile was a mystery as I had to remove a pebble from my shoe :(.  The last two miles were ~10:30.  It felt good.  I was REALLY grumpy when I woke up this morning.  The run fixed it :)

The blood and guts of the turtle cake are done :)  So is the skin/shell.  To explain, the blood and guts are a red velvet cake and the skin and shell are 3 batches of fondant.  I'll post the pics tomorrow or Saturday.  The best thing about doing a turtle cake is that if it does not work, we can just call it road kill!

Ford wanted a turtle cake and I think this is not too bad ;)  At about 7:30 this morning I was cursing and getting ready to toss the poor thing out into the road.  The platter that it is on is 18".  This is a very big turtle.  The cake is blood red velvet.  It should be pretty exciting for a 9 year old ;D

2:12:00/11:00 Great run with KimR. The last 2 miles were not my favorite :p My ITB started bugging at 11.5 miles. I am going to stretch some more and then take an ice bath before I lose my nerve. My feet started to bug after about mile 9. We were really glad that the street was not hot ;D

This run was probably a bit longer than 4.  My knee complained a bit for about a 1/2 of a block first off.  The legs were tired.  I was planning on 5, but at the 2 mile mark, I was pretty pooped and just turned around.  I think 5 would have been ok, but mile 3, if I would have gone for the five, is a HUGE JERK and I did not feel like sucking it up today.    I took me about 43 minutes, but I really am not sure.  No garmin ;D

55:32/11:01  Laps-10:37, 11:41, 11:21, 10:55, 10:29

WINDY!!!  Man oh man!  I had a ton of head wind in the first two miles.  I got a few spurts of tail wind in mile 3 and 4.  Mile five was pretty calm.  My knee is still complaining.  It is fine for the runs, it just seems achy with certain moves and maybe feels a titch swollen.   I'm not sure what to think.  I'll just keep stretching, rolling and icing and see where we are next week.