Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

This week is my first 10 miler in Provo.  I am very excited and super nervous.  This week is my 20% mileage cut back week so I will be doing some easy running and a bunch of Yoga- my miracle "cure all" and injury prevention.  (plus a little zen for the mama of a bunch of roudy chillins)  You know I think I love running because none of my babies can catch me.  I LOVE the "alone" time with me and the cosmic universe ;)

I am really learning to LOVE my cut back weeks.  Although the first run after my long run and my rest day is not always the greatest.  Is there a name for the first mile or so of a run?  I can't think of any nice word for it. 

Anyway- I am really excited about the 10 miler this weekend.  Whats everyones favorite way to taper?  Remember I am a very slow (fast at heart) and low mile girl, but working on it.  "Must live to run another day"  I am in this for life and am in no hurry to get fast.  Ok- a little hurry.  I want to do Hobble Creek in 2 hours and SGM 2009 in 4h.  Pipe dreams?  I've got speed in my jeans (a little giggle with that).

Great run today!  The temp was PERFECT, the breeze was most excellent and I am so glad!  Short and sweet- I have got to get to work.  I love being able to say, "yeah, I ran (whatever it was) today."  (especially the really long runs)  I guess I have been hanging out with little kids so much that I really need the kudos from grown-ups :)

I have decieded that blogging brings out the Polly Anna in me.  I am way less whiny and I find myself looking for the beauty in my run to report in instead of the nasty.

This morning the brids were out and singing away.  The 50's are such nice temps to run in.  I am trying to treasure them as I know they won't be around for long.  The mountains are SO green right now and it smells so nice outside.

I think my feet are getting bigger.  Can they spontaniously grow over night?  They are already HUGE to start off with, but boy do they seem snug in my new shoes.  I am going to go and get a new new pair this week.  My new ones (of just a few weeks) will have to be used for my shorter runs.  They are not working at all for my long runs.

Nice easy run :)  BEAUTIFUL weather and temps!  Srping -when it deciedes to be spring- is wonderful!  My calfs complaied a bit in the beginning, but they gave up when they saw it would do no good!  My ave pace was 12:41 (inclucing walking), best pace was 8:25 (prob for about 10 sec :) 

Lap #1-   1.12 miles (uphill) 12:28

Lap #2-  0.93 miles  11:02

I will walk 2.5 mi tomorrow and yoga in prep for the Provo Riverwoods 10 miler.  I am very excited and am hoping for the best.  If nothing elce- the pancakes at the end :)

Yoga yesterday afternoon was AWESOME!  I always forget how much I LOVE it.  You'd think I could remember from day to day- but every day I am still amazed at how brilliant it is!  yogatoday.com has free classes everyday with 3 different instructors.

For cross training, I weeded my flower beds.  I am pretty sure that is not what is meant by cross training, but what the heck!  I am also making bread.  Thats got some arm work included, right?

I am eating my carbs and praying my running partner gets better for tomorrows Provo 10 miler.  She just got back from Mexico and is still dehydrated from the humidity and heat.  She's a nurse, and I am hoping she hooks herself up to an IV today ;)

Anyway- I am pretty nervous about the race.  Two weeks ago we ran ten miles, and the first 7 were great, but the last three... well I am guessing i hit a wall of some sort.  The week before we ran 9 and it was just dandy.  I don't know what made the difference that week.  On our 10 mile training run, we did go faster than usual, between 10:30 and 11:30 the whole time.  I was impressed and happy with that, but, it felt like someone had beaten me for two days after.  So... needless to say I am a little aprehensive about the run.  I keep rehersing in my head over and over, "shady, downhill, slow is good, just have fun, no pressure."  The devil side of me says..." must go fast or the pancakes will be gone!"  I am constantly surprised at how ying-yang I am.

Good luck to all of you tomorrow too!  Big day for us "fastrunningbloggers"

Lap paces: 10:35, 10:59, 10:49, 10:30, 10:54, 11:10, 11:03, 11:14, 11:10, 10:42, 11:02, 10:37, 10:34, 9:18  Best pace- 6:03  Ave pace 10:55 (exactly what we were going for :)

I'm not quite sure how I ended up with so many laps, I thought I only pressed the lap button at the mile markers- oh wait, there was a potty break and 2 water breaks... that is probably it.  Anyway- not real scientific, but it really ROCKED!!

My official time was 1:52:??, but we started late, because my running partner was stuck in the potty.  Anyway- it's all good and I just wanted to be done in less than 2 hours.

Now, I may have my head in the clouds, but I am thinking that there is a very good shot at doing Hobble Creek in 2 hours-ish.  We'll see :)

OH- note to self- it was FREEZING when they dropped us off.  Just for future reference!

BUT!!! it was BEAUTIFUL!  Perfect running weather and temps!  WOW!  I really loved it and will do it again!

I did an major carbo load yesterday- rice and cake :)  Oh- my poor neuromas in my right food were KILLING me.  I litteraly prayed the last FIVE miles to not stop for the pain.  New shoes monday- 2 sizes bigger and quadruple E's.  Wow those bad boys really can scream!