I'm back in the saddle again!

Met Julie at her house at 6:30 and started running north out to 11800 So. and discovered that there wasn't any shoulder to run on so we decided to head back and run down to the trail. We made it about 2 1/2 out on the trail and it wasn't plowed so we turned around. We had planned on 12 or 13 but by the time we got back to her street, we decided to call it quits. The wind was a killer today. It was warm, which was nice, but the wind was soooo bad. It always amazes me how much it takes out of me. I'm not sure what the overall pace was. I'm thinking around 9:00-9:10. A little slow but it sure didn't feel like it. All in all the run kind of sucked but as usual, the company was great!

I intended to get up early and go to the gym but my long nap yesterday made it so I couldn't fall asleep until 12:00 and 5:00 came way to early for me so I waited until I got Nicole off to school and went. I got there at 8:00 which is the perfect time I decided because people that come early are leaving and the later people aren't there yet.

Started with shoulders/tris/abs-3 movements/3 sets (15,14,13) Ran on treadmill for 6.8 miles. Overall pace was around 8:45. It felt a little tough the first few miles but then I warmed up and felt good. I was a little innerly competitive today. The girls on the treadmills on either side of me were running FAST but they both stopped at 30 minutes so I figured they were just good with short distance. That's what I'll tell myself anyway:)

Treadmill at the gym. Did some intervals to try and break up the bore today. 1 1/2 mile warm up, then the intervals (1/2 mile on 1/2 mile off) worked up to 8.5 mph.  1 1/2 cooldown. I'm not sure on my overall pace because I had to stop to go potty:)  I'm thinking it was around 8:30.

Got to the gym at 5:30 and did legs for about 25 minutes. Not a great leg workout but at least I did some. Did Jody's Step Interval class. Saw Riverton Paul there. He sure is a good stepper:)

Met the BBK's at SJ Park today. BIG group-I didn't count but it looked close to 20. We ran a little different route than the one we normally run because the roads were still bad in Triple Crown. Overall pace was 8:34. I had 1 mile at 8:11 and 1 at 8:16 but the rest were just average. It was soooo windy today which made it a little miserable. It was definately one of those days that I wonder why I do this:)

I got to sleep in today! Fridays look like the only day that I'll be able to.Went to the gym and did a 60 minute step interval class but I stayed away from the anaerobic threshold area today because I've peaked up above it for the past 3 days. Also did back/biceps/abs. I'm pooped!

Met up with the BBK's this chilly morning at 6:30 to test run the Riverton half marathon route. Riverton Paul actually came and ran with us. Today is a perfect example of why the treadmill is better in the winter. I finally felt good though and had a good run. We started out at just over a 9:00 minute pace then settled into the low 8's. The JRP trail was AWFUL. So much ice and snow. Poor Jody almost fell several times. I had to take 2 potty breaks, ugh. At the end we ran down by the golf course and there was A TON of ice and snow and my left ankle is kind of bugging me now from all the motion. It was bitter cold but very little wind. Boosts my confindence for Painters. Overall pace 8:40, even with all the snow, ice and hills.

Went to the gym and ran 7 1/2 miles at 8:49 pace. Followed with shoulders/tris/abs. Felt pretty good today. The last mile I started to get a little tired. I've decided to up my mileage by a 1/2 mile per day this week.

Met up with the BBK's this morning and did 6.5 nice paced miles and 1.05 more on my own. Overall pace was 8:40. I did have a sub 8 in there but it all evens out. Felt really good this morning. Ran with Julie the first half and Britta the second half. Great company as always:)

Went to the gym late this morning because I woke up to a flat tire and had to go get it fixed before I went to the gym. Got on the treadmill for 2 miles at an easy pace and then did Ashli's 60 min. step endurance class. WHEW! It was a tough one today. I had sweat dripping so bad. Followed up with back/biceps/abs.

Met the BBK's at Bingham this morning. Did and out and back loop. First 2 miles were a little slower but everything after that was around 8:15. Whoops. Today was supposed to be an easy pace day. Oh well, I think I'll either take the day off tomorrow or only run a couple of miles. Overall pace 8:32. Felt good today.

Race time was 1:43. I'll write details later.

Okay, I slept pretty good and we woke up at 7:00. Ate steel cut oats, zip fizz and 1/2 cliff bar. Got to start at 8:35 and found Teena. Julie and I started with her.

Miles

1-8:03 A little faster than we wanted to start.

2-8:06 Pretty good

3-7:59 GU and water stop

4-7:47

5-7:58

6-7:40

7-7:47

8-7:39 I left Julie and Teena because I felt good and wanted to start pushing the pace a bit

9-7:40

10-7:31

11-7:52 GU stop and feeling a little tired

12-7:37

13-7:37

.25-1:42(7:09 pace) -Everyone I talked to measured around this distance on their GPS

This was a good run. It is hard for me to know if I could've done much better because I didn't push it the first 9 miles but started to get tired at the end when I started pushing harder. Although, I passed around 20 women the last 4-5 miles. Always a great thing. Only 2 men passed me from mile 7 on. I feel like I did great considering my slacking during December. Lots of fun.

Met the BBK'S with my hubby this morning. I finally go him to come with me. We did hill repeats. UGHH! Not a super fast pace but nice.

I'm in Maui and this morning we drove the road to Hana and hiked to an awesome 400 ft waterfall (I think Waikomu Falls) it was a 4 1/2 mile hike and was amazing. About 1/2 of it is through the coolest bamboo forest.

Got back and went for a run. Started on the road and ran to the beach. I ended up taking my shoes off and running for 2 miles on the beach and then finished running on the road. It was beautiful. My garmin didn't start right away so I don't know what my overall pace was but it was nice to just enjoy my run.

I ran on the beach again this morning. My feet aren't tough enough for 2 days in a row. I ended up with blisters on a few of my toes. No more beach running this trip. Put my shoes on and headed for the road. I did 2.75 on the beach and 3.5 on the road. Averaged 8:15 for the road miles and 9:00 overall. Beach running is hard!

Started at Lahaina at 6:45. I wasn't sure right where it started so I was at the back of the crowd which kind of stinks because it wasn't chipped.

Miles

1-8:21 was spent passing all the slower runners.

2-7:55

3-8:09 GU and water stop

4-8:07 started picking off the women in front of me.

5-7:58 Gatorade

6-7:51

7-7:44

8-7:59 Gatorade

9-7:52

10-7:56 GU and water

11-8:00 Starting to crap out

12-8:13 Some uphill and feeling really tired

13-7:51

.14-59 seconds

Okay, so one by one I picked off several ladies. The first 2 were out of reach at the turn around but I passed the 3rd place lady but she got back in front about a mile later. We battled it out up until the end and she kept really strong so I just didn't have it in me to push past her. I'm glad I didn't beat her because we went to breakfast after with her and her husband. They were from Vegas. So, here are all my excuses of why this was not my greatest race. 1-I ran Painters a week ago, 2-Time difference has me screwed up, 3-Elevation (it is different running at sea level), 4-Blisters on my toes from running on the beach, 5-Shin splints and aching tendons from running on the beach, 6-The heat (not used to it). I guess that about covers it all:)

There were 142 people that ran the 1/2. I took 14th overall (men and women) and 4th in the women. The 2nd place women only finished 30 seconds ahead, and the 3rd was 1 second ahead. Had I not started in the back, I probably would have been 2nd or 3rd:( Oh well. They gave trophies to the top 10 women so I got a trophy. YAY! Not a huge race but put on well and lots of fun.

I intended to get up and meet the BBK's this morning but I couldn't fall asleep and tossed and turned most of the night. I love vacation but it sucks coming home and getting back on a normal schedule. There's always tomorrow.

I'm going to start counting my cross training miles as miles. Every 60 minute=6 miles. Anyway, went to 60 minute step interval class this morning and that's all.