I'm back in the saddle again!

I was pretty tired from the group run yesterday. I did the same loop I did Monday through Bluffdale. AP 9:21. I felt great up until the last mile and I died. It is uphill the last 1.75 miles so that would explain it. I guess pushing at the end makes ya tougher:)

Well, my modem kicked the bucket today so I entered my mileage from my phone but I couldn't get anything else entered. I feel like such a computer geek. I bought a new modem and got it all installed. Oh, the feeling of success with computer problems is great!

Anyway, I met the BBK's this morning and we ran a pretty easy pace out 9800 So. to 4800 W. and back to 2200 W. Overall pace was 8:53. Not my best time and effort.

Can I just start by saying that I really dislike 10K's!!! Tough distance to race. I am definitely not in the greatest shape right now and today showed that for sure. Also, this is kind of a tough course. Flat or uphill are all ya get:) Oh, there is a teeny bit of down but not much. Last year they had around 250 runners for this race and this year there were 411!

I started with Julie and Rachel and felt pretty strong the first mile or so but my legs started aching pretty quick. My breathing evened out around mile 3 but my legs just didn't want to go any faster than they were going. I had 3 of my middle miles in the 8's but my other 3.2 were mid 7's so...Anyway, not my greatest race, although, a PR for a 10K race. I have only run 5 10Ks and they have all been at a bad time for me physically. Not a great PR but a PR none the less. I'm hoping to do the Deseret News 10K and bring that time down. AP 7:57.

Woke up to crazy wind this morning so I decided to go down to the trail since it is a little more protected. I ran easy and it felt great. The way out was great but heading back into the wind kind of stunk. AP 9:08. Mostly flat so it makes it hard to run much slower than that. Oh, my leg was a little ouchy in the spot that was bugging me before. Not terrible but I could feel it.

Met the BBK's this morning for the Parkway Palisades Hill Run. This was the first BIG workout. We did about 4 miles of warm up REALLY slow (but it felt GREAT) probably about 9:30-9:40 AP. We started the speed by doing 4 strides to get the blood flowing:) Followed by 2 of the 1 mile long hill repeats @ 1/2 marathon pace. Then we did a 2 mile tempo and 2 more sprints for about 200 yards each and last, a mile of cool down. AP for the actual work out was around 8:05-8:10. I forgot to turn off my garmin last night so it was deader than a door nail this morning so I am going off of Julie's watch. I felt GREAT today! Thanks Kelli, Julie and Nancy for keeping me company:) Oh, and my hubby joined us after the warm up. I didn't expect him and he ran past me and slapped my butt. I thought someone in the group was getting really friendly.

I was SO tired last night. I took my kids to the new waterpark in Draper and they don't allow outside food or drink and so I think I ended up dehydrated along with beat and tired. Anyway, woke up to wind again this morning so I headed down to the trail. Same run as Monday but a little slower. AP 9:23. I felt a bit tired the last 2 miles. It was kind of windy and hot but I think I was just beat from yesterday.

Ughhh!!! I felt like crap today. Met the BBK's today and grateful that I had a group to push me  because I probably would've quit early had I not. We did a 3.85 mile warm-up @ 9:42 AP. I had to climb 2 fences to get back to the meeting place:) Cheris and me ran through Bingham High looking for an open bathroom and then had to catch up with the group. I ran my first couple miles of the speed part at a decent pace but started to slow significantly. My AP was 8:45 for the next 6.2 miles. I had decided not to watch my pace on my garmin today and usually when I do this, I run faster but I just had 0 energy today. I could tell I was running slow but I was giving it more effort than the pace. Oh well, there's always tomorrow!

The fam went boating last night and I was pooped but got up at 6:30 anyway. Ran the canal road with my brother. Nice, easy, relaxing run, with great conversation. AP 9:22

What a fun run! Julie came to my house and we headed down to Provo. It started at 6:30 and the temps were perfect. We started at the trail heading up Provo Canyon. We had just under 6 miles of consistent uphill then turned around and headed back down. I lost my signal a couple of times on my garmin so I'm not going to put my mile splits on here. Kelli and sis-in-law turned at the wrong spot and Rachel and me followed so we were about .1 short at the end but no biggie.  AP was 8:10. I felt surprisingly good for how crappy I felt this week. Thanks Michelle, Josse, Marion and anyone else that helped. SOOO much fun!

I woke up late this morning and it was way too hot to run outside so I headed to the gym later on. Right when I hit 5 miles, I got called to the child center. My 7 year old had fallen off the monkey bars and her arm was hurting her. Funny, they told me they thought she was fine but her arm (right above the wrist) looked a little crooked. I took her to the Doc and sure enough, broken through both bones. So, I'll have to make up the extra 2 miles over the next 5 days. AP 9:22. Nice and easy and I felt fabulous. I was a little nervous to run today because I could feel my shin again but it didn't bother me at all:)

Went to Step class today and I haven't done it for quite a while and boy it was tough. I was pretty out of breath the whole time and my legs got tired. I really think that doing step once a week really benefits me so I'm going to keep at it. I'll count 6 for the hour.

Met the BBK's to run up to Suncrest and back. We warmed up for 2.5 then regrouped and headed up. About 1 mile up, I had to go potty BAD so I stopped and waited for everyone to pass and headed for the bushes. I got back out on the road and got about 100 feet and realized I had pokeys in my sock and shorts. Yes, I sat in something wrong. So, I spent the next several minutes pulling 20-30 pokeys out of my short liner. I finally got back moving and made it about another 1/2 mile when I saw Jody heading back down so I just decided to head down with her. We ran another loop around where we warmed up. I had planned on doing another few miles but my inner thighs were chaffing really bad and I had to go to the bathroom AGAIN. So, I called it good at 7.2 and headed home. I decided on the way home to get the dog and go another 2.8 so I ran in and changed into some more comfy shorts and did. My pace today was SLOW. Something like 9:40ish. Oh well. Now, off to Lagoon:)

Met Cheris at her house and did 2 VERY slow warm up miles. Michelle M., Michelle P., Dean and Whitney met us and we ran a big south valley loop of 14 miles. I felt AWESOME today. It's about time dangit! Our pace for the 14 was around 8:40ish but with the slow early 2 it was 8:48. 

My bro picked me up to run this morning. We headed down to the JRP Trail and about 1/2 mile in we saw Julie so she turned around and ran the rest of the way with us. The pace was a little faster than I wanted it to be but it still felt easy. AP was 8:59. 

7 miles @ 9:11 AP with my bro on the JRP. Didn't feel super great:(

Went to Lagoon again yesterday and didn't feel up to running this morning so I didn't. 

Ran the Deseret News 10K early this morning. I picked up Julie at 4:45 and we headed up to Research Park. Got there around 5:20 and found Rachel, Teena, Smooth, and Jody. 

So, let me say it again. I HATE 10K's!!! It is such a tough distance. You have to start fast to make good time and I burn out too quick. Ughh! 

1-6:52  I felt pretty good. A little out of breath but not terrible.

2-7:02  This mile would've been faster but my shoe came untied and my foot was slipping so I had to stop and tie it. That little stop kind of killed me cuz it sucked from here on out.

3-7:44  A little uphill at this point and just trying to get back into it.

4-7:33  A little better. This is about where the parade route started and people were cooking sausage and stuff and I wanted to hurl. It stunk so bad.

5-7:31

6-8:03  Embarrasing! The road flattened out and so did I. I really was feeling depleted at this point. My legs felt great, my breathing was okay but I just had NO energy.

.2-1:40  I got passed by several people the last .25 but that pace tells why:)

A PR for me in a 10K race but not the distance. Also a PR in the 5K (22:22). So, I'm trying to decide what the heck is wrong with me. I just am lacking motivation and energy. I hope something changes soon!!!

After the race I hung around with the crew and watched the marathon finishers come through. It is so amazing to see the determination on their faces. The poor 2nd place lady (3:02) collapsed at the finish line. I don't know if I have it in me to push to that point. I saw tons of bloggers after also. A great experience and lots of fun but not a great race:(

Oh, I took 22nd in my age group. The first place female in my division came through at 32:xx!! Holy crap that's fast.

Picked up my bro and Julie and met Teena, Smooth, Nancy, Josh and a few others. We ran on the JRP. It was a blast. I love these ladies (and dudes). It was a comfortable pace. We really picked it up the last 6 miles. Actually felt really great, especially considering how crappy I felt yesterday. AP 8:58

Picked up CJ this morning and ran on the JRP at 9:07 AP. Felt good today. I was pretty sore Saturday night and yesterday so I was glad I felt rejuvinated today.

Met the BBK's this morning at Bingham Track. We warmed up for 3 miles off the track and 1 mile on AP 9:10. The speed consisted of a 5k broken up 400, 800, 3x1000 (all with 200 recoveries and they were SLOW recoveries around 10:00+ pace) then a 2 mile tempo off track. We came back to the track and we were supposed to do another 400 and 200 to finish off the 5k but I needed to cooldown and didn't have time to do both so I finished and hurried home. AP for the speed (with recoveries and cooldown) 8:05.

1-7:33, 2-7:34, 3-7:49, 4-8:31, 5-8:01, 6-8:54 (included cooldown)

All in all I felt pretty good today but I definitely could feel my race from Friday. Heavy legs, heavy breathing. Someday, hopefully soon, I'll get back to normal.

Did core work, back and biceps and some good stretching.

Went to step today and it was about 85 degrees in the room and we stepped at 148 BPM. Holy crap I think my heart rate was above AT most of the class. I planned on running a couple of miles but I was too tired. So, that is it!

My legs were quite sore from step yesterday and I was tired so I bagged it today!