I'm back in the saddle again!

Went to the gym to do a Fusion class (yoga, pilates combo). It was so nice to stretch good. It was a little tough though. It's weird that when you haven't done Yoga for a while how hard it is. I need to get back in the habit of going once a week.

Got to sleep in cuz my kids are off track. First 2 miles were down 8:14, 7:53 3 and 4 go back up 8:22, 8:16. Overall pace 8:12. Felt awesome. Left leg a little tight for a couple of miles but started to feel better. Soooo excited.

Blue Nimbus 10-57.50

Woke up nice and refreshed at 5:30. Met BBK's at Bingham at 6:00. Warmed up for 1/2 mile. Did 3x1 mile repeats. First 7:48, second 7:34, third 8:02 (I tried to slow down a bit for this mile cuz I'd gone a little too fast the previous mile and slowed just a tad too much). Followed with 2-2minute (or we were supposed to go to a certain point and stop) sprints. First was 6:27 pace and actually finished the .27 distance in 1:44, second was 6:50 pace and went over this time and did .36 in 2:26. I need to take my Garmin off auto-mile lap on speed days so I can get better splits. These are all hopefully right. Again, I felt great. My left foot was bugging me again yesterday and a little this morning. I hope it feels better and doesn't get worse. I will ice and roll it:)

New Pink Nimbus 10-88.70

Decided to take the day off and rest my foot and leg. It doesn't hurt terribly but I'm not going to get any benefit from running today but it could hurt me so rest, rest, rest:)

I'm happy to report that I am not running again today:) My foot and leg feel great so far this morning and I slept a ton last night. I think I'll throw a couple of easy miles in tomorrow morning before I head out to SG but I am still going to rest today. See all you crazy people tomorrow.

Pizza Factory for dinner. Ate meat sauce spaghetti, salad w/bleu cheese dressing, bread stick and a raspberry lemonade.

12 ounces of gatorade before bed w/ 1 imodium.

Hmmm, interesting day. I'm going to start by saying I'm so happy I qualified for Boston but totally bumbed I didn't meet my goal of 3:30 or less. I actually felt awesome the whole race considering the crazy weather.

First of all I couldn't find Julie and Angela at the start which totally stressed me out but I found Cheris and Michelle M. and started with them. About 100 yards in I realized my shoe was untied and had to stop and tie it and catch back up. I peed 3 times before the race started and right when I started had the urge to go again. I waited a little bit and Cheris said she had to go so we stopped together and went and I swear I had 32 ounces in me. We caught back up to Michelle and kept at it. We met up with Julie and Angela before Veyo and started running with them. I had the urge to go again and ducked off in th bushes with Julie. I was feeling so energetic and Veyo seemed easy and I actually did it a couple of seconds under pace. Well, I had to pee again a little bit later and this is where I lost everyone. My IPOD died also from all the water. I ended up having to stop to go pee 8 times!!!! I don't know what my problem was. If anyone has any opinion as to why I had these issues, feel free to comment.  I did my best to hurry and I think at least 300 people saw my butt throughout the whole race, including the helicopter that was right by me one time. I started to get tight around mile 18. I am convinced that I was cold enough that my muscles were crampy for that reason because after I sat in the hot tub I felt pretty good. Anyway, I felt really strong the whole race but I didn't want to give it too much of a kick to early and have issues so I stayed steady and strong. I met back up with Julie the last mile and we stayed together until the last 1/4 and I felt so good that I sprinted to the end. All in all I am happy with my results but I know with better conditions and my bathroom issue, I could've knocked at least 10 minutes off. Oh well, I"M GOING TO BOSTON!!

Oh, I drank 8 ounces of Zip Fizz and 12 ounces of gatorade before the race. I ate steel cut oats, banana and 1/2 clif bar. My typical prerace breakfast. Also, 3 ibuprofen and 1 imodium.

Congratulations to all and lets all hope for no rain and a better race next year.