To find my Mojo

I decided to make peace with Kathie for at least one run.  If the splits sound familiar its because I took Kathies splits and tried to match them up to the treadmill.  The only difference, I didn't have the down hill and I didn't have the motivation of running after Kathie's Husband (I think that is just wrong ;).

1 - 6.6 1% 9:01

2- 6.7 1% 8:53

3- 6.9 1% 8:39

4- 6.0 3% 9:00

5- 7.1 0% 8:25

6- 7.0 1% 8:32

.2 Cool down

Treadmill Hill workout.  Felt pretty good.  Looking forward to this weekend.

5 easy miles on the treadmill.  I just put on one of the treadmill programs.  I then got bored and really wanted to be done running so I put the treadmill on 1% incline and a 7.0 and finished the last mile.  It is good to be done.

Now I have to clean my house for when Kathie and my mom come to sleep over.  You now they give me the white glove test everytime they come :)

Teena here is the report...Sorry it was late, but McKenna has a big project due on Wed. and I had to spend the day getting it done.

Had Kathie and my Mom sleep over, we had fun just talking and going over the game plan for the next day.  I took my mom out that night and showed her the course so she could prepare how she was going to run.

We planned on getting up around 5:30, but my husband went hunting at 5:00 so I was up then.  I stayed in bed and tried to sleep, but not much of that.

Kathie and I had talked and decided to run this race in 1:59.  Our goal was to break 2 hours.  We knew it was going to be a tough course, so we decided just to run as a good training run.

We saw smooth and Maynard at the start and lined up with Smooth with the idea to stay with her.  Boy she flew out of the shoot and Kathie and I didn't want to start with a pace like that.  We kept her in our sights until about mile 6 when she really pulled away at the hill.  She had a great run.

I felt pretty good on this run.  Could really feel the hills and wish I could have handled them a little better.  About mile 10 I stopped a girl with the number "2".  I decided I was going to catch her.  Started to get closer and closer.  By mile 12 I had finally caught her and thought I could lose her and start making some distance.  However, she had something different in mind.  I could hear her right behind me the whole last mile.  with about .2 left I decided to pick up the pace to try and pull away.  We started to get closer to the finish and she had a lot of family cheering her on. I could she was close by the way they were yelling.  With the finish in sight I caught a glimps of her trying to sprint by.  I put it in 2nd gear and sprinted to the end to hold her off.  She looked at me and told me thanks for pushing her to the end and I returned the thanks to her.

I think the run went very well, but didn't give me the confidence I was looking for to help me BQ at SGM.  I was hoping that a 2 hour pace would have felt easier.

After the race Kathie, Mom, Maynard and I tried to win some fun prizes.  I won some socks and my mom won a new Cool Pix Camera.  I swear she is one lucky woman. 

As a side note.  My mom took first in her age group (she was the only one who ran), but she would have taken 1st in the age group below her and 3rd in the group below that.  She has really done well with her 5K's

All I can say is, I AM GLAD THIS WORKOUT IS OVER!!!!!!

8x800 at 7:30 pace.  For some reason I really dislike this workout, but I did it and it is over.  I guess I should do it more often so it doesn't hurt so bad.

10 Mile son the treadmill.  Ran a couple of programs that I usually run.  I usually have to stop in the middle of my programs, but this time I was able to run the entire time.  YEA!!!

I hope I don't end up regretting what I did today.  I decided that since I was able to run my TM workout without stopping I should try the same program and move it up.  Well, I was able to finish the program, but my legs felt like jello.  I am hoping they stop hurting by tomorrow.  My 20 miler may be interesting...Lets you know tomorrow how it goes

OK....I am trying to decided what to eat the day of the big race.  I got up this morning and had a banana and some yogurt.  I never got sick, but the sweetness of the banana and the yogurt made it so when I tried to eat my gu I started to throw up.  I was able to force my body to take one.  I had a hard time drinking any gatorade, because the thought of putting anything sweet in my body would make me sick.  I did bring oranges up and at mile 16 ate (drank) the juice from 4 of them.  They really saved me.  I still need to decide what to do the day of the race.  I can say that after the run I did not get sick....was very tired from getting up at 4:30, but I was not sick.

The run went OK.  I was really glad kathie was there, because she was pushing the pace today.  I know if I was on my own it would have been A LOT slower.  My Jello legs were very tired.  I could feel every little hill.  I also had another thing happen that I can't explain.  My breathing was very labored.  I didn't feel like I was tired, but if you listened to me breath you would have thougth I was dying.  At one point Kathie stopped to walk because she thought my breathing was so bad.  I can't explain it.  I have had a little sore throat for a couple of day.....but I wouldn't say I am sick.

Anyway, my splits were:  9:15, 8:56, 9:01; 9:25; 9:03; 9:34; 9:38; 9:02; 10:08; 9:16; 9:05; 9:02; 9:16; 9:04; 9:06; 9:15; 9:04; 9:04; 9:09; 10:16

It was really great that we saw Teena today, she looked so strong.  If she was stuggling she didn't show it.  What a great runner!!!!

Kathie was able to tell you a story so I am going to tell you mine.  I came home from work and my husband had bought chip and salsa....I love chips and salsa.  I took the next 1/2 hour and had my fill of chips and salsa.  Then decided to go run.....let me tell you chips and salsa DO NOT taste as good while you run......

Anyway, my workout today was hill repeats.  I did 6 at a 5% incline 6.5 speed.  I would run "up" the hill for a 1/4 of a mile and then turn the incline to a 0% and run "down" the hill for a 1/4 of a mile.  Felt pretty good, the last one was the only one that I did the clock watch and was wishing it would hurry up.  I started off with a 1 mile warm up and a 1 mile cool down.

Felt pretty good,  Still struggled on my breathing, but not as bad as Tuesday.  I think I will be OK by this weekend when I run my 12 miles. 

Treadmill workout.  Felt pretty good. 

This run didn't feel as good as I wish it would have.  I thought I would wait until 8:00 to start my run so I would be running some of it in warmer weather.  It was really hard not to get up at 6:00 and get the run over with.  My splits are a slower than I would have liked them to be.

9:31; 9:06; 9:11; 9:00; 8:57; 9:12; 8:41; 8:58; 9:32 (Hill with water stop); 9:35 (don't know what happened here 9:40; (major hill and I am feeling dead); 9:01

1/2 mile warm up and then a hill workout on the treadmill.  Ranged anywhere from a 6.2 0% incline to a 7.0 5.5% incline.  Got really light headed towards the end, but I give that to not eating well for lunch and then really pushing the workout.  Felt pretty good, but needed to stop a couple times.

4 miles on the treadmill.  3 at 9:00 pace and 1 at 8:45 pace

Slooooooooow miles on the treadmill watching Survivor!!!!  Felt pretty good.  Looking forward to my last saturday run before the big day!!!

3 slow treadmill miles. 

Goal was to have a good easy run.  Wanted to keep my pace around 9:30, which I did.  Average pace was 9:33.

Splits: 10:09 (had to stop and let cars pass), 9:34, 9:30; 9:16; 9:12; 9:15; 9:23; 9:28

Felt good, my breathing is still an issue, wish I knew what it was.  Off to see my Nephew run a cross-country meet.  I am so excited!!!!

.5 warm-up at 1% incline 6.4  4x400 at 1% 8.0  .5 cool down