5K

So I thought I might as well brag some more. Saturday was the last 5K for my cross country team, and it was the only one I ran. I figured if I ran it in less than 24 minutes that I'd be happy. Ran it in 22:54! Pretty excited about that, and getting more excited for the relay every day!! Keep running guys, your all doing great!!

clean smell

So if you're like me, your running clothes still smell bad even after washing. Yuck. I was reading a while back about this new detergent that is specifically for athletic wear and how it gets the nasty sweat smell out. Later I saw an advertisement for Tide sport. Same kinda deal. I've been looking for it since. Well I finally got some and I've got to say Wow! It works. It works well.

Inyokern 10 miler

So Melissa and I participated in the 10 miler. Walkers began at 6am and runners at 7am. Melissa decided to walk. We figured I'd catch up to her about mile 7, but she did better than we thought. She walked it in 2 hours 19 minutes. I caught up with her at about mile 9 and finished right on my goal of 75 minutes. Yay! Unfortunately I could have done better, the legs are willing but the lungs are weak. Ya I had to walk a few times so my lungs could catch up. After the finish line a couple glasses of cold chocolate milk, a snickers and some powerade. Now we'll both be sore tomorrow. Since it's stake conference can we call in sick??

Good morning!

So I had this grandiose idea to run my legs yesterday and this morning but then common sense caught up with me last night and I decided to stick to my training schedule. So I got up this morning and ran 8 miles in 69 minutes and 10 seconds. It was a beautiful morning for a run since all the snow melted off from the night before. Anyways, I better get breakfast and prepare to leave, you know, for our cruise and all. We'll post when we get home on the 2nd or the next morning.

Ragnar Practice

So I really like to practice things before I have to run them. I got an idea in my head a couple of days ago that I would try to simulate the race and run the miles I need to run about the same time apart as I would in the Ragnar. I couldn't quite make it happen when I wanted but this week I think I came pretty close with at least the total milage. I went to be Monday night deciding that I would wake up early in the morning Tuesday and run since I didn't get my run in that day. I set my alarm for 4:00 hoping that I would be able to get more than 10 miles in. I started runnign and felt really strong. Watched Italian Job and was feeling great. My treadmill turned off after 100 minutes and I turned it back on and kept running. At this point I thought "Hey, I might as well run a half marathon, just to see if I can!" so I did. I did it in about 2:06 which is pretty impressive for me. Then on Wednesday afternoon I ran 5 miles and this morning I fiished up my toatal ragnar miles by running 3. I figure yesterday and today's run will count as my two a day since they were fairly close together. So now I know that I can at least run 21 miles in a little over 48 hours on the treadmill, I should be able to do it when I'm running outside in race conditions. Happy Running!!

Outside hurts

I have been doing really awesome on the treadmill over the last month since our meeting. I have worked out all the pain and feel my legs and body getting stronger! I actually hit 5.5 miles last week. Of course, you that are doing 10 miles probably think that is cake, but for me that is huge. Anyway, now that the weather is actually bearable, I have taken to the streets and am back at square one. Why must it hurt so much? I suppose I will just have to get used to it, but I'm hoping that it won't take too long. I think my pace is faster when I run outside, too because I run out of breath quite often. Maybe a week in the Caribbean will help!

Sunny but windy, of course

This has been a full day. I started at 6:30 with feeding the animals and then tried to burn over growth in the pasture but had to wait until after breakfast to finish when the dew was off. Then lots of yard work and lawn mowing and things. Finally i decided to go for my run this evening. I was putting it off in the hopes the wind would die down but it didn't. So I did my 7 miles in 62 minutes but I really had to work going into the wind. I'm calling that mile hill training since I have to lean into it and push harder. I also did a 3 mile run earlier in the day but my horse did most of the work:)