Running For Trevor

3 easy miles watching the sunset.  It was a gorgeous night.

25 minutes weights/abs.

8 treadmill miles, 1.5-3.5% incline, 63 minutes.  I alternated the incline throughout and never went below 1.5%.  I think the incline training is really helping and my legs feel stronger.

PM:  2 miles

AM:  25 minutes weights/abs.  My Healthy Habbits (extra) goal is 10 minutes of ab work a day.  This has been tough for me but I can tell it is making a big difference.  My core feels a lot stronger.  Today I did 5 minutes of planks with 20 sit-ups in between each plank for a total of 80 sit ups.  Wowza!

Ran 8.2 miles on the treadmill in 68 minutes.  My legs felt really sluggish today.  I tried a 15 minute threshold in the middle and felt fatigued the entire time so I took a que from my body and slowed down to an easier pace.  I am running a half marathon this weekend so I feel no real need to push the pace.

I had to be to work early for meetings this morning but was able to sneak away and run a quick 6 miles.  Actually it was slow and took me 52 minutes.  I did 5 minutes of abs afterwards.

PM:  3 miles easy.  Lots of wind.

Weights/abs for 25 minutes.

Ran 8 miles on the treadmill alternating inccline 1%-3% before sitting in meetings all day.  Whooopi!

25 minutes weights (shoulders)/ abs

7 treadmill miles easy, 60 minutes.  The effort felt a lot harder than it should have even though I was running really slow.  Maybe I'm still not fully recovered from the marathon?  I don't know.  Anyway Halloween Half tomorrow and I'm hoping I can get those fast twitch muscles moving.  We shall see I guess.

I will post more details on the race later.  I am at work (on a saturday...so LAME!) and just wanted to get it logged.

It was a really fun race and I am really happy with the way I ran.  My only real goal going into it was to beat my time from last year (1:36) and possibly run sub 1:30.  I accomplished both but couldn't have done it without the Amazing JulieC!!!!  I owe this race to her because she stuck with me and paced me the last 8 miles.  Thank you, thank you, thank you Julie!!  And sorry for my heavy breathing and screaming out loud that last mile. :)

This was my very first race last year and I am glad to say I cut 10 minutes off of my time.  Paces and more details to come soon.

Okay I will make this quick but I really wanted to post my splits. 

1-3 (6:16, 6:14, 6:09)  Didn't push too hard on the downhill and chatted with a couple of girls I met Raquel and April.  They were fun to talk to and I felt like I was in a good rythm.

4-6 (6:08, 6:35, 6:53)  Still feeling good but bummed to be out of the canyon.  I could have sworn the downhill lasted longer in 2010.  Oh well!  I was so happy to see Julie at mile 5.5!  She asked if I wanted her to run with me and was so happy.  It was great to chat with her for a bit and I knew she would help keep me on pace.

7-9 (6:58, 6:35, 6:39) The GU I ate at mile 6 kicked in by 8 and felt pretty good.  I was amazed I was running that fast on a flat area.  I had no idea I was capable of running in the 6's unless it was downhill.

10-13.1 (6:37, 7:02, 6:43, 6:52, 6:25 pace)  Mile 11 really sucked with the lap around the parking lot and the gravel.  Dang it I really slowed down but was able to pull it together and recover fairly well.  I really wanted to die the last mile but Julie wouldn't let me quit.  My breathing was heavy and I kep saying out loud (fight, fight, fight).  Aww it was tough but so worth it.

Overall I really feel like I emptied the tank with this run and gave it everything I had in me.  It was a good confidence booster for me because I had been feeling really slow and kinda depressed post St. George.

So a huge thanks to Julie for teaching me that I am capable of more than I give myself credit for.  It was a fun day and a great final race of the 2011 season.  Congratulations to everyone that ran.