May 17 - May 23

Didn't start off so well, but got a couple of good runs in this week.

Monday - OFF :-)

Tuesday - Great workout.
Warm Up - 1 mile Run
8 x .20 Hill (2@3%, 2@4%, 2@5%, 2 @ 6%)
Jogged .20 in between each interval

Walked 3:00
Ran 1 mile at race pace (7:10).
Hard!!! But it was good.

Wednesday - OFF, can't remember why, just busy with school and work and Snap

Thursday - Dad flew in!!! Picked him up, we had lunch, I taught class and then we took the dogs out on the trail. He took Boo on an "Old Man" Walk as he called it and Belly and I did a 5.5 mile tempo run. It was cold and windy but it wasn't too bad.....

Friday - Ran 3 miles "easy" out at Cyndi's house before we flew out to St. Louis.

Saturday - Was in St. Louis visiting my brother, sis-in-law and handsome nephew, as well as to watch some Cards games. It was supposed to get into the mid-90's so I decided to do my long run on Saturday. I had a 90 minute run so I did that with Charlie, felt horrible for at least the 1st 3 miles, then started feeling "okay" but never felt great until it was over. It was so hot and humid and I was a bit dehydrated, along with the fact that I didn't eat well on Friday when we were traveling. All that added up to a so-so run. But it was wonderful to run with Charlie, he's starting a taper for his Half IronMan in Kansas a week from Saturday!

Sunday - OFF

So mileage-wise, it wasn't great, but I got some good hard runs in there and I'm okay with it.

Happy Training All!

May 10 - May 16

Man I LOVE the first week that students are gone! I get so much done, have so much energy, spend time with my dogs, run outside whenever I want to instead of in between teams or clients and it just feels great! So it was a good week running wise and energy wise. Plus I had our 1st Annual Trip to Walla Walla planned so it was an exciting week and weekend!

Monday - 3 mile easy run

Tuesday - 8 x 400 @ 5k race pace, 5 miles total and felt amazing

Wednesday - 4 mile moderate run on the Chipman Trail, Cyndi Lou Hoo ran 2 miles!

Thursday - 40 minute elliptical + 1 mile walk on Treadmill while chatting with Ms. Teresa

Friday - OFF, TRAVELED TO WALLA WALLA!!!

Saturday - 5k with Erica Quam at talking pace, then ran 1.4 miles to bring all the ladies in during our 1st annual 5k race at Lake Bennington in W2. Great great day, everyone did well and then we went and wine tasted after! Can't ask for a better Saturday............

Sunday - 78 minute run. Wasn't easy, was a tad dehydrated from Saturday and it was pretty warm and muggy, didn't run with fluids which was a mistake. But I did it and all the girls ran ANOTHER 5K!!! I'm so proud of them, it was such a fun weekend filled with friendship, running, wine tasting and healthy cooking.

Happy Training All!

May 3 - May 9

Not a great week, traveled to Florida for our annual S & C convention, that always messes me up but such is life.

Monday - 3 mile easy run + weights

Tuesday - 8 x hill intervals

Wednesday - OFF (travel day)

Thursday - 55 minute speed ladder, I think it was around 6.8 miles total

Friday - OFF (travel day)

Saturday - OFF (exhausted from traveling)

Sunday - long walk, watched baseball game, was supposed to do a 5k race pace run but decided to rest.

Not a huge mileage week and felt guilty at first but just let it go and moved on to the next week!

Happy Training All!

April 26 - May 2

Sorry it's been a while since I blogged, been so busy with the end of the semester and a lot of traveling this May!

Monday April 26 - OFF

Tuesday April 27 - 8 x 400, ran 400 @ 5k pace, jogged 400, total of 5 miles including warm up. Felt good

Wednesday April 28 - 3 miles easy plus some weights

Thursday April 29 - 4 mile speed ladder, was pretty tired today for some reason. Stress probably.

Friday April 30 - OFF

Saturday May 1 - OFF

Sunday May 2 - 80 minute run

Not a bad week, felt okay but tired with all the stuff going on at work.

Happy Training All!