Let's do this!

8 on the trail. easy again.

6 miles of giant hills in Draper this morning.

7 miles on the river trail. avg pace 7:35 

Saw Rachelle and her Sister on my 2nd loop around. Lot's of people out on the trail today. Sunrise was so so so beautiful! 

4.5 with Rachelle, Jen and Mackenzie in Payson. Good run. Played catch Rachelle and Jen the last half mile. Mackenzie and I didn't try to go as quick as the other gals, but we did pick it up some. Fun morning for sure. 

If Rachelle's feet behave Saturday, watch for her to blast UVM easy peasy. 

I got on the bus with Allie this morning at 4 am I love her! We just click. Had a warm up run with her and Jen. Also with Kassie :)

It was truly heart breaking for me to let a handful of Women go out and pass me in the first 5 miles. Just as I was starting to let my confidence slide, I reminded myself that I was not there to prove anything. I was just here to run the half and finish without getting re injured. I think this is the first time I have neg split a race? Maybe I am wrong... I can't remember. Any way. That's what I did. From miles 10-13 I passed up 4 of the women.  I felt really good the whole time. I wasn't tired at any point. It was kind of amazing to see what it feels like to actually finish a longer distance feeling more strong. There was a girl on my heels that last mile. I could hear and sense her right on my shoulder, trying with all her might to get back passed me. Somehow I was able to hold her off.  

After drinking water, eating a smoothie and walking around with my husband, I decided to run back up the course to find Rachelle. It was something I really wanted to do. I am so glad now that I did. It was kind of an emotional experience for me. I found her at 24.5 with her sister Amber who was riding a bike. Her Sister was talking to her. Reminding her of all the harder things she has done than run this marathon. Sorry, I guess I am emotional but tears started stinging my eyes as I remembered all the truly hard things I have gone through. They became the driving force for me 4 years ago to find more speed and endurance and fire in my running. They were what drove me to finally run a marathon. Those things call out our courage and our strength. I just tried to keep Rachelle's legs moving and reminding her to control her breathing. I had plenty of pep left in my legs to speed her up if needed. So awesome to see her cross the line at around a 2:59. Made my day! Congrats Rachelle!

And now it's onto building up more miles and endurance. I have lost some. I need to get it back.

6 slow miles. I mean sloooooow :)

7 mile river trail run. I would describe my run with these words:

heavenly sunrise.

Bugs stuck to my lip gloss lips. (mental note, take lip gloss off before running!).

Light on my feet. Leg turnover quick.

A lot of runners out.

Beautiful river.

Birds chirping everywhere.

Warm outside.

Cottonwood seeds everywhere, looks like Christmas snow!

Legs feeling better from Saturday.

Can't wait for tomorrow's run already  :)

25 minutes weights

On the trail with Rachelle and her Sister Amber. Loved it. We ran a very slow-good feeling pace. I love that!

Sprint on/offs

Weights for 35 minutes.

HIIT intervals on the elliptical.

9 miles- river trail 1 and #2. So beautiful out. Love this time of year.

avg pace 7:45

Small amount of free weight lifting at home.

No running Weights and HIIT on the elliptical for 40 min

7.20 river trail loops. avg pace 7:53 nothing very stellar

30 minutes of hiit sprints on the elliptical. Weights

7.50 outside. Avg pace is dropping a little more each week on my alone runs.

4 miles over easy

I did a true speed workout today. It's been a loooong while! February was the last time I have done a real speed workout. 30 minutes of 8:30 pace then 12x200 m. 6:18 pace. Took so much out of me but I did it.

 I got back from Lake Powell last night around 1 am. What a week of excessive eating it always is. And eating to much gives me anxiety I'm afraid. This is the week of clamping down on my intake...every year.