Let's do this!

1 hr 30 min on the eliptical then worked core. I had nausea all weekend after the race. I threw up a few times. Anybody else ever get this? I had nausea after the trail race last weekend as well. And no, I am not pregnant. Absolutely not. Calves and quads are very sore. I am having trouble getting around. But nothing quite like the day I went up Lake Mountain with 2 of my fav people. Yeah, my legs aren't quite at that point.....close though. 

Provo River trail results: My chip time was actually 1:29:00

http://www.trailrun.com/scripts/show_results.php3  5th place overall in Women's and 38th of 1395 men & Women. Sweet!

I just sat down to log my miles and glanced out my window. I saw my two neighbors Wes (Merri's husband) and Larry running. Wes was totally kicking Larry's trash. :P

I went to the gym this morning and I thought I might be able to run a bit. My legs are not recovered. I could only muster out 1 1/2 miles. I was running at a higher speed and so I know that didn't help my cause. But boy it was a shocker. My legs are still sore and they just could not move.

So, I resorted to the eliptical for an hour and 5 minutes. Fun stuff. The end.

My to do list before August is over:

• Run another 1/2 marathon race
  
• 2 more trail runs at least. I love doing this!
• Climb a peak
• hike up to the Spanish Fork cross
• rock climb (scary)
• Run a 20 miler in prep for TOU
• a week of 10's  yeehhhawwww 10 miles everyday for 7 days.
  

3.50 TM miles at a 7:15 pace. 1 hour 5 minutes on the eliptical followed by a little weight lifting (not much I can't lie), and some core crunching. Hoping I can do the minuteman 5k Saturday if my legs can take it.

50 minutes on the eliptical and 5 mile running at a 7:15 pace. Yeah, uh, I am freaking out about running TOU.

I didn't run this morning so I can save my legs for the 5k race I am running tomorrow. I was thinking about it- this will be my fourth race in a row the last month. Su-weet! I have had several people ask me this week if I am a machine or something. LOL I thought about it-I have been getting very little sleep, running races,exercising every single day, doing tons with my kids. Yeah.... so maybe I am a machine of sorts :)

Today I worked on the elipitcal with Julie for an hour and 10 minutes. Julie was reading this super duper awesome book called 'stories boys like'. The cover looked rather 70's for sure. Julie was reeeeally loving it. ha!!!

  I have plans to kick it into high gear the next two weeks. I am going to start running tons of distance. Hopefully a 15-18 miler next week with Allie. I will run long distances twice per week until the week before the marathon. So if anybody wants to join me, feel free to come. I have run alone so much this year I am a little lonely at this point. I can manipulate my schedule to do whatever. Plus I have plans to do 2 trail runs before this month is up. I also want to lose 5-7 more lbs. So I can be even lighter for the marathon. Everybody says I am crazy and my husband asks me if I have blown away in the wind each day after work. Very funny peeps. You watch, I'll lose a few more and I will be happy even if everybody else things I'm a nut. Happy Friday ya'll .

I met Allie and her friend James (fiddy) this morning for the Minuteman 5k at the Rio Tinto Stadium. Automatically I knew this was going to be a very competitive race. There was tons of local elites walking around. Amber Andrews. Maryanne S.  Allie!  lot's of fast men I recognized. I got nervous right away.

Allie is super cool! I loved meeting her and running with her today. The race start was frightening. The gun they fired was SO LOUD! Oh my, everyone within my vision including me shuddered as it was fired. And we were off! I know I am not the fastest person by any means, however I ran faster today, especially if you take into account the 2 killer hills we had to run on this course.  5k's are pukealicious- and this one especially. Allie was about 50 seconds in front of me. I tried to at least see her the whole way. 

 I think my best is still yet to come. Looking forward to a long run with Allie next Saturday. I'ts prep for TOU. And also looking forward to the results of the Hobble Creek 1/2 where Lindsey Dunkley, Nan Kennard and Maryanne S.  are going head to head,yeah!  :)  Allie want to hit up the end of the race so we can watch the finishers? Wait, would we have time? haha who knows.

3 mile cool down with Allie and Fiddy.

3.50 miles when I got home on the river trail. Total of 9.50 for today.