Runner's High

Greater than 4.62 miles in 41 minutes. 8.87 min. miles but the dist. is approx b/c it was through lots of trails and open spaces. Just dance.

Extreme Hill Repeats

Only 30 mins to spare w/ so much going on today...made it worthwhile. Did 4 X 4 minute hill repeats with 14 minutes of tempo running. I only got 4 hours of sleep last night so I was hurting. Was able to do those hills with a 6 second difference by the end (that's speed!) - yay for today.

20 mins speed work - high intensity

Hollyn's daughter is sick today so we kept our run on our street and did speedwork. Halfway through we did some core work (abs) and then more running. At the end we did this thing I love called 'tag' where the first person pushes ahead and then slows as the second person speeds to pass then slows, etc. kind of like weaving. Our very last sprint was with the guarantee of a brand new dream house at the end - so we ran as hard as we could. But my French cottage wasn't there. Oh well.

30:57

3.39 miles, some nice long hills...felt great to run in the sunshine (albeit v. chilly) and listen to my crazy music. 9.01 min miles. SLOW. However, I do have to tread carefully on the icy roads and slushy sidewalks. One misstep and it's all over!

43:37

Snow = Drizzle = Sleet = Windy = Mushy = Cold = Dangerous = My Run Today.

I came home literally looking like a snowman.

I think I have frostbite on my nose and chin.

Ho Hum.

C'MON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30 minutes

Run/Walk with Olive for half an hour in fresh snow, whilest still snowing, windy, cold, icy, slippery, etc. - you get the picture. I had to squint the whole time b/c of the sideways blowing snow and bright glare. Kinda sucked. But what's new? Let it be spring already. Lordy.

TGIF 31:31

Fresh snow, slippery, cold...ran hard anyway.

43:37 for 4.86 miles

Cold, grey, breezy...

Uploaded some new/different tunes on my ipod (Eminem, Lady Gaga, Oasis, Timbaland, Kanye West) and it made the time fly. Had a decent pace, felt great, just cold hands.

I think I was doing about an 8.9 minute mile, which isn't that great now that I think about it. I did have a couple of good hills, that may be why I was slower.

See Dog Walk

So Olive is over a year old now. So much for a great running partner. She's so slow, I'm literally TUGGING her to keep up to me. Not that I'm fast. She's just NOT a runner. She likes to walk fast, walk slow, etc. - she's a great heeler and stays right next to me (except when I start to run) - she's just more of a Yoga dog, I guess.

So we did a 25 minute walk/run/sniff.

Time for me to prepare my French lesson. Adieu.

MARDI GRAS RUN

Met Hollyn at the school and we left from there. 30 mins - a bit breezy and chilly at times. I haven't run since last Thurs. b/c of my trip to California...at one point during the run I almost fainted - a darkness and dizziness came over me and I grabbed onto Hollyn's arm and that I was going to faint. It was weird. Walked it off and ran the rest of the way. Combo of dehydration, lack of eating proper meals, maybe some altitude reacclimation, who knows?

30 Min run about 3.5 or more miles.

Thursday Feb 11 - very brisk 30 mins run.

Ran up Lemay almost to Harmony and back. No biggie. Did some core work at Hollyn's after - plank, side plank, etc. My tummy felt it Friday. Friday - Tuesday was flying to and from the Bay Area. Didn't get any running in over the weekend, just lots of carbo-loading and department store changing room lunges, stretches, zipper pulls, etc. LoL.

Wednesday 38 Minutes

Don't remember the exact loop (think it was Huntington Hills, Werner, High Castle, repeats on a hill by Werner, etc.) but we ran by the house that partially burned down on Tuesday. Looks like it started in the garage and charred most of the house. You could still smell the smoke.

27:22

Run - hill repeats, COLD, slippery, dangerous. DONE.

Sunday 45 min + 20 min

Stamina Yoga: 20 minutes (very stiff)

45 Minute run in snow: hills, etc. slow slow going.

Friday feeling Crappy

Yo. Today was probably 30-somthing minutes w/ Hollyn...I was so tired. Had to stop and walk a few times. No biggie. Just hormones, if ya know what I mean...hard to be on top of my game when I'm suffering. Anyhoo, got it done. Will take tomorrow off, do Yoga instead, and do a good long push on Sunday.

It's a 30 minute DATE

Jon and I ran together today. Dropped Cricket at afternoon Kindergarten and ran from the school for a good 30 minute, hilly, windy run. It felt good! We did 20 minutes of Yoga in the a.m. as well.

20 min sprint

Well...maybe not a full-on sprint, but def. a very fast pace! I only had 20 mins after dropping Cricket at Kindergarten and getting ready to teach French, so I hung my car keys from my side-view mirror and took off...some good hills, good chest pain. Felt really great and it was a gorgeous day. Skipped Tues. because I hadn't been able to sleep for 2 nights. Still having a very hard time getting myself to STAY asleep. Going to sleep at first isn't the problem, it's the waking up and restlessness and being so aware that I'm NOT asleep. It sucks. Sucks. sucks...

50:37 Walk/Run with Dog

Took Olive with us this a.m. so it wasn't all running. She slowed us down a bit - she has a bad tummy or something...I wont' elaborate. Anyhow, it was pretty chilly today but the sun is burning off a lot of the foggy chill so it's going to be a gorgeous day. The workout today was half run/half good speed walking.