This week in Running

After last Thursday's race, I took Fri/Sat off and ran on Sunday. A very brisk 3.5 mile run. Felt awesome. Then I think I ran Monday as well. On Tuesday I can't remember...Wednesday I think I ran...Yesterday I ran at 6:20am and again this morning same time in some crappy rain/windy weather. Blah. But it is wonderful to be running in the mornings again! Yippee for Spring/Summer workouts!

Horsetooth Half, check.

So, Jon and I ran the Half Marathon on TAX DAY, April 15th. It was quite the operation (getting a sitter for Cricket, driving 2 cars to the end and start, mapping out the course on my hand, filling the fuel bottles, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.) - but we started a little before 10am with a Ready! Set! Kiss! and up the hills we went. Monster Mountain, Dam Hill, more hills, steep downhill, flat farmland, Bingham Hill, Bike path. Got lost a few times but I figured it out. Peed in a field on an electric pole. Whatevah. Made it to New Belgium and had some water and then we headed back in the car to the first car, split up and Jon went to Smashburger to get us some FOOD and I came home to let Olive out. We figure between our 2 times that Jon did it in about 2:22 which is excellent. He said that last mile he didn't know if he was gonna make it. I'm very proud of him! There's something to be said for doing the race on your own terms - with your own chosen company. There's also the flip-side: Race Day energy, crowd, fellow-runners, aid stations, directional cones...water for your head when the sun's beating down, porta-potties, etc. etc. But it was a great day and a great memory for us!

Tuesday Taper

Just needed to log 2 today in prep for Thursday's HALF MARATHON. Hollyn and I ran a good hard 20 mins. Now it's just wait and see...and worry about Jon's health as we run 13.2 miles up Horsetooth. Yikes.

Supposed to be 3 but was 4

Tapering for our Half Marathon on Thursday...however, Jon and I let Nat (on bike) and Nick (on New Balance) run/ride with us...3 miles for our taper today...but I lost sight of Nick (behind me) so I doubled back only to do an extra mile searching for him...turns out he took a short-cut through a playground to home...

Jon and I have our Horsetooth Half Marathon this week...I'm dreading it b/c we are doing the full course on our own - no support, no aid, nada. The 'real' race is Sunday but it's Jonny's b.day so we decided to do it earlier...even tho' we paid our $100. Whatevah. We shall see. As long as it's not windy, hot, and I have access to portaloos...I'm good. Otherwise: misery. I'd rather do it Sunday, but Jon wants it to be 'just-us" so...Thurs. it is. God help us. Please no heartattack for Jon 4 days before his 40th b.day!!!!!!!!!!!! The HILLS of this race are UNREAL - truly brutal. Ugh.

10 miles

Left after 1:30pm...warm, windy. Did 2 five mile loops...had to come in and go potty (of course! Love my bladder. Not.) and I took some gel/water at 50 minutes. Felt good that last 2 mile stretch (after working out a cramp in my side)...ran to the house just as Jonny was getting off the bus. Had uploaded some new tunes to the ipod, so that helped keep me going on my run. Good one, but my legs are tired tonight. I was slow. Blame it on the Rain. er, Wind.
1 hour 41 minutes.

Thursday...

(second attempt at posting, thanks BLOGGER.BLOGSPOT!) anyway...ran in the late heat of the day, Nat rode her bike, only 26 mins. b/c of Comcast cable guys, late appt. etc. But at least I got out and did something. Too bad I decided to go for my run 5 minutes after wolfing down my cornflakes.

Windy Tuesday

Ran w/ Hollyn at 1pm - 23 minutes fast paced to AJ's...then another 10 minutes back to the cars. Windy on the way back. Just not feeling like long runs lately. Was sick last night, went to bed at 8:30pm. Feeling weak today. No run.

Tentative Half Marathon planned for NEXT THURSDAY, April 15th. Tax day. It'll be taxing for me, for sure.

Blah.

Hill Repeats x 6

Good pushes on the hills. Hollyn and I chatted between panting. The time flew. Felt good. 32:25 of really hard stuff preceeded by warm-up and followed by cool down.

Windy Run w/ Hubby

Pre-ski trip run (inbetween loading up the car, ugh) - quite windy and chilly. We only had 26 minutes to spare...but did it and it felt good/sucky.

Thursday 66 minutes

Shorts, t-shirt, sun, warmth...for starters...

20 minutes into the run: gail force winds, black skies, rain, HAIL, misery, cold.

Typical!

32:32

Good pace, good loop w/ Hollyn. Nice morning run.