Green Beans & Cake

Training...

Nope -- still haven't **mentally** recovered from my marathon. The 10 degree weather outside doesn't help motivate me to get outside.

Perhaps I should have some kind of goal...

Wish me luck!

Chicago, here I come!

P.S. Chris and Marcelle (sorry if I spelled your name wrong, M) can't wait to see you again!

Chicago, here I come!

I can't believe that the marathon is so close. I ran 12 miles this weekend (and it actually felt like a break....wow!) - felt great.

The big 2-0: Week in review

Woo hoo! It's all downhill from here. I completed my 20 mile long run on Saturday. It was a tough run - but it's over. Taper time! Here's a recap of my 40 mile week of running.

Wednesday: 5 miles at local park. Old ladies and mommies with strollers jumped to the other end of the sidewalk when I ran by. Uh, it's not like I am a scary person. Found their reactions weird (and a little insulting) hehe. Totally outran the ROTC runners. I don't know what mile they were on (um, I was on my first one, but who is counting?), but I saw several people in great pain. You know the look -- like someone smashed your face into a window. Nice to see someone in more pain than me for a change. ;)

Thursday: 10 miles at local park. Track guys were out doing workouts. One guy almost ran me over. Rude. I run in the slow lane. Was that necessary?

Friday: 5 miles at gym. 2 miles slow/3 miles of sprints. Too much? Stay tuned.

Saturday: Note to self - don't run this kind of mileage 4 days in a row. Weather = great. Body = not great. Stomach problems = trouble, big trouble. The first 8 miles were rough. I really wanted to quit after the 4th mile. After some gu with caffeine, I felt better. There was a charity walk for MS going on too. Felt good to pass everyone. haha  More old ladies JUMPING to the other end of the sidewalk when I ran by. Last two miles = PAINFUL. Couldn't believe that I did it. Was happy to be finished.

Training notes for this week:

Monday: Yesterday was a rest day for me. I cross-trained with DWTS. Who knew Brooke Burke (mother of FOUR!) would turn out to be pretty good.

Today: 5 miles. Easy enough.

18 miles

18 miles down (I ended up not running 18 last weekend). The most important (and intense!) training week happens next week. A 10 mile mid week run....a 20 mile long run. Whew!

Blame it on the rain

....yeah, yeah. Remember that song? hehe My 18 mile long run was rained out this morning. I plan to run at my local gym today or tomorrow. (not 18 miles at a time, though. I would get kicked out of my gym for sure.) As I'm writing this the sun just came out. Oh, well. It looks like I'm going to be puppy training today anyway.

Saturday's 16 miler: Sweaty kneecaps

Need I say more?

My Super Sweet 16

No, not that kind of Sweet 16...

...the running kind. Sixteen miles tomorrow morning. Whew!

Short and sweet

Whew - my life has been kind of hectic lately. I'm sure you all understand. I'm running on about 5 hours of sleep. My post today might sound a little scattered. hehe

Here's the short and sweet lowdown on my training from last week.

3 - 4- 7 - 15

My 15 mile run actually felt great. The weather was perfect -- cloudy sky, 65 degrees. I didn't feel so hot after the fact, but I did it.

Chicago Countdown!

60 days - I can't believe that the marathon is this close.

To sum up my training schedule this week: 3-7-4-15 - OMG. ;-)