3 Miles

4 Miles

IT WAS COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLDDDD!
33 Degrees today to be specific.

I had on my compression tights, tank, arm warmers, white pullover, gloves, ear warmer and baseball cap and felt good. Brought 8 oz of water...it was almost too cold to drink, finished it up on my cooldown.

I felt good, had a great pace the first 2 miles and then leveled it out to bring me to what seems to be my average for short runs 10/mile.

I feel good at this pace.

Still trying to warm up 20 minutes later...LOL

12 Miles

Forest Creek with Tobie.

I was worried and convinced that if I felt as bad as Wed I would NOT register for the marathon, put it behind me and MOVE ON.

Well, it started off rough and turned out GREAT! The hills were a beast but I conquered them and felt great at the end.

Thank you God for answering my prayer this morning and revealing to me that I NEED to be a finisher with this.

I NEED TO.

18 Miles next weekend....HOLY COW!!!

7 Miles

This was supposed to be 8 but I'm LUCKY I made it to 7. This run was BRUTAL. I had a very upset stomach, humidity was horrible and I had to BATTLE MY MIND every SINGLE STEP!! We looped back to Erika's house, picked her up and BECAUSE of her I was able to get 2 more miles in. Her encouraging words helped me. I wanted to jump on her back and have her carry me in, seriously, felt like crap afterwards but at least I did 7.

She reminded me that I haven't been consistent with the busyness of the holidays and after a week of doing what has to be done, I'll be fine. Let's hope so. :o)

3 Miles

Was planning on running right after spin but just couldn't, LOL, my legs were tired!!! So, I tucked kids in bed, popped laundry in the dryer and hopped on the treadmill for 30 minutes. These mid week runs are tough to schedule when Chris travels.

RPM

Went back to RPM Class for the first time in MONTHS!!!! It was T-O-U-G-H but I LOVED IT! Felt great to be back at the Y today, kept my heart rate between 60-80% the entire class.

Awesome CrossTrain Day for me! :o) Worked muscles in my legs that I don't necessarily work as hard when I run. LOL


60 Minutes RPM

10 Miles

I woke up this morning and thought I was going to just QUIT! Why am I running a freaking marathon anyway?????? What was my motivation in this to begin with? Yeah, it wasn't from a pure, good heart. But that motivation has changed a bit. I needed to go on this run, not do the 16 like I was supposed to since it would affect my family time on our Sunday together, but at least get out there and do something and process my thoughts while pounding the pavement! :o)

I came to the conclusion that I "do" like running. The strict and rigid training schedule though is a different story. I am a MOM and WIFE first, runner last. When it affects my family, I go into "Ditch it" mode. BUT, I just can't do it with the running. I need to finish what I set out to do, to prove it to MYSELF that I'm not a quitter, I'm a finisher. So with that said, no I may not be able to do the plan EXACTLY the way I'm supposed to and I'm fine with that. I've had to lower the expectations for race day to "finishing" and NOT finishing in 4:30 or under 5. So here's to lowering expectations. :o)

Feeling some freedom in that.