Bring on the challenge!

3 easy this morning.  Tired because I stayed up late watching a STUPID movie last night.  But, got through and then did Jillian.  Starting to feel like I'm catching up to level 2 :)   It is so much more intense than level 1, but today I finally felt like I wasn't dying so bad.  That's a good sign :)  Just found out I'll be able to do it again on Thursday this week, my kindergarten volunteering got cancelled so I won't have to hurry as quickly that morning - YEAH!!!

Ran my 5 mile tempo run on the treadmill this morning.  Felt great!

3 easy on the treadmill this morning.  Then on to Jillian's level 2 workout.  Hoping for a decent long run this weekend.  Will be out of town again, unfortunately, but shouldn't be too much of a problem to go for that run.  At least, the hubby promises if we stay over night at his sister's we can go for a long run on Saturday morning.  I would prefer to come home tomorrow night, but, as usual, when it's me against the father in law, I don't win.  Can't wait to move far away. . . :)

Ran  12 miles in 1:51 this morning.  I know, not my best, but all things considered. . .

The first half was mostly up hill, which meant the last half was down.  We were in Idaho so these were just back country roads.  Having not slept well the night before and not really thrilled about being there in the first place (among other things) I woke up on the wrong side of the bed (to say the least) and was just rip roarin' ready to go and work it out.  My husband ran with me, and bless him, he knew to just let me go at my own pace.  I cranked the music up loud and took off.  By the end of the 12 miles, I was feeling a little better :)  

After the run, we got cleaned up and took the kids sledding in the mountains.  So, add hiking up the hill several times to my workout today, too :)  Had a good time and I'm still surprised nobody broke anything. . . :)

Glad this weekend is over and I can go home to my own life now.   

Did my sprints on the treadmill this morning.  Legs are still a little sore from Saturday, but nothing I can't handle.  Felt good to work them out some more.  The weather is starting to get a bit better, hoping to start running outside more and adding hills to the workouts.  

3 easy miles on the treadmill this morning.  Poor Hubby.  He had to run outside this morning in the 6+ inches of fresh snow :(  Not fun.  He said it was VERY slow going.  

After that, it was on to Jillian.  Some of the boys woke up early this morning and came down to join me for part of it :)  Always fun to do Jillian with the kiddos :) 

Ran for just over an hour on the treadmill this morning doing my tempo workout.  Started out the same, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, for 5 minutes each, twice.  Then, on the 3rd time of 6.0 I started to feel it wasn't fast enough :)  Funny how that happens when you've been running faster.  I think of the days I do an easy run at 6.0 and it seems plenty fast. . . ;)  So, I only did 4 minutes of it that time, then 5 1/2 minutes each of 6.5 and 7.0.  On the last round I did 3 minutes of 6.0, 6 minutes of 6.5, and 5 1/2 minutes of 7.0, then I upped it to a 10.0 for the last 30 seconds.  Dang, that's fast!  Glad it was only 30 seconds!  But, I finished  and felt great!

Did an easy jog on the treadmill this morning.  Really dragging today.  Don't know if I'm still recovering from the tempo workout from yesterday or what.  Remember how I said 6.0 was feeling slow yesterday?  Well, it was plenty fast this morning ;)  Followed up the run with level 2 of Jillian again.  Even that was kicking my butt this morning.  Might need a nap today. . .

Ah, the last day before daylight savings time.  Grrr...  really enjoyed leaving at 6:30 this morning to light skies.  

Run was good but I was tired by mile 10.  Yes, mile 10.  I keep thinking to myself, you have a marathon in another 5 weeks!  I really hate training for a marathon over the winter months.  Hoping the marathon will not be a terrible thing because of this.  Next week I think we will shoot for another 15, at least.  That should be our last really long run before the marathon.  

On a side note, I tried the RockIt Fuel stuff we'd been given in goody bags last summer at some races.  NASTY!!!  I could only down a bit of the stuff and no more.  But, I guess some sugar did get into me cuz it helped some :)  

Legs are tired, glad to have a break tomorrow before sprints on Monday. . . 

Sprints on the treadmill this morning.  Started out tired (HATE daylight savings time) and wishing I put an extra day in between long runs and sprints, but about 10 minutes into it, it seemed to actually be going by fast and continued that way till the end.  Guess that means I'm not as beat up as I thought! :)  My lower calf/achilles has been starting to give me a little pain again, lately.  Just toward the end of the workout today and toward the end on Saturday, too.  Hoping that it's nothing serious and I can just stretch it out good.  

3 easy on the treadmill this morning, followed up with Jillian's level 2 workout.  I think maybe 1 more week of level 2 and I will be ready to move on to level 3.  Can't wait to see that! :)  

One hour on the treadmill this morning for the tempo run.  Felt good then, but I'm pretty tired now :)  Allowed myself to "sleep in" this morning and did this after the kids were at school.  Which meant, on an empty stomach, I ran out of energy pretty quickly, too.  Maybe that's why I'm so tired now?? ;)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Ran 3 easy on the treadmill this morning, followed up with Jillian's level 2 workout.  Thursday's are always a hard day for me.  It's the 4th day in a row of good workouts and following Wednesday's tempo run, my body is still pretty tired.  So, by the time I get to Jillian I'm ready to collapse.  I hate that it's so hard on Thursday for me, since Tuesday is so great, but I guess that's life.  Tomorrow's a day off - YEAH!! - then long run on Saturday again.  Only about 4 weeks till the marathon. . .

Major long run today.  And, the south wind did blow!  Set out at 5:30 a.m. thinking this to be a 3 hour run.  Finished first half in average time, came home (it was the halfway point) refilled water bottles, had a snack and potty break, and went out again to finish the second half.  I was getting pretty tired by mile 14.  Then, we hit the park and got to run about 2 miles in the grass, which felt nice.  By mile 16 I was doing the "shuffle step" run.  You know the one?  Before mile 17 there was a hill and I just couldn't run up it.  Made it about halfway and then had to walk.  Ended up walking almost to mile 17, then ran again.  Had to stop at each mile marker thereafter for a drink and bite of granola bar.  Totally exhausted when I was finished and pretty disheartened.  I hate training for a marathon over the winter.  I felt like I was in such great shape in October for St. George and now I feel like I'll be lucky to finish this thing in 4 more weeks.  Also feeling some major burnout.  Cannot wait for this marathon to be over and then we can see where we go from here.  In the middle of trying to sell our house and move so the stress level is definitely up, too, so a break would be nice for a bit.  I won't stop running, but at least it won't be so intense.  

On a lighter note, surprisingly to both me and my husband, other than being tired the next morning, we really didn't feel very sore.  Certainly not 20 miles sore!  That's definitely a plus! 

Did my sprints this morning.  Wasn't sure how my body would respond to these after Saturday's long run, but it was actually okay.  I could tell I was a bit more tired, but not so much that I couldn't do the workout.  Actually feeling pretty good since Saturday.  Hope that's a good sign :)

3 easy miles today.  Then, Jillian's workout.  Tomorrow it's back to the grind :)

Did my tempo workout this morning.  Actually got up at 6 a.m. to do it today, too :)

Went to SL Running Company to get me a new pair of shoes today.  FINALLY.  I've been meaning to do this for months.  I don't know why I ever think I'll get a new brand of shoe, because I came home with the exact same one.  I've been a Mizuno lover for 3 years now.  But, I guess you never know if something better will come along. . .anyway, after trying on several different brands of shoes, I went with the same shoe.  Gotta love Mizuno, too - they love the bright colors  This years model is flourescent yellow.  You won't miss me on the road :)  Excited to try them out and break them in.   

3 easy this morning and no Jillian.  I had to help out in kindergarten this morning so no time for extras :)  Long run on Saturday. . .

Will it ever warm up?!?!  It was 32 degrees this morning when I left in full layers, hat and gloves.  There's only 4 weeks left till the marathon.  I would REALLY like to wear a lot less for that!  Anyway, good run, a little slow - I finished in 1:33, but I did have a  headphone issue that cost me a couple of minutes.  Ran in my new shoes this morning, too.  While they feel good, they still need to be broke in a bit, a little stiff.  Ran by myself this morning, too, as the hubby is away this weekend and will only be around every other weekend now until we move.  So, at least I had my tunes, but I kinda like running with him on the weekends. . . :(

Sprint workout this morning.  Kinda weak this morning, don't know why.  But, finished up and got done.  

Easy 3 on the treadmill followed with Jillian.  

Tempo run this morning.  Funny thing this morning was that on my circuit, doing 6.5, I was thinking, "Wow, I feel pretty good this morning, I could probably do another round of each of these tempos!"  Unfortunately, time would not allow it this morning, but I did feel good knowing that I wasn't dying this morning.  I suppose if I want to start going any longer on these I'm going to have to get up even earlier. . . sigh. . .not sure if that will happen.  

3 easy today, followed by Jillian.  She about killed me this morning.  Got to bed late so on top of it being Thursday and tired, I was extra tired this morning.  Darn family events. . . ;)