Monday, November 23, 2009

Running Week of Nov 22-28

Sunday-rest
Monday-3 miles. Ran with my buddy Meredith today. It is humid and a bit warm. Now I have to eat and get a nap before work tonight.
Tuesday-3 (did not run)
Wednesday-rest
Thursday-3.. Thanksgiving Day. We were in Benton. I went to Tyndall Park and ran 2.5 miles.
Friday-rest
Saturday-4. Ran 4.7 miles.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Running Week of Nov 15-21

Sunday-rest (work 12 hour night)
Monday-3 I got home from work and shipped the kids and Jeff out the door for the day. Mistake #1 was that I sat down! I was sleepy already and if I sit still for very long I get even sleepier and it is hard to want to do anything. I had a couple cups of coffee, but it did nothing to get me up and going. Around 0830 I finally decided to get on my running clothes and go run. The bike trail here in town is 2.44 miles. I ran to the two mile marker and turned around and ran back to the 1 mile marker for a total run of 3 miles. Then I walked from that 1 mile to the car. So I did a total of 4 miles today, but only 3 were running. My time was pretty good I think.

1 mile 10:48 2 mile 21:49 3 mile 32:28

Tuesday-3 (work 12 hour night) taking a forced rest day. having some aching in the left hip and hip flexor.
Wednesday-rest (work 12 hour night)
Thursday-2 (this is the last 2 mile run until the week of the Half Marathon)
Friday- tomorrow morning is the big race. shew.. I am ready, excited, nervous all bundled up together. Right now it is raining. I am praying that it is finished tomorrow morning. At least from about 8am-9am so I can finish and not get drown :)
Saturday-6 (I will be running the Spa 10k this day) 6.2 miles :)

This was my post 10k photo. This is my niece Kat. She ran too, and beat me to the finish line by about 10 minutes. It was a lot of fun. The worse part was Mountain Drive. That is one beast of a "hill". Maybe I should be running some hills more often. About a mile from the finish line I saw Elvis. Yes, he is alive and in Hot Springs..lol
My time was 1:08:48. I was 34th in my age group and 300 something over all. I didn't finish last!!!! I am already looking for the next race.

Running Week of Nov 8-14

Sunday- rest
Monday-3 (work 12 hour night shift) did a little over 3 miles at the park with Meredith. Good times.
Tuesday-3 (work 12 hour night shift) rested today. I needed the sleep and to rest a hip flexor muscle.
Wednesday-rest, actually rested like I was supposed to.
Thursday-2, went to the bike trail and walked 2 miles and ran 3.
Friday-rest
Saturday-5 (work 12 hour night shift) ran 5 miles in just over an hour. I am really hoping to finish the 10k in an hour. we shall see

because of my work schedule this week I may switch Tuesday and Thursday. I can tolerate a longer run when I am not working 2 in a row.

11/14/09 exactly 1 week until the 10k in Hot Springs. I am really getting nervous!

Week Total:
Miles:13