It has now been 5 months since the dreaded stress fracture occurred. I have been running and increasing mileage slowly. Last week I finally hit 30 miles for the first time since March. I am running in a 5 K on Saturday and yesterday I had 8 400’s on my training schedule. Not a tough workout- I actually love track workouts. Besides the fact that it started POURING down rain while I finished my first lap I felt fine. Then on…
Here is a post I have been wanting to write for a long time! The many months of heartache, pain, disappointment, rehab, determination, training and overall PATIENCE paid off this morning when I ran pain free for 10 miles! In fact, I felt GREAT! Up until this morning my last “long” run was the 12 mile run I did during the final weeks before the Boston Marathon. (That was over 5 months ago!) My pace for those 12 was an…
Today I had a great run. I’m not gonna lie. I felt good. It’s ironic that it was exactly one week from my horrible running tempo disaster. I had the same workout even. Not one time did the thought of stopping cross my mind. In fact, I only had 4 miles tempo planned but I was feeling so good I decided to make it 4.5 and beat my previous best 4.5 tempo time. (Yes, I play a lot of mind…
Do you ever those days when you just want to STOP running (or whatever your form of exercise is) and just call it quits? I do not have those days often but when I do I can usually talk myself into finishing. Not this time… A few days ago I had another tempo run. It did NOT go as planned. Basically, I was not well rested and I had not drank enough water the day before. My running buddy and I…
This morning I had another tempo run. My legs felt fresh after taking yesterday off so I was ready to go! Mile 1- 9:45 (warm-up)Mile 2- 7:19Mile 3- 7:20Mile 4- 7:09Mile 5- 6:54Mile 6- 9:58 (cool-down) My 4 mile tempo average was a 7:11 pace. I feel pretty good about it. It’s hard to imagine keeping that pace for 9 more miles during a half marathon but I know I have many more weeks of training. I have come a long…
Today was the first day of school for my oldest. I have a 2ND GRADER now!! Today also marks the start of a new running “season” for my training partner and I. Ok, we don’t just run together. Sometimes we have coffee together too! We are now 12 weeks away from our next Half Marathon. I am less than 24 weeks away from my Marathon! I am SO excited to be running again!! I finally finished my training schedule. We…
As you know, last week my mileage and training was thrown off because of a very sick husband. Once John was home from the hospital, I fought back hard and ran Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Yes, that is six days of running with only one day off in the middle. Wouldn’t be a big deal to a runner in good health- in fact 6 out of 7 days is pretty much the norm but not when you are…
Pneumonia Update:Life is getting back to normal and I am very thankful for that! John is resting and feeling a little better every day. He actually came home from the hospital Thursday night and has been taking it very easy at home. I am so glad he is home and on the mend! Thank you, God!! Running Stuff:After taking 4 days off I got after it! You already know about Thursday’s 3 mile stroller run with all the kids. Then Friday…