wk 18, day 4

Thursday, November 10, 2011

goal: 3 mile run

I don't think I meant to run sub 8 miles this morning, it just happened! After running longer distances for so long, it's fun and easy to run anything less! It was a NICE, FAST, and chilly run this morning and it felt GREAT! Last run before MARATHON on Sunday!!!!

Feeling excited and ready for Sunday. My nervous energy has turned into excitement:)

accomplished: 3.12 miles / 24:26 / 7:49

wk 18, day 2 OFF

Today is my off day. It was easy to "sleep in", but it's hard not working out and feeling the rush that I get when I'm done with a run/wkout.

My friend sent me a link to a NY Times article about a woman that ran the NYC marathon. It was an incredible article and it inspired me. One of my favorite quotes from the article was:

“With the race this close, you can’t change anything,” “You are what you are. Now, you just have to convince yourself that what you are is perfect and great. You don’t need to be better. You just need to be you.”
~Lauren Fleshman

I am perfect. Sunday's race and time will be great. I'm ready to be me on Sunday.

LAST WK OF TRAINING! week 18 is HERE!!

wk 18, day 1
Monday, November 7, 2011

goal: 4 miles; 1st and 4th mile regular pace, 2nd and 3rd mile at marathon pace.

Today's plan was to run the 1st and 4th mile about 9/9:30 pace and the 2nd and 3rd mile about 8:30 pace. I ran the first mile in 9mins, second mile in 7:30, third mile in 8:30, and fourth in 9:30. Not too bad. As you can see pacing on shorter runs isn't my strong point!! LOL! I've been able to pace just fine on long runs, so I'm not too worried about Sunday.

Felt really nice to run a short and quick run.

accomplished: 4.04 m / 34:30 / 8:32 pace

wk 17's amazing accomplishment

Week 17 accomplishments:

•  Ran 29.26 miles
• biked 8.29 miles
• swam for 40 mins
  

****I acutally worked out everyday (minus Sunday)!!!!****

It was a great workout week. It was also very fulfilling. I didn't do any P90X this week and won't next week either. I'm gonna pick it up again after the marathon. I was so happy and proud of myself for running, biking, and swimming, AND placing with the baby @ Saturday's 5k! Such a huge week. Next week's workouts will be slim due to tapering... only one week left!

USAA 5k w/ Xia Bliss & 3rd place!

wk 17, day 6

goal: run this 5k and push Xia and survive! I didn't actually set a goal for this run.

Suprisingly, I didn't set a goal for myself. I didn't for several reasons:

1. I was filling in for someone else (age 35), so I wasn't "official" and placing wouldn't matter
2. I haven't competed in a 5k with the stroller and won...didn't think my chances were great
3. the marathon is one week away...don't want to try to win a 5k and hurt something!

We started out and I was off. Since I had the stroller, I had to wait and push myself towards the front. I had a good speed and felt great. I got to the first mile in about 7/7:30 minutes. Got to the 2nd mile around 7:30. I started feeling tired the 3rd mile and waiting to see the finish line and then sprint my way to the finish line. Well, we were going up an incline, turned a corner and there was the finish line!!! I didn't get to sprint for as long as I wanted to, but I made an impressive finish with the baby! I finished in 24:27. I pushed little Xia and still rocked it!! It was a great run:)

I had to leave right afterwards, so I didn't know anything about where I stood. Well, fast forward two days... Monday morning my friend texted me and told me that I placed 3rd in my age category!!! WOOHOO!!! I didn't get a medal or anything, because of the mix up with my age and the age of the friend I filled in for. Just knowing I placed was enough for me! I went, ran hard, pushed the baby and still placed!!!! Even more momentum for next weeks marathon.



accomplished: 5k (3.1m) / 24:27 / 7:53 pace

Xia and I pre race

unscheduled park run!

wk 17, day 5
Friday, November 4, 2011

goal: it was suppose to be my day off!!

Well, today was going to be my day off from running, but I've been eating too much Mexican food!!LOL! No, actually Oscar needed to get a run in & I told him that I wanted to join him. I pushed Xia in the stroller and ran nice and slow. I have the 5k in the morning and I want to be ready! It felt really good on my body. Glad I ran.


accomplished: 3.25 miles / 32 mins / 9:56 pace

Xia (21m) and the calves at Hardberger Park

wk 17, day 4

Thursday, November 3, 2011

goal: 8-9 miles

What an awesome run! It's my last "long run" before the marathon. I'm getting a little nervous! I was suppose to run 8-10 miles on Saturday, but my friend invited me to run the USAA 5k this wkend, so I decided to do my long run today and do a short, fast run on Saturday.
I'm still nursing my hip, but w/ 2 days off from running and lots of stretching, I'm doing much better. Ready for the marathon, before my body falls apart!!LOL!

accomplished: 8.41m/1:19:23/9.26pace