What an awesome day!! I’ve been wondering if my week of sickness in early February was going to kill my chances at attacking my original goal of 1:45 (one hour and forty five minutes) for the half marathon (13.1 miles). I didn’t think I had it in me. The weekend after I was sick I […]
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Countdown to the Half Marathon
It’s coming up fast now. I can’t believe it’s almost here! I’ve been feeling more and more confident on running a good race and beating my goal time of 1:55. Actually my goal is to run faster than 1:56:06 because that’s what I ran in the St. Jude half on December 6, 2008. I’m hoping […]
Looking Forward to a Day Off
I can actually say that I’m looking forward to taking a break from running today. The past 3 days I’ve logged 22 miles. My left leg has some pain that radiates toward the outside of my knee. I’ve figured out that it’s not my knee as much as some sort of ligament or muscle about […]
Feeling Strong
Slept really good considering it was my first midnight shift last night. Whew! Good sleep on mids is difficult…so it’s really nice when it works out. Woke up around 530 pm. Ate some cereal and ate a banana. Lisa took off to go grocery shopping so I watched the kids. I ended up giving Ava […]
11 Miles – No Sweat!
This afternoon I ran 11 miles. It felt great to finally get out there and get it done. It was a beautiful day. Temperature was about 44 degrees…full sunshine and little wind. I began my run around 12:45 pm. My overall pace for the whole run was about 9:45 min/mile. I packed my New Balance […]
What Did I Eat?!
I slept pretty terrible last night. Actually I’ve slept horribly since last week! Last night was brought on by an intense thirst and active stomach. I thought I was going to throw up at one point. I am not sure if it was the hamburger we had for dinner or the combo of my antibiotics […]