Wife of an avid runner.

Today was supposed to be rest day and tomorrow is my long run but we are leaving for Florida first thing in the morning and traveling all day.  I just know I won't have time or energy so I did my long run today.  I could really feel my legs getting tired at the end but I pushed through it.  Feels good to know that at least this week I won't let vacation mess up my training.  I also signed up for a 5K in Florida next Sat in Orlando.  I'm excited as it will be my 1st official race and I'm going to be doing it on vacation!

We're in Florida on vacation but I still got up at 6:30 this morning (4:30 according to my body clock) to run 4 miles.  It was beautiful weather although hotter than I'm used to.  I got to run outside and with my hubby instead of on the treadmill and that makes such a difference, not to mention the much easier altitude!  I didn't have a lot of energy though because  I couldn't sleep deeply last night, I must've been too excited to go to Disney World!  We were there all day pushing the kids in stroller so I think it's fair to say that I got in my fair share of exercise for the day.  On our run we ran through an orange orchard which was fun but the ground was sandy and started to really wear me out as it got softer and deeper so we only did about 1/2 mile in the sand.  It was a lot of fun and I really wanted to pick an orange to eat but I didn't.

It's fun to write a race report  This was my 1st official race ever.  My goal when I started training was to do it with a split of 10 min miles.  It's a good thing that I pre-registered because we are in Florida on vacation and spent 5 long, tiring days in a row at Disney World.  I so would've changed my mind and not done the race at all.  

Just before I started the race I decided to have a new goal of doing the whole race in under 30 minutes.  It was hotter than I'm used to but the air was thicker and it was a beautiful day.  It was a pretty big race and exciting.  I really pushed myself, especially towards the finish and had a lot of fun.  I got to pet a real alligator after the finish and watched some ducks walk the red carpet (they marched from one cage to another along red  carpet to some music, pretty goofy.)
Then we spent another whole day at Disney World again...I'm going to need a vacation after my vacation.

There was a really cool building near the race, I'll post a picture after we get home tomorrow.  I'm quite proud that I met my goal and that I actually got up and did the race after this tiring week.  I also did better than I expected.   I was 112 of 632 women and there were over 1000 runners total...very exciting to run with everyone.  It sure beats running on the treadmill everyday by myself!

Ran 4.5 and walked .25.  I was still sore today from my run on Sat. and so just wanted to give up this whole crazy running idea but I stuck to my schedule and still ran.

Ran 4.5 walked .5.  The runs are getting easier I think just very boring on the treadmill.  

Longest run I've done yet.  Was definitely hard, especially for the 1st mile or so but I stuck it out and finished.  Had to run on the treadmill though because Matt took the boys to a father-son campout and then has to go to work.  He was supposed to run the Ogden Marathon this morning but has just been in too much pain to do it.  I think I will be taking the boys to run the mile still though to at least get some use of all the money we paid for that dang race.

We got a Wii fit this last weekend and I've been a slacker and have been "working out" on it instead of doing my runs.  It's a lot of fun but it's time for me to get serious about running again.  My run wasn't easy today by any means and I so didn't want to do it.  But, as usual, I'm glad I did it and feel really good now.  I have been moody and tired this week and I think not running has been part of the problem.  I am planning on running another 5K on Monday so I have to keep up the training.  I hope to run it under 30 minutes again which will probably be harder because it is a much higher altitude here than in Florida but I'll give it a shot.

Ran 3 miles on the T.M.  Very boring but played a little Wii fit after.

Matt's parents and Grandparents came yesterday and spent the night.  This morning I went running with his parents and left his Grandparents with the kids.  We went to Legacy parkway and ran 5 miles.  We did it at about 11 min miles.  It was great to get out of the house and of the treadmill and great to have people to run with.   I got pretty tired at 3 miles but they pushed me to do the full 5. 

This was a fun run that I ran with Matt as he pushed the double jogging stroller with our 2 younger kids riding along.  My goal was to do better than I did in Florida.  Matt had the GPS on and it was his job to pace me and push me.  I felt pretty good the entire race.  My leg muscles started getting tired at about 2.5 miles but I still poured it on at the end and finished strong.  The whole way I kept asking Matt, "how's my pace" and he would say "doing good."  There were a lot of people and so at the beginning of the race we waited and didn't start running for a minute after the gun went off, Matt just started his GPS as soon as we crossed the starting line.  We were still stuck in a lot of people and had to weave in and out a lot.  Since we started late and kept a pretty steady pace, we passed quite a few people the whole way and were't passed by hardly anyone.  Everytime we passed someone I would say to Matt "I am the Greatest!" to keep me pumped.  It was fun.  We finished above my goal time and I asked Matt how come he hadn't told me to speed up.  He said that he was running as fast as he could today.  I feel bad for Matt but happy for me to be at his level for once (well, not exactly his level but I can pretend), I just have to enjoy it while I can because it won't last.  I hope he gets feeling better soon. I should've pushed the stroller.

I was still a little sore from my 5K on Monday and also from hours of gardening yesterday but managed to still run 5 miles and walk .5 miles, of course on the boring treadmill.  I am listening to Eragon on CD for a bookclub and that helped to pass the time.  I ran at 5mph. At 4.5  miles I increased the incline to 1% then I increased it to 2% at 4.75 miles.  It was a good work out and now I'm even more sore!  Tomorrow I will do Pilates.

Matt wanted to do a race today and I must love him because I agreed and resigned to do my long run on the treadmill.  I just ran the whole 8 miles at 5mph and walked .5 mile.  By the last mile of my run my legs were very tired but I just kept picking them up and finally finished.  Feels good to be done now...now to mow the lawn.