WED, 7/29/2015 TRAIL

I woke up with sore legs from squatting yesterday.  I need to do legs, at the gym, twice a week.  I seem to get sore every time just doing it once a week.  I did the Rice Ranch West route in the morning after some coffee.  My pace was good (9:57), not fantastic.  I waited a little too late, because I was really hungry.  I had some yogurt after.

I got very busy and didn't get a chance to have lunch.  By dinner, I was starving, but I managed to hold out without snacking.  I did have an ice cream sandwich after dinner, though.

Weirdly, after dinner, I broke out in hives over my chest, underarms and back.  Even some on my face.  It itched terribly.  My DH went and got me some benedryl.  Hopefully, I will be fine, tomorrow.

TU, 7/28/2015 EASY, 200 Miles Completed

I ate a quick breakfast, warmed up on the TM and headed out for the 4.5 miles neighborhood route.  The run felt difficult, but I managed a quick finish.  This run put me over the 200 mark for July!

7/27/2015 TRAIL

I did a 1 mile warm-up on the TM & the usual trail route.  My pace felt like a relatively easy pace.  Of course, the hard parts were hard, but otherwise it was fine.

7/26/2015 RECOVERY

I warmed up on the TM for a 1/2 mile & did another .6 at a recovery pace.  DH and I went to the park and did a 6 mile loop.  My 200 mile goal is in sight.  It is a good thing, because I am tired of running.

SAT, 7/25/2015 Long

I was scared that my back would be hurting this morning, but it wasn't.  I didn't take anything last night, because I drank some wine.

Normally, I start my long run with my DH, but his knee is swollen, so he decided not to run with me this morning.  I ate a bagel, had coffee and drank 16 oz. of water.  I took a Detrol LA, an asthma pill, and an electrolyte.  Are you supposed to take an electrolyte before you run?  It took forever for me to get out the door.  The clothes that I had decided to wear were uncomfortable when I warmed up, so I had to change them.  I had to go to the bathroom over and over.  I got worried because the frequent bathroom trips were dehydrating me.  Maybe I was nervous just thinking about doing such a long run.  I don't know what my problem was, but my stomach was upset.  I wore the older Cliftons for this part of the run.  I would love to somehow get 500 miles out of those shoes.  It isn't going to happen.  The weather was overcast when I set out, but I could tell it would be sunny before I finished.  I kept a pretty good pace on part one.  I ran into some friends on a downhill portion and stopped and chatted for a minute.  The overall pace was 8:53 which is about as fast as I can expect.

When I got to the house, I took entirely too long.  I drank 8 oz. of coconut/pineapple water.  It is better than plain coconut, but still nasty.  I probably had 4 oz of water and took and electrolyte pill.  I already had my raisins and electrolyte set up in the bag, so I didn't have to mess too much with that.  I completely changed my clothes and shoes.  I put on the newer Cliftons.  I warmed up again (only .25) on the TM.  All this took at least 20 minutes.

I ran a pretty good pace and ate my raisins at the end of the bike path (turn-around point).  I only stopped long enough to get the raisins down. I tried to do the last 3/4 mile at a steady-state pace.  Interval 13 was at 7:50.  It was a full 1/2 mile and not quite steady-state.  The last interval was only .27 miles, but I did reach the steady state pace of 7:40.  the over all pace pace from the house to the raisins was 8:49.

I thought that I would try steady-state again since I only had about a mile to the hotel, but I lost my desire to try and didn't even make go of it.

I took a little too long at the hotel.  I drank water and took my electrolyte, but I forgot to use the restroom.  As soon as I started running, I thought about it, but it was just too much to turn back, so I kept moving forward.  Of course, it was a struggle to keep in under a 9:00 minute mile, but I just managed it.

I initially thought that I might do a neighborhood cool-down, but I didn't.

Since I didn't have to avoid a dog this time, the whole experience was a little less running.  I almost hit 20 miles last week.  This run was 19 in total.  The total for the week is 55, and I am on track to complete my goal of 200 for the month.  I had no cramping whatsoever, so maybe starting with an electrolyte helps.  My knee was bothering a little the whole run.  My body is ready for a break.

FRI, 7/25/2015 REST

I spent about 7 hours in the car.  My back hurts.  No running, though.

TH, 7/23/2015 WALK, EASY

I started the morning with a walk with a friend.  I brought my watch, but I forgot to press start.  It was ,probably, 2.5-3 miles.

I went out at about noon to do quick trail run.  I was very tired.  I'm tired of running this week.  I'm glad I have a day off tomorrow.

WED, 7/22/1015 EASY, STEADY STATE

I know I have to speed up the pace on some of these runs or I'm really going to be a slug.  The weather was perfect-cool and overcast.  My glasses kept getting fogged up, though, not from change in temperature, but the dew outside.  I tried to go for a steady steady pace at the beginning of this run, but I didn't make it.  I think that will be my goal. I need to run it at 7:45 pace.

 The last 4.5 I did at an easy pace.

TUES, 7/21/2015 MORNING, WEIGHTS

It was a warm morning.  We didn't keep the strongest pace in the world, but we got it done.  The weak pace was my fault.  I take the lead in the beginning, but we were slow getting up the first hill.

I was determined to go to the gym and do legs again, so I wouldn't be so sore, again.  When DH got home, we went to the Y.  It was really crowded with teenagers.  DH was very frustrated with the state of the free weight room.  I would have been, but I had my DH to re-rack all those 45's for me.  We had to do things out of order, but we got done what needed to be done.

MON, 7/20/2015 EASY

I can only describe the run as horrible.  It was extremely hot very high humidity.  I carried water, because this is probably the hottest temps that I have ever ran in other than the 5K in Hawaii.  I started with a pretty brisk pace, but I quickly had to take a breather.  I stopped right before the bike path and finished off my water.

From the first bike path to the hotel, I was able to keep an easy pace.

At the hotel, I drank my fill of water, took an electrolyte and filled my water bottle.  When I left the hotel, I got about one good mile and then I reverted to walk/run.  It was a long, awful run home.