Wednesday Bike Ride

Cycling 11.25 miles / 50:00

I don't remember much about this run...except that it WASN'T a run!! I do love my bicycle, but am quite tired of the running interruptions. *sigh*

More Cycling

Stationary Bike - 12.5 miles / 45:00

I tried to ride in the rain this morning. Despite a serious case of "I don't wanna," I suited up and got out on the wet roads. The Lord had different plans for me - I rode to the end of our block to get on the paved city trail and the sky opened up. The wind started blowing and the cold rain soaked me quickly. I was done.

This evening, our son had football practice. Due to scheduling, I had to take the other three children with me - so why not drop them at the YMCA child care and have a spin on the bike? It worked out well, though, not having dinner before we left made getting home without eating something inanimate a challenge.

I had made dinner and fed whomever wanted to eat at 4:30 and left the rest on the stove for the inevitable, and for hubby when he finally made it home. I ate too much of it - but it was good for me...ground chicken, brown rice and green beans...and 3 Stork Chocolate Riesen's for dessert. :)

Sunday Easy Miles

5 miles / 58:00

Slow and easy recovery miles in the Vibrams. Not sure what's up - but I had to convince myself over and over that this run was a good idea. The epitome of "not feeling it." I had to walk some around mile 3, my hamstring injury is giving me trouble again. It did loosen up and I was able to finish - but I paid for it all day. Pretty sure I will be on the bike this week. I'll try again to run this weekend.

Four weeks till the Bill Seymour Half Marathon!

Long Run - Not

Cycling - 12.25 / 56:00

My hamstring was still bugging me off and on yesterday. I figured I'd ride my "long" day instead. I wanted to do a 2 hour, 25 mile ride - city trails. However, our 2 year old was up until midnight and off and on from there, so at midnight, I re-set my alarm from 4:45 to 5:45.

Pouring rain the whole time. My first ride in actual rain versus just sprinkles. Not bad - refreshing, really. I had zipper-top baggied all my un-wettables, so no worries.

Took my bike in for the 30 day tune up. I haven't ridden it all that much but did have close to 100 miles on it. I promptly set out for another ride this evening and got caught in a torrential downpour. Due to decreased visibility, I ran over some glass and shredded my front tire. I was trying to get to the bike path and had to follow a mile of city streets to get there.

God bless my hubby for the emergency pick up!

Wednesday Nakey Run

4.1 miles in 47:00

Just a slow, easy run in the cool of the morning. Yes, this particular morning actually had a cool part. I ran in my Vibram's again - really love those. My right hamstring (the one I hurt in June) started talking to me after the turn around. I walked for a minute or two and drank some of my nuun. Felt good and finished strong.

My average pace for this run was 11:35. This was a a pace at which I could carry on a conversation, possibly even breathe with my mouth closed. The cool part is that this pace was unattainable for me a year ago. I was running every run at about a 13:00 pace, and really struggling to even complete a 5 mile run. It was SUCH a long way back from my 4th pregnancy. Partial bed rest and excessive weight gain nearly squashed me.

Feeling great. Wondering what I will be rejoicing in a year from now...goal - triathlon!

Yoga

Yoga practice / 45:00

I used a rare opportunity to do some poses during nap time, and what do you know, it worked out to a whole workout! I decided to bring my mat upstairs where I could use it intermittently and get more done. I haven't done Yoga for 2 weeks, because I have it scheduled for evenings. Between baseball, and social events it just hasn't gotten done.

Today I used the written version of the P90X workout and put on some soothing music rather than doing the DVD. It was nice to concentrate on taking 5 breaths for each pose, rather than listening to the instructor to make the change. Darn it, my downward dog was sad after all this time not practicing! It felt good to get my sweat and my stretch on.

I normally do upper body weights on Tuesdays, but have decided to focus solely on running and Yoga until my half on 9/3. So far, so good!

Speedwork Monday

4.25 miles / 48:00

I ran a progressive speed workout this morning. The heat and humidity were awful (75/90%) and I knew that I was going to have trouble on the faster pushes.

10 minutes each:

Warm Up

10k pace

5k pace (only made it 7 minutes and almost threw up, walked it off)

10k pace

Cool

Sounds like fun, huh? Glad I did the bulk of my Monday housework, last night. I think I'm a little wiped out, now.