This is what kept going through my head on my 5 miles run this morning:
I need speed! I have never been a sprinter. As a swimmer I could qualify for the Nationals in the 200m breaststroke but never in the 100m and forget about the 50m freestyle but the 800m yep!
Every time I try to get faster splits, I run (ha!) into the same issues: first I want to puke (excuse me there is no polite way to put this) and or I get side pain. And I am not talking about super speed here just a little faster. Today at least I ran negative splits that is progress. I decided to do the Sunday run today because I realized that tomorrow I may run out of time, birthday party for Jonathan and then Super Bowl. I don't care about the game but Bill does and I want him to be able to watch the game in peace. So tomorrow I just have to find 30 minutes for a 3 milers that I was supposed to do today.
After my run I coached Will's team. Our best game by far! The light went on in their head! I was so proud of them. Will scored a few really good baskets, made my day. There they are, The Mavericks, Will is the one next to me.
After the game we had lunch with Bill's dad and his sisters for Jonathan's birthday followed by homework with Will. Now I am ready for a nap!
Want to wish all the best to my blogger friends running the Surf City marathon and half marathon tomorrow: Patrick, Julie, Kate, Dawn and Chris who is going for the BQ!!!
I will be thinking of you!
Cannot wait for the recaps!
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Today on the plan I had 3.5 miles run and I did 4 miles speed (more on that) training with some weights. I have weights on Thursday and not sure the gym will be open on Turkey day so I did it today (patting myself on the back right now).
So speed training. It is not on my plan to do speed training or hills but I know it is better to do some so I do at least I try. Speed is all relative. Speed for me is slower then slow for Kara Goucher! So I did intervals of 0.25 miles going 20 to 30 sec faster then race pace. Speed work is no fun when you have sinusitis like I do now...boy it was hard to breath on the last one! Am I going to run faster because of those? I don't know but it helps to change things up a bit when running on the treadmill so for that it is a plus!!!
People at the gym...(I think this will become a regular topic..if you go to the gym almost every day like I do you know there is good entertainment there and for FREE!!)
So today I got 2 stories..
First is this young gal I have never seen before coming up to me and asking "Did you ran the Riverside 10k?" (I had the race shirt on) so I said yes and then she asked how I did and I told her the truth. She responded "HA! HA! I beat you by 10 minutes!" HA! HA! Really? and so I could not resist and I was a very bad girl and I said " Well good for you.. Do you have any kids?" and of course she said no and then I said "How old are you dear?" 23...and to that I said "Well I got 18 yrs on you AND 2 kids" The look on her face was worth being 10 minutes slower!! ha ha!!!
Second one: It is one thing to have people on treadmill or elliptical SINGING really loud and not really well but this morning I had a guy next to me who was Whistling !!! He was walking quite slow and whistling really loud. A fist for me....cannot say I enjoyed it.
