2 more days!

Only two more days until my next half-marathon. I'm supposed to "rest" today and tomorrow. That is just soooo hard for me. I'm itching to get in there and run. But I do have a lot of work to catch up on by tonight, so I can get it completed and added to my payroll today. So that's the only thing keeping me from running (well, that and blogging! LOL!)
On Monday I ran 12+ miles, then Tuesday was a busy day and I mowed, so I didn't run. Wednesday I ran 6 miles, then yesterday I ran 9.25 miles. Maybe I can just run a few miles tonight, to clear my mind and help me sleep..... :-)

Half Marathon quickly approaching...

My next half-marathon is only 5 days away. We have a 30% chance of rain that day. So PLEASE PLEASE pray that it wont get rained out this year. This is the one I tried to run last year, that was cancelled due to flooding.
Sunday I was supposed to run 12 miles, but it was a full/busy day and I didn't get to run until really late. I only got 5 miles in before I ran out of time (had to get boys in bed).
After work yesterday, I decided to do Sunday's run, since I had more time. I ran 12.15 miles. It felt GREAT! My legs were basically numb by the time I stopped. After stretching out, I felt amazing! So I cooked dinner, and then enjoyed the evening with my precious family. Stephen and I were both exhausted, so after getting the boys in bed, I took some Advil (to prevent my muscles from getting stiff) and we were also in bed at 9:15! LOL!
I feel great today, no even sore! Yea!!!

Half-Marathon, and 10K

I'm scheduled to do my second half-marathon on May 2nd.
But then I found out that there is a race in our town, the weekend after, which benefits a great cause...so I couldn't resist.
Now I'll be doing a half-marathon on Sunday, May 2nd. Then turning around and doing a 10K on Saturday, May 8. Hmmmm, is that backwards?! LOL!
Oh well. It will be fun. At least I've been training and running regularly, so I know I'll be ready.

Training...

May 2nd will be here before i know it. But I KNOW I'll be ready. I've been continuing my half-marathon training program, and all is going well.
Yesterday I couldn't wait to run (I needed the stress relief). Finally, when I got to run, I did 8 miles! It felt GREAT!!!!
Today I'm supposed to do 3 miles, plus strength training. Thinking I'll do my miles, and then do some p90x. :-)

Easter Weekend

The boys were out of school on Good Friday, so I took them to visit my parents on Thursday night. We stayed there through Sunday. Unfortunately Stephen didn't get to go, because he had to work.

On Friday morning I decided to run. But Mom and Dad live in an EXTREMELY hilly neighborhood. Like almost straight up hills! Not just a gradual incline, more like running up a ladder! So everytime I have tried to run these hills with my husband, I've had to stop at the top of them to catch my breath. Wellllllll, this time I ran for over 40 minutes straight, NO STOPPING! I went the wrong way to apparently, because I ended up running up hills almost the entire time. It seemed like as soon as I got up one, I was going up another. But I was so thrilled that I FINALLY ran these hills withOUT stopping! Talk about a MAJOR accomplishment!

Then my long run was supposed to be Sunday, but I knew I wouldn't have time to run Sunday, so I ran on Saturday evening instead. I ran over an hour, of these same hills, withOUT stopping! No Breaks! WooHoooo!!!! I felt Great! Energized! Thrilled! Empowered! :-)

Sunday-no running.

Monday I ran 5+ miles on my treadmill.

today, we'll see. I've got lots of reports to type up and appraisals to measure this afternoon. but hopefully i can squeeze a quick run in.
Later!