Charlottesville Ten-Miler

We had spring break this past week at WVU. So, I decided to visit my dad in Virginia. On my ride to his house, he told me that the Charlottesville Ten-Miler was on Saturday. This race has been around for 33 years and, in fact, my dad has run it twice. I had planned on doing an 8 mile run on Saturday, but since I was going to be around the C-ville area, I decided to register for the race and run that instead of my eight miler. I'm glad I did. The scenery is wonderful. You get to run through the Univeristy of Virginia campus and the great city of Charlottesville.

I finished in 1:27:04, which is around an 8:49/mile pace (959th out of 2111). I'm very happy with that. I was about 10 minutes off of my dad's best run for the race. I'll beat his time next year :)

I also got another sweet medal...woohoo!!!

Steph did her 8 miles this weekend back in WV. I took today off as my legs are a little sore. The hills really punish you if you aren't used to them. I'll run and lift again on Wednesday. This week will be 4-4-8. Next week I'll be back to 5-5-5-10.

Cheers!!

Better gas mileage

It seems like my running is getting easier. I am consistently putting down 8:30/miles during my easy runs and I can't tell you how happy I am about that. I never thought I'd run faster than a 10:00 mile. When I first started running, I tried to go out and run my fastest mile. It came out to 9:30. Right now, I could probably run a 6:30-7:00/mile if I really wanted to (although I'm not going to try). Woohoo!!! I'm getting faster :)

Steph and I did our long run (6 miles) on Saturday. We are taking it easy after the half-mary last weekend so we only ran 12 miles total last week. This week, I'm going for 4-4-4-8. I did 4 today (and lifted) and I feel great. I also decided to shoot a few hoops while I was at the gym.

Cheers!!!

Weight: 158lbs
Exercise: Running 6 miles Sat, Running 4 miles today, Weightlifting
Weather: Cool, Sunny.

It's for your nipples....

Ha!!! Double Ha!!!!



PS. got my 3 miles in at the gym. 6 planned for Saturday.

Weight: 158lbs
Exercise: Running 3 miles
Weather: Cold

Tired Legs

I was back in the gym today. Did my normal lifting routine and then hit the treadmill for 3 miles. Whew my legs are tired. Felt good afterwards, but during the run I thought my legs would fall off :)

I'll do 3 again tomorrow and then 6 on Saturday. Then I'll do 4-4-4-8 next week. We'll see how it goes. I'm going to take David's advice and look at some shorter races while I train for the Flying Pig. There is also a local half-mary in June that I think I might do. I'm going to put it on my schedule, but we'll see.

Weight: 157lbs
Exercise: Running 3 miles, Weightlifting
Weather: Rainy, warmer 55 degrees.

Shamrock Dolphin Challenge (8k and Half Mary)

Woohooo!!!!! I'm a Dolphin!!!!!

That's right. I completed both the 8k and the half-mary at the Shamrock Sportsfest this weekend in Virginia Beach. That means that I completed the Dolphin Challenge.

Steph ran the half as well and her father and step-mom walked the half, so it was a whole family outing. We had such a great time!!!!

The 8k went really well for me. I did it in 42 minutes which is like super fast for me. The pace was like 8:37/mile. Woohoo!!!! I didn't know I could run that fast. I overdressed a little for this race, but it turned out ok. The weather this weekend was tricky. We had rain and winds out the yazoo Saturday night after a beautiful day. So we had some concerns about what to wear for the marathon on Sunday morning. We figured it out though.

The race itself started off great except for the fact that I didn't use the restroom like I should have before it started. Yep.....so at mile 1, I had to stop and go....I waited in line for 7 minutes!!!! That's right, I lost 7 minutes. So, I spent the remainder of the race catching up. So, I think I could have actually run a sub 2 hour race if I hadn't stopped for that stupid portajohn.

Here's the lesson: Always, always, pee before you race.

The rest of the race was non-eventful. I did pretty well I think. After I crossed the finish line a guy came up to me and shook my hand and thanked me for helping to pace him. He said I helped him for most of the race. That felt good :)

Steph did really well too. She completed it in 2:13. Woohoo for her!!!! Her father and step-mom also did great as well!!!!

Steph, her dad, her step-mom, and bunches of family friends have the Richmond Half on their schedule for this fall. I've got the Flying Pig Half and then the Marine Corps Mary and that's it for the year.

We can't wait!!!!

Cheers!!

12 miles

So I did my 12 miles this Saturday in the driving snow. Woohoo!!! I dig running in the snow, it makes me feel like Rocky or something. Steph was planning on doing her 12 this Saturday, but she decided to wait until the weather got better. So I ran my 12 on Saturday and she did her 12 on Sunday. Both of our runs were good. I forgot what 12 miles feels like, so I was a bit more tired than I was expecting, but it felt pretty good.

I ran 5 yesterday and will do 5 tomorrow and Thursday. Then I'll get another 12 in next Saturday. I'll taper the next week in anticipation of the Shamrock.

I've been weight training 3 days a week as well. I have to say that I'm more tired when I do both the weight training and the running. When I get home at night, I'm pretty much down for the count. But it's a good tired :)

Woooo!