Lesley's Running Blog

Needed to get a long run in to build my confidence for the marathon coming up in less than a month, and needed a good long training run. Got up and started just after 6 am, ran out Pipe, down to Rainbow Gardens, and along the parkway until I hit 9 miles. Turned around and headed back the way I came. Had to make a few bathroom stops, but other than that it went pretty well.

 Ran into a little trouble finding water. My go-to water fountian is gone! I would have hit it at miles 7 and 10, and I spent about 5 minutes looking for it because it had been awhile since I had been down there. So I didn't get water and my Gu until mile 12. Thankfully Rainbow Gardens was open or I would have had to gagged down the Gu without water. Made sure to get a good drink, and was also able to find water at miles 15, 16.5, and 18. Stopped by home at mile 18 to get a good drink, then finished the run.

 Overall it went well. I had probably 10 plus minutes of stopping time due to looking for water and bathroom breaks. But hopefully I got that all out of the way today instead of marathon day.

8:08 pace

2:42:30

South Ogden loop with the double stroller. Felt like the run went great considering I ran 20 miles yesterday. 

8:16 pace

41:24 overall

Didn't know what to do today, so I ended up at Beus Pond after a sluggish 2.05 mile warmup. Was planning on doing 6 x 800s, but after the first 800 decided to steal a workout Cam did last week with his friends. I did 800, 400, 200, 1000 two times. 

800: 3:10 (400 jog)

400: 1:26 (200 jog)

200: 39.85 (200 jog)

1000: 4:04 (200 jog/walk)

800: 3:08 (400 jog)

400: 1:31 (200 jog)

200: 41.43 (200 jog)

1000: 3:58 (400 jog/walk)

 Two mile cooldown back home. Felt very worn out by the time I was done. Almost hit my highest mileage since I have had my second child, and it is only Wednesday.

3.5 miles with the double running stroller, got back home and debated going out for a little more. Went out for 1.5 miles by myself while the family ate popcicles.

Double stroller out in South Ogden. Just wanted to relax and get in a few more miles before the 10K tomorrow. 

8:34 pace

34:16 overall

2.75 mile warmup after checking in and getting our shirts/race bibs. Legs felt heavy and tired, and it was one of those warmups where you wonder how you will ever run a race faster than the warmup. But overall I felt pretty good and was looking forward to the race. 

Was going to go out with two girls that I knew were in better shape than me, and see how long I could hang with them. Well, they ended up sprinting from the start and I had to let them go after about 20 meters (they must have run a 5:40 mile 1). They did slow down after about a mile, but they were well ahead by that point.

 The first 3 miles were slightly uphill, and I kept getting slower and slower. So glad that we got to go downhill halfway through, or I would have been toast. Here are the splits from the day:

 6:18, 7:14, 7:38, 6:40, 6:28, 6:41 (6:45 pace for the last .2)

6:43 overall average

Like those first 3 miles? Yeah...

Excited that I got more miles in this week than I have since I have had kids I think.

Still slightly intimidated by the marathon in 3 weeks, but I know I can run the distance, and I just have to understand and be happy with the shape I am in now and the progress I am making to continue to get faster.

 2 mile cooldown.