ShufflingSista

Nice recovery run with hubby.  First time I've run since race last Sat.  I know, I know...I shouldn't have slacked off so much earlier in the week.  We went slow & I felt pretty good.

Aerobics class today.  Had lots of energy today, enjoyed the class! Legs are still a bit stiff from race last Saturday.  Could really feel it when I jumped, etc.  Going for 9 miles tomorrow!

Love my new running partner and route!! Lewisville was so gorgeous this morning, perfect temp, light fog- delightful.  We got in 8 miles, close enough to the 9 I needed.  I felt really good today too!!! 

So- I've been going around telling everyone that I think I'm over marathons- no desire to run another.  But MAN! These SGM race reports are really getting to me! Maybe...just maybe...

 The blog has really changed in the last 2 yrs.  A lot of my old buddies have had major life changes and just aren't able to post much...missing Kim, Lybster, Marcie...glad to see Mik'L is posting more though :).  But as I read through the race reports today I see a spunky crowd that I hadn't noticed before.  I feel re-energized about the blog.  There is some great energy on here that I've overlooked, but I'll be watching more closely now!

I will keep counting this as 3 miles of cross training. I'm going to a

60 min. class about 2x a week that includes at least 30 min cardio

along with weights & stretching. Trying to mix it up, keep my body

guessing and lose some weight! 

Ran right after the rain and all the animals were out! Red birds

(robins? cardinals?), turtle, deer and snake all on my path!! It was

hard to get started, but half way through I felt great. Mile 3 was my

best mile with 8:30 pace (8:50 av. for run). Perhaps a BIT of my base is coming back :)

Toning/Stretching class.  Was supposed to be a class with cardio too, but had a sub instructor who did something different.  Good class, but since no cardio don't think I can get away with logging 3 cross training miles.

My hubby accompanied me today to the lake. He's new to running and did a lot of running, but I forced myself to run ahead then come back & get him. It was a nice quiet run, some trees are starting to change color along the trail. It started to rain for the last 2 miles, LOVE running in the rain (as long as there's no lightning :)

eye-yie-yie (how the heck do you spell that anyway?)

low mileage week last week, need to ramp it up this week! aerobics class this afternoon = 3 miles crosstraining and a happy girl :)

I did it! Long run by myself.  Don't have too many running routes in Winston Salem yet so I picked a 4.5 trail and did it (almost) 2x.  This is a great trail because aside from being really pretty (runs a long a creek with lots of trees, horse enclosures, etc)- it is also paved wide and flat AND there's always runners & bikers out there so I don't have to be creeped out about running alone.  The Outer Banks Half is quickly approaching (less than a month)! Its crunch time! 8:53 av. pace.

Aerobics class today.  I was late and had to stand up front- hate that! I was so self conscious that I didn't work as hard as I should've.  Gotta get there early for my comfy back row spot from now on! :)

lazy thurs & fri! no good excuses, just let the day slip away.  did take the dog for a long walk today so i'm counting it!

Awesome run around Lewisville with Stacie & Kim. It was such a beautiful fall morning! Can't believe the leaves are turning already. Its SOOO helpful to run with friends- my body wanted to stop at 8 miles, but thanks to chit chat I was able to get in a couple more miles.

Aerobics today.  It was OK, but didn't feel that I worked as hard as I could have.  Gotta work on that during the next class!

My body is still trying to recover from my out of the blue 10 miler last Saturday.  So I decided to take it easy today- walk the dog day! Went to a gorgeous park and snapped some shots of the fall colors.  Fall in North Carolina is AWESOME!

Drug myself out for a run.  Not feeling so hot.  Maybe a cold coming on? At least I got 'er done, 4 miles.

Aerobics class. Put a little more heart & soul into it today and had a good workout!

Really don't know how many miles to log here.  Drug myself to treadmill (my rental community has one I can use, only like my 3rd time on it in the 3 months I've lived here)  Anyway...still not feeling 100% today but know I need some more mileage before tomrrow's 10k.  So I did this lame cross training routine of like 5 min on treadmill, then bike, then eliptical, then repeated 3x.  Yah, lame! I don't even know how long I was in the room, maybe 25 minutes? So I'm logging 2.5 and calling it good.  Not feeling too great about tomorrow's race with all the sketchy training this week!

Confidence booster race! Placed 1st in my age division- yippee! This was a small race through the pretty community of Rural Hall.  The morning was rainy and although there were 180 registrants the attendance we definitely not that!! Kim, Stacie, Nicole & I ventured out in the rain and had a great time. 3 out of the 4 of us placed in our AD, so great race for us! The race was advertised as fast & flat- well, that is a bit of a stretch.  It has 3 small hills in the first half! Most of it was flat though.  It was well ran, cheerleaders giving splits at every mile and 4 aid stations.  This was an out & back which I usually don't like, but the turn around point was around mile 4 (as I recall?) and it was actually encouraging to see the first finishers coming back.  Way more men than women running this race interestingly enough? The shirt was a nice beefy hanes T with a fun halloween design (orange shirt!) 

aerobics class, decent workout, wish she did more abs

went out to muddy creek trail solo. 9:10 average pace, a bit slower than I would have liked, but first time I ran since 10k last Saturday so this was a bit of recovery run

aerobics- went in afternoon instead of morning for a change and had different instructor.  nice change, she did some different routines and some tough abs/arms stuff.

Decided to run a few hills today 'cause I realized the half marathon has a mile long bridge at mile 11- ugh.  Not ready for that.  So I did 3.5 miles of rolling hills today.  Not too strenuous, didn't want to be too worn out for long run tomorrow.  Hopefully it will help with a bit with the bridge in the race though. 9:02 av pace, yay for neg. split on last 1.5 mile :)

Happy Halloween!  Like to think my long run bought me a couple mini candy bars from the kids stash tonight :)  Looking forward to potluck with friends & trick or treatin' with hubby, daughter and dog (yes, even the dog has a very appropriate devil costume that he'll be sporting tonight)  My 12 yr old son, however, has decided he's too cool for us and will be out with his friends.  Ah well, such is life. 

Nice 10 miler with the girls.  Felt pretty good, more energy than expected.  Kinda nervous that I didn't get in a 12 miler before the half next weekend.  This should have been a 12, but we all had time constraints.