Monday, October 31, 2011

10/31

No run Thursday because I had a newspaper interview in the morning and packing for a trip all afternoon; no run Friday or Sat. because we were out of town and there was no opportunity.

Lousy run today. Stopped when Luke woke up @ 28, stopped to give him his pacifier again at 34, then again at 38, then finished the 5 and spent the next ten minutes standing by his crib dizzy and nauseated, trying not to fall over while I rubbed his back.

I've got something going on physically--I don't know what--but I am not myself these days.  I'm exhausted--I fell asleep three times during the day yesterday (at church and twice in the car) which is very rare for me.  No matter how much I sleep I'm still tired, but Luke is NOT sleeping these days and it's killing me--he wakes up every forty-five minutes or so from 7 pm to 6:30 am, plus he nurses at least twice a night.  And now when I run my stomach is cramping like crazy and I just feel cruddy.  Whine whine whine...I just wish I could get this kid to sleep longer than 30 minutes at a time.

5 miles; 8:18/mile

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

10/26

Not a very good run today.  I ran 3.2 miles and then had to stop because my stomach was cramping so much.  Ran another mile and then got off for water and Luke-pacifying, although my stomach was starting up again, then finished out the 5.  I actually dropped my pace for the first time in I don't know how long...probably since I was pregnant.  I'm guessing this is just the cumulative effects of 3 days of consecutive 5-milers, but I sure hope I'm not coming down with something

5 miles, 8:27/mile

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

10/25

I have to do all my runs back-to-back this week so I didn't push much today; we'll see if this helps with the aching knees at night.

5 miles; 8:28/mile, stops @ 4 minutes (phone), 22 minutes (Juliet), 32 minutes (fixing headphones).

Monday, October 24, 2011

10/24

It seems like I say this every day, but I'm so tired!!  I really hope Luke starts sleeping better at night; six hours just isn't nearly enough (especially when it's interrupted every half-hour).

Stopped at 4 miles for a drink, then finished the last mile.

5 miles; 8:15/mile

Saturday, October 22, 2011

10/22

Another fiver today; stopped @ 6 minutes to put Luke down for his nap and then @ 4.1 miles to get a drink.

5 miles; 8:12/mile

Happy to see that I ran 20 this week; hopefully I can keep this pretty constant.  I decided that as long as I'm running 4 times a week I'll be happy with that when I'm not actively training for something. 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

10/20

Really tired and low energy today.

Ran 1.5 miles, then saw Luke's eyelids drifting downward so I stopped and put him to bed.
Ran .5 miles and then helped Jules get her story set up.
Ran 2 miles and stopped for a drink.
Last mile.

Pace for the last 3 miles was 8:15; first two miles was 8:23

5 miles; 8:18 avg. pace

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

10/19

No run yesterday because I spent every spare minute cleaning my carpets.  Super fun and my knees were aching that night.

5 miles today at naptime--NO STOPS!!  Amazing considering how many times Luke woke up while I was reading to Julesie pre-run.

5 miles; 8:16/mile

Monday, October 17, 2011

10/17

I'm kind of surprised that I was able to run today--my friend ended up taking her son to the hospital and I was watching one of her other kids all day--I thought for sure it would be crazy enough that I wouldn't run.  But by quiet time the kids were worn out and were happy to just sit on the floor doing Legos while I ran!

Ran 2 miles; helped Jules with her audio tape, then ran another 1.5 miles and put Luke down for his nap, then ran .5 miles and stopped to give Luke his pacifier and answer the phone (normally I ignore the phone but I thought it might be my friend calling from the hospital), and then finished out the last mile.

5 miles; 8:18/mile

Friday, October 14, 2011

10/14

Leisurely 4 today; stopped at 2 miles to prop Luke up again (he was playing on my bed near the treadmill) and at 3 miles to put him in his crib. 

4 miles; 8:26/mile

Thursday, October 13, 2011

10/13

4 miles today--unfortunately no time for more.  Ran 3, stopped for water, then started running again and stopped to give Luke his pacifier after 3 minutes, then went back and ran the last 5 minutes to finish out the 4 miles.

4 miles; 8:13/mile

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

10/12

Ran 2, then put Luke down for his nap (he was playing with toys on my bed), ran another 2, got Jules a snack, then had a minute left to go and heard Luke crying, so I went to give him his pacifier, and then ran back and finished the last minute.

Kind of a weird run, but...I was just happy to fit it in today with how sick poor Lukey is right now.

5 miles; 8:17/mile

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

failure

No run and no workout this morning.  Luke has been so incredibly sick (croup) and all my running time/free time all day has been spent just trying to find a position to hold him in where he can breathe.  I've had really sick kids before but this is just a whole new brand of awful.  I was planning all day on running when Neil got home (since I literally did not want to be away from Luke on the treadmill without another adult in the house) but by the time we had everyone in bed and the house cleaned up for the night Luke was still waking up every few minutes and I had the most awful stomachache and I was doubled over--I think just from stress.  took three tylenol and went to bed.

Monday, October 10, 2011

10/10

Very leisurely four today; we spent 4 hours hiking Saturday (seriously, hundreds and hundreds of stairs) and the muscles along the inside of my thighs have really been hurting!  Obviously I need to do more stairs, but they feel great after the run.  Didn't want to push it too much because of the soreness and because I'm hoping to start doing the Insanity workout tomorrow (kind of nervous about that).  And while I wanted to do 5 today, Luke is due for his next feeding in 6 minutes so I need to run to the shower rather than fitting in another mile.

4 miles; 8:28/mile (recovery pace)

Thursday, October 6, 2011

10/6

4 miles, then water stop, then another mile.

5 miles; 8:11/mile

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

10/4

Nothing fancy today.  :-)  Luke woke up just before the end of the first mile and then I was able to finish the next 3 miles w/o stopping.

4 miles; 8:12/mile

Monday, October 3, 2011

Kicking off October

So today was crazy busy and I was really exhausted and I didn't have time to run this afternoon, and after taking the kids to the grocery store I didn't want to run this evening.  So I spent an hour mowing the lawn, and then I read an article about the Ragnars and I decided I should just run a little in order to justify my post-lawn-mowing shower.  And since I didn't want to run very far, I decided to try for my goal of a 7-minute mile that I set last year and then put on the back burner during my pregnancy.

So I did it!!!!  I ran a 6:59 mile!!!!  YAY!!!  And then I decided I might as well run a little further, so I ran another mile at 7:30 pace, and then I went to go tell Neil, and he wasn't very excited because he was working and he just mumbled, oh, I knew you could do it, and then I decided I might as well go run another mile while I waited for him to finish, so I ran another mile, and then I had to go to the bathroom and then I thought after that I might as well run a 4th mile since Neil still wasn't done.

So...1st mile at 6:59, another mile, stop, mile, stop, mile, average pace for the whole run was 7:22 for 4 miles.

I broke the 7-minute barrier!!!!  YAY!!!