8/31: 11 today--ran out of time to make it to the planned 12 but a heck of a lot better than nothing. 9:49/mile since I felt less sick if I ran faster.

8/30: 6 for me--first 3 were easy and then I started to get nervous about getting back in time and ran the second half too fast. Felt truly terrible during the whole run--I legit thought I was going to be throwing up in the bushes at some point. 

8/29: 2 warmup at 10:15, 5x1000 at 5k pace with 800 meter recoveries, mile to cool down before baby woke up (just like last week, should've been 2 cooldown miles!). 8 total on the TM (DH out of town so no chance to get outside) and I am DRIPPING.

8/28: Drizzly 8 for me this morning--ran one kid out to the middle-school bus and got back in time to walk the elementary kids out to their bus. Not bad timing.

232 for August, 1282.2 for the year

8/22

Pretty miserable 10 today--the only time I could go outside was 6 am and when I got up it was to a raging thunderstorm...so I went back to bed. Ended up on the TM--2 miles warmup, then 7 miles of 3 minutes at 8:48 and 2 minutes at 10, then a mile to cool down (should've been two, but baby Meb woke up when I started the cool down and he was not going to let me get that second mile!). Figured a mile wasn't going to matter much in the grand scheme of things, and tbh, I felt pretty crappy the whole run--couldn't find my inhaler and I was coughing so bad!! Plus I hate hate hate trying to do speedy long stuff on the TM. Average pace was 9/mile and it felt much harder than it would have outside.

8/23

Supposed to be a rest day, but the weather was too good to waste! Did Friday's easy run tonight plus a bit more for 5.5 total.

8/24

12.5 for me today and gosh it feels like I've been running forever! My car is at the mechanic, so I borrowed a double running stroller from my neighbor to run the 7.3 roundtrip to my 4-year-old's preschool open house. We were there for about half an hour, then ran back (this started at noon so there was zero shade!) and then I put the baby down for a nap and ran 5.2 on the TM. Surprisingly the outside miles were much easier, even with the heat and the stroller--I averaged 10:08 on the way there and 10:30 on the way back (one killer hill took me 11:40...yikes). 10:15 for the last TM miles.

8/26

Second 20 done--yay! I was actually pretty worried about how this one was going to go when I woke up at 4:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. Baby Meb woke up at 5 and I fed him, then lay there drifting in and out of sleep until my alarm went off at 6. I was just not feeling great and really struggled to choke down a banana (literally--it took me 20 minutes!). When I started out it was so cold and I shivered for the first few miles until the sun came up--this weather is amazing! First mile had me worried at 11:06 (I was shooting for 10:30) and I picked the pace up a little bit and the next one was 9: 57. I leapfrogged back and forth for the next 17 miles between 9:50 and 10:06. Ran miles 9-15 with my friend, then my phone battery died on me when I tried to restart my podcasts at mile 16. I was pretty bored but just focused on trying to run strong since the last mile was mostly uphill, and ended up with an 8:54 20th mile. All in all I'm pretty happy with this one! I also carried the Nathan handheld and really liked it, except my achy shoulder is telling me that extra weight was unwelcome! Now for yoga and the foam roller!

55 for the week, 199 for the month so far. This is on track to be my highest mileage month ever!

8/21

7 easy with 7 x 100 strides. Ran it on the TM to make absolutely sure I really did take it easy since I'm dreading an 11 with 7 at HMP tomorrow. My plantar fasciitis started bugging me again and I'm wondering if I can do the speed stuff or if I should just run the 11 all at the same pace. We'll see...

8/19

Yesterday--8 aerobic with 8 x 100 strides.

Today: 15 for me today--my LR was 14, and then I ran a cooldown mile with my oldest daughter when I got home. Nothing too exciting--did some trails today to keep it interesting since I wasn't running any MP miles. 44 for my cutback week.

8/16

5 easy--man oh man do I need that SRD tomorrow.

8/15

More catching up!

Saturday: 16 miles with 12 at MP. Nailed the MP miles (9:09) with 2 to warm up at 10:15 and 2 to cool down at 10:04. It was great weather and I was cold when I started, which is always nice! 48 for the week & 100 for the month.

Monday: 8 very very hot miles after the kids were in bed. I think there were more bugs out last night than any two nights so far this year.

Tuesday: 8 miles of VO2 max stuff. Dang that was hard--not really a confidence-building run. 2 miles to warm up, then 5x800-meter repeats at 5k pace (7:30). Then 2.5 miles to cool down, but I got really bored so I threw in some more 7:30 stuff. I did this one on the TM because I honestly did not think I could make myself hold those paces outside today--it is HOT out there!!!

8/11

Six easy with 6 x 100 strides at MP.

8/9

Playing catchup:

Drove to Michigan Saturday morning and spent the day at the beach. Ran 4 easy late late once the kids were in bed. 52 for the week.

Monday: doubled and ran 9 in the afternoon, then 3 easy that evening. (Neil wasn't there so it was harder fitting in runs with all the kids at my parents' house.)

Tuesday: 8 in the morning

Wednesday: drove home and ran 6 once the kids were in bed. Threw up about 4 miles in, which I attribute to insane lack of sleep thanks to Matthew totally hating anywhere that isn't his crib (I spent most of the nights rocking him...it was long.)

8/4

First 20 out of the way! Actually a really nice night to run--it was about 60 when I started at 6 pm. Ran the first 12 by myself, then met up with a friend for the next 5.3, then headed home. My friend had originally told me she would only run about 4.5, so I had some extra mileage, and when I hit 20, I was very very happy to walk the remaining half-mile home! Probably a good thing for my legs, which are so dang sore--driving to Michigan tomorrow is not going to be fun. 10:27 average pace--I was shooting for 10:30, so pretty close!

8/2

Today was supposed to be a lactate-threshold run with 10 miles total and 6 at HMP, but because I'm modifying this week's training schedule, I wasn't coming off a rest day like the plan dictated. And I was tired, and it was hot out there. So I ran 2 warm-up miles (10:20, 10:16), and then just tried to pick up the pace to what felt comfortably hard. Ended up with those 6 miles at 9:26, 9:04, 9:04, 9:05, 9:06, and 8:49 (had to at least try to get closer to HMP on the last one!) Then ran 9:56 and 10:14 to cool down and did about 20 minutes of yoga once I got home. All in all a good run but I'm really looking forward to a rest day tomorrow before I gut out 20 on Friday night. Yikes...

8/1

5.4 easy on the TM. My legs are feeling really beat up from all the hills lately.