If You're Not First, You're Last

Watched my husband run the Little Rock Marathon. My dad and I just jogged around different parts of the course and to see the race and got an easy 8 in. Just slowly starting to be able to add a few more miles on. Still feeling slow and 8:30 minute pace isn't a walk yet, but feeling much better the weeks before. 

The goal was to do just an easy 4 mi jog around with my husband but it was ended a little short. I hesitate to even put the miles on the calender but hey, at this point any miles are good miles. 

Another day of slacking off! Did a strength training circuit with a friend and ran in between sets. Still got my heart rate a bit and ran a little after on my own. 

I counted today as an off day. Walked outside with a friend and ended up walking around 6.5 miles and then walked another 2 in the evening with the family. It was just too nice. Can't believe I didn't go for a run!!

Ran around the OC Trail with the family. My intentions were to get out on the track to do a little tempo-ish run. But that was cut very short when we were kicked off the track :( So we settled for the trail around OC. I wasn't worried about pace or anything. The goal was to just push the pace and get my heart rate up for a set amount of time. 

LAZY!!! 

Today was the first good run since coming back. It was just a nice easy 7 with Jake at around 8:40 pace and I didn't feel like I was completely dying. PROGRESS! It was post rain storm weather which was absolutely perfect. Just a slight breeze and mid 60 degrees. Wish we could have a lot more of those days. 

Super cold windy day. I was set out to do 10 but we rolled back to the car at around 8.5 and that was fine with me. The forecast for next week is supposed to be all high 60s and mid 70 degree weather so I figured I could get some longer runs in then. 

My day yesterday wore me out a little more than I thought because we were just jogging around I was pretty tired. Just taking it day by day and hoping to stay consistent with my miles this week.

Goal for the week is to hit around 35 miles, so we'll see how it goes!  

Rest day

Ran 5 in the morning. It was the perfect morning! Hardly any wind and low 40s. Starting to feel my legs coming back. 

Just 4 today! Ran outside in the afternoon and it was almost 80 degrees. So beautiful, and felt wonderful to have the sun! However, this was the first time running on my own with the stroller. A lot harder than it looks. The goal was to get 6 but i was totally dehydrated and worn out. Total whimp! Not only am I going to have to get in running shape, but get used to pushing that stroller! 

Just another 4 on the tred. Tried to get my legs going a little faster. Planning on going on a little longer run in the morning. 

Such a beautiful run this morning! I wish I could run in those conditions everyday! Finally got a solid 7.5 hours of sleep thanks to my sweet little boy for finally sleeping through the night:) Just went for a nice 7.5 miles and it felt okay. I just recently got some new shoes, the same shoe I've gotten before and loved and they seem to be hurting my feet. I was planning on running a couple more in the evening but I think the shoes left a bruise right below my ankle bone. Hopefully it will feel better tomorrow. 

Jake has the week off this week so planning on waking up for a little run and then heading down to San Antonio. Going to up my miles just a tad bit this week. But we'll see how the week goes! 

Been a while since i've logged my miles but i'm back and motivated. Tonight just went for a little evening run with the fam around the lake. The wind had finally calmed down and we couldn't resist the beautiful weather. We were ALSO needing to run off the pizza from lunch, so that helped too! We averaged about 8:10 pace which is good because by the end of my runs I'm not completely dead.

I accomplished what I was thought was the impossible on Saturday. I went for a short little run with my jogging stroller AND my crazy dog at the same time. I was so incredibly proud of myself. This means two things. 1) I will have a more well behaved dog and 2) I can now run other places other than outside my house during the busiest time because I won't feel like I am going to be attacked going around Hefner in the middle of the afternoon!

So I wasn't going to run in the upcoming Memorial Marathon(I was only going to do the half), but my husband convinced me to just go ahead and do it anyways and see where I am in my training. It should be interesting to see where my fitness is right now considering all I've done for about 2 months now have been easy runs and just trying to build my miles. But my runs have been getting easier and I'm about up to 40 miles a week which feels pretty good.

Anyways, planning to get up and get an easy run in then hoping to get a little circuit done in the afternoon. Hope I won't be as sore as I was last workout, but we'll see! 

Busy day of trying to get a lot done. Didn't run till late so tried to get a least 3 on the tred. 

Got up in the morning to do a quick 5.

Around 10 went to CORE to get a quick lift in. Warmed up the hips a bit and then did 3 rounds of:

•  10 push press (45)
• 20 walking lunges(8 lb. DB)
• 10 thrusters
• 100 jump rope
• 10 assisted wide grip pull-ups
• 30 sec. USC drills
• 10 back squat(45)

am-4 on the tred. Kept trying to get going and Matthew just wanted to play! 

pm-4 on the tred again to try to finish up some miles.  

At SPI did a small workout. Not feeling very motivated but needed to get a strength workout in.

Did 15 min  of agility work. Ladders/and footwork with warming up hips. 

4 Rds. FT 

• OH squat-10
• push ups-10
• T2B-10 
• 10 WALL BALLS

 no run in the afternoon. had planned on it but wanted a rest day. still trying to build my miles slowly and knew I was going to get a longer run before Saturday. 

Such a beautiful evening and decided to just get my longer run in tonight. Felt pretty good. Met of with friends and then Jake met me halfway around the lake and finished with me. My cardio strength is slowly coming back, unfortunately the same calf problem I had all last year training for the marathon is starting to come back. I have no idea what the problem is. On all my long runs last year, right around mile 10 my calves and and foot would cramp up on the right leg. I tried everything! Salt tabs, pickle juice, goos, chomps, water, gatorade. NOTHING WORKED. 

During the marathon I hoped it wouldn't pop up but right around lucky mile 10 it made its appearance and lasted all through mile 20. It absolutely killed my time because I had to keep stopping and stretching. It was the most frustrating thing because my energy was up and my breathing was under control. I wanted to keep pushing the pace but I couldn't. Last week during my longer run with my husband it happened again.

I really want to find the solution to my problems before I get into heavy training this summer. It would make my long runs much more enjoyable and not to mention allow me to push the pace and actually get stronger. I'm always up for new suggestions. So if anyone has anything that might help, I'm all ears!!! Hope everyone enjoys their long run this weekend:) 

Ran 10 tonight with the family. Wind had finally died down and it the weather was so nice. Felt pretty good, got a little tired towards the end but that could be from dehydration or taking a day off before.

Plan on training right through the half this weekend. I'm finally starting to feel good on my longer runs, and I want to use it as just a time trial to see where my fitness is at. The goal is to be anywhere from 45-50 this week and then I plan on just staying in the 50 range for about a month and just work on getting in some faster miles, and getting stronger. 

Did a morning run. My body just felt horrible. I'm trying to cut weight right now and in the evenings have been trying to do little carbs and the night before Jake and I ran 10, but we did it super easy and then had dinner. I don't know if it was from the 10 or the lack of carbs but the 8 just felt awful. My body was dead and it just felt like there was nothing in me. 

I think especially because I'm nursing and as long as I'm running everyday I need to up my caloric intake for the day and not try to cut out carbs in the evening. Bad idea. I'll still be at a deficit just from all the calories I'm burning as long as I'm just not OVER eating.  

Giving myself a little rest day. It was nasty weather outside and I was still feeling a little dead from the previous day. I walked on the tred for a couple miles then did a little training circuit. Light weight and short since I'm running this weekend. 

• 400 sprint uphill
• 15 kb swings
• 10 burpees
• 10 plie squat with inverse shoulder press 

Rest day. 

AM- 5 miles with Bailey this morning. It was such a gorgeous morning! It is starting to get lighter earlier, so that's really nice. It was mid 30s and no wind! Felt so much better than earlier in the week. Legs felt fresh and springy. Planning to do a couple more miles tonight with Jake but we'll see when he gets home:)

PM- 3 mi. Did a quick run with Jake this evening. I wasn't going to run longer on Friday or Saturday so I figured today was the day to get in a little more. Planning to take the next two days just a little easier in hopes to keep my legs fresh and light for Sunday. I decided after the half it will kick off the next phase of training. I want to take the next 6 weeks, still building my miles but adding in atleast 1 day a week of tempo/speed work. It's time to get my turn over going.  

Went for an easy shake out run with Jake. Hoping that I feel good in the morning. See how it goes:)

So the race went pretty well. I started out with the goal of staying under 8, since all of my runs have all been around that pace. Mile 1 I came in around 7:20 and obviously with adrenaline and racing it felt super easy. So I stayed conservative and decided if I can keep all of them under 7:45, I would be happy with that. I got to around mile 8 and all of them were right around 7:30 and I felt great! I had to take a pit stop really bad, and it ended up taking around a minute...yikes. So after that, I felt a lot better and picked it back up. Right around my favorite mile 10, my cardio felt GREAT, but my stupid leg started cramping up. I was so angry and was NOT stopping. Kept going and then it started to loosen up until it moved up to my hip/glute. I was so angry, I only had about a mile left and it was so painful. With about a half mile to go I HAD to stop and try to stretch it out because at that point I couldn't even stride it out. So chip time was 1:43, but according to my watch it was 1:39 and my watch had us at 13.30 as well as many other different runners. I didn't let my watch keep running when I stopped because I was really curious about what kind of shape I was in. So overall I felt really good about the day and hope to start working on my foot speed and figuring out what I can do about this whole cramping issue! 

AM-Did an easy 5 with Bailey tonight. Pace was right around 8:30-8:40 which felt really easy. Getting excited about running again because my runs are starting to feel A LOT easier. Planning to double tomorrow and start building my miles. Body feels healthy and ready to go!

AM- 5 with Bailey. The morning felt way worse than last night. 

PM- 6 miles down at the river with Jake. After the Half I told myself I was going to start doing tempos so tonight was my first one. 1.5 warm up, 1.5 @7:15-7:10, .5 easy, 1.5 7-7:10, 1 cool down. It was super windy down at the river so I think if it wasn't as strong I think it would have felt easier. But I dont think it felt too bad for breaking away from the regular 8-8:30 pace.  

AM- easy 3 with Jake and the fam this morning. It was beautiful! I was going to take it off but instead I think it was better that I just went easy to help my legs from tightening up. 

PM- Went to SPI to get a workout in.

Warm up-- hip mobility, drills, 5 walkouts, 10 OH warm up squats with shoulder mobility

SWOD

10 OH Squat (25)---10,8,5,5,3

WOD

10 Back squat(55)

10 GHD(hamstring)

160 yd. sled pulls(25)[down and back]

160 yd.  med ball carry(30)[down and back]

SKILL

handstands

SPI Challenge

100 wood chops(10) 

easy/rest day on the tred. 

AM- 8 miles with Bailey. Started out at 8:30 pace and then for about 3 miles just tried to get the legs going around 8 and sub. 

PM- SPI workout

warmed up-drills/foam rolled/hip mobility

FT

• 25 pull ups
• 50 deadlift(55)
• 50 push ups
• 50 box jumps
• 50 1-arm snatch
• 25 pull ups

time-15:50

PM- Felt lazy all morning and finally around 4ish decided to head out. I had hoped to do 14 and felt really good, but I started feeling a little soreness in my shin and I am planning on doing 8 in the morning so after 10 I stopped. 

This is the first run I've pushed myself and actually felt really good after. I don't know if I didn't cramp because every time I stopped at a light I stretched but I finally could push it at the end of my run.

• miles 1-4-- 8 min pace.
• mile 5- 7:04
• 6-recovery 8:04
• 7-7:35
• 8-7:31 
• 9-7:17
• 10-6:58

AM- just an easy 7 this morning. felt good, legs were a little tired.

PM- In the afternoon worked out at SPI

warm up-400 m./hip mobility/foam rolled/20 squats/20 push ups/20 burpees

bench press/tire flip--5x5x5

"Barbara" 

21,15,9

Power cleans--Ring Dips

-100 ball squats 

-50 overhead windmills  

AM- up to do just an easy 6.3. Legs felt better today. Thinking about doing just a quick 4 mile something on the track to get my legs spinning tonight. We'll see how it goes. 

Haven't been recording miles the last couple weeks. My sciatic nerve has been bugging me so I've just been running a few miles here and there when I can. Finally over the weekend it got better so hopefully ill be able to start picking up miles again. Did 4 in the evening really easy with my dad.

Didn't start my run till noon and I definitely paid for it. Soo humid and right around 10-11 it got me. But I got the miles in!

Did some trails this morning. Nothing better. Such a great change from the pavement. Planned to do more later, but ended getting busy.

AM-was planning to go longer but only got in a quick 4.5. Wanting to do at least another 5 later and lift.

AM- 5.5 nice and easy. So beautiful outside!! Came back early to do more with jake.

After a little bit, jake joined me and did another 8.

Averaged somewhere in between 7:40-7:10.

8 miles with jake and Cody after arriving in San Antonio.

AM- 3 miles

PM-

1.5 warm up

2 miles@ 7 min

8x300s at 530 pace(300 recovery)

Cool down 2 laps

50 push ups

50 sit ups

50 squats

50 lunges

Sprint .30

Repeat down to 10

Before we headed back home we did a quick 8 miles. Felt really heavy from taking off the past 2 days. Supposed to be a gorgeous day tomorrow so planning to do my first 16 miler since marathon training last year. I think I've done enough miles and feel confident on my fitness right now. The only question is to sleep in or go in the afternoon??

Nursing a 5 month old and planning morning runs is more complicated than I thought it would be. I guess welcome to parenthood right? Well, excited to see how it goes. So ready to be home and back on a schedule. Vacations are great but I'm ready to hit the training hard this summer and really build up a solid base.

Goal for the week--

-strength train 2-3x

-run 55-60 miles

-back on the diet.

Got the long run in and felt pretty good. It was clear day and the sun was out, but not too hot and we had a slight breeze. Felt good the first 8, and then right around 12-13 it was definitely noticeable that most of my runs have been right around there.

1-8:03

2-7:47

3-8

4-7:38

5-7:41

6-7:52

7-7:43

8-7:47

9-7:50

10-7:53

11-7:51

12-7:56

13-8:04

14-8:05

15-8:09

16-7:51

Jake doesn't have to go to school till 9 on MWF so this summer ill be able to up my miles and get some doubles by running with him in the morning. Planning on doing just about 8 tomorrow and strength train.

AM- got up with the family with the intentions of running 8 or so but had horrible stomach pains. So turned around at 3. Will finish up later today

Evening run and felt so good to just stretch out my legs and run easy.

National Run Day. Of all days to rest, I did it today. Couldn't believe it.

AM- 10.5 with Bailey. Beautiful mining and happy to say I think the rain is done for a while.

Afternoon- met with Taylor to workout.

Warm-up

100 sit ups, 20 push ups

3 mi walk/run

(Every half mile we stopped to do core/arms/legs)

.5 -- 25 push ups / 25 med ball swing

1-- 50 tricep press/50 abs

1.5 -- 50 med ball iron cross/ 25 push ups

PM-,went to teach a class but ended up working out with them

Warm up-

400 m run

20 OH squat

Foam roll/hip mobility

Skill build -- 5x5 OH squat build to Max

WOD- 3 rds FT

20 squat 2 ball

15 GHD sit up

10 dips

Sprint 400

time: 10:18

Cash out : 60each side lateral lifts

AM-

my first "Fran" workout

Warm-up

Run PL back pedal back 3x

10 ea. lunge

20 squats

10 walkout push ups

10 burpees

Hip/shoulder mobility

skill build:

Thrusters

& kip pull ups

Fran

21-15-9 (45)

Thrusters & pull ups

Time: 7:39

PM- 10 around Hefner. Felt dead, probably a little more brisk tomorrow and short

Needed a rest day today. Muscles and legs were dead. Want to rest up for a good long run tomorrow. Hope to do another 16. So we'll see how the day goes.

Ran on the river at 1230 in the afternoon in about 90 degree weather. Definitely times like those that i love having a stroller. Averaged about 7:50 pace with a few slower half miles through the halfway mark.

AM

Matthew slept in so woke up too late to get a morning run. Went to work early to get a workout in.

Warm up

Drills/shoulder mobility

15 push ups

15 squats

SWOD

Hang clean squat to 3 rep max

8,5,5,3,3

(35/45/55/65)

WOD 12 min. EMOM

deadlift(65)

Hang clean

V-up --- got to about 4 minutes an had to move down the weight to only 45 pounds. I held up to about 8 and then my arms started giving out. I can definitely feel my core holding me back in workouts. Unfortunately I don't think it'll get back to normal for about a full year. Kills me though because my core used to be so strong pre-baby.

And your core is the root of every exercise/run. Just need to keep consistent!

5 max attempts for L sits

60 donkey kicks

AM- did 9 around Edmond with Bailey this morning. My legs at first felt pretty tired from taking off after the 14 and lifting yesterday. Going to go lift this morning, and the run a few miles tonight at the river.

Strength circuit---

Warm up drills/ladder work

20 min circuit:

5 tire flips

10 wall ball burpees

10 landmine turns

10 stagger push ups

20 inch worms/20 prone row

15 curtsey lunges

15x3 super girl squats

6 Turkish get ups

9 in the morning with jake and the babe.,it was super hot and humid... So hello June!! Pace was around 740-750.

After that stopped by SPI and did a metcon workout.

Warm up

Dead lift to max

5x5 max 105

Metcon 4rds FT

10 Back squat(55)

15 GHD

20 kbs(25)

400?m sprint

Slept in, then was stupid and ran 3 at 2 in the afternoon. It was almost 100 outside...yikes.

PM- metcon workout again.

20 med ball slam (30)

Front rack lunge(45)

20 burpees

Front rack lunge

20 toes 2 bar

BACK.....

Time: 9:03

200 alternating kurtsy lunges

Been out for the week with a bad sinus cold and a minor back injury. Went out for a few miles to see how the back would feel. Felt a little tight but nothing like earlier this week. Going to just take the next week really slow and build back up my miles.

Just another easy 4 in the evening. Back felt about the same

Went with the family to Turner Falls for the day. It was a hot one!...and pretty hilly. Got there a little later since Matthew was sick and slept in, and didn't start running till about 2! Only ran about 5 but the back felt much better! Going to shoot for at least 10 tomorrow

Another 1:30 run around the lake pushing the stroller in 25 mph winds. Probably the worst run I've had since coming back from postpartum. Yikes! That week off killed me!!

Edmond miles in the morning with the fam. Going to be a rough week!!

Afternoon : 5.6 Ran around Edmond with Matthew and the wind and the heat was brutal.

PM: 5 miles at the river run. Thought I would probably walk since I had the stroller but I was able to hand it off on his way back at around 2 miles for me. Got 5 in and for how dehydrated I was didn't feel too bad!

Finally some good weather to run in. Started at plaza and ran around Hefner. Averaged around 8:30s and finished our last mile sub 8. Finally feel my legs coming back. Felt really good.

Ran around Mitch park with the fam. Did 8 around the park and the 4x200 at the end 39,36,35,33. Definitely want to start getting at least one track workout a week. Forget how much I love it AND how slow I've gotten!

Loving this cool weather and I'm planning on taking full advantage. Legs are feeling good, bought some new shoes and ready to start upping the mileage. Going to shoot for 65 this week. I normally don't jump my mileage by 10 miles in one week but I feel good. Ill listen to my body and if I feel anything ill back it down but so far so good!!

Didn't get a run in till about 9:10. Jake, Matthew and I ran around the OC loop with it lit and it was perfect. Light wind and low 70s. Looking forward to a cool morning run and hope to get about 10.

AM- 15. First time running in Draper. Kelsey and I ran around the lake on the dirt roads about 7.5 out and came back. My legs were definitely feeling the uneven terrain. The pace felt pretty easy though which made me pretty happy. DIdn't hit my weekly goal but more importantly i'm still injury free. 

Am- 8 around Edmond

PM- 4.7Edmond again

Am- 3 easy to loosen up my legs

PM- 7 bluff creek mile repeats. The goal was 6 and i got them but halfway through did a recovery and had the stroller for most so it felt a lot tougher.

1-7:28

2-7:03

3.7:15

4-8:58

5-7:44

6-7:29

Am- 9

Busy day due to flooding in our living room but thankfully we got a run in. Didn't start till about 7 which made it a late one but actually felt surprisingly good. Last week I felt like my body was breaking down a bit so I took off some days but want to work on building my miles back up and get in a few key workouts. I think avg pace last night was about 8?

First 18 miler since I found out I was pregnant with Matthew. Felt pretty good. Tried not to care too much about what the watch read but I think for most of it we averaged about 8:30s. So I'm happy with that. NOT taking anymore days off. Gotta stay consistent and build up my weekly mileage before summer is over.

Easy 5 with Bailey.

Got up an did an easy shake out. Wanted to double but had early dinner plans.

Really easy week. Tried to get back to the habit of running everyday and not worry about miles.

Denver r

Am- 4 miles shake out

PM- TRACK

2.5 warm up

200,400,600,400,400,400,400 with about a 400 recovery. All at 6 min pace and under.

Hefner in the heat. Didn't feel too great!

AM- 8 miles a little under 8 min pace around Edmond with the fam. From a week with few miles and every run feeling out of energy and dead it was a relief to get my legs back under me. Planning to get to the gym later to do some drills and core work

Am- 4 miles quick before church

PM- 3 mi. In the evening. Legs felt so good

Evening run with jake. Wanted to do a 5 mi tempo at marathon pace but only went about 3. Pace felt good but stomach was off.

Morning run with jake. Felt so dead, legs and body felt so tired!! Going to just go my own pace in the morning hoping for 10 and then planning for a track workout on Thursday.

Am- 10.2 with bailey and some on the tred.

PM- 4 miles with the fam around OC

Late night run. Was going to take off but decided to make myself get out the door. Glad I did because I ended up feeling really good. It was warm but the sun was going down and no wind.

1-8:00

2-8:04

3-7:41

4-6:58

5-6:52

6-6:44

Longer run around Mitch this morning. Was going to do 17 but it was hilly. So I'll probably try to get a quick run in this morning.

Added a few extra miles in the afternoon.

Mid afternoon run around the lake. It was quite hot but it wasn't too bad. Averaged 7:33 pace.

10 in the morning with jake. Averaged about 7:45 pace

PM- evening run with jake to get my 8 in.

AM- 6 with bailey

PM- 5.5 with jake once the sun started to set. Felt really good. Legs feel pretty fresh

Easy miles in the evening with Bailey.

Brookhaven was today. Jogged around for a few miles before and then raced.

Pr today with 19:43. I was pretty happy with it especially considering it was so hot. I was planning on running more but for some reason my body was exhausted. So instead I decided to call it a day. Planning to do 16-20 tomorrow. Haven't done a 20 miler yet since Matthew and I think I might tomorrow or Monday. I really have this urge to try to do them all on my own. I've never gone longer than 13 by myself training and so I wanted to test myself mentally. We'll see what happens.

Easy 3 on the tred to shake my legs out. Better than taking an off day.

Around 10 I finally decided to get the day going and go out for my run. My legs felt so good so I told myself I was going to do 20. It wasn't terribly hot out so I thought I'd' be fine. I did 10 on my own and the decided to swing by the house and jake and Jason were going to finish it with me.

Around 12 miles my body started to feel drained. It really surprised me because it was only 12 miles. I really wanted to do 20, but my body was telling me otherwise. So I kept going. Right around 14 I reall started to bonk. I felt likei had NOTHING in me. So smiles 14-16 were really rough and I finished up at 18.5 and decided to call it a day. I averaged 8:30 so I didn't feel too bad about it.

For the month of September I'm really staying away from sweets and processed foods. I think last night I just didn't consume enough calories and I'm still nursing. So from now on I'm going to take Uchann the night before or morning of longer runs.

Am- 4.5 easy morning run

PM- 4.5 TRACK workout. Well more like a little shakeout.

Did some drills and jogged around for a little then jumped in with Roger for 3x800 around 6 min pace. Felt tired on the first one and then on the last I felt like my lgs started to pick up. Jogged around for a few laps an then did float/fly 6x200s

Morning run with Bailey. Just nice and easy

I hesitate to even log it but it was better than taking off right??

In the evening with the family around Hefner. Legs felt dead.

Ran with the land runners and Kelsey this morning. Did more like progressive run. Last 2 miles finished around 7:30s.

6 miles at ALMOST marathon pace. After a week of my legs feeling like crap, they're finally feeling better.

Morning run with bailey. Just going easy. Going for long and speed tomorrow.

AM- around 7ish this morning most with jake and a few on my own. Legs felt pretty good even though my body was tired.

PM- 5 miles tonight around OC. About 4 miles were sub 7:30 which is starting to feel pretty easy now. Happy about it. I feel like I'm starting to get in better shape. I just need to stay healthy and work on cutting down to race weight.

Didn't run till tonight. Ran with Bailey around OC and finished up the last bit on the tred. bailey wanted to do a 4 mile tempo at under 8. I'm feeling really good about my pace for recovery runs. My heart rate is lower an my pace has been dropping and it's making me really excited.

Need to ice my legs even though is late and then get up early to to do a few miles.

Around Hefner in the afternoon.

First 20 miler for me post-Matthew. Felt so awesome and so excited! Averaged 7:49 pace. 3 months till marathon and feel like I'm going into the right direction.

Little morning run with Jake. Took off some days because my shins have been bugging me.

AM- 4.5 miles after my morning lifting session. Going to try to get more tonight.

Hopped into a 5k this morning and was very surprised with how strong I felt. Warmed up a few miles and then during the race this was the 2nd time I forgot to bring my watch but I think it's good luck because I got a new PR. It was said that the course ended up being a little short but even if it was a tad short I think I still would have been under 19. I actualy felt like I was able to keep a strong pace in the beginning through the halfway point and on the way back I felt like I got stronger. 

Just need to pick the miles back up and be consistent with icing and rolling out my calves to keep my shins from any injuries. I can feel a little pain on my left shin on the same place where I've had multiple stress fractures. It makes me a little worried but as long as I can manage it and not let it get too out of control I'll be fine. During my lifting sessions I've tried to monitor the exercises I do that contain bounding or jumping, and now I only wear my lifting shoes when there is no movement involved. 

AM-7.5 with Bailey just easy. 

Am- 6 miles with Jake in the morning.

PM- 2.5 just jogging around. I had wanted to go longer but had to get Matthew ready for bed. 

Did 10 around Hefner in the evening with the family. It was fairly nice weather out, not terribly hot and it felt good. I've noticed on my recovery runs my pace is dropping and that feels good. It used to be so hard for me to drop below 8 min pace for a solid 10 miler and now my average is about 7:40s maybe at the slowest 7:50s. So training is definitely heading in the right direction. 

Need to try and get a solid tempo workout in soon. 

Jake had the morning off and so we slept in and went to Mitch for 10 miles. Tried to take the hills at a stronger pace and it ended up being a good workout. 

Did 7 this morning and my legs were a little dead. I think the two 10 milers back to back at a stronger pace and then the hill run yesterday did me in. Wanted to just take it easy and relax for my 20 miler tomorrow. 

PM- Did a workout in the evening. 

• 20 squat to ball
• 10 push ups 
• 10kb swing(35lb)
• 10sit ups
• 10 lunges
• 400 m sprint 

DId 20 with Kelsey around Hefner around 3 pm. I had baby duties in the morning while Jake did his run so I had to take the afternoon to run. Felt pretty good. Our overall pace was 8:14 and my cardio felt really strong. However, my legs and joints were what hurt the most. But overall i'm very pleased with where I'm at and a little over 2 months left to train. 

Ran on the river this afternoon. Just did an out and back and it was quite pleasant. Wanted to go really easy and let my body recover for the week. Legs felt really good after. Really have to refocus and stay consistent with my diet. Still have a little bit more I want to lose and I know the only way its going to happen is by cutting my portions and eating really clean. 

Hoping to hit the same mileage this week, goal is 75. I gotta remember to ice after every run and be religious about rolling out my calves!

3miles in the afternoon. Taking a rest day!

am- 7.4 with jake in the morning. 

pm- 5.6 in the evening with Bailey. 

Had intentions to run 15 since I had taken off some days earlier in the week...But out in the middle of my run I had met up with Bailey and she was going to do about 5-7 with me and we were almost to the turn around and I started feeling dizzy and shaky and my blood sugar took a serious dip. Thankfully I had Bailey there to take over the stroller but had took walk about a mile back. Need to still tweak my nutrition to figure out what works best before runs and still lose weight. 

Poor Matthew has been struggling this week and finally last night around midnight it was in full effect. He was up all night and I took him into the doctor this morning and he has croup. Didn't really feel up to running after Jake got home from work so I went to the gym around 7:30. 

deadlift 5x5--5 rm --135lb. 

5 rds. FT 

5 deadlift @ 85 lbs.

10 push ups

15 T2B

20 GHD sit ups(floor touch in b/w)

30 lunges. 

time=16:00

Came home and made some delicious burgers with the hubs. Praying for a good nights rest!!

Planning to do an easy 20 with Kelsey and Bailey in the morning. Looking forward to some cooler weather. Want to jump back up to 75 next week and hoping a healthy baby and some cooler weather will be conducive to my training. fingers crossed! 

Ran 20 with Bailey this morning.First 10 were in to the wind and we were around 8:30s and on the way back had a tailwind for most of it and averaged 8:20s. Feeling really good buT HAVE to get some quality speed work this week.

Warm up on the tred for a mile and then dropped down to m.p. for 2. Jake wanted to get another 4 in so I went with him and we were about 7:05-7:07. Felt like I could have kept going for another 3-4, but I can definitely tell that I need to do more threshold miles/speed work. Planning to do some mile repeats maybe on Wednesday. 

Finally getting closer to race weight. I felt like for a while I plateaued for about a month/month and a half and couldn't drop below 117. Finally down to 114 and would be really happy if by December I could get under 110. Really want to consistently stay at 80 miles a week by the end of October. Thankfully my shins feel a lot less tender since I switched to some new shoes with a little more cushion.

Going to get 8-12 in the morning. Really hoping Matthew feels  a lot better in the morning so I can go with Jake outside and finally enjoy some fall weather! 

AM- 6 miles this afternoon with Jake. It was so beautiful out. Did 6 miles around OC.

Ended up being a little bit of a progressive run( 1-7:52, 2-7:36, 3-7:30, 4-7:27, 5-7:20, 6-7:17) Need to really do more longer distance at faster than M.P

PM- Did another 5 with Bailey just easy after Matthew went to bed. Felt good to just go relaxed. 

Pm- 7 mile run with bailey. Just easy

AM- 6 miles with jake. I hesitate counting them at easy miles because most of them are at marathon pace. But it's starting to feel easy.

Lift--

Sumo deadlift -5x5 last rep 125lb.

5rds. FT

8 Deadlift(95lbs)

8 wide grip ring rows

8 d/u

25 cat pose

25 posterior hip tilt

PM- 11.25 with Jake and Scott at the rankin track. Warmed up 1.25, did some speed drills.

Workout: 6x1 mi. Repeats with 400 m. Recovery.

1- 6:25

2-6:28

3-6:28

4-6:24

5-6:23

6-6:12

200 m in-and-outs

1-33sec

2-33

3-29

4-31

AM- 4.6 with Jake. my legs/body felt absolutely trashed. Getting some kind of bug/cold and then after yesterdays workout. yikes! Planned on doing 10 for the day and wanted to break it up, but instead I just got 1 run. 

PM- evening lift circuit

warm up- active stretching,roll out

workout-25 min AMRAP with 25 lb. d.b farmer carry b/w each station

• 50 lb. sled drag 150 m. 
• 10 ea.all 4 thoracic mobility
• 10ea. elevated 1 leg X-mt. climber
• 10 landmine thrusters (60 lb.)
• 3x cone drills
• 10 ring pop-overs
• 10 ea. bungee lunges(25lb. kb each side+15 lb. bar)
• 10 reverse hypers w/ medball

AM- lifted

• run down-shuffle back 150yd. 3x
• 10 walk out push ups 2x
• 10 squats 2x
• shoulder mobility

SWOD

push press - tire flips 5x5 (increasing weight each set) --75 lb. 

WOD

3 rds. FT

• 10 thrusters(55 lb)
• 10 ring push ups
• 10 TGU 15lb D.B
• med ball carry 150 yds. (30 lb)

time:13:45

cash out- 50 windmills (15 lb. DB)

Raced a 5k in Cushing, ok for a little cash money:) this time the course was actually 3.1. So I was a little bummed my time wasn't faster, but atleast I'm not getting slower! I went out a little too fast in the first K and so through the second one I was a little more tired than normal. It was a great morning to run though, a little breezy but nothing too bad. Didn't get a long run this weekend, but this was probably the first weekend I didn't go long in a while.

Went up to Wichita Saturday afternoon to watch jake run the Prairie Fire. It was a fun weekend. The weather is finally feeling like fall so I'm looking forward to doing more speed work and really getting into higher milage. Got in 12 for the day just jogging around the course with Matthew. Feeling motivated about upping the miles and really committing to atleast 2 faster workouts a week. Planning to do a half this coming weekend, but going to train through it and see where my fitness is at with about 8 weeks till the Marathon.

Night run with Bailey. Did 4 around OC and then attempted to finish on the tread and decided to just eat some dinner and go to bed. 

Evening run with the fam. Ran to rankin and then did 8 fly and float 200s. Finished with an easy 3 on the tread. Just wanted to get some miles in and it felt good to get my turn over going. Really want to try and do that atleast a couple times a week to break up a double run or something. 

AM- 6 miles with Jake this morning, was planning to go 10 but Matthew was not havin the colder weather!!

Lifting

warm up

Shoulder mobility

SWOD

Bench press--c2b 6x3

3 RM- 65 lbs

WOD AMRAP 10 min.

12 OH shoulder press(15 lb DB)

12 v-ups

12 renegade lat rows

12 iron cross

200 m sprint

Cash out- 50 d/u

PM- 10 miles around 3 this afternoon. Met Bailey for 5 of them but my legs felt tired for some reason. I don't know if it was is weeks workouts or pushing the stroller up a lot of hills. Hopefully my legs can feel decently fresh for Saturdays half!

AM- lifted

Warm up - active stretching, drills

WOD

15 OH squat (45)

15 KBS (53)

15 wall ball burpees (14)

400 m sprint

12 oh squat

12 KBS

12 wall ball burpees

400 m sprint

9 oh squat

9 KBS

9 wall ball burpees

400 m sprint

Cash out

50 ea. side cross mt. Climbers

PM- 8 miles Was not feeling like running today but I HAVE to hit my goal for this week. Procrastinated all day long then gave Bailey a call and thankfully she said she would go with me! So got a solid hour of running in and felt much better after. Planning to get in about 7 tomorrow with maybe some 200s at race pace.

4 miles on the tread.

After a weekend of not alot of sleep we finally got some sleep Sunday morning. So that afternoon we all went out for a 9 mi. run and besides the wind...as usual...it was beautiful out. I wanted to go a few more miles so i ended up with about 11. 

Afternoon- 6 with Jake and about 4 miles were around m.p. then I came home, cleaned up a bit, and went for 6 more with Bailey. 

AM- 7.5 this morning with Bailey. Had a busy day ahead with work, running errands, and getting ready to leave for Nashville/DC tomorrow. I really wanted to get atleast 10 for the day but there were too many things to do and not enough time. 

Been out of town and sick so haven't logged miles but kept atleast 50 a week but I HAVE to get a 20 miler this week. Tonight I did 12 with some speed work on the track and a couple miles at tempo pace.

Been so bad this last month about blogging my miles but been keeping my miles anywhere from 45-65 miles. This last week was NOT what I would have liked to be at 4 weeks from the marathon but thats okay. Went up to Tulsa today to help out Bailey run the Route 66 marathon. She did awesome and cut a TON off her time and finished in 3:35. It was just a TAD too cold for my liking. But overall it was a great workout and last long run before I start tapering just a little. If anything I know I'm atleast in better shape than I was for my last marathon. Despite it being too cold the pace felt very comfortable. So i'm hoping with a flatter course and maybe just a tiny bit warmer weather I can get a good time in. 

Want to try and still hit some good milage this week, maybe somewhere in the 70-80 range and then 2 weeks out drop down to 50-60, and then my last week hit about 30? Really excited to just race and see what I can do. After my race I'm really looking forward to regrouping and hitting some really high milage but also work  a lot on my speed. 

Going to just take it easy tomorrow and do about 5 miles or break up a double to get more milage and then hit a good quick workout on Tuesday. 

Went to run and got about a half mile in till my foot started hurting. Decided to not risk it and take the day off. 

Just 4.5 in the evening. 

My legs were still feeling a little tired so i took another day off.

Got 7 in before thanksgiving dinner. Did a warm up mile and then picked it up and it ended up being a tempo. Finished the last few miles around 6:50 pace and it felt pretty good. 

Got a nice afternoon run in around Hefner. Stomach didn't feel too good, probably from all the food the day before but still averaged 7:35 pace. 

Got 17 in the afternoon. The weather felt pretty nice, a little overcast and around 55. Felt good to just take the first 8 easy and then wanted to keep it around 7:45 pace and finish at race pace. Felt good for the most part. I think mile 16 was my slowest and I finished in 7:27 pace which was the plan. Want to get about 55-60 this week and then drop it down for the week of the race. Need to get a couple shorter speed work outs in. 

easy 5

Did 4 around OC with Matthew and Jax and came back to hand off to Jake and run 5 more with Bailey. 

5 on the tread

Late night tread run. Have been up a lot with Matthew and had to take him into the doctor, he's had a bad virus for the last couple days. 

Really over treadmill running but it needed to get done. Didn't run the mileage I wanted last week but we had bad weather and a very sick baby. 

Late night run. 4 miles on the tread .

Still icy outside so hopped on the tread. It was stop start because matthew was fussy but tried to get up to race pace for 4 miles of it.

In Nashville did almost 11 in the afternoon with jake around the park. A good solid run... After the marathon just took it easy and ran almost everyday.

Around the neighborhood with jake. Really nice out