Running in the Middle

Too cold and windy outside for me today, did 3 mile tempo on the indoor track and it was pretty fun.  Then 10 minutes on the Lateral Helix Machine.  The legs were feeling good tonight and I'm hoping they can stay that way.  My right IT band has been bugging me a bit the past few weeks and my husband really helped me out by giving me a deep scraping massage on it.  That made all the difference and it felt great, or I mean I didn't feel it on my run tonight.  yeah.  

Hour and 10 min Bike ride with my toddler in tow for that extra added resistance.  My butt has never quite agreed with a bike seat since my pubic ramus stress fracture in 2011.  But it was just too gorgeous out to stay home and do the dishes, so I made the best of it.  I have a goal to get in more cross training this year, so I think this was good.  Will get my run in this evening.  

 PM  - 3 mile out and back, uphill then down.  Took me two miles just to get the legs warmed up, a little tired from my bike ride this morning but I got it done. 

Why does it always feel like I'm running uphill in the wind lately.  Maybe it is just cedar hills, but there always seems to be a little to much breeze going on.  5.4 at a medium pace, and my right foot was feeling weird.  I think my pureflows are great for the short fast runs, but I'm thinking of getting something a little heavier on the cushioning for the long runs.

When I woke up this morning and got ready I put on my brooks pureflows and my feet instantly started hurting.  I have been having a little trouble with them, but this morning really confirmed that those shoes are really wrong for me.  So I put my ghost 4s on and they felt so much better.  Had a little pre-race anxiety, I'm sure that's because I have not done any races since last year in Oct.  I need to not wait so long for the next one.

Did half mile warm up jog slow few minutes before the race.  Had a really good start and only thing was in the first mile my pants kept slipping a bit.  By mile 2 that was not a problem anymore.   My splits were 8:19, 8:28, 7:39 and 7:02 for that last .12 so says my garmin.  I was really happy with the 25:13 today.  Despite all the super fasties out there, this was really good for me.  My goal time was to get 26 minutes, or about a 8:20 AP.  But I really surprised myself and dug deep for a 8:07 AP.  Took home a little trophy for 3rd in my age division, that was a surprise too.  This was such a big race, I thought the talent pool would go a little deeper.  But hey, I'm not complaining.  I'm happy to come home with something to show my girls.

I would have to say I was really impressed by how this race was managed.  The race started exactly on time.  The course was great, every mile marker was spot on.  Awesome volunteers helping everywhere, amazingly good food at the end. Not to mention really nice finisher medals for everyone and cool trophies for the winners.  I'm going to keep this one on my list for next year.