Week 10!

It is crazy that we are in week 10 already...that means I am almost halfway through training.

Here is a little recap of last weeks workouts. Well where do I begin...ha ha. My long run from week 8 turned out to be 5 mile completed out of 12. It was probably not the best idea to run 12 miles on 4 hours of sleep after staying up for Harry Potter at midnight. I had to get the run in on Friday since we were in Charleston all weekend for Dan and Katie's wedding.

Wedding weekend kicked my butt. I had Jeff and 4 of his friends as my dates as I ended up being the only girl that could go. Keeping up with them was achieved pretty well, but I was paying for it on Sunday and the rest of the week. The mid week workouts were decent, nothing of greatness and I took the entire week to catch up on sleep.As I ran last Sunday, I kept thinking 3 more months..wow I do not feel like I am ready. It was a long 13 mile run in the heat that only turned out to be 11 completed. My whole right leg seemed to be very stiff and tight throughout the entire run. Also, the heat was not helping. 2 things were learned from this run.

• 1: No more running on the greenway. The fact that I can see my mileage plays with my head and makes the run even longer than it really is.
•  2: I need to start the runs even earlier. 7am is still too hot for long distances

This week however has been fantastic! I took Monday as a rest day and did some Pilates to keep my muscles stretched out and hopefully help with my ailing hip. If anyone belongs to the Charlotte Metro YMCA's, check out Beth's class Monday and Friday 10:30-11:25 at Ballantyne Village. She is great! I went to physical therapy at Carolina Sports Clinic. Dr. Brad has been great trying to figure out what this hip flexor is doing. Yesterday was a nice 4 mile run with Julie. Good pace and good company.

Today I had 1/2 mile repeats. I figured might as well start as early as I can, beat some of this heat. Up and at it at 5:30am was quite the change from my routine but weather wise was perfect! I started the workout at 6 with a nice mile warm-up. For the 1/2 mile repeats I was shooting to stay in the same time frame as the previous time. So anywhere between 3:55-4:05. My first one was 3:55. I thought to myself, 'oh no, I've already started out too fast'. After a 3 min recovery, I went for the 2nd one. This time 3:55 again. Seriously? SO the next two came in at 3 came in at 3:54! I felt fantastic through them all and I guess I really am getting stronger. Who would of thought? As I was just thinking 3 days ago, I am no where, where I should be at this point.

Today gave me a good confidence boost of training and performance. Hopefully this carries over to the 14 miles ahead of me on Sunday!