Starkey 7!!

I am lucky enough that my in laws are here for the holidays season to see the boys on Christmas morning and all the rest of the excitement, but most of all I get to have a little break from the kids!!! Which is an amazing treat for me, not only can I have peace I can run outside during the day for a change!!! So today I did 7 miles at Starkey Park, it was so relaxing and peaceful, and very windy. On the way out the wind got the best of me on the way back home I got the best of it, and it was great! Nothing else to much report about the run!!! No wild life, not to many people just me and mother nature, which is not such a bad thing every once in awhile.

10 Miles At Starky

Jenny, Angela, Catherine and I met at our usual spot usual time with unusual weather, it was the thickest fog with warm and cold patches along the way. It was so thick with fog that when Jenny took pictures along the way it looked like we had snow in Tampa, Florida. I ran the first 5 miles out with the girls then turned around to finish my 10 as the girls preceded to run 20 miles, yes 20 miles!!! They are training for a marathon that is just few weeks away, and that was there last 20 miler and my last long run hopefully without a Garmin:) (Mike I hope you read this)
It was a great run! I would have liked to add a few miles onto it but I did not have anyone to run back with and it gets pretty boring after a while.
Have a Merry Christmas Everyone!

I love this time of year!!

Can I tell everyone how much I love Florida! It is 80 degrees and no humidity, perfect running weather, so with that in mind I finally had a chance to run outside with help from Mike. I only had time for 3 miles, I also had to teach a spin class at 4:30. I realize why all the girls complain about running on the deadmill as they call it, after running outside it can be rather boring on the treadmill. My miles were easy and nothing to much to report except maybe getting away from the kids for a few hours.

6 tough miles

I think my body was telling me to take a rest today, but as usual I did not listen. I ran 6 on the treadmill and it was tough!! My legs are still sore from 1/2 marathon on Sunday then teaching two classes yesterday, my legs did not want to move. I ran at about a 9:40 pace and I could not go a bit faster if I wanted. I plan on doing a nice good round of stretching tonight after the kids go down and maybe a little yoga, to get those legs ready for Wednesdays long run.

The 1/2athon

What a Great Race!!! I had so much fun! I felt I could have done better but this just inspires me to run more. At this point I do not even know my official time around a 1:58, for the 1/2 marathon, for my third 1/2 I do see where I need to make improvements, but that's what it is supposed to do right? All the running girls were there and everyone did amazing, maybe not the times some of us hoped for, but that is there own opinion, everyone did great.
It makes me look forward to our Sunday runs even more, I believe that I get to know everyone so much more each time we run and I truly look forward to that. Thank you everyone!! Great Job.

I have to title this Wed - Monday

Again I have to get used to blogging b/c some people actually read this (not that they care) and are now wondering what I have been doing. I will start with Wed. I did not run but taught a few classes to make up for it. Thurs 4 easy miles I ran. Friday a sick kiddo so a day off, which is few and far in between. On Sat. I had an awesome run with a friend Jodi, we did around 6ish!! The weather was perfect and the rainbows we saw felt like you could run to the pot of gold underneath. On Sunday the Tech Girls and I did 12 miles, some ran a few more for their marathon training, the pace was great and the weather I can only hope for for next Sunday the 1/2 athon, great morning as always. Monday morning I ran an easy 3 taught a few classes and took the rest of the day packing for my week at Disney and baking or shall I say eating Christmas Cookies.

8 miles

This morning I did 8 on the treadmill, thankfull Lisa was there for 5 to keep me company, the last 3 miles were boring, till the kids are older or I get up super early this is the way it is. I did an average pace of 9:30!

easy peasy 3

Nothing to much to report 3 miles on the tread about 9:30 average pace. I taught my Monday classes and off I went.