Recap!

This week was again a crazy week so working out and running were a bit off the normal.
I ran with Jodi and Stacey this morning it was a hot and humid run but it was beautiful out. Stacey and I did 5 miles and Jodi did four miles, still recovering from injury, our average pace was 9:13 so a good pace for all of us.
This week I also had a chance to run hills with Jenny, which was so good! I have felt a bit sick this week with some sort of throat thing going on so I was a little slow on this day, sorry Jenny:( I am looking forward to our long run tomorrow.

My Reminder of Why I get up Early to Run!

I had NOT planned on running today as this is my usual rest day, when I headed to the gym for stretching and some abs I ran into my friend Stacy, and had much to catch up on with her on, so we headed out for an easy peasy 3 miler. I was glad it was only three miles as it was hot and humid!!! This is precisely why I have to appreciate 6AM, even when I don't want to get out of bed.

Great Sunday Morning Run

This morning I met with Jenny and Carin for 4 miles before deciding to turn around and head back as I am always late for Sunday Church. I ended up doing 9 miles as my Garmin read 8.45 by the time I got to my car, so I cant stand uneven numbers and did 9. My average pace was around 8:58s so a bit faster than the norm, I think I was rushing the end last 2 miles, knowing I had to get to church. These Sundays are becoming pretty tiring as I have to work afterwards church and everyone seems to love Outback these days!

My training Blog Continues!!!! (yet again)

I love to read everyones blogs they keep me so inspired so why I don't keep my own is beyond me. I feel I just love to run and that is all I have to blog about, oh and of course all the people I love to run with. With nothing to train for recently and nothing coming up I have just been putting in the miles each week, lots of treadmill and early morning runs as the kids are getting sick of kids gym and its to hot to go mid morning. Life is good, running is good!!!

I do have a great recipe for some protein bars to share with everyone as they are super easy and pretty tasty.

1 Cup Dry Oatmeal

5 heaping spoonfuls of peanut butter (any kind is fine, I used the choc flavored:) very good)

2 or so TBS of Flax seed

1 cup dry non fat milk

1/2 cup water

5- 6 scoops protein powder (I like vanilla flavored)

1TBS vanilla

raisins, cranberries, almonds, whatever you want to add,
I added a bit of flavorless fiber powder just for the extra boost of fiber in your day!
I portion them into balls about 18 per recipe and put into small baggies and press them down, store in freezer or refrigerator as the will go bad with the milk. About 100 calories per bar!

9 at 9

So happy to run with the girls this morning!! We ran 9 miles right at about 9s the weather was great and the company good. This run felt very good, went by very fast, I had to get back ASAP this morning as we had a breakfast date and church.

6 Heated Miles

With summer almost in full swing these 10 am runs are getting harder and harder!!! and hotter and hotter. Met Jenny at the Y did 6 miles outside and was just plain old pooped out afterwards I think from the heat most of all, took the kiddos to the pool afterwards to get refreshed.
6 at 9:03s ish!!!

I am Sick of looking at this old post!!!

Don't really know why but have not felt like blogging in awhile, life is just so busy one more thing to add to the list. But I have been running in between all the craziness of life, yesterday I ran with Jenny and Andrea and we did hills one of my all time favorites and we were all strong, we ran 6 miles in a little over 9 min miles as our pace.
Yesterday as I was running I realized was how blessed I am to have such wonderful friends and how far we have all come over the last 6 months of our running career and how much we have grown together not only as running partners but more importantly friends and life supporters! I am so blessed to have met so many wonderful people in life and I thank God for all of you everyday. (so after all it is not about the running or working out after all:):)

6 or more????

Ran on the treadmill, really did not have a plan, just wanted to run. I was called off to teach a class last minute (the advantage of the YMCA of having me there all the time). I forgot to check my mileage before I jumped off to teach, I was guessing around 5 miles. I had to teach spin in the PM so ran another 1.5 miles before class, just to try to get in 6!!! WHATEVER I AM SO COMPULSIVE!!!!!!!!!!

Running Running and more Running

Monday easy 4 on the treadmill!
Tuesday due to weather ran with Jenny on the treadmill we supplemented hills by increasing the incline to #5 for .20 of a mile, this was actually a harder workout than outside hills. Finished up about 8 miles in at about 9:19's!

5 fast miles

Ran with Stacey this morning!!! It was a great run as she pushes me to go faster than I normally would, our finishing average was about 8:50s and that was only b/c the first mile was hard to get moving. After my vigorous (thanks Stacey) run I had to teach 2 classes at the Y, and I look forward to a day of rest on Easter Sunday:) Happy Easter Everyone!

Speed Work on the Treadmill

4 miles total in 33 mins. first mile warm up, then 3 miles at 8:00s or a little under. Felt good, could have probably pushed myself a little harder than I did but it was a crazy day and I have to teach 2 hard classes tomorrow and meeting my Saturday running girls before that.

6 1/2 miles on the old stand by

6 on the treadmil at about 9:10ishs!!! nothing else to report on this run as it was boring.

A Day Off

OK somewhat of a day off! I had to teach spin class today, but I am pretty sure for me that is a day off in the Cherise category. I am hoping my legs and hips feel rested tomorrow for a nice strong effortless run after today's rest as last week I taught a lot of classes and lots of running miles.

Again Another Catch Up Post

Saturday I ran a little over 5 miles before teaching class.
Sunday I ran 91/2 with Carin and Andrea, this was a great run, we ran at a steady pace the temp outside was good and we did one of my favorite routes.
Monday met Jenny we did an easy 4 before I had to teach classes. Very windy out!!
Tuesday my favorite hill day!!! Met with Jenny and Andrea did our usual hill route, with the hills we had extra wind to train us for strength today. We actually were pretty fast out there which I did not realize till I down loaded my garmin, another great run, but my legs need a break for sure.

7 Miles with Jenny at the YMCA

Today I met with Jenny for an easy run! :) which makes me happy! We ran 7 miles all around the Y I think our pace was around 9:30ish.
With the heat of the summer vastly approaching I need to drink more water before, during and after running and try to run more early morning runs.

weekly catch-up of post!

Monday ran 2 miles on treadmill and had to teach my Monday classes!!
Tuesday I did Hills with Andrea and Jenny had a great run 6 miles and added an extra 2 with the stroller, the boys wanted to go find pine cones and I could burn a few extra calories.
Wednesday ran the treadmill I did 6, today felt harder than the norm and I was extra sweaty, must be very humid today. I have to teach spin at 4:30 and I am not looking forward to it as I am tired today and I don't feel like getting all sweaty AGAIN.

To Blog or Not to Blog

So my last 1/2 marathon of the year Stunk!!! I don't even know what my finishing time was, as soon as I saw 1:50 pass by on my watch I had no need to see my finishing time. For some reason this race was hard, very, very hard, I felt tired, my legs were tight and I just wanted to walk, which is so unlike me. I opted not to walk as it would take forever to get back to the finish line and I just wanted to be done with it! For the positive side of this day I did run and I did get in a workout, 14 miles, and I did donate money for Alzheimer's and last but not least I was able to run with all the girls which I love them all dearly.
I will still try to get a sub for next Saturdays class so I can run the iron girl 10k, in which I can hopefully have a better race than today.
Miles for the Week: 43

easy 4 warm up

nothing to report on this run easy 4 on the treadmill, just getting ready for the race tomorrow, which I am all of the sudden very nervous for!!

7 Miles outside the Y

Today was going to be a tempo run at the usual spot, but with the boys a little under the weather I asked Jenny to meet me at the Y instead. Lucky for me Jenny's legs were tired today from the non stop of events of the last few weeks in her life and my were tired from yesterdays hills and spin class. We decided just to go out for a mile warm up and see how we felt, when my watch beeped I said "well what are we going to do??", (WISHING she would say lets gets stay at the pace we are at and finish our run, noooo) Jenny said "lets go do one loop (1 mile) around race pace", which ended up 2 laps around (2 miles) race pace. This was holy hard! My legs were pooped out, luckily so were Jenny's! After 2 miles of race pace we were finishing up a few more miles when Jenny got a side stitch! I took her back to her car to rest up the side stitch for Saturdays race and finished with another 2 miles. Average Pace Was: 9:25

Hills - Hills and More Hills

Miles so far this week: 19
This morning I met up with Jenny and Andrea to do our hill route (which I love)!! We did 6 miles with our average pace showing on my watch of 8:55s it felt hard but good, well except for the last mile in which I was tired. I came home to eat a massive lunch to restore energy for tonight's spin:(ahhhg!!! and maybe speed work on Thursday!!!
Forgot to put in my 3 miles on Tuesday for the week, with the boys being sick this week my mileage has been a bit off so far.