summary

hey girls, it's been a little bit since I've done a post. I guess because there hasn't been anything too exciting to report. here is a brief summary:

saturday: ran 7 miles with jess. felt good. so happy to have good conversation to pass the time.
monday: ran 3 miles. short & sweet
wednesday: ran 3 miles at the gym b/c I missed the run on tues. no comments about the run being a mile short. It was all I could do to actually get myself to the gym & run tonight.

as for tomorrow, I'm hoping that jess is feeling up for running. I am in need of some motivation to do 4 miles within the next 24 hours.

fyi... a little freaked out

so, i've been doing some research this morning on the pain i've been feeling in my foot and i'm a little freaked out. i'm afraid it's peroneal tendonitis. i hate self-diagnosing, but i think i would be better off to err on the side of caution than to seriously screw things up. so, i am not going to run today, and probably not tomorrow - we'll see how i feel (although i may freak out since i haven't gone more than a day without running for almost 5 months!) wish me luck.

so glad it was only 7.

yesterday was such a crazy day and i have been so exhausted all weekend that i am so glad it was only 7 miles in the am. clint was kind enough to drag his hiney out of bed to drive amy and i out to the beach again so we could run home. we started at the border of cardiff and solana beach and ran to amy's house. we ran a pretty good pace - averaging about 9 min miles on the downhill, 10 on flats, and 11 on uphills. i think our total time was about 75 min. everything was good and fine (although it was really hot for 7 am) until about mile 6 my right foot started hurting. the past few weeks i have noticed that my 5th metatarsal (bone on the outside of your foot that connects to your pinky toe) starts to hurt after i run, but i don't usually notice it while running. anyways- i thought i was going to have to stop, but managed to make it through the last mile. i'm not really sure what to do about it, i need to do some research on what helps. i've heard cushier socks?? any one else know what i'm talking about or what to do? anyhow- i may take it easy during the week this week just to make sure i don't kill my foot just a few weeks before the race (a month from yesterday, by the way). i do still want to do 11 this coming saturday, so wish me luck.
and about mid-week posts - i will probably continue just because it helps me to be accountable. i think i'd be more likely to fudge it if i am not writing after each run. but whatever works for you guys. please don't feel like you ever HAVE to write.

Proposal

I have a proposal. Are we all a little "over" the post-run blog? I still love reading about all of your experiences, but I feel like I personally don't have anything really new to report after each run. What if we morphed into more of a weekly summary of our runs? We could review the week on Saturdays, after our long runs? Unless someone has an amazing story to share, or a burning question, by all means, I don't want to limit anyone. I'm still so grateful for this blog. Especially in the beginning, it really helped me to get through each run, knowing that I had to go home and 'report' back to you all. And I still really like knowing we are all on the same page. So, just some thoughts.

For me, this week (although I did already write about Wednesday night), I ran Friday morning and today. Friday morning: yuck - major hurting knee, ran only 1.5 -2 miles and walked the rest of the way home, ~3.5 total. Today: much better: Miq and I ran 9, a good solid course with a nice mix of challenging hills and straight stretches. We weren't speedy (a little under 13min miles), but I felt strong, and definitely could have done 4 more (?!?). Memorial Day is just around the corner people! Wow!

on empty

Tonight we headed out for the 4 miles and about 3/4 of the way through the run I ran out of gas. I guess I just didn't consume enough calories today...or enough of the right calories. So, we ended up only going 3.8 miles (thanks, jess for making up the .2 for me). :) I don't know if this has ever happened to any of you...but with breastfeeding there are just times when if I haven't eaten for a few hours and try to exercise I can all of a sudden feel really weak and out of energy. That is what happened tonight. Nothing that is a big deal...I just have to get some food in me. Ya know? Hey, and good thing that I love to eat!! So, I convinced my hubby that we needed some Papa Johns pizza tonight to refuel me. YUM!

a little more than i could chew.

went to mom's house this morning so we could run a few errands together and while owey napped i took advantage to hit the road by her house. i took off to run the trail in their neighborhood (which by the way has an awesome view of all of encinitas) and then took a turn off not really knowing where i was going. i figured i know encinitas well enough that i couldn't actually get lost, so i just kept running. i did not get lost, but i did bite off a little more than i could (or wanted to, rather) chew. i ended up running up one of the steepest hills by my mom's house (leucadia) kind of on accident, and between that and the dirt trail (so different from pavement!) i managed to challenge muscles that must have been in hiding all this time. i did make it back alive, and since i ran somewhat aimlessly (kinda fun sometimes- you should try it) i was hoping i had hit the 4 mile mark at least. sure enough, 4.2 miles, 47 minutes. happy friday tomorrow. i think amy and i are planning 7 for saturday, and then next week will be the big one (11 or 12).

"Fun" Run

I neglected running this week until last night (my 3 yr old broke his wrist and his nose on Monday, and everything else has pretty much taken a back seat). So last night I ran with Mique, pretty late, we didn't get out til around 8:30pm. She had a really "fun" six mile route planned out for us. It looked kind of like this.

The run really did remind me of a really "fun" rollercoaster ride where you start out really high and then face a sheer drop plummeting down down down and then just when you think you have caught your breath the "fun" starts again, although this time the ride ended after a climb up up up (think tick tick tick tick tick). Wow, thanks Mique for setting up that run for us, let's do it again really soon!

(OK, I'm being a little sarcastic, it actually felt great to be out and running, and although the course was a "challenge", I must say we handled it extremely well, and in decent time - we think - anyway hopefully I can get another run in this week before Saturday. What are you ladies planning for your long run this week?