My Week in Running

Monday:  Ran 4 miles on the treadmill.

Tuesday:  Ran 5 easy miles on the treadmill.

Wednesday:  Super nice weather and it is supposed to turn much colder tomorrow so Gretchen and I go to the trail for about 3 miles.  Watch GPS is not wanting to work.  When I get home I update my watch hoping that will fix it.  It doesn't so I call support.  Try pressing all the buttons to reset watch to factory settings.  Why didn't I think to do that anyway that fixes it.

Thursday: Did nothing.

Friday:  .5 of a mile on the treadmill then YoPi class.

Saturday:  Run the Burg 1/2 Marathon in Warrensburg, MO.

Sunday:  I'm sore and achy.  Didn't do anything other than walk the dog while pushing a stroller twice. This happens everyday but today it felt like I was doing something.

Weekly totals:  24.6

Goals:  Taken it easy the first half of week then getting serious.  Participating in Pile on the miles which is what I need to do also hoping to win one of the prizes.

Run the Burg 1/2 Marathon

Saturday morning I ran Run the Burg 1/2 marathon in Warrensburg, MO.  This is a great small race.  Great swag: technical tee shirt, sports bag, togo coffee mug, chapstick.  There is chip timing and you could show up 5 minutes before start and park a couple of blocks away.  I spent the night before at my parents house so that I wouldn't have to get up before 6, drive an hour to drop the kid and dog off before the race.  I was up at the race 20 minutes before start time.  The race start and finish was conveniently located across the street from my sister's coffee shop so no port a potty lines for me.

It was cold out but no wind and the sun was out so really it didn't feel that bad before and was great after a couple of miles.  There was also a 5k and a 10k and we all started at the same time on account of the cold temperatures.  I didn't love the together start but it probably helped me not go out to fast which I usually do.  

The race is pretty much all up and down hills, more so in the first few miles of the race but the slightly more spread out hills feel just as bad after you have already ran 5 miles of them.  I had to slow it down. Even though I knew the race was hilly(I ran it last year) I haven't been doing any hill training recently.   Also my long runs haven't been that long.  

Female 30 to 34

                                                                                                                    Place    Name                 City           Bib No  Age   Overall       Time       Time  

      
   2    Kristen Weigand     Independence  MO     2612   33       29      1:46:36.2   1:46:36.2

I finished 29th out of 107 total runners and 5th out of 48 females.  I was hoping for a time much closer to 1:40 but I guess I need to run more if that is gonna happen.  I did PR by 1:24 from same race last year.
Today I am probably the sorest I've ever been after a half.  I feel like I ran a whole.

My Week in Running

Monday:  Wanted to start things off right for the week.  I went to the gym treadmill and ran out 6.75 miles with the ladies of The View.  When I'm on the treadmill I like to read the closed captioning on the TV while listening to music on my ipod.
Monday evening went to the trail for 3.25 miles of stroller running.  10 miles out in one day= good start to week.

Tuesday: Cold from last week is still hanging on. Ran 3 easy miles on treadmill.  Signed up for Run the Burg Half Marathon.

Wenesday:  Was without Gretchen in the morning but still wasn't feeling great so I just ran 3 easy miles outside of my house.

Thursday:  Did nothing.

Friday:  Ran 5.5 miles on the treadmill and went to YoPi class.

Saturday:  Ran 3.5 on the treadmill.

Sunday:  Nice weather so I completely ment to take Gretchen in the jogging stroller on the trail.  This didn't happen.  Gretchen took a long nap and I watched an American Pickers marathon on TV.  This took longer than an actual marathon but whatever.

Weekly total:  25 miles

Next Week goals:  Easy miles.  Run the Burg Half Marathon on Saturday.  Hoping to PR it.  My resent running times tell me I can.  My last Half PR was at this event last year with 1:48:00.  I havn't really trained for it so we will see.

My Week in Running

Monday: Ran 4 miles on the treadmill.

Tuesday:  Ran 3.5 miles on the treadmill.  Included 30-20-10 speed work.

Wednesday:  Ran 4.5 miles on the treadmill.  Add the .5 to even the miles out.

Thursday:  Ran 3 miles on the treadmill

Friday:  Didn't do a thing.

Saturday:  Was out at my parents so I went to go run when there seemed to be a break in the rain.  Just a little sprinkling when I left the house, just short of 2 miles out it started pouring which would of been ok if it weren't for the lighting.  I do not like running when there is lightening in the area even though it may not of been that close I had 2 miles back to the house.  I sprinted.  It poured until I had less than half a mile left then back to sprinkles. 4 death defying miles done.

Sunday:  Still out at the parents house.  I felt so tired and not like running all morning finally I went out and did 6 laborious miles.  It was very windy.

Weekly Total:  24 miles.  I had a cold or allergies or probably both all week so I didn't really feel super run like at all.

Goal for next week:  30 miles and sign up for Run the Burg half marathon that is in 2 weeks.

My Week In Running

The last week of September I did run 28 miles but I didn't write it down as I went and I was irritated with not hitting 30 miles so I just didn't post about it.  I'm sorry about disappointing my millions of followers, I mean 3 followers.

Anyway this week:

Monday:  4 miles on the trail pushing Gretchen.  Great weather, Gretchen enjoyed the playground after the run.

Tuesday:  4 miles on the treadmill at the gym.  I did three 5minute sets of the 30-20-10 plan within the 4 miles.

Wednesday:  2.5 miles on the treadmill before going to pilates class.

Thursday:  Did nothing, had some sewing I needed to finish in the morning so I missed my normal gym time, then didn't end up going at all.

Friday:  Made it to the gym in time to do 4 miles on the treadmill before going to YoPi class.

Saturday:  Was without Gretchen for the afternoon so I went to the trail for 7 miles. It was the first cold day this fall.  I always forget how to dress for running when the weather changes.  I went for a long sleeve shirt with shorts.  It worked, could of used a stocking cap but I was fine after the first mile.

Sunday:  Went out to BB Hwy so I had my mom to watch Gretchen during my run.  I went for 8.5 because that is exactly what I needed to hit 30 miles for the week.  I stopped for a few pics during the run.  I started out at my aunt's house that is .5 miles up the road from my parents, ran out for 4 miles turned and ran to my parents house to shower.  I was a little late for the football and food at my aunt's house.

The turnaround at mile 4.

Rolling hills at mile .80 or 7.20.

Just past the start or at 8.20.  I had to shower before they would let me in for lunch.

Hit 30 miles for the week.  Hoping to go higher next week.