I love where I live

I love where I live. I love that I am in the middle of four beautiful canyons! Today I ran an awesome long run that took me up to the benches of the valley and by two canyons. LOVED IT! Nothing like 5 miles uphill and then 5 miles back down! 

10.12 miles, 1 hr. 17 min., Average 7:30

Barf, Friends and Joy!

These are pretty random things...I know. But they are all things I've experienced in the past week. I was lucky enough to get food poisoning last Thursday and that's where the BARF comes in. Then, one of my BFF's was able to hang out with me pretty much all day on Tuesday and it was great. She even watched my kids while Bryant and I worked out in the yard. She is the BEST! Then, at the track last night I made about six new runner FRIENDS and had a great workout. Thus, I experienced JOY. 

Here is a summary of this week's runs:

Monday: 4.5 miles, 32: 25, Average 7:12 miles

Tuesday: 6.5 miles, 46:46, Average 7:14 miles

Thursday: 3 miles (morning)

1 mile warm up, 400 meters (1:26) 1:30 rest, 800 meters (3:05) 1:30 rest, 1200 meters (4:45) 1:30 rest, 800 meters (3:07) 1:30 rest, 400 meters (1:26), 1:30 rest, 200 meters (:38) :45 second rest, 200 meter (:38) :45 rest, 1 mile cool down

It came!

Yesterday I ran with my new running friend...the Garmin Forerunner 305! It was awesome! I told Bryant that it's either going to make me super fast or kill me because I am constantly looking down at it to make sure I'm on pace. My run yesterday nearly killed me! Plus, I ran at 5:00 pm and it was WAY too hot for me! Let's hope that this thing helps me run the fastest I have run in years! 

6.3 miles, 43:50, Average 7:15 miles 

Yesterday's Run

I pulled my butt out of bed at 6:00 am and ran. GO ME! 

4.6 miles, 32:15, Average 7:00 miles

Rain, Rain..

..don't go away! I love running in the rain. I guess it makes me feel tough. Tough. I like getting home and jumping in a warm shower too. 

6.8 miles, 48:05, Average 7:04 miles

Sweet!

Sweet! I just ordered one of these bad boys from Costco.com. It's a Garmin Forerunner 305. It will tell you your pace, distance, calories burned. You can also track your heart rate with the HR monitor. Then you can download all your information onto a computer and it will do all sorts of graphs. SWEET!

Morning: 3 miles easy, Average 7:30 pace

Evening: 1 mile warm up, 11x400 meters 1:25 (1:25 rest), 800 meter cool down

Quick

3.3 miles, 23:20, Average 7:02 miles