Mitchell Invitational

We'll be getting up at 5:00am in the morning tomorrow for Daniel's first BIG meet in New Port Richey(Over an hour away...ugh) There will be 30 schools there and this is where Regionals is going to be when it's all said and done. The guys are going all out tomorrow to see what they're made of.

You can see Daniel's stats here

Prayer Run

Had a great run/walk with a good friend today. I have to say that ending a long sweaty work out with prayer is the only way to go.

I will not...

be running the Firecracker 5k! This heat is unbelievable and I am not a great fool!! Well, I have been foolish in the past...so I'm not going to do it again! I haven't run much in the past 2 weeks due to the 95-103 degree weather. Haven't been feeling too great overall so I'm taking it easy. I still want to do the half in the winter though!

Firecracker

Planning to run the Firecracker on July 3rd. Last year it was so hot and I pushed it way too hard. Took home the masters female but I regretted it. Couldn't stick around to enjoy it since I couldn't see straight. Hopefully I can pace myself a little better this time around and not drop of heat stroke.
Jaret's planning on running with me. He can't wait to run track for the middle school next year. I guess he won't be running cross country because it's during football, and football wins out.
I think I'll try a 5k schedule from runners world this time around and see what happens!

getting warmer...yippee!

Feeling good! Dan and I have been running together lately and that's been great. We were both down and out for a bit so we're building up slowly again. We had a nice 3.5 today. The weather is finally warming up and that is sooo wonderful.

Doesn't look like I'm going to make any of my races for the month of March and I'm disappointed, but I'm checking out all the races in the near future and putting them on the calendar. That helps...gives me something to shoot for!

Slow Going

Getting my endurance and speed back after being sick for a few weeks (and taking some weeks off before that) has really proven to be difficult. I've been through this before but this time it really seems to be just a little bit harder.

I guess it really is time to embrace the fact that I'm getting old....er. I'm not throwing in the towel or anything but I'm not killing myself to try to get back to my previous fitness level. It used to come back pretty quickly...not so this time around.

Oh, don't get me wrong! I'm going to get it back!!...but at a reasonable human pace and not at an obsessive, gotta be the best pace! I think I like the idea.

Let you know how it turns out.

Ink...Ha!

Big deal the half is in ink on the calendar! Tell that to my body who can't seem to manage a 2 miler in this cold! I thought about dragging in the treadmill from the garage, but that thought stopped pretty much...right there in my thoughts and never made it to action. I've been sick for a week so that doesn't help much.

This is my official cancelation of my half at the end of this month. Bummer. I'm so behind on the schedule it would be a difficult run. My knee is achy as well, so I'm just a mess all over.

So proud of you, Katy, for taking on the Disney half this morning in this freezing cold! Snow and everything!

Past Races and Times (place in age group)


'14 Beat the Sheriff 5k 23:31 1st place
'13 Beat the Sheriff 5k 23:21 1st place
'12 Beat the Sheriff 5k 23:23 1st place
'11 Jingle Bell 5k 23:47 2nd place (by 4 tenths of a second!!)
'11 Blessings in a Backpack 5k 24:11 1st place
'10 Beat the Sheriff 5k 22:26 1st place
'09 Jingle Bell 5k 22:56 1st Place
'09 Citrus Summer Showdown 5k 24:34 7th place Adult Female
'09 Firecracker 5k 23:04 Masters Female
'09 Shamrock Scamper 5k 22:31 Masters Female
'08 Jingle Bell 5k 22:32 Masters Female
'08 Tom Walker Half Marathon 1:57:30 3rd Place
'08 Beat the Sheriff 5k 21:35 1st Place and New PR!
'08 Scope it Out 5k 21:49 1st Place
'08 Shamrock Scamper 22:21 1st Place
'07 Mistletoe Trot 10k 50:46 1st Place
'07 Jingle Bell 5k 23:21 1st Place
'07 Beat the Sheriff 5k 22: 55 2nd place
'07 Ovarian Cancer 5k 24:14 3rd Place
'07 Citrus Summer Showdown 5k 24:06 (no age groups)
'07 Crystal River Mayor 5k 23:11 2nd Place
'06 Jingle Bell 5k 24:02 1st Place
'06 Key Biscayne Lighthouse 5k 25:19 1st Place
'06 Beat the Sheriff 24:53 2nd Place
'05 Beat the Sheriff 5k 25:06 4th place
'05 Cooter Triathlon(5k part) 24:02 2nd place