Still putting one foot in front of the other...

Well, I guess I'm just too busy running to blog about running...
I've been running about 20 miles a week lately. I've been trying to us a Spring Training Schedule by Hal Higdon which would have me running up to 30 miles per week with an 8 mile long run on the weekend. I can't seem to get beyond the 20!! Something always gets in the way! Life, kids, school...oh well. What can ya do? This is why there's a bunch of 60 year olds out there running marathons! Their kids are all grown and gone and they have the time!
So, I'll be running a 5k next Saturday in Lecanto. That's the plan. Trying to beat 22:23!

Shamrock-Tough Run-22:21

I can't believe the number of people that came out for the race today. Even a three-legged dog joined the 318 runners. And what a wide range of folks aged from 8 to 80. It's so fun to see the familiar faces out for the runs in this small town and to cheer each other on.

We're so proud to report that Daniel set a goal and surpassed it. He was shooting for 20 minutes but instead ran it in 19:30 and he won first in his age group. He was the 11th runner to cross the finish line out of 318 people!

Here he is with Dad and a friend from his track team who won third in the same age group. Dan beat his time by 2 minutes and set a new personal record and was very pleased. He's looking to up his weekly miles soon...maybe a marathon in the future!

Jenny's one our faithful Sunday morning running buddies. She was there when I started this whole running thing. I've learned so much from her and she has been an awesome motivator! She just had a baby 4 months ago and still kicks butt. Awesome race, Jen.Jenny and her little guy.

Here's the clan. But check out Suzie on the left! She's over 80 and still going strong and she always has the most festive outfits! Here's the gold! Daniel and I placed first in our age groups. My time was 22:21-a personal best! It was a great course. Some slight hills that felt like mountains because of the pace I was moving. I hit the first mile at 7 minutes. I thought, "Oh no, I went out way too fast." But my goal was to get this done in 22:30 so a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. The rest of the day I was a worthless bag of rags. I slept, slept and slept some more. Totally spent...good stuff.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

The Shamrock 5k is Saturday, March 15th! I love the countdown to a good race. Kate,watcha doin'?! Are ya coming? Dan and I are hoping to break some personal records on this one. Daniel will be out there, too. Tomorrow he has his first real track meet and he's been running most days for a while now so he should do great. I hear the schools are sending out alot of younger kids, too. It should be a great crowd. The energy is really great when there's lots of folks out. Hope it's not COLD!!

8 1/2 miles?

Whoa,

Jenny, Jacqueline and I ran 85 minutes this morning! I'm not sure why but we did it! The plan is usually to get out there and do 6 or 7, but my schedule said I should do 80 minutes today so that was the goal. After all, it's on the schedule...it needs to be checked off. We decided to follow the 2.4 mile trail at the end to reach our goal but ended up at 8.4 miles instead. Man, the last 5 minutes were pretty tough. My hands were beginning to tingle and my knee was beginning to talk to me. Not screaming at me yet but wanting to be heard. It was a great run, but next week I think we'll take it a little easier. Great run girls!! And even greater chattin'!

Hubby's a running fool!

Well, Dan and I ran 7 miles at the park Sunday morning. That was the longest run we've ever run together and it was great. He's definitely going to beat his 5k time at the Shamrock in March! We may do the Chinsegut 5krun in Brooksville coming up on the 16th. I hear they give out unique prizes instead of medals. I'd love cash, that works.

took a break...feels good

I've noticed something this week. Since taking almost a whole week off last week in DC, I feel like my runs this week have been really great. I haven't really gone any faster or longer, nothing different. It just seems like the runs have felt very refreshing and energetic. I guess I stored up lots of energy even though we walked miles and miles in DC!
Anyway, feeling good and working on an 8 week 5k program to get me ready for the upcoming Shamrock 5k in beautiful downtown Inverness!

Katy, come on up!!

My Dear Husband is after me!!

Dan has been running his heart out for the past few weeks and he's not going to stop until he catches me!! He's been using a Hal Higdon 5k schedule, building up his weekly mileage and increasing his long runs. He's running 5 miles for his long run and logging 15-20 miles per week! His 5k time is getting better every time he runs! Next week he's going all out and running 6 miles for his long run. It's been fun to run with him again. But if I'm not careful, he'll pass me up and we can't have that!