Marathon Training: Week 12

on the schedule this week was 4, 8, 5, 12.


monday - walked 3 miles with my friend carol.
saw this amazing sunset.
if the work of God's hands are so full of wisdom and power and grandeur and majesty and beauty, what must this God be like in himself!
what will it be to see the Creator himself!

tuesday - walked 3 miles with the fam. ran 4 earlier in the day. 9 min. pace. felt good.

wednesday - ran 5 in 93 degrees. i'm ready for some cooler weather. planned on running my 8 today, but ran out of time.

thursday - much needed rest day. it was our first day of school. my 7th year of homeschooling! a busy, but good day for everyone.

entering the tough weeks of training now. it's going to be harder to get my middle of the week runs in with school in session. 



friday - found out today that my sister ashley is engaged! so happy for her!
ran 8. had a good run, even though it was still close to 90.
i put on my saucony rides today, and they felt so heavy. i've been running in my saucony kinavara 2's the entire training. now i'm trying to decide what to do...do i continue running in the kinavaras? i've read different opinions on this. some believe it's too little shoe for a full marathon. others have run in them and loved them. i guess it just comes down to personal preference. i think i'm going to try running in them for some longer runs that are coming up and see how i feel...

saturday - 12. tried to beat the rain. warm and humid already this morning. my legs felt a little sore from last night, but today was my only chance for a long run. so off i went. it sprinkled a little, but nothing major which was good because i've ruined an ipod in the rain before and i always run with my phone. hoping to get to a baseball game tonight, if the rain holds off.
making a cheesecake for tomorrow. we'll be celebrating my niece's first bday and my hubby's 40th.

Marathon Training: Week 11

on the schedule for this week was: 4, 8, 4, 16.

monday - walked 3 miles with my friend sara in the morning. ran 4 that evening. (no more 3 milers on the schedule until right before the marathon now).

tuesday - walked 4.5 miles with hubby. felt like fall.

wednesday - ran 8. walked 4.5 with hubby again that evening.

thursday - ran 4.

friday - the kids were gone for the night, so we decided to go for a long walk. we walked for close to 3 hours! when we got home we looked on mapmyrun to see how far we had gone...10.2 miles. it felt great, but i started doubting that i'd be able to get up and run 16 in the morning.

saturday - no long run for me today. i could tell it should be a rest day.

sunday - crazy busy day. i tried to pack too much into this day. church in the morning, make lunch for everyone, make dessert for church later that night, long run, quick shower, and ended up getting to church a little late that night.
the weather was great for a long run today. the bad part was i only had time to run 10 miles, and i was feeling so good too. i think i will add a few miles to next week's long run to make up for it.

Marathon Training: Week 10

hard to believe it's already week 10!
this week was 3, 7, 4, 15 with perfect weather!
i'm trying to add in some additional miles to my training by walking. sometimes i walk with the kids, or my husband, or sometimes we all go. it's been good for all of us.

monday - ran 2 (under 9 min. miles) with hubby and walked 1. we both felt blah after not eating the best on vacation for the last two weeks. walked 3 miles later that evening.

tuesday - ran 4 and walked 4 in the evening. my middle daughter went with us on the walk. i'm thankful that we've always found fun ways to be active with our kids. i noticed so many overweight kids while we were on vacation. really made me sad. maybe some of them had health reasons for it?, but i would guess the majority of them just eat too much and move too little. ok, off my soapbox.

wednesday - 7 miles in the morning with my friend carol. i needed the accountability of a friend today. still feeling heavy and gross after vacation, but i made it.

thursday - rest day - walked all day at an amusement park. fun day with family! another reminder that i'm getting older. i can't do all the rides that i used to be able to anymore because i start feeling sick.

friday - walked 3 miles. it was nice and cool, and almost felt like fall. 

saturday - 15. brought by handheld water bottle, but forgot my gels. boo. oh well, i made the best of it. it was a beautiful morning, and i was finally feeling pretty good (maybe all the walking has helped?). stopped once to fill up my water and two or three times waiting at stop lights. so thankful to finally have a good long run! i needed that boost of confidence.

as promised, here are a couple pictures from our vacation to south carolina.

this was the amazing view we had from our beach house! we were just steps from the beach.

 

watching dolphins swim right by our boat.

Marathon Training: Weeks 8 & 9

we just got back from vacation! it was wonderful. i will share pictures this week. i only ran 3 times and a total of 9 miles. no biggie. i'll get back on track this week. family always takes priority over running.
looking forward to running this week in the cooler weather.