8

55 and windy. beautiful and sunny. a great running day. amy roller bladed next to me again today. we chatted the whole time, which was so nice.

pace: 9:42

the 20k (12.4) is 3 weeks from today. i am right on track w/my training and looking forward to it.

planning on a rest day tomorrow...maybe a family bike ride.
hope you have a great weekend!

4

hannah came to watch the kids this morning and even though i had a million errands i should have been running, i knew i needed to go for a run and have some quiet time w/the Lord.

i drove across town and parked my car, so i could run a different route. it was a nice change.
and, so beautiful...all the flowering trees are amazing right now. i planned on just running an easy 4, but i kept looking at my pace on the garmin. i really need to quit paying attention to that sometimes!

pace: 9:02

*tomorrow i am planning on running 8. my friend amy is rollerblading next to me again.
what a good friend!

5

i've only run once this week and it didn't go very well.
i'm sitting here waiting for my husband to get back from running, so i can go.

it's already 7, so it will have to be a short run. it will be dark soon.
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i ended up doing 5. it was a much better run tonight and perfect weather. my first 2 miles didn't feel the best, but that is totally normal for me. a few things i worked on tonight were keeping my arms low, using my arms more, and thinking about my mantra "i love hills." you'll have to try saying it as you run up a hill, it works!

pace: 9:40

3

wasn't i just saying i felt like i could run forever?! that was definitely not the case today.
i only ran 3 miles and i just felt so s.l.o.w. and heavy.
it probably didn't help that this morning i made cinnamon rolls for the kids and ended up eating two. all day i just felt blah, but the good news is i ran 3 miles tonight and tomorrow is a new day.

wow!

a friend just reminded me that there are only 4 more weeks until training begins for the chicago marathon.

today i watched this video of the course again. i love that it is a flat course and there are so many spectators. i'm really hoping to run well.

10

ran 10 today. my friend amy roller bladed next to me the whole time, what a good friend!
it was such a beautiful day today - mid 60's/low wind - perfect for running!
i felt great today. felt like i could have kept going. ahh, love when that happens!

pace: 9:43

3

3 in the rain. when i left it was just sprinkling, but shortly after it started to down pour.
i could have turned around, but i decided to do 3. i hadn't run since saturday and i
wanted to go so bad.

pace: 9:02

hoping to run 10 this weekend.