Miles:
882 total / 273 in 2012
Goal:

Ragnar Madison to Chicago June 2012; shooting for a sub 2:10 half in 2012.

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  • 15 miles
  • 02:54 time
  • 2246 calories
  • 4 workouts
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Entries

  1. RUN
    Soldier Field 10 Miler, Chicago 10 mi 01:55 11:28 pace

    I took it really easy because I had a full day planned in the city! I followed my run 3 mins/walk 1 min. intervals and finished feeling great. It was a fun event, running along Lakeshore for the 1s... read more

  2. FIT
    great 20 minutes yoga/stretching

    needed to stretch these tight muscles!

  3. RUN
    good TM at home 1 mi 00:11:45 11:45 pace

    5:00 a.m. warm up...too hot in my garage 'mom cave' so I opted to do 1 mile and then some yoga/stretching.

  4. RUN
    great Cherokee Trail 3.91 mi 00:48 12:16 pace

    I took it really easy, since I've been injured (hip) and I completed a tough half marathon on Saturday. I have a marathon in 16 weeks so I pulled out John Bingham/Jenny Hadfield's book 'Marathon fo... read more

  5. RUN
    alright Marion Arts Festival Half Mar... 13.1 mi 02:32 11:36 pace

    1st half 1:10:41, 2nd half 1:21:54...dang--no negative splits in this girl today. I got 'barfy' feeling so I walked most of the 2nd half--I'm not one to party OR run till I puke. It was well-organi... read more

  6. FIT
    1 hour personal training

    stretches and butt kicks, high knees, grapevines to loosen up, followed by squats/sprints, RDLs/sprints, med ball catch/sprint, med ball bounce/sprint...do this series 3 times.

  7. RUN
    great treadmill at gym 1 mi 00:08:58 08:58 pace

    warm up before personal training...it is the 1st run in weeks where my hip bone hasn't bothered me! I've all but stopped running (maybe 3 or 4 runs in the last 2 weeks) so that I could rest my hip.... read more

  8. RUN
    great Lace Up For Learning 5K, Ceda... 3.26 mi 00:30 09:13 pace

    Beautiful morning for a run, great cause (CR Schools Foundation), 3rd place age group medal...last year my time was 32:40, so I'm really happy that I beat that by 2:38. This 5K is a little 'long' b... read more

  9. RUN
    great Sac and Fox Trail 4 mi 00:41 10:15 pace

    Beautiful night for a run! Thanks Falon S.!

  10. FIT
    1 hour personal training

    step ups with med ball, bench press, upright rows, squats with bar (repeat 3 times); push ups, push sled, pull up things with TRX ropes (repeat 3 times). That sled thing is a butt kicker.

  11. RUN
    good treadmill 0.5 mi 00:05:00 10:00 pace

    walk/run to warm up before personal training...first time I've been on a treadmill in a month. Dumb hip.

  12. FIT
    great Yoga for Runners DVD in the M...

    I am sooo frustrated with my brand-new TV...I got it to play DVDs in the Mom Cave (my workout room in the garage). It stopped working completely - 'disc error'. My husband messed with it and got it... read more

  13. RUN
    good Mall to Mall Time Prediction ... 8.8 mi 01:39 11:15 pace

    I predicted 1:36:57 so I wasn't terribly far off...thanks to my buddy Kathleen Z. for 'wogging' it with me. Next year I'll be a rebel and bring my Gym Boss timer.

  14. RUN
    good Illinois Half Marathon, Champ... 13.26 mi 02:26 10:59 pace

    (Garmin Time)...not too bad for a chick with a bum hip! Great run--the rain held off!

  15. RUN
    good Champaign, IL 5K 3.15 mi 00:31 09:52 pace

    I have been nursing a sore hip but road tripped to Champaign this weekend for the Illinois Challenge...5K tonight, 1/2 marathon tomorrow. Not going for a PR...hip is too sore for that. Setting the ... read more

  16. RUN
    alright Cedar Valley Trail at Boysen Rd. 8 mi 01:32 11:32 pace

    8 miles with Falon S. I have been nursing a bum hip (inflammation around the right hip bone) so I kept it slow and steady. Intervals: run 3 mins./walk 1 min., repeat for 8 miles. Ouch...took some a... read more

  17. FIT
  18. VELO
    great stationary bike warm up at th... 1.8 mi 00:05:00 21.6mph pace

    Just warmed up for a few minutes before personal training...still resting my hip

  19. FIT
    great gym elliptical 2.04 mi 00:30 14:42 pace

    a little more cross training

  20. VELO
    great stationary bike at the gym 10.9 mi 00:30 21.8mph pace

    Doing a little cross training (instead of running) to give my sore hip a break...not too much resistance...just sat and did a lot of spinning.