Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured

I met Annette at the Y to run on the treadmill and avoid the wind.   It was long and boring.   Weights afterwards with Jake.

Avg Pace:  8:40

9 easy and very fun miles with Jenny!

easy miles with Jenny and then 3 MP miles to finish it off.

Avg Pace 8:44

Met the girls at the store, minus Wendy who is sick, and we were planning on running the first 15 of the Cowtown course. I love the course and was so excited to run. Brit was there and leading the way, pushing her jogger with her 2 year old, like it was no big deal. We were consistently 8:20 - 8:30 and I had to keep saying we need to slow down, we have the hard part of the course left. I made it up the long hill to the courthouse pretty good and was pleased with the even effort and then within the next mile started to feel absolutely terrible and at mile 8 decided to turn back and head to the store. Little did I know, I was coming down with the flu and the sickest I have been in 15 years. Great run and hopefully I will be back out with them in a few weeks.

Avg Pace 8:41

Sicker than a dog but ran while my daughter was a volleyball.  It felt good to clear out my lungs a little but was probably not the smartest decision.   Not the best area to be running in when it is dark.

4 easy miles with Jenny and fighting congestion the entire time

PM: 4 miles on the hotel treadmill and thought I was going to die.

WOW! I didn't realize it had been so long since I had logged miles. The last few weeks have been crazy. I have had the flu the past two weeks and have had work coming out of my ears along with the start of club volleyball and high school baseball. I am going to go back and add what I can remember, too many treadmill runs lately, but very little the during the "sickness".

First run since Tuesday and I had to run later in the day because I was in charge of the 5K for my son's baseball team. Putting on a race is a lot more fun then running one. Huge thank you to Cox Racing Services for all their help!

Ended up on the treadmill late in the day catching up on Scandal. Set the incline at 1.5% and started out nice and easy and progressively worked up to 8:30's for the last couple of miles. I can tell I am tired and still coughed quite a bit but very glad and happy to be running.

Crazy Texas weather!  Last Tuesday it was all winter gear and today shorts and a t-shirt, wishing I had worn a tank.    Very hot and humid.   1 mile to CVS, 3.5 with Jenny and 1.5 home.  Harder than it should have been but considering the month I have had, I will take it. 

Signing up for a 4 miler on the 16th....not much time to get in shape.

Yesterday morning we had 20+mph winds and decided to delay our run until the evening.  The evening brought more wind, rain and not getting home from work until 7:30.   I tried really hard to motivate myself to get on the treadmill and it didn't happen.   

Windy again this morning, so I headed to the Y to run on their treadmills (trying to let everyone at my house sleep a little longer).  A 2 mile warm up and then tried to re-introduce my body to speed work.  The foot turn over isn't there yet, so I took a different approach and while the on's were not as fast, the recovery was much faster than normal.   

16x1min on/off

On's at 7:30 pace/Off's at 8:30 pace

Next week I will work on the On's faster with a slower recovery.

Avg Pace 8:28

....still coughing more than anyone should....ever.

Met Jenny for some easy miles around the big block.   Had a little detour through her neighborhood and while she made a pit stop, I did a little bit of speed work.  She finished at 5 miles and I added on to get to 7.   

Crazy thing about Texas:  Monday shorts and T-shirts and I was too hot.  Today, full winter gear and I was freezing.    Mother Nature is keeping us on our toes.