So Many Things To Blog About, and So Little Time......

During the day, I think about different things I want to blog about, but by the time I get home, get dinner ready, do the whole night time routine for the kids including homework, I am out of time and ready to relax.
Things I hope to write about this week.
I run my life...the children portion. Jaylee has been going through some stuff the last few weeks, and maybe if I put it into words, I will understand it a little better, and be able to help her.
I run my life...the running portion. I want to write about a race I am thinking about running and my new compression leg sleeves :).
I run my life...the social side. My new friends and my old ones, I love them all, and love them more and more everyday.
I run my life...the Shaun side. Love that's all I have to say. Guess I got that portion out of the way :).
I hope to write about all of these, this week. We will see.......
Oh, and I almost forgot, we are going to Tahoe on Sunday, I will have to write about that. The Tahoe trip will be filed under the I run my life, the Shaun Baland Photography portion.

I Finished Week 2.....well sort of!!!!

In order to get my 4 runs in this week, I had to change my week start and end date. My weeks will now start on Monday's and end on Sundays.
My first run this week was 3 miles on Monday night. I ran outside, it was 39 degrees! Shaun ran with me that night, so I set my pace a little slower than usual, I didn't want to run alone, so I made the sacrifice to go slow. We ran it in 29:36, which isn't too bad. It was so cold that the inside of my nose froze, it made breathing a little rough. :) During our run we talked about committing to each other to keep in shape no matter how old we are.
Tuesday and Wednesday I didn't run. I had a stomach bug and felt awful.
Thursday night I ran alone. Once again it was 39 degrees. I was so cold and it was pretty late at night, so my goal was to finish the run and finish it quick! A Rocklin police officer drove by me 4 times during the run, guessing he was making sure I was safe....or maybe checking me out hahahah!!! My ponytail did look pretty good that night, so maybe :) Anyway, I finished that run in 26:15, which I think is the best outside time I have run, I was pretty happy about that.
Saturday night, I forced myself to get my long run in. Since my Saturday nights tend to be non-event filled, I thought I might as well get this run in. Shaun ran the first 3 miles with me, and picked me up in the car after I did the second 3. The first loop was completed in 28:30 and the second was done in 27:21, so I did the 6 in 55:51. It was still super cold that night, but I am getting used to it.
Today I had to adjust my week start and end date, so I could get this forth run of the week in.
My forth run was 4 miles, and I was dragging, I think I may have walked more than ran, but I got it done. We did our run at 1pm, and after running at night all week, the daylight hurt, it hurt bad.

I started typing this blog last night, but my computer freaked out on me so I was unable to finish it. Today is already week 3, but I will keep today's run a secret until the end of the week.

As a reward for getting all my runs in this week, I bought Compression Leg Sleeves!!! I am so excited and can't wait for them to get here!!! They are PINK!!!!

Yeah for me and completing week 2!!!!!!

Marathon Training Week 1!!!

I failed this week, and it is only the first week!
My running schedule this week was 3miles, 4miles, 3miles and long run was 5miles.
I started off decent, I ran my 3 mile run in about 30 minutes. The 4 was completed in 36 minutes and my 5 miles run was 49 minutes 1 second....if you are paying attention you will notice, i am missing a 3 mile run. Dang me!!!
This coming week will have to have 5 days of running instead of 4 so I can catch up. This week will be three 3mile runs, one 4mile and a 6 mile run. I will complete this week!!
This week even though I missed a run, I did get 3 days of weight in. I plan to have a lot more weight training mixed in, than I have in my past marathon preps. I am hoping to the weights will help with the fatigue while running the marathon.
These running posts are going to be boring, but they are going to help keep me accountable. I have to train correctly for this marathon, I must get a sub 5 hour marathon!!!!