This Week

I am out of town and trying to do this from an ipad. Cross your fingers this will work.

The 5k begins on Friday. Your friends and family can still sign up and you can still enter to win the incentive prize.

Running: I think I went a little nuts. I ran way too many high mikeage weeks without a rest week. Last Friday the wheels came off and I began a rest week. My legs were just dead. This week I have been in Texas so, it is the perfect time for a rest week. Here is the thing, in the past during a rest week, I ran short and fast. I tried to go fast a few nights ago but, holy cow it was like running in a bowl of sand. It was so hard to get my pace down and it hurt. Today I ran my 5k. I ran a 21:59. Boooooooooooo. I kept it under 7 for the first two miles then again the wheels just came off. I think I might have over trained a bit this time around. I need to figure out how to get back on track. I need three more good weeks of training before I taper but, I dont want to push to the point of injury or whatever is going on right now with my legs. I am confusaled ( baffled and confused) as to what my game plan will be next week. Might have to listen to the old sticks and play it by ear.

Blog: My sister wrote a Guest Post for Candy Hearts. I was so honored she wanted to write about me. You can check it out here.

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This fundraising journey has been nuts.  I still hope to raise $5K for JDRF, I know there are 500 people out there that are just dying to do a 5K.  Uhmmmm ok maybe there are 250 and those 250 can talk their spouses into it :).  My favorite saying fits this scenario perfectly: Shoot for the moon, if you miss you will land among the stars.  People, we are shooting for the moon.  Whatever is earned goes straight to JDRF and that is the goal, to get them money so they can find us answers.    On another note, the original purpose of this blog: to share the ramblings of a totally insane mother who likes to run too much.  This week has ROCKED!!!! Some of the Running Moms, ok Tracey, told me I had to step up my game.  She called me out and said I needed to start running some 30 milers.  I got in one last week and then did back to back 30 milers this week.  Holy Cow! I am tired.  Today's 22 miler felt like it was in sand.  I made it to mile 17 cruising along and then hit a wall, wait...bashed head first into a wall made out of cinder blocks and reinforced with rebar and cement.  It was so hard to make it home but, I did.  Now I am trying to figure out, with Doug headed out of town, how I am going to squeak in 27 more miles this week.  Hummmmmmm....does anyone else see the dreaded TM in my future or is that some sort of left over side effect from the heat exhausting I inflicted upon myself?

 On a great note: When I contacted Injinji about the raffle for the 5K, they read my blog.  Well as you might recall I said I used their socks sometimes and said they didn't have padding so I couldn't use them all the time.  Well...as it turns out, I was wrong.  They just put out a new sock with padding and they sent me a pair to try out.  OMG!!! AHHHHHH....my feet are in heaven.  The padded Injinjis ROCK, they are so amazing.  I highly, highly, HIGHLY recommend them.  They don't come in cute colors or striped rainbows but they do feel amazing.  Hey you can't have it all.   Happy Running All!   Don't forget to sign up for the 5K, sign your family and friends up and share it on your Social Networking sites. 

This Week

This week was a great training week but, because it was a great training week I was drained.  The weather here in North Texas was nice and hot so, it was perfect for my Lone Ranger training.  I went into the week wanting to do another 3 x 30mile week, I ended up doing 32.1/30.4/30.4.  Much of that was in about 90 degree temps.  My legs were tired but not sore by the end of the week, my feet feel a bit achey and my body just felt tired.  All in all would say it was a great training week.  On Friday night Doug asked if I wanted to find a race this weekend and I almost jumped for joy.  Of course I wanted to race with him and Chloe, wooo hoooo.  Doug is back.  His post surgery knee finally can take 3.1 miles without screaming at him for the next week and inflating like a balloon.  So, on Friday night at 10 pm we did what any normal couple does, we found a race for the next morning, got our things layed out and went to bed.  At 0530 we grabbed our gear and Chloe and headed to the only race we could find with in an hours drive.  It was the Fireman's 5K.  We had a great time.  Chloe was so excited to race with Doug.  I was pretty excited to run a 5Kwithout pushing Chloe.  So going into the race I had just over 93 miles for the week on my legs, I wasn't quite sure how fast they would let me go but, dang if  I didn't bust out a 21:35.  I know that isn't fast for some of you but, for me that is pretty fast.  I didn't have a watch for the race so, I just ran as hard as I could for as long as I could.  I figure this was a great speed workout for the week.  Chloe got to meet a fire dog and the panther in the picture below.  She was so excited she ran up to him and gave him a big hug.  Oh almost forgot the funniest part of the race.  So we get done and Doug says Chloe thought he was going a little too fast so she put the brakes on.  No kidding Chloe used her Crock on the front tire of the Jogger as a brake and wore a hole almost clean through her shoe.  Doug said he is putting a fender on the jogging stroller this week.  Lol.  Of course Doug is an amazing runner so he was still the first person to come in with a jogging stroller, even with a human brake.

I am only 3.5 miles shy of a 100 mile week as I sit here typing.  Most of me wants to get out there and do a few miles tonight and go over 100 but, I am thinking I would be doing that just for the number not for the training.  Next week I am going to try and run a 50 miler on Tuesday followed by a 15-20 miler on Wednesday so, I think the smarter thing to do is take today and Monday off, let the feet rest and hit it hard come Tuesday at 0200.  Oh this is a tough one.  We will have to see what happens not sure I can resist the call of the 100 mile mark.  Happy Running everyone!  And Congratulations to all of the Graduates (Go Dylan GO!).