Mom on the Run

Ran with my mom around 5:30 am. It was a good run. I took it pretty easy... as my time shows. 9.04 miles in 1:35:08.  I am not thrilled with the time, but I was able to hold a conversation the whole time, I stopped for a drink at the park, almost threw up when I tried an e-gel for the first time, and dry heaved for a tiny bit twice. I feel that I did pretty good for how easy I was trying to take it and for all the little things that could have thrown me off. When I started dry heaving, I just ran faster until it went away. And it's nothing short of a miracle that my knee really didn't bother me much at all. That's what I have been praying for. These last two runs with my mom have been awesome. I hope they go this well when she isn't here next week...and the 7 weeks after that!

lap 1 (one mile)- 9:36

lap 2-  (.27 miles)-   2:45 (my mom bumped my lap button with her elbow, so it lapped, but at least was still showing how far we had gone.)

lap 3- (one) 10:10

lap 4-  (one) 10:38

lap 5- (one) 10:33

lap 6- (one)  10:59

lap 7- (one)  10:51

lap 8- (one)  10:42

lap 9- (one)  10:41

lap 10 (.76 miles)- 8:11

avg 10:42 min miles.

ran on the indoor track. this run felt really good. I was able to keep up a much quicker pace than recently. it was comfortable to go fast. i was happy.

3miles

total: 26:32

avg mile of 8:51

5 miles

47:39

mile 1- 9:00

mile 2- 9:24

mile 3-9:57

mile4- 9:38

mile 5- 9:39

avg speed:9:40

started my run and then had to pee .13 miles into it. walked back home and peed. started over. I was soooooo dehydrated that I wanted to stop so bad. I felt like I was going to die. drink more water and eat better!!!!

ran 9 miles with my mom. dad on bike. legacy parkway (race course)

not all that great, but for the complications we ran into, it wasn't horrible.

1:37.15

we took off running while my dad drove the car to the end of the course. we took a wrong path and got lost. we ran to a bridge over the freeway and stopped at 1.43 miles (stopping always KILLS my knee)

about 15 minutes later, we found the right trail and started again. right when we started the wind started blowing super super hard. It was like I was running in place. I even got blown off the path at one point. my mom had to grab my hand a seriously pull me for a little bit. that's what i get for only being 93 pounds. my knee was hurting super bad. a while later I had to pee. so we went off the path and i went. so frustrating. i didn't stop my watch for this break. this was a really really long run. very hard mentally and physically. I am wishing i didn't sign up for a night time race. we should have signed up for top of utah (daytime and downhill!) oh well.

mile times:

mile 1-   9:12 (on a dirt path very dark...we took this first mile way too fast)

mile 2-    10:13 (feeling lost and scared at this point...decide to just run to the bridge, stopped watch in the middle of this mile)

mile 3-    10:47  (after starting up again. knee hurts. wind blowing very strongly. i wanted to stop and walk so bad....sucks when you still have 6+ miles left. ran into dad, took a drink)

mile 4-    10:23  

mile 5-   11:42  (had to pee)

mile 6-   10:40 (took a drink)

mile 7-    11:08 (feet started hurting)

mile8-    11:20  (LOTS of feet pain)

mile 9-   11:43   (really wanted to stop because of feet pain. I have never had this much pain in my feet) at least i didn't stop...besides the whole getting lost part. grateful for my watch :)

i averaged 10:54 miles. sucky. hopefully i never have a run this bad again.

indoor track. went well. started off wrong and my knee had some pain but it left and didn't come back till much later, but was still dull.   26:30. even faster than my last one. 1 mile was less than 9. 2 miles was less than 18 minutes. i know they aren't quite true miles, but i still did good. i have 10 miles on saturday. I am very nervous.

was supposed to go 5 miles. my mom is up here and went with me, a little before mile four she said, we have to stop at kristina's house! she had to go to the bathroom so bad. so we stopped at kristinas and then walked home. I can't start running after i have stopped like that or my knee KILLS.

mile 1-   9:21

mile 2-   9:58

mile 3-   10:07

mile 4- 10:13

.05- 32 seconds

total: 40:10.7

just over 10 minute miles. sucky. maybe we talk to much. not feeling great about this run.

it is very frustrating that i probably won't reach my goal of 2:15 for the half since this will likely be my first and last. should have chose the downhill top of utah.

10 miles

took my allergy meds with 1/5 of a banana. took a gu and a tiny bit of water. left to run about 15 minutes after i was finished with the gu.

mile 1-  9:16

mile 2-   9:27

mile 3-    9:53    (had water)

mile 4-   10:02

mile 5-   10:24  

mile 6-   10:14   (had a little bit of gu and some water)

mile 7-   9:40

mile 8-   9:41    (had water at 8.5)

mile 9-  9:53

mile10- 9:29

total- 1:38.02

i feel great about this run. it is less than 9:50 second miles. I felt that i could just keep running and running even when i was at 10. trav was with me encouraging me. i liked the route. it was good. my knee had minimal pain throughout. it started hurting a little more than i cared for around mile 9 through the end, but otherwise i felt great.

Good run. Bad recover.

Three miles at the gym. It was fine. Not my best, not bad either. An average run. Average time, average feeling, etc.

I think it was about 27 minutes.

After I stopped running my knee was hurting and it was really stiff. While walking to cool down, i had to just stop walking. i couldn't bend my knee. I had to call Trav to bring my bike home while i drove home. I couldn't bend my knee for a few hours. It is feeling okay, with a little pain here and there. taking a few days off. i really hope i can get back on track.

was supposed to run five. trav had to stay home with baby. didn't want to run in dark. just did three.

3 miles in 28:02

mile 1- 9:05

mile 2- 9:17

mile 3- 9:35

my knee was hurting a little bit at the end. at three i kept jogging because i knew a terrible pain would come afterwards. when i finally began to walk i just about collapsed. I had to keep my leg straight in order to walk. unfortunately i think it may be starting in the other knee. I had to limp home. someone even pulled over and asked me if i needed a ride, but i was right by my house at that point. otherwise i would have taken it. at least my time was pretty good.

After this weeks run, i was too scared to do 10 miles.

and trav runs in the morning so by the time i get to go it is like 80 degrees.

I wore my runner's knee band hoping it would help. I think it was helping for a while. I felt that maybe i took my run a little fast the day before so for the downhill first mile, i tried to relax a little and slow it down....that is why i was surprised when i saw my time.

Mile 1- 8:50   whoops!

mile 2- 9:14   at this point i was feeling pretty good and i decided i would probably do six miles.

then i fell. and that changed everything. my foot hit the pavement too soon and i felt like i was flying sooo fast. I kept putting my hands down to try and catch myself early, but my body was going way to fast. my fingers would hit the pavement over and over until finally my palms hit and slid for a while. i was trying to protect my face and legs. luckily my shoes and hands were the only parts of my body touching the pavement. it probably looked pretty darn funny. but i went straight from my hands and feet on the ground to running. my hands were hurting but i was fine. for a little bit. Then the knee pain came. not sure if it was from the terribly akward fall or if it would have happened either way. I debated whether to run five or six. after running around the park a few times and my knee started really hurting I decided I would take a little short cut home and just do five.

Mile 3- 9:33 (around the park)

mile 4- 10:27

mile 5- 10:50

unfortunately i think i have reached the point where i can't just run through the pain anymore and just expect it to leave after a mile or so. i don't know quite what to do about my training anymore.

I ran for another minute or so and then slowed to a walk. tried to trick myself into walking like a normal person without pain. finally i gave in  and limped home again.

this run went MUCH better than the last three. My knee started hurting around 2.15 and then dulled a bit probably after 3.5.

after my run, i jogged slowly for about .8 mile. then i slowed into a walk....and my knee didn't freak out! I was so scared to walk because that is when it usually goes really bad. I was also praying for almost my entire run. Hopefully i will keep being blessed. at least to be able to train for and run this race.

mile 1- 8:47 (what?! I was NOT trying to go this fast. I tried taking it easy! I don't know why this mile keeps getting so much faster!)

mile 2- 9:28

mile 3- 9:54

mile 4- 10:17

total- 38:26

av pace per mile- 9:37

overall i am pleased with this run!

iced my knee tonight. will probably put vet linement on before i go to sleep.

horrible awful. at least trav came with me. otherwise i would have given up mid-run

the first mile felt good. thats about it. my knee hurt through much of it. my chest was tight for a few miles and i felt like i couldn't breathe. basically it sucked.

mile 1-9:30

mile 2- 10:05

mile 3- 10:08

mile 4- 10:27

mile 5- 10:55

mile 6- 11:05

mile 7- 11:10

mile 8- 11:35

mile 9- 10:53

mile 10- 13:07 (walked a lot)

total time-   1:48:57   10 minutes over my last 10 miles. not sure quite what to do. i feel like i am failing and that i probably won't be able to reach my goal. i just feel like giving up right now.