Park City Half Marathon

I ran the Park City half marathon on Saturday with the girls. This week is actually scheduled to be a recovery week in our training program and when we signed up a few months ago it sounded like such a great idea but as the day got closer I was dreading running 13 miles instead of 7 like we were supposed to. The goal was to run it like a training run so that we will be ok for our 20 mile run coming up this week.

I didn't eat anything in the morning and it was nice because we didn't have to take a shuttle just show up and run. The run was on a gravel or paved road up and back course. My feel got a little sore from the rocks - but luckily no blisters. The first 7 miles were pretty much all a gradual uphill but then it was nice to have the last 5 with a gradual downhill and only 1 uphill coming back. It felt good to stride it out and pick up my pace a little the last half of the race. I didn't cramp up at all and felt good even at the finish (much different from the Moab half). But my time was within a few seconds of the time I got in Moab - which is good since that time I pushed myself hard and hurt and this time I ran the same speed without hurting and pushing hard so I guess that means I've gotten stronger and faster during the marathon training.

I took 2 endurolytes before the run, drank about 30 oz of water/gatorade on the run, took and accelGel at mile 5 and shot bloks at mile 9 1/2. I drank my recovery drink after and walked around quite a bit after and stretched and I'm not sore at all today.

Surf City 5k

I ran my July run in Cali at the Huntington Beach 4th of July run. It was a great race. I finished in 23:29 (7:32 min/miles). By far my fastest time since High School. The elevation was sweet but it was hot and I ran hard. I felt a bit nauseated by the end :)

Riverwoods 10 Miler

First long run since the Moab Half-Marathon. I've done a few 7 milers and one 8 mile run since then but the focus has been on biking so I was a little nervous how I would feel running this far. I wore my new Athleta running skirt and it was very comfy the whole 10 miles...I think I finally found a skirt that will last for a marathon.

We ran a pretty fast pace for a long run (we averaged about 8:28 min/miles). It was hard to readjust our pace off the hills and honestly I felt pretty good so why slow down. I'm sure I wouldn't have started that fast normally but Jill set a great pace so I just ran. I did shot bloks at miles 3 1/2 and 7 and drank about 3 big gulps at each of the aid stations (3 of them). I walked through them while drinking to make sure I got enough liquid and just drank water.

I'm super sore today though. I'm not sure if it's because of the hills, the pace, the fact that I didn't stretch or do an ice bath or all of the above. I did drink a recovery drink when I got home and that helped me get my energy back. My gut hurt pretty bad when I got home for a few hours but I was feeling better by dinner time.

Things I would do different: I forgot to take my endorolyte pills before the race (they help with lactic acid and cramping) and I would ice bath and stretch before I get this sore.

Monday: short easy 4 mile run

Little Red Riding Hood Century

The century went great. I posted the fun details on my other blog. But this blog is for even more details that I want to remember.

Nutrition wise I did cytromax in one water bottle and straight water in the other. I went through 5 water bottles total (2 cytromax). I did 1 1/2 packs of shot bloks (black cherry of course...yummy) and 2 accelgels (1 w/caffeine and 1 w/o). I tried to eat about every hour and drink about every 15 minutes. I also did 3 endurolyte pills two times (sadly I lost my awesome hammer pill bottle and wasn't about to stop to get it). I ate about half my sandwich with lots of pickles and some fritos (salt was very yummy) with a coke and half a cookie at lunch. I never felt like I was hitting the wall, I think I managed to keep ahead of it with hourly nutrition.

After the ride I stretched, drank a recovery drink (eundurox) and took a 15 minute ice bath. Today I'm not sore at all.

I'm going to try going for an easy run tonight then tomorrow is spin.

Memorial Day 10K

Me, Jill and Jen

I did my first 10K on Saturday. The run felt good. We kept it right around 8:40 pace. Drank at miles 2, 4, and 5 (just a sip each time) and did shot bloks at mile 3. My legs felt good the whole race.

Shout out to Danny

My brother Danny did his first triathlon of the season (the St. George Tri) and came in 7th overall in the Olympic distance race. Way to go!!! Hopefully I'll get to see him race at least one race this summer, but with the baby it could be a little tough.

I hate that race season is here and I'm not doing any races this year. It's always fun for me to go cheer on my family and friends, but I really miss being out there training and racing. Next year! This year I just have to keep training for childbirth :)