"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

10 miles.  warmed up, 5 mile tempo run, cool down.  Tempo part, 6:34, 6:41, 6:34, 6:20, 6:59.  The last one was on the running trial.  Had to totally stop to turn to get onto the trail, it was slippery in parts and I basically walked over a bridge without stopping my watch. 

4 miles avg 7:10 pace

20 miles avg 7:15 pace.  Melanie, Rebecca, Josse and Melody met at my house and we ran an out and back route with several hills.  It was cold and the wind was terrible the last 2 1/2 miles.  It was at our backs the first few miles then we were out of it, but coming back it hit us full force a couple miles from the end.  That hurt our average pace some.

4 miles avg 7:05 pace.  Sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups

10 miles.  Met Melody, Emily, Josse at the BYU outdoor track for speed work.  5 x 1200's @ 4:30, 4:30, 4:32, 4:28, 4:28. 

Met Emily B at my house for a 10 mile run up/down Provo Canyon avg 6:57 pace.

4 miles avg 7:23 pace.

16 miles avg 6:49 pace (net elevation drop).  The plan was to start at Vivian Park, run 4 miles up South Fork then down the canyon ending at the Riverwoods parking lot where our cars were for a total of 16.  Started at Vivian Park with Melanie, Melody, Josse and McKenzie, however we only got 1 mile up South Fork before the road was to slick.  We started down the canyon and ran on the highway between Vivian and Bridal Veil.  Melanie tried to run a mile up/back on the little road by Bridal Veil, but only made it up .3 on that one.  We didn't make a concious decision as to when we started our "Marathon Pace" miles, but we gradually got going faster and pushed it until 12 miles.  Then we took it easier the last 4.  Splits, 8:09 (up South Fork), 6:29 (down South Fork), 6:59, 6:26 (Highway), 7:14 (Bridal Veil road), 6:35 (this was where we realized we ought to really kick it into "marathon pace"), 6:26, 6:25, 6:17, 6:21, 6:27, 6:30 (end on Univ Ave at light after golf course so this one had a short hill), 6:58 (starting cool down), 7:21, 7:18, 7:23 (last 3 north on Univ Ave to cars).

4 easy miles

8 miles at BYU indoor track with 3 x 1 mile repeats 5:57, 6:01, 6:04.  I didn't feel as well today as I did doing intervals the last few weeks.  This was a little discouraging. 

10 miles after the kids went to school avg 6:44 pace.  I ran south on Univ Ave and had a 6:40 avg when I turned around.  My goal was to keep my pace under 7:00 coming back since it was slightly uphill.  It was hard, but I managed to do it. 

4 easy miles

16 miles avg 6:49 pace.  I ran 6 miles out and back along Univ Ave from my house alone without stopping at a 6:51 average.  Then my husband came with me on his bike for 10 more along Univ Ave and back with one stop to stretch/drink and a few short traffic light stops.  I wanted a flat run without a lot of stopping.  I was hoping to keep all my miles under 7 min pace and I did, but I was sure tired the last two running up towards the canyon.  My husband did most of the talking.  Overall I was happy with the run because I've never done 16 miles that fast on an out and back route before. 

10 miles avg 7:01 pace on my hilly run.  My husband came with me on his bike.  The kids were gone having a sleepover at grandma's house so we slept in and worked out most of the morning.  It was very relaxing.

8 x 800 meter repeats on the Orem High track.  2:57, 2:54, 2:56, 2:56, 2:58, 2:56, 2:58, 2:56.

10 miles avg 7:06 pace and I felt horrible.  About 2 miles in I felt weak and shakey.  I tried to do some speed work and ran about 1 1/2 miles at a little faster pace, then 1/2 mile slower then tried to go fast again and I just couldn't do it.  I stopped and stood there 1/2 mile later then tried again and stopped again.  I decided to just do an easy run, but I never felt good.  It was so strange. 

I slept fine.  I'm either fighting off sickness or it's because of the food I ate the last few days.  The Relief Society gave us left over food from a funeral Tues because my brother/sister-in-law had the ambulance at their home next door and I watched their kids (including twin babies) in the afternoon while they went to the hospital with their daughter.  Everyone was sick but the babies so I was around a lot of germs.  Wed I ate at the scout banquet.  As I was feeling so yucky all I could think about was all the margarine that I'm sure was on the white french bread I ate.  I just don't feel as good when I eat that kind of stuff, and I had it two days in a row.  Hoping to feel better Saturday for a long run. 

4 easy miles.

18 miles with Melody and Rebecca.  We ran our hilly route out past Timpview High School, the MTC, down 900 East, etc.  Average 7:14 pace.  I felt a lot better than Thursday, but still not 100%.  My legs were tired and ached the last 4 miles but my stomach felt a lot better. 

4 easy miles avg 7:20 pace.  This was my 39th birthday. 

As I went into each of the kids rooms to get them up for school I sang, “Happy birthday to me happy birthday to me.”  I climbed into Elsa’s bed with her and said, “Can you believe I’m 39?”  Then I said, “Actually 39 isn’t that bad, but I’m really going to have a hard time next year when I turn 40.”  Canyon walked in and said, “You think about your age way too much mom.”  I said, “When I’m 40 there’s a really good chance my life is more than half over, a lot of people don’t live to be 80.”  Then I started singing, “Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, my life is half over, what am I going to be?”

To make the sting of a birthday even worse I felt like my body was falling apart.  My legs hurt and I couldn't tell if it was shin splint type pain or if it was in my bone.  I really started worrying about it and decided to cross train for a few days.

I went to the Orem Fitness Center to workout.  I biked until my quads were killing me, only 20 minutes, then did the elliptical for 35 minutes and swam for 20 minutes.  I figured I had to do something for 1:15 min so it was like running 10 miles.  I was tired afterwards from using muscles I don't usually use.