Down down down

I am down in the dumps... Weight...terrible Health...crud ths week Running...shins hurt again today Blah. BUT I did actually contact a guy who coaches runners. Checking out price and thoughts. We shall see. I have some goals. I would love to reach them but I gotta get out of his dark whole I am in.

Runner brain food

Look at these goodies I picked up from the library today. Yum!!!

and now...not back on track

OMG-I am so frustrated.  So...this week, runs are going well then yesterday about a mile into it...bam, shins!  Same as last week.  I did back off the pace and this new pace this week was not all that hard.  totally felt great.  So, I am thinking its my shoes.  I tend to have shoe drama.  I just bought these shoes.  These are the shoes I sported in Memphis during St Jude Marathon.  I had problems late in the race with lower legs locking up but I attributed it to poor training.  But I did move from the 2100 series of Asics to the Kayano's for Mercedes Marathon.  No Problems.  Then I just went back to the 2100 series and bam...problems.  Even had a twinge of the leg lock up feeling in a long run and now two days of shin issues.  Maybe its all in my head but I am ordering Kayanos today and just have to suck it up and use my whole paycheck for the upgrade.  As long as my legs are happy....

back on track...

quick post...back on track and encouraged with speed work.  Had to readjust goal pace.  But that's okay.  This will not be the only round of speed work I do.  And actually my overall average was only 4 sec off per mile than when I went all out and couldn't complete the workouts.  I felt great!
yippee!!!

unexpected meetings

Don't you just love expected but unexpected meetings?  I knew we were having some sort of meeting yesterday but was hoping it was during one of my breaks during school time but no.  It was after school...and there was a chance it would last an hour!  But it didn't but it lasted long enough that I didnt have time to change, run and pick up Cupcake at her school.  ugh.  When stuff interferes with running, make me not a happy camper.  Plus...Cupcake was all out of sorts.  short nap make anyone irritable.  fun times!

I did get a nice 10 miler in on Saturday.  We even did a hilly route.  The good thing about this route is when you top the big hill, the reward is running through the beautiful neighbors past it.  It was great.  I think we are going to do it again this Saturday. 

I totally felt the excitement of Boston yesterday.  I had it streaming here at work and would peep at it during my breaks.  Oh how I wish I could run it one day. 

It did spark some goal setting in me.  Lofty goals at that.  I have some work to do in the next year or so!!

Time to adjust

Working on speed is tough. Real tough. First starting out, when the intervals were small, I could hang on with the treadmill set at 7.0. Feeling good and confident. Fast forward to week 4... Two workouts that didn't pan out. My right shin started killing me in the second interval today and I had to stop. I texted my hubby all down and out. I think I tried to grab something that my body wasn't ready for. Too much too soon. So... Time to adjust goal pace and I am okay with that this first go round. Going to shoot for 6.5 or 6.6. I think that is much more attainable.Oh it wasn't energy levels cause when you are so hungry and you stop at the dollar general on the way to the gym... This is what you come up with... Buzzing!!!

I am looking...

source